November 17, 2024, 2:34pm Nation & World
An outbreak of E. coli has infected dozens of people who ate bagged organic carrots, and one person has died from the infection. Read story
November 17, 2024, 2:25pm Nation & World
The 2024 presidential election featured sky-high turnout, approaching the historic levels of the 2020 contest and contradicting long-held conventional political wisdom that Republicans struggle to win races in which many people vote. Read story
November 17, 2024, 2:14pm Business
Picketing continued Sunday outside a hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip that remained open with no talks scheduled between management and union members striking for a new contract. Read story
November 17, 2024, 1:31pm Nation & World
Distractions were bigger than deals in the first week of United Nations climate talks, leaving a lot to be done, especially on the main issue of money. Read story
November 17, 2024, 1:24pm Nation & World
A giant female chinook salmon flips on her side in the shallow water and wriggles wildly, using her tail to carve out a nest in the riverbed as her body glistens in the sunlight. In another moment, males butt into each other as they jockey for a position to fertilize… Read story
November 17, 2024, 1:09pm Latest News
Joe Biden toured the drought-shrunken waters of the Amazon River’s greatest tributary Sunday as the first sitting American president to set foot in the legendary rainforest, while the incoming Trump administration seems poised to scale back the United States commitment to combating climate change. Read story
November 17, 2024, 12:20pm Nation & World
As the third named storm to emerge during November, Tropical Storm Sara serves as a reminder that the Atlantic hurricane season hasn’t quite ended. Read story
November 17, 2024, 12:20pm Nation & World
Windy conditions renewed a wildfire that escaped a containment line and prompted emergency officials to enact a voluntary evacuation plan for a small number of houses in a community near the New York-New Jersey border on Saturday. Read story
November 17, 2024, 10:19am Latest News
Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for the last time with U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday but was already looking ahead to President-elect Donald Trump and his “America first” policies, saying Beijing “is ready to work with a new U.S. administration." Read story
November 17, 2024, 10:09am Nation & World
Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute genocide, according to excerpts released Sunday from an upcoming new book ahead of the pontiff's jubilee year. Read story