Category Archives: World

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - It’s obvious to anyone who looks at a map but also, this week, especially noteworthy: The leaders of two nations that have squared off with harsh words and the threat...

RICHMOND, Va. - The Latest on the races for governor in Virginia and New Jersey (all times local): 10:35 p.m. New Jersey’s next governor, Democrat Phil Murphy, says his party’s victory sen...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A memo included in recently released John F. Kennedy documents shows that the FBI was concerned about the growing political power of Latinos, historians say. Among the thousands of...

MORRO BAY, Calif. - California authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a protected southern sea otter that had been rescued and returned to the ocean last year, officials said Tuesday. The...

NEW ORLEANS - Attorneys for numerous Texas local governments and immigrant advocates told a federal appeals court Tuesday that a Texas law aimed at cracking down on so-called sanctuary cities puts ill...

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - A Massachusetts museum can move forward with its plan to sell 40 works of art, including two by Norman Rockwell. A judge Tuesday denied bids by the plaintiffs and the state attorne...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansans overwhelmingly support the death penalty, in contrast to national sentiment, months after the state executed four inmates before a lethal injection drug expired, accordin...

WASHINGTON - Apollo 12 astronaut Richard “Dick” F. Gordon Jr., one of a dozen men who flew around the moon but didn’t land there, has died, NASA said. He was 88. Gordon was a test pi...

WASHINGTON - The House’s top Democrat investigating Russia’s election meddling on Tuesday declared that in many ways President Donald Trump is “far more grave a threat” to Amer...

When disaster strikes, houses of worship are often on the front lines, feeding and sheltering victims. Yet churches, synagogues and mosques are routinely denied aid by the Federal Emergency Management...