Many Americans are celebrating Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned they were free
June 18, 2024
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday for the second time, after a recent change to California law prompted 457
June 18, 2024
A Texas doctor who calls himself a whistleblower on transgender care for minors is accused of illegally obtaining information on patients who were not under his care
June 18, 2024
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday said she considers constitutional reforms for social programs concerning the rights and recognition of Indigenous people as
July 01, 2024
A Florida public school employee who faces firing because she allowed her transgender daughter to play girls high school volleyball is assailing those who outed her child
June 18, 2024
Being a political boss in New Jersey ain’t what it used to be
June 18, 2024
The U.S. government has acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes
June 18, 2024
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is seeking to put the brakes on releasing a woman from prison in a 1980 killing that her attorneys allege was committed by a now-discredited police officer
June 18, 2024
Not even a WNBA basketball game is an escape from the arguments and polarization that are so common in American life these days
June 19, 2024
Kazuko Shiraishi, a leading name in modern Japanese “beat” poetry, has died
June 19, 2024
Pope Francis on Wednesday called for prayers for the Chinese people, in unscripted remarks coming amid the Vatican's desire to upgrade its relations with Beijing.
July 01, 2024
Most politicians try to avoid slips, stumbles and undignified photos
June 19, 2024
Norway's government says it has tightened controls over adoptions from abroad but will allow the practice to continue as it conducts an investigation into the legality and ethics of past adoptions
June 19, 2024
The murder of British reporter Dom Phillips in the Amazon rainforest two years ago was not an isolated crime in a region where violence against journalists has
June 19, 2024
President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday asked schools to hold a "discussion hour" on racism and antisemitism this week, after the rape of a Jewish girl in a Paris suburb added to
June 19, 2024
Three opinion polls on Wednesday predicted a record defeat for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives at a July 4 election,
July 02, 2024
The Equal Justice Initiative nonprofit invoked the Juneteenth holiday as it dedicated a monument that honors the people who endured and survived slavery
June 19, 2024
Marriages in which a partner undergoes a gender transition can not only survive, but also thrive under the light of new honesty
June 20, 2024
Fifteen people were shot after an illegal “sideshow” took over a peaceful Juneteenth celebration in Oakland, California
June 20, 2024
The alleged rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in a suspected antisemitic attack has sent shockwaves throughout France and thrust concerns about antisemitism to the forefront of campaigning for the country’s legislative elections
June 20, 2024
A student pleaded with Pope Francis on Thursday to stop using offensive language against the LGBT community, taking the 87-year-old pontiff to task over homophobic slurs he
June 20, 2024
An ongoing fight between residents and animal rights activists over whether to cull pigeons in a small German town has led to an uproar
June 20, 2024
Attorneys for migrant children who arrived to the United States on their own say the Biden administration’s new rules are not enough to ensure their safety while they are in U.S. custody and should not replace a decades-old agreement that requires court oversight
June 21, 2024
High housing costs on Martha’s Vineyard are forcing many regular workers to leave and threatening public safety
June 21, 2024
Two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the debate over abortion access is playing out in elections and the courts
June 21, 2024
Southwest Airlines warns staff of 'tough decisions' ahead, Bloomberg reports
Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning Dissanayake in early lead to become president
California firefighter accused of sparking blazes in the state's wine country
US not responsible for violence in Mexico's Sinaloa state, ambassador says
Russian strike on apartment block in Kharkiv injures 12
GM to lay off about 1,700 workers at Kansas plant
Tens of thousands of bees found living in a Maine family’s farmhouse
Mullings' 2nd TD with 37 seconds left lifts No. 18 Michigan to 27-24 win over No. 11 USC
No. 3 Ohio State looks ahead to Big Ten schedule after rolling through nonconference games
Garrett Greene throws two late TD passes and West Virginia beats Kansas 32-28