Nation and World
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Slovak interior minister says 'lone wolf' has been charged with shooting prime ministerMay 16, 2024 6:53 am - BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia — The Slovak interior minister said Thursday that a “lone wolf” has been charged in the shooting that seriously wounded Prime Minister Robert Fi...
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Biden and Trump agree to presidential debates in June on CNN and in September on ABCMay 15, 2024 3:16 pm - President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday agreed to hold two campaign debates in June and September — the first on June 27 hosted by CNN and the second on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC — setting the stage for the first presidential face-off in just weeks.
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Google unleashes AI in search, raising hopes for better results and fears about less web trafficMay 15, 2024 10:28 am - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google on Tuesday rolled out a retooled search engine that will frequently favor responses crafted by artificial intelligence over website links, ...
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Inflation improved slightly in April, with timing for rate cuts still uncertainMay 15, 2024 3:20 pm - Inflation showed some signs of improvement in April, as policymakers grapple with whether their fight against abnormally high price growth is losing ground. Data released...
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Palestinians across the Middle East mark their original ‘catastrophe’ with eyes on the war in GazaMay 15, 2024 7:00 am - JERUSALEM — Palestinians across the Middle East on Wednesday are marking the anniversary of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel with protests and other events at...
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Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas and Zelenskyy postpones foreign trips amid Russian offensiveMay 15, 2024 6:37 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces withdrew from some areas of the country's east and battled Russian troops in others on Wednesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy postpo...
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Jewish community holds solemn Israel Independence Day ceremony at Daley PlazaMay 14, 2024 7:13 pm - Chicago’s Jewish community celebrated a solemn Israel Independence Day on Tuesday during a flag-raising ceremony at Daley Plaza that was minimally impacted by pro-Palesti...
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Biden and oil companies like this climate tech. Many Americans do not.May 14, 2024 11:24 am - The remote stretch of public grazing land in southeastern Montana has hardly changed since homesteading days, but underneath this wind-swept expanse lies a hidden asset i...
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David Sanborn, Grammy-winning saxophonist who played on hundreds of albums, dies at 78May 14, 2024 10:45 am - NEW YORK — David Sanborn, the Grammy-winning saxophonist who played lively solos on such hits as David Bowie's “Young Americans” and James Taylor's “How Sweet It Is (To B...
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8 dead, at least 40 injured as bus overturns in central FloridaMay 14, 2024 10:42 am - A bus carrying farmworkers in central Florida overturned on Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring about 40 other passengers, authorities said.