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Yemen’s al-Qaida branch leader threatens Trump, Musk and others
Qaida’s Yemen branch has threatened both U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk over the Israel-Hamas war in ...
A US territory’s colonial history emerges in state disputes over voting and citizenship
Squeezed between glacier-packed mountains and Alaska’s Prince William Sound, the cruise-ship stop of Whittier is isolated ...
Trump’s tariffs could pay for his tax cuts — but it likely wouldn’t be much of a bargain
The tax cuts in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act would likely gouge a hole in the federal budget. The ...
As a generation of gay and lesbian people ages, memories of worse — and better — times swirl
David Perry recalls being young and gay in 1980s Washington D.C. and having “an absolute blast.” He was fresh out of college, ...
A top Taliban official offers amnesty to Afghans who fled the country and urges them to return
A top Taliban official said on Saturday that all Afghans who fled the country after the collapse of the former Western-backed ...
Russian drones and missiles target Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv, killing 3, officials say
A large Russian drone-and-missile attack targeted Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday, killing at least three ...
Vance says Musk making a ‘huge mistake’ in going after Trump but also tries to downplay the attacks
Vice President JD Vance said Elon Musk was making a “huge mistake” going after President Donald Trump in a storm of bitter and inflammatory social media posts after a ...
Extreme weather’s true damage cost is often a mystery – that’s a problem
Critics in the past year called for more transparency and vetting of the procedures used to estimate billion-dollar disasters. But that’s not going to happen, because NOAA in May 2025 ...
Search expands for former Army soldier accused of killing his 3 young daughters in Washington state
Authorities have closed a wide swath of popular campgrounds and backpacking areas along the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington ...
Drought, rising prices and dwindling herds undercut this year’s Eid al-Adha in North Africa
Flocks of sheep once quilted Morocco’s mountain pastures, stretched across Algeria’s vast plateaus and grazed along Tunisia’s ...
Brothers bring boxing back to Fenway after 70 years and hope to revitalize the sport in Boston
For the first time in nearly 70 years, boxing is returning to Boston’s famed Fenway Park. The 11-fight card is the culmination of years of effort by twin brothers and longtime public ...
How the Vatican manages money and where Pope Leo XIV might find more
The world’s smallest country has a big budget problem. The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds. It primarily ...