August 15, 2024, 10:29am Nation & World
The Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, a United Nations agency said Thursday. Afghanistan is the only country in the world that bans female secondary and higher education. Read story
August 15, 2024, 8:32am Nation & World
Donald Trump is asking the judge in his New York hush money criminal case to delay his sentencing until after the November presidential election. Read story
August 15, 2024, 8:28am Nation & World
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Ernesto barreled toward Bermuda on Thursday after leaving hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico without power or water as sweltering heat enveloped the U.S. territory, raising concerns about people’s health. Read story
August 15, 2024, 8:27am Nation & World
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas pledged Thursday to travel to Gaza as the Israel-Hamas war has raged on for more than 10 months. Read story
August 15, 2024, 8:26am Latest News
A new round of peace talks aimed at ending the Gaza war started Thursday, White House National Security spokesperson John Kirby said. Read story
August 15, 2024, 8:24am Entertainment
A prosecutor says five people have been charged in connection with Matthew Perry's death, including the actor's assistant and two doctors. Read story
August 15, 2024, 8:23am Latest News
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the territory’s Health Ministry said Thursday. Read story
August 15, 2024, 8:22am Nation & World
A jury in a hushed courtroom saw security video of a person wearing bright orange clothing slip into the yard of a home where a veteran Las Vegas investigative journalist was ambushed and killed nearly two years ago as the trial of a former elected county official charged with the… Read story
August 15, 2024, 8:21am Latest News
Ukraine’s stunning incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region was a bold gamble for the country’s military commanders, who committed their limited resources to a risky assault on a nuclear-armed enemy with no assurance of success. Read story
August 15, 2024, 8:21am Entertainment
Gena Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft and a guiding light in independent cinema as a star in groundbreaking movies by her director husband, John Cassavetes, and who later charmed audiences in her son’s tear-jerker “The Notebook,” has died. She was 94. Read story
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