Renowned conductor allows climate activists to address crowd at Swiss music festival
A famed Russian conductor allowed climate protesters who disrupted a performance at a classical music festival in Switzerland to address the crowd, despite grumbling from some members of the audience.
2023-09-11 23:20
Brisk trip to Asia highlights Biden's diplomatic strengths -- and, he hopes, his vigor
It's a conundrum President Joe Biden's advisers haven't yet found a way to solve: The commanding figure they see on the world stage isn't viewed by many voters that way back home.
2023-09-11 22:55
Libya declares emergency as Storm Daniel kills 150
The storm causes severe flooding in eastern Libya after killing a dozen people in Europe last week.
2023-09-11 20:57
Doubling up on classrooms, using online teachers and turning to support staff: How schools are dealing with the ongoing teacher shortage
Millions of students are returning for another school year marked by challenging teacher shortages, causing schools to double up classrooms, move courses online and employ what critics have labeled as underqualified teachers.
2023-09-11 20:53
Morocco earthquake: Authorities accept only limited international help
Only four countries so far have been allowed to send teams to the quake-hit region.
2023-09-11 20:28
Voting rights activists sound alarms over private tool that could lead to canceling voter registrations
Voting rights groups are urging election officials to reject a new tool championed by some conservatives as a way to root out fraudulent voter registrations -- arguing that the private software depends on unreliable information and could be used to improperly disenfranchise legitimate voters.
2023-09-11 18:28
Morocco earthquake: 'I had to choose between my parents and son'
Tayeb ait Ighenbaz is haunted by the decision he was forced to make after Morocco's earthquake struck.
2023-09-11 17:20
Impeachment and government shutdown threats loom over House's return
Speaker Kevin McCarthy returns to Washington this week confronting a twin set of challenges: avoiding a costly government shutdown and addressing growing calls on the right to impeach President Joe Biden, despite resistance from the party's moderates.
2023-09-11 17:16
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is erupting again after months of quiet
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano began erupting again after nearly three months of quiet, with glowing lava flows bursting within one of its craters Sunday, according to the US Geological Survey.
2023-09-11 15:54
G20 summit: Biden says raised human rights with India's Modi in Delhi
The US president spoke at a press conference in Hanoi about his visit to India for the G20 summit.
2023-09-11 14:45
Escaped Pennsylvania killer stole a van over the weekend and tried to contact acquaintances, police say. Here's where the search stands
The massive manhunt for the convicted killer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison stretched into a twelfth day Monday after he slipped past a police perimeter, stole a van, changed his appearance and tried to contact past acquaintances, authorities said.
2023-09-11 13:23
Trump is explaining exactly how wild and extreme his second term would be
Donald Trump is conjuring his most foreboding vision yet of a possible second term, telling supporters in language resonant of the run-up to the January 6 mob attack on the US Capitol that they need to "fight like hell" or they will lose their country.
2023-09-11 12:58