US Postal Service honors civil rights leader, Ponca tribe Chief Standing Bear, with stamp
A Ponca tribe chief whose landmark lawsuit in 1879 established that a Native American is a person under the law was honored with the unveiling of a U.S. Postal Service stamp that features his portrait
2023-05-13 00:27
Philadelphia mayoral race homes in on crime policies
In Philadelphia’s first mayoral race since crime spiked during the coronavirus pandemic, the crowded Democratic field is trying to make public safety a campaign cornerstone
2023-05-13 00:22
Wendy Sherman, US official who led diplomacy with China and Russia, to retire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, the country's number two diplomat, said on Friday she will retire
2023-05-13 00:18
Biden taps Philip Jefferson to be Fed's vice chair, Adriana Kugler as first Hispanic on Fed board
President Joe Biden has nominated Philip Jefferson, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, to serve as vice chair of the board
2023-05-13 00:17
Russia acknowledges retreat north of Bakhmut; mercenary boss calls it a 'rout'
By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -Moscow acknowledged on Friday that its forces had fallen back north of Ukraine's battlefield city
2023-05-13 00:15
US-Spain collaboration on migration looms large as Biden, Sánchez hold White House talks
The White House says President Joe Biden will thank Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez for Spain’s recent commitment to collaborate with the United States “to expand safe, humane and regular migration pathways” for people from Latin America
2023-05-13 00:15
USAID chief optimistic on Serbia-Kosovo talks, pledges support
The United States’ top international development official says Washington is focusing on the urgency of normalizing relations between Kosovo and Serbia in EU-brokered talks between the two former war foes
2023-05-12 23:54
U.S. Congressman George Santos agrees to settle lawsuit in Brazil
By Rodrigo, Viga and Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO Republican U.S. congressman George Santos, who has Brazilian heritage, agreed
2023-05-12 23:51
GOP lawmaker: Former Trump prosecutor declined to provide details on hush-money investigation
A Republican lawmaker says the ex-prosecutor who once oversaw Manhattan’s yearslong investigation of former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined to substantively answer questions at a closed-door meeting of the House Judiciary Committee
2023-05-12 23:49
Ex-correctional officer charged with sexually abusing 3 inmates in California federal prison cells
A former correctional officer at a federal women’s prison in California where inmates say they were subjected to rampant sexual abuse has been arrested and accused of abusing three inmates
2023-05-12 23:47
NBCUniversal ad chief departs, could be named Twitter CEO shortly
By Dawn Chmielewski and Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Former NBCUniversal advertising chief Linda Yaccarino could be named the next Twitter chief
2023-05-12 23:29
Biden taps Philip Jefferson to be Fed's vice chair, Kugler as first Hispanic on Fed board
President Joe Biden has nominated Philip Jefferson, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, to serve as vice chair of the board
2023-05-12 23:26