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FILE - A Samburu man gives cows water in Kom village, Samburu County, Kenya, Oct. 15, 2022. The groundwater that supplies farms, homes, industries and cities is being depleted across the world, and in many places faster than in the past 40 years, according to a new study Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, that calls for urgency in addressing the depletion.

Groundwater depletion accelerating in many parts of the world, study finds

FILE - A Samburu man gives cows water in Kom village, Samburu County, Kenya, Oct. 15, 2022. The groundwater that supplies farms, homes, industries and cities is being depleted across the world, and in many places faster than in the past 40 years, according to a new study Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, that calls for urgency in addressing the depletion.

January 24, 2024, 1:51pm Politics

The groundwater that supplies farms, homes, industries and cities is being depleted across the world, and in many places faster than in the past 40 years, according to a new study that calls for urgency in addressing the depletion. Read story

This image from police body-worn camera video, and contained in the Justice Department&rsquo;s sentencing memorandum, shows Marc Bru, at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Bru, who stormed the U.S. Capitol with fellow Proud Boys extremist group members, has been sentenced to six years in prison.

Vancouver Proud Boys member sentenced to 6 years in prison for Capitol riot role after berating judge

This image from police body-worn camera video, and contained in the Justice Department&rsquo;s sentencing memorandum, shows Marc Bru, at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Bru, who stormed the U.S. Capitol with fellow Proud Boys extremist group members, has been sentenced to six years in prison.

January 24, 2024, 11:57am Clark County News

A Vancouver man who stormed the U.S. Capitol with fellow Proud Boys extremist group members was sentenced on Wednesday to six years in prison after he berated and insulted the judge who punished him. Read story

US hits Iraq militia sites and anti-ship missiles in Yemen as fight with Iranian proxies intensifies

January 24, 2024, 8:12am Nation & World

The U.S. military struck three facilities in Iraq and two anti-ship missiles in Yemen operated by Iranian-backed militias that have attacked U.S. personnel and ships in the region as the United States tries to keep the Israel-Hamas war from spilling over into a wider conflict. Read story

US strikes three facilities in Iraq following attacks on American forces by Iran-backed militias

January 23, 2024, 3:55pm Nation & World

The U.S. military struck three facilities in Iraq on Tuesday, targeting an Iranian-backed militia in retaliation for missile and drone attacks on American troops in Iraq and Syria over the past several days, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. Read story

Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media at a Washington hotel, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, after attending a hearing before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals at the federal courthouse in Washington.

Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to reconsider gag order in the election interference case

Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media at a Washington hotel, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, after attending a hearing before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals at the federal courthouse in Washington.

January 23, 2024, 2:28pm Latest News

Washington's federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected Donald Trump's request to reconsider a gag order restricting the former president’s speech in the case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 election. Read story

FILE - Former President Donald Trump, center, sits at the defense table with his attorney&#039;s Christopher Kise, left, and Alina Habba, at New York Supreme Court, Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. Testy encounters between lawyers for former President Donald Trump and judges have come to be expected as the attorneys carry into the courtroom the bombastic, and often antagonistic, style that defines his campaign trail demeanor.

Testy encounters between lawyers and judges a defining feature of Trump’s court cases so far

FILE - Former President Donald Trump, center, sits at the defense table with his attorney&#039;s Christopher Kise, left, and Alina Habba, at New York Supreme Court, Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. Testy encounters between lawyers for former President Donald Trump and judges have come to be expected as the attorneys carry into the courtroom the bombastic, and often antagonistic, style that defines his campaign trail demeanor.

January 23, 2024, 2:02pm Latest News

Donald Trump was threatened with expulsion from a courtroom last week by a judge angry over the former president's behavior in a defamation case brought by a writer who accuses him of sexual abuse. Read story

In this Department of Defense video, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin provides opening remarks at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024 from his home in Great Falls, Va. Austin has been recuperating at home from complications from prostate cancer treatments.

Pentagon has no more money for Ukraine as it hosts a meeting of 50 allies on support for Kyiv

In this Department of Defense video, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin provides opening remarks at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024 from his home in Great Falls, Va. Austin has been recuperating at home from complications from prostate cancer treatments.

January 23, 2024, 8:27am Nation & World

For the first time since Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin established the international group to support Ukraine in April 2022, the United States is hosting the monthly gathering of about 50 countries out of money, unable to send the ammunition and missiles that Ukraine needs to fend off Russia’s invasion. Read story

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with his reproductive rights task force to mark the 51st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, in Washington.Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will join forces at a rally in Virginia on Tuesday as they push for abortion rights.

Biden and Harris team up to campaign for abortion rights in Virginia

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with his reproductive rights task force to mark the 51st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, in Washington.Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will join forces at a rally in Virginia on Tuesday as they push for abortion rights.

January 23, 2024, 8:22am Politics

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will share the stage on Tuesday in Virginia as they campaign for abortion rights, a top issue for Democrats in an election expected to feature a rematch with Donald Trump, the former Republican president. Read story

Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks at a news conference after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in Washington.

Senators race to finish border deal; Ukraine aid awaits

Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks at a news conference after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in Washington.

January 22, 2024, 5:15pm Latest News

A deal in the Senate on border policies was being finalized Monday as senators returned to Washington for what could be a pivotal week for a painstakingly negotiated compromise that could open the door for Republican support to replenish U.S. wartime aid for Ukraine. Read story

This undated photograph released by the U.S. military&#039;s Central Command shows what it is described as the vessel that carried Iranian-made missile components bound for Yemen&#039;s Houthi in the Arabian Sea. U.S. Navy SEALs seized Iranian-made missile parts and other weaponry from a ship bound for Yemen&#039;s Houthi rebels in a raid that saw two of its commandos go missing, the U.S. military said Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (U.S.

Death on the Arabian Sea: How a Navy SEAL fell into rough waters and another died trying to save him

This undated photograph released by the U.S. military&#039;s Central Command shows what it is described as the vessel that carried Iranian-made missile components bound for Yemen&#039;s Houthi in the Arabian Sea. U.S. Navy SEALs seized Iranian-made missile parts and other weaponry from a ship bound for Yemen&#039;s Houthi rebels in a raid that saw two of its commandos go missing, the U.S. military said Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (U.S.

January 22, 2024, 1:20pm Nation & World

Under the darkness of night, in the roiling high seas off the coast of Somalia, members of the U.S. Navy's SEAL Team 3 began to climb aboard an unflagged ship that was carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen. Read story