A Vermont school district is receiving racist and threatening messages after raising a Somali flag at a school building last week
December 12, 2025
The Atlantic hurricane season may be over
December 12, 2025
The recent seizure of an oil tanker known as Skipper by the U.S. off the coast of Venezuela marks a dramatic escalation of President Donald Trump’s campaign to choke off Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s access to oil revenues
December 11, 2025
A Danish intelligence agency report has warned that the United States is using its economic power to assert its will and threaten military force against both allies and adversaries
December 12, 2025
Former Iraqi President Barham Salih is on track to become the next head of the U.N. refugee agency
December 12, 2025
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia again
December 12, 2025
Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered a significant fresco of Jesus as the "Good Shepherd" from Anatolia's early Christian era
December 12, 2025
An official says Germany has summoned the Russian ambassador following accusations of sabotage, cyberattacks and election interference
December 12, 2025
Why soccer fans are ‘astonished’ by the ‘extortionate’ ticket prices for next year’s World Cup
December 12, 2025
Sharks have had a tough time since the 1970s, when overfishing, habitat loss and a growing trade in their fins began to cut their populations. ‘Jaws’ didn’t help.
December 12, 2025
Russian athletes have informed the International Luge Federation that they have obtained visas to compete in a World Cup race in Lake Placid, New York, next weekend
December 12, 2025
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has hosted a U.S. envoy for talks in Minsk, the latest step in the isolated leader’s effort to improve ties with the West
December 12, 2025
Australian accident investigators have released dramatic images showing a skydiver's parachute entangled on an airplane's tail, leaving him dangling at 15,000 feet
December 12, 2025
New footage shows six Israeli hostages celebrating Hanukkah while held captive in Gaza months before they were killed
December 12, 2025
A national strike called by Italy’s largest trade union in protest against the government’s budget plans has widely disrupted transportation, health and school services across the country
December 12, 2025
The queen of downhill skiing is well and truly back
December 12, 2025
Russia’s Central Bank says it has filed a lawsuit against Belgian financial institution Euroclear
December 12, 2025
House Republicans throw federal labor unions a lifeline in a rare rebuke of Trump
December 12, 2025
FDA intends to put its most serious warning on Covid vaccines, sources say
December 12, 2025
The Justice Department can keep trying to reindict Letitia James, but is it worth the risks?
December 12, 2025
Venezuela relies on the black-market oil trade for a large chunk of its revenue. US enforcement actions may push down the price it can charge, further squeezing the country’s economy.
December 12, 2025
Thailand is preparing for a new election early next year after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved the House of Representatives
December 12, 2025
Trump announces pardon for Tina Peters, increasing pressure to free her though he can’t erase state charges
December 12, 2025
A strike called by Portugal’s two main trade union confederations has caused severe travel disruption and forced the cancellation of many medical appointments and school classes
December 11, 2025
US sanctions Maduro family members and ships it says move Venezuelan oil, a day after seizing tanker
December 12, 2025
Australian teens were kicked off social media this week. Some are back already
December 12, 2025
Archaeologists in Britain say they have found the earliest known evidence of deliberate fire-making, dating to around 400,000 years ago
December 10, 2025
International Criminal Court judges and prosecutors are trying to live and work under the same financial and travel restrictions brought against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Osama bin Laden
December 12, 2025
Trump determined to advance Gaza ceasefire deal as Israeli forces dig in
December 12, 2025
An immigration crackdown in Louisiana has forced some teenagers to grow up fast after their parents were arrested by federal agents
December 12, 2025
Honduras’ governing LIBRE party experienced a spectacular collapse in the presidential election, going from more than 50% of the vote four years ago to less than 20% this time
December 12, 2025
President Donald Trump has successfully harnessed voter anxiety over the economy, immigration and crime to retake the White House
December 12, 2025
After a slow start to the season, veteran Nashville Predators center Steven Stamkos rediscovered his scoring touch with a four-goal outing in a 7-2 win over the St. Louis Blues
December 12, 2025
Washington state is under a state of emergency from a barrage of torrential rain that's sent rivers flowing over their banks, caused mudslides to close highways and trapped people in floodwaters
December 11, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from an immigration detention center in Pennsylvania following an order from a federal judge issued Thursday
December 11, 2025
Fire officials say six people have been taken to hospitals after a gas explosion started a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area suburb
December 11, 2025
Global online forum Reddit has filed a court challenge to Australia’s world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world’s most popular social media platforms
December 12, 2025
Trump’s security strategy is making a hard pivot on China. Why now?
December 12, 2025
A Canadian Conservative lawmaker has defected from his party and joined Prime Minister Mark Carney’s governing Liberals
December 11, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from ICE custody after judge’s ruling
December 11, 2025
Storm Byron has hit Gaza and worsened the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory
December 11, 2025
The deeply personal reasons why many Indiana Senate Republicans said no to Trump
December 12, 2025
China will soon start collecting a value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products for the first time in over 30 years
December 12, 2025
In a resounding rejection of a pressure campaign from the White House, Indiana Republican Senators voted down a new congressional map created to give the GOP an advantage in the upcoming 2026 election
December 11, 2025
Videos show 6 Israeli hostages celebrating Hanukkah in Gaza tunnel months before they were killed
December 12, 2025
There’s a youth movement at USA Basketball camp this weekend with young WNBA players Paige Bueckers, Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese making their debuts with the senior national team
December 11, 2025
The U.S. Mint has unveiled designs for coins commemorating the 250th anniversary of American independence
December 11, 2025
The Senate has rejected two partisan health bills on expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year
December 11, 2025
Aston Villa extends its winning streak to eight games in all competitions with a 2-1 victory against Basel in the Europa League to secure at least a playoff spot
December 11, 2025
Australian skydiver’s parachute became caught on plane tail 15,000 feet in the air, video shows
December 11, 2025
White House officials abruptly postpone final meeting of Trump-created FEMA task force
December 11, 2025
A man accused of killing a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina train has appeared in federal court
December 11, 2025
Defense attorneys and prosecutors have selected the jurors who will decide whether a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a Mexican immigrant dodge federal officers broke the law
December 11, 2025
Senators from both parties are pushing to change a defense bill after crash investigators and victims' families warned it could undo key safety reforms
December 11, 2025
Justice Department fails to reindict Letitia James for a second time
December 11, 2025
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has defended the Trump administration's immigration policies during a contentious House committee hearing
December 11, 2025
The family of a Chicago police officer who was fatally shot by her partner while on duty has filed a lawsuit contending the Chicago Police Department did not heed warnings about the officer who fired the shot
December 11, 2025
Navy delivers report to Hegseth on potential of punishment for Sen. Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video
December 11, 2025
Tennessee has executed Harold Wayne Nichols by lethal injection for the 1988 rape and murder of 20-year-old Karen Pulley, a student at Chattanooga State Community College
December 11, 2025
The House has voted to dismiss an effort to impeach President Donald Trump
December 11, 2025
A presidentially appointed council's meeting to announce reforms to FEMA was unexpectedly canceled, according to two people familiar with the matter
December 11, 2025
Wall Street set records, even as a sell-off for Oracle and worries about a potential bubble in artificial-intelligence technology weighed on the market
December 11, 2025
Former Deputy DNI Beth Sanner joins The Lead.
December 10, 2025
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on three nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
December 11, 2025
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December 11, 2025
A man who died in 2019 has been identified as the perpetrator of three cold case homicides in Toronto, and investigators believe there could be more victims
December 11, 2025
Alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson makes first in-person court appearance
December 11, 2025
More than 400 civilians have been killed since the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group escalated its offensive in eastern Congo, officials said
December 11, 2025
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has linked the seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela to the Trump administration's counterdrug efforts
December 11, 2025
Covid-19 vaccination substantially lowered risks for children last season, CDC report says
December 11, 2025
US proposes ‘free economic zone’ in parts of Donbas after Ukrainian pullback, Zelensky says
December 11, 2025
Measles outbreaks in South Carolina and on the Arizona-Utah border are growing
December 11, 2025
Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee are clashing over President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in American cities
December 11, 2025
Swiss singer Nemo, who won the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, has decided to return the winners' trophy
December 11, 2025
Historic rains and flooding trigger dramatic rescues in Washington state
Iran raises gasoline prices for the first time since deadly 2019 protests
Democratic former Sen. Doug Jones launches campaign for Alabama governor
Thai villagers stay behind to guard empty homes as border clashes force mass evacuations
Curry scores 39 in return but Timberwolves top Warriors 127-120 without Edwards
With 24 points, Donovan Mitchell produces the highest-scoring 4th quarter of the NBA season so far
LA Angels president testifies he wishes he'd known about drug use before pitcher's fatal overdose