The ongoing federal government shutdown, increased immigration enforcement, and the role parents play in public schools in Virginia were among the issues on some voters’ minds at an…
Read more What issues are bringing record numbers of Virginia early voters to the polls? – WTOP NewsThe ongoing federal government shutdown, increased immigration enforcement, and the role parents play in public schools in Virginia were among the issues on some voters’ minds at an…
Read more What issues are bringing record numbers of Virginia early voters to the polls? – WTOP NewsTORONTO — The Canadian branch of Amnesty International said Monday it was the target of a cyber attack sponsored by China. The human rights organization said it first…
Read more Amnesty International Canada says it was hacked by BeijingSALT LAKE CITY — Ludovic Michaud was driving around the scenic red rock landscapes of Utah’s Arches National Park on a windy spring day in 2020 when something…
Read more Trial begins over death of Ugandan woman killed in Utah parkSAN FRANCISCO — The unabashedly liberal city of San Francisco became the unlikely proponent of weaponized police robots last week after supervisors approved limited use of the remote-controlled…
Read more US police rarely deploy deadly robots to confront suspectsDETROIT — Reform-minded candidates won several races as members of the United Auto Workers union voted on their leaders in an election that stemmed from a federal bribery…
Read more Reformers take 6 of 14 UAW board seats, could win majorityJOHANNESBURG — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa looked relaxed and shared a joke with journalists as he made a brief appearance Sunday at a meeting of the African…
Read more South African president awaits party decision on his fateJOHANNESBURG — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa looked relaxed and shared a joke with journalists as he made a brief appearance Sunday at a meeting of the African…
Read more South African president awaits party decision on his fateWASHINGTON — Performers such as Gladys Knight or the Irish band U2 usually would be headlining a concert for thousands but at Sunday’s Kennedy Center Honors the tables…
Read more George Clooney, Gladys Knight among Kennedy Center honoreesDETROIT — Mamie King-Chalmers, who as a young Black woman appeared in an iconic photo about civil rights struggles in Alabama, has died at the age of 81.…
Read more Mamie King-Chalmers, woman in civil rights photo, dies at 81COVINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky man has been convicted of strangulation and domestic violence, three years after he was one of hundreds pardoned during former Kentucky Gov. Matt…
Read more Man pardoned by ex-Kentucky gov. convicted of strangulationHAVANA — Cuba enacted a new penal code this week that activists and human rights organizations warned Friday could further limit free expression and snuff out protests at…
Read more Human rights groups criticize Cuba’s new criminal codeCONCORD, N.H. — Police and federal law enforcement officers are among 20 people from multiple states saying they were wounded by a popular type of Sig Sauer pistol,…
Read more Wounded officers sue Sig Sauer, say gun goes off by itselfSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — José Irizarry accepts that he’s known as the most corrupt agent in U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration history, admitting he “became another man” in…
Read more DEA’s most corrupt agent: Parties, sex amid ‘unwinnable war’PORTLAND, Ore. — Midterm voters in Oregon narrowly passed one of the toughest gun control laws in the nation, buoying the hopes of gun control supporters, but the…
Read more Tough Oregon gun law faces legal challenge, could be delayedSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s Department of Justice mistakenly posted the names, addresses and birthdays of nearly 200,000 gun owners on the internet because officials didn’t follow policies or…
Read more Report: California gun data breach was unintentionalCANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s environment minister said Tuesday her government will lobby against UNESCO adding the Great Barrier Reef to a list of endangered World Heritage sites. Officials…
Read more Australia argues against ‘endangered’ Barrier Reef statusLONDON — Matt Hancock, the U.K’s scandal-prone former health secretary, is seeking an unlikely form of redemption Sunday: attempting to win “I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of…
Read more Disgraced former UK minister seeks reality TV redemptionGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A federal judge has denied a new trial request by two men convicted of conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Lawyers for…
Read more Judge denies bid for new trial in Whitmer kidnapping casePORTLAND, Ore. — A gun rights group, sheriff and gun store owner filed an emergency motion in federal court late Wednesday seeking to stop enforcement of one of…
Read more Group files emergency motion to stop Oregon gun control law
