Lee knocks out power to tens of thousands as it brings fierce winds and coastal flooding to Maine and Canada
Post-tropical cyclone Lee is bringing heavy rain, destructive winds and coastal flooding to Canada and Maine, knocking out power to tens of thousands, lashing the coasts with big waves and spurring calls to stay indoors.
2023-09-17 12:50
Brazil: 14 killed after plane crashes in Amazon
Officials say it appears the aircraft tried to land in bad weather but ran out of runway.
2023-09-17 10:59
Trump says he supports mental competency tests for presidency amid concerns over age
Former President Donald Trump, the oldest candidate in the 2024 GOP presidential field, said there should not be an age limit for the presidency but expressed support for requiring mental competency tests for candidates.
2023-09-17 10:29
Dozens of children were left behind by UN personnel in Haiti. Their mothers want justice
When Pauline Philippe found out she was pregnant with twins, she felt a flash of happiness. Then she burst into tears in front of the ultrasound technician.
2023-09-17 09:51
First grain ships arrive in Ukraine using new route
Officials say the vessels will deliver 200,000 tonnes of wheat to Africa and Asia.
2023-09-17 08:23
Sudan conflict: Risking lives to bury the dead in Omdurman
Zeinab Mohamed Salih writes about how dangerous it was to bury her grandmother in war-hit Sudan.
2023-09-17 07:26
How the fentanyl crisis' fourth wave has hit every corner of the US
The epidemic's staggering scale and its infiltration of communities across the nation is laid bare in a new study.
2023-09-17 07:20
GOP presidential hopefuls flock to Iowa to court Christian conservative voters
With roughly four months until the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential hopefuls have flocked to the Hawkeye State this weekend for Saturday's Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition's fall banquet, with hopes of impressing the state's conservative evangelical activists.
2023-09-17 07:17
Man accused of carrying loaded weapon at RFK Jr. campaign event
A man has been accused of entering a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Los Angeles on Friday with a loaded weapon and impersonating federal enforcement.
2023-09-17 06:50
California sues oil giants for downplaying risks posed by fossil fuels
(Reuters) -The state of California has sued major oil companies including Exxon Mobil Corp, Shell PLC, and Chevron Corp, accusing
2023-09-17 06:49
Colorado peak named after former governor linked to a massacre of Indigenous people has been renamed Mount Blue Sky
On one cold November morning in 1864, more than 200 Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal members, mostly women and children, were murdered in one of the worst massacres in American history.
2023-09-17 06:45
Ken Paxton: Texas Attorney General acquitted of corruption charges
Ken Paxton has always denied wrongdoing and called the impeachment a 'politically motivated sham'.
2023-09-17 06:17