October 15, 2024, 7:37am Nation & World
In a symbolic display of anger, North Korea on Tuesday blew up the northern sections of unused road and rail routes that once linked it with South Korea, with the rivals exchanging threats days after the North claimed that the South flew drones over its capital Pyongyang. Read story
October 15, 2024, 7:37am Nation & World
The U.N. Security Council expressed “strong concern” Monday as Israel has fired on and wounded U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon during intensified fighting, reiterating its support for their role in supporting security in the region. Read story
October 14, 2024, 3:09pm Nation & World
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries crisscrossed Southern California over the weekend in communities far from the presidential battlegrounds — Little Saigon in Orange County and the high desert of Antelope Valley — as he works to wrest control of the U.S. House from Republicans. Read story
October 14, 2024, 2:14pm Latest News
A new report from Rutgers University estimates that about 40.2 million eligible voters in the quickly approaching U.S. presidential election are disabled. Add those who cohabitate with people who have a disability, and you’re looking at close to one-third of the voting population for an election in which health care… Read story
October 14, 2024, 1:35pm Nation & World
Inside a converted warehouse in one of Philadelphia’s poorest neighborhoods, students circle around Jackie Robinson as he quizzes them about a 1980s furnace. Although they’ll encounter older equipment like this, the program is cutting edge, aimed at training people to work on homes in ways that address climate change and… Read story
October 14, 2024, 1:31pm Life
The National Zoo’s long dark panda drought seems to be coming to an end. Read story
October 14, 2024, 1:29pm Nation & World
The body of Alex Salmond, Scotland’s former First Minister who died during a conference in North Macedonia, will soon be returned to Scotland by special flight, an official said Monday. Read story
October 14, 2024, 12:48pm Latest News
During his first term as president, Donald Trump tested the limits of how he could use the military to achieve policy goals. If given a second term, the Republican and his allies are preparing to go much further, reimagining the military as an all-powerful tool to deploy on U.S. soil. Read story
October 14, 2024, 12:21pm Nation & World
Florida counties hard hit by Hurricane Milton are returning to a semblance of normalcy, with power restored to most areas on Monday, gas stations reopening and students preparing to return to school. Read story
October 14, 2024, 12:19pm Nation & World
Federal disaster workers paused and then changed some of their hurricane-recovery efforts in North Carolina, including abandoning door-to-door visits, after receiving threats that they could be targeted by a militia, officials said, as the government response to Helene is targeted by runaway disinformation. Read story
