Burned out cars. Rubble from flattened buildings strewn along deserted streets.
August 31, 2026Italy's population will shrink by almost 4 million by 2050, undermining the sustainability of its economy and welfare system as the proportion of elderly people increases,
August 31, 2026India must uphold a water-sharing treaty with Pakistan it suspended amid bilateral tensions and must limit work on an hydroelectric plant it is building in the Kashmir
August 31, 2026Singer d4vd will face trial over the killing of a teenage girl. Here’s a timeline of the case
April 18, 2026Roswell Church of Christ continues its ministry after last week's storm damaged its KCK sanctuary
August 31, 2026HOMES Brewery in Ann Arbor selling "SHAME" t-shirts over Lake Ontario name change
August 31, 2026Last Confederate monument removed from Virginia Capitol Square: 'History is history'
August 31, 2026From eggs and jalapenos to dog food, granola and pet turtles – it seems like you can catch a Salmonella infection from just about anything these days.
August 31, 2026Indictments of a longtime extremism researcher and her former organization raise a crucial question for researchers in the field: What are the ethical limits on research about often-dangerous groups?
August 31, 2026Police investigate after newborn found with umbilical cord attached, brought to fire station
August 31, 2026'Why not do it naked?': First Wisconsin town naked skydiving event
August 31, 2026HVAC worker fired, arrested after pet camera shows him kicking dog unconscious
August 31, 2026Markey and Moulton make last minute appeal to voters ahead of Sept. 1 primary
August 31, 2026University of Alabama graduate credits Olivia Rodrigo for life-changing tuition support
August 31, 2026Man fined $620 for turtle deaths 1st to be convicted under new law
August 31, 2026Daycare owner accused of assaulting toddlers, locking one in attic
August 31, 2026A court in Seoul, South Korea, has sentenced Unification Church leader Hak Ja Han to two years in prison
August 31, 2026Hundreds of people showed up near New York City's Washington Square Park to judge a Mayor Zohran Mamdani look-alike contest
August 31, 2026Thieves steal $4 million diamond necklace in brazen smash-and-grab heist
August 31, 2026Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government took office in October 2022 and will become the longest-serving administration in the history of the Italian Republic on September 4
August 31, 2026Indonesian legal experts and activists voiced support on Monday for an Indonesian court ruling voiding legal provisions that made insulting the government a criminal
August 31, 2026Rescuers are trying to find trapped workers in hydroelectric plant tunnels after catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet killed at least 900 people and left more than 4,700 missing
August 31, 2026A South Korean court on Monday sentenced Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja to a combined two years in prison over political funding and bribery offences
August 31, 2026U.S.
August 30, 2026Australian casino operator Star Entertainment reported a bigger-than-expected annual loss on Monday and warned that conditions would stay
August 31, 2026China's three biggest state-owned airlines reported first-half losses for the seventh consecutive year, battered by surging jet fuel
August 31, 2026Russia sees NATO activity in the Arctic as a direct security threat, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an article published on Monday, as the alliance
August 31, 2026Authorities in Nepal are warning of potential fresh flooding as water levels rise in the Bhotekoshi River
August 30, 2026Plans in one of Texas’ largest counties to use dozens fewer polling location than previous years is drawing protests from Democrats who say the reductions could create confusion in the November midterm elections
August 31, 2026U.S. forces have struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz, marking their first military action in a month
August 31, 2026The Venice Film Festival is set to kick off the fall film festival season with its 83rd edition
August 30, 2026Yemeni coffeehouses have gained culinary prominence in recent years, offering brews of coffee and tea seasoned with cardamom, ginger, cloves and other ingredients.
July 20, 2026Ukraine's former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov is seeking U.S. investment for a defence technology fund, he said in an interview with the Financial Times that was published on
August 31, 2026A 22-year-old woman has been killed and five people injured, one seriously, in a shooting overnight at a rave in the Swiss town
August 30, 2026Members of the Polish special forces are taking part in an exercise that simulates moving through enemy lines and launching a drone strike on a key enemy location
August 30, 2026Three years after Warner Bros
August 30, 2026Ukraine's new defence minister said he would outline a "clear vision" for Kyiv's partners of how his country plans to fight Russia, as the government tries to
August 30, 2026People queued on Sunday to chat, browse and bid farewell to an independent Hong Kong bookstore before it shut, following a July police raid over alleged
August 30, 2026Iceland's voters have rejected a referendum to restart negotiations to join the European Union
August 30, 2026Permit denied for NYC's Trinidad and Tobago Parade, organizers hope to reschedule
August 30, 2026Quilt maker preserves family memories by transforming treasured clothing
August 30, 2026"Bear Down: Football in the Windy City" exhibit opening at Elmhurst History Museum
August 30, 2026FBI teen academy looks to draw next generation of talent
August 30, 2026Nepal's scenic Chitwan district, known for its forests and
August 30, 2026Olivia Rodrigo is fundraising for women's well-being with a benefit show geared toward her young audience
August 30, 2026‘We like to mingle with people’: The Italian princess who wants tourists to stay in her palace
August 30, 2026The devastating flash floods in the Himalayan region swept so many people downstream that authorities in one Nepalese district have begun burying bodies in temporary graves before they can be identified
August 30, 2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has thrown his weight behind a new global defence bank intended to help allies
August 30, 2026Ben Crump built a career demanding justice. Nolan Wells’ death has put his mission — and methods — back under a microscope
August 30, 2026A Pakistani nurse who rescued the sole surviving newborn from a hospital fire that killed 14 other infants will receive one of the country’s top civil awards
August 30, 2026Six months after the U.S. and Israel launched their war against Iran, the direst economic predictions haven't come true
August 30, 2026Ontario Premier Doug Ford has responded to President Trump’s “Lake America” decree with a billboard declaring “Lake Ontario
August 30, 2026Volunteers rescued a climber who was stranded on a ledge in the Sierra Nevada in an operation that spanned more than 15 hours
August 30, 2026With screams and giggles, Minnesota fairgoers are taking delight in the magic of the Tilt-A-Whirl ride as it turns 100 years old
August 30, 2026The U.S. government plans to take a 35% passive stake in Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt’s North American Blue Energy Partners, the Wall Street Journal reported on
August 30, 2026Poor weather temporarily hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal as the search for thousands of missing people in areas devastated by catastrophic flash floods along the border with China entered its fourth day
August 29, 2026Tom Cruise will reprise his role as NASCAR driver Cole Trickle in a follow-up to “Days of Thunder.”
August 30, 2026General Motors plans to assemble a heavy-duty pickup at an Ontario plant as part of a tentative deal with a key union that would pump C$1.1 billion ($791.31
August 30, 2026Food trucks at a Sacramento event ditch gas generators for quiet battery banks
August 30, 2026Rapper Tupac Shakur has been dead for nearly 30 years, but fans say they see signs that his spirit wants justice as the trial is coming to a close for Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is accused of orchestrating the shooting of the rapper in Las Vegas
August 29, 2026Citing the importance of the First Amendment, a federal judge in California says the U.S. government is unconstitutionally silencing critics of Israel and others in its quest to deport noncitizens who the government says have disrupted college campuses as they expressed their views
August 29, 20267-year-old boy and mother from Illinois, struck by lightning while camping in Wisconsin
August 30, 2026Mutinous soldiers in Niger attacked the airport and the presidency in the capital, Niamey, early on Saturday, triggering hours of gunfire and explosions and briefly knocking
August 29, 2026Two air traffic controllers could be fired for leaving the tower at New York’s LaGuardia Airport about an hour early on the night that an Air Canada jet smashed into a fire truck crossing the runway, killing both pilots
August 29, 2026Georgia Gold Star mothers honored with service cleanup project at Marietta National Cemetery
August 30, 2026Voters in Iceland are deciding whether to resume negotiations to join the European Union
August 29, 2026Tens of thousands of mourners have paid their respects to Norway's King Harald V, who died at 89
August 29, 2026The viral leftist teens of Campaign 2020 work for OpenAI now
August 29, 2026Biggie Smalls’ still-unsolved killing keeps surfacing in a courtroom where no one is charged with it. Why?
August 29, 2026Six months into the Iran war, Iranian Americans remain divided over what comes next
August 29, 2026Tornado and hail hits northern Italian city, injuring dozens of people
August 29, 2026Trump is staking out extreme positions on White House secrecy, legal experts say
August 29, 2026Nepal resumed search and rescue work on Saturday after a brief weather-related suspension as authorities
August 29, 2026Iranian leaders are acknowledging the economic toll of war with the U.S., with the supreme leader urging the
August 29, 2026Climate change has become a less prominent election-year issue for Democrats as voters say concerns such as affordability are more pressing
August 29, 2026Immigration officials have arrested British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos in New Orleans
August 29, 2026Whether ad-libbing her way through a duet or joking about her glamorous image, Parton turned sexist assumptions into a source of power.
August 28, 2026Wall Street will get several important updates this week about the health of the U.S. jobs market
August 27, 2026Nepal may need $4 billion to $5 billion to rebuild after this week's devastating floods, Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle told Reuters on Saturday, a bill equal to
August 29, 2026Dolly Parton never embraced the feminist label, but her actions and lyrics spoke volumes
August 29, 2026President Donald Trump on Friday announced an unprecedented U.S. push to take control of a fifth of Venezuela's vast oil reserves, betting that American companies
August 29, 2026The cheapest accommodation in Paris is disappearing: Here’s why
August 28, 2026A former White House teleprompter operator accused of using inside knowledge to make bets on the prediction market Kalshi has been ordered to turn over more than $100,000 in profits and pay a $65,000 penalty as part of a federal settlement
August 29, 2026Canada’s public broadcaster is making an exception to its policy of not labeling specific attacks as terrorism for the 9/11 attacks after coming under fire over a memo restating it
August 29, 2026Bar raises money for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library with tribute cocktails
August 27, 2026President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. has entered an agreement with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of the South American country’s oil reserves
August 28, 2026(Fixes name of podcast to Rapid Response in paragraph 16) By Michael S.
August 29, 2026President Donald Trump says he will mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at the Pentagon
August 29, 2026Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial have ended a second day of deliberations without a verdict
August 28, 2026The federal government has agreed to extend the pause on border construction in Big Bend National Park until mid-September
August 29, 2026U.S.
August 28, 2026British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, who has called for ICE checkpoints at supermarkets in the United States, with summary deportation
August 29, 2026Rising long-term bond yields may reflect investor expectations of an AI-driven productivity boom, rather than just concerns over inflation and swelling government
August 29, 2026American diplomats and at least some of their family members are beginning to return to U.S. embassies in the Middle East
August 29, 2026A new National Park Service report backs President Donald Trump’s proposed arch, despite what it says are adverse effects on a host of Washington’s iconic landmarks, including the Washington Monument and Lincoln and Jefferson memorials
August 29, 2026Tennessee intends to name Nashville International Airport after country music icon Dolly Parton, according to a statement on Friday, after the
August 29, 2026California on Friday sued the Trump administration and an offshore wind developer over a deal that canceled a planned project off the state's Central Coast in exchange for a $120
August 29, 2026Gov. Lee proposes renaming Nashville International Airport in honor of Dolly Parton
August 29, 2026Jurors have been excused for the day after not yet reaching a verdict in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial
August 28, 2026A push by fans to rename Nashville’s airport for Dolly Parton appears to be taking flight just days after the country music icon’s death
August 29, 2026States can regulate prediction markets as gambling, federal appeals court rules
August 29, 2026Nearly 200,000 people were forcibly returned to Haiti in the first eight months of this year, a U.N. official told an emergency meeting of the Security Council on
August 29, 2026Woman dies after tree falls on camper during severe storms
August 29, 2026Bus stop shooting reopens old wounds for families of slain students
August 29, 2026Streams of Dolly Parton's music have skyrocketed since the country legend died on Tuesday
August 28, 2026Brazil's central bank is studying measures to curb the rising debt burden of the country's consumers but plans first to
August 29, 2026Negotiators from Boeing and its largest white-collar union plan to meet Monday to resume contract discussions, a spokesman for the Society of Professional
August 28, 2026(Refiles to include extra subscribers.
August 28, 2026A federal judge denied Donald Trump's attempt to move his already decided New York state hush money case to federal court, in a setback on Friday for the U.S.
August 28, 2026Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic has accused a U.N. court of “uncivilized behavior” for denying early release to former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic
August 28, 2026The Trump administration on Friday appealed a court order requiring it to make payments for the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel project after losing its
August 28, 2026Smartphones and social media have transformed journalism by producing a torrent of photos and videos of almost anything that happens where people are present, from holidays to
August 28, 2026A federal judge on Friday declined to immediately block U.S.
August 28, 2026(Corrects last paragraph to say it is the Navy's longest deployment, not the longest deployment for the USS Gerald R.
August 27, 2026For better or worse, Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Rooms reshaped the world
August 29, 2026Two reports investigating the forcible contraception of thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland by Danish health authorities for decades were split over whether the practice constituted genocide
August 28, 2026Judge pauses US Postal Service plan to implement Trump’s new mail voting restrictions
August 28, 2026Community members push back on Flock camera system
August 28, 2026Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh says inflation is still too high and suggested the central bank may have to raise interest rates in the coming months to bring it down, a clearer signal than he has sent before about his economic outlook
August 28, 2026Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Friday that he still saw little sign that the surge in energy prices caused by the U.S.-Iran conflict was creating serious longer-term
August 28, 2026Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said on Friday Russia was greatly concerned about the arrests of opposition figures in Armenia, and reiterated that Yerevan would not be able to
August 28, 2026The European Central Bank should embrace blockchain technology to safeguard its role at the heart of the financial system, ECB board member Isabel Schnabel
August 28, 2026The U.S. imposed Iran-related sanctions on an Egyptian bank on Friday, part of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's campaign to
August 28, 2026An Israeli strike killed a Hamas operative and two of his accomplices in the West Bank on Friday, the military said, in a rare use of deadly air power in the
August 28, 2026Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru signed a joint declaration on Friday to deepen cooperation on strategic minerals, aiming to boost development, coordination and
August 28, 2026Nathan Cofnas, the U.S. academic who accused late Cambridge University professor Jason Arday of plagiarism, has been allowed to resume some of his work at
August 28, 2026Canada recorded a sharply lower C$370 million ($266.57 million) budget deficit for the first three months of the 2026/27 fiscal year as government expenditures grew
August 28, 2026Nepal does not need foreign assistance for search-and-rescue operations following the devastating flash flood that swept through several towns on
August 28, 2026The U.S. dollar saw strong gains on Friday, putting it on track for its biggest daily climb in 2-1/2 months after U.S.
August 28, 2026The Cambodian government has claimed a milestone in its fight against the scam industry accused of stealing billions of dollars from victims around the world, with officials saying
August 28, 2026A respected drug and mental health institute in the Netherlands is warning about potentially lethal ecstasy pills shaped like U.S. President Donald Trump's head
August 28, 2026President Donald Trump marks an awkward moment in his second White House term as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran reaches the six-month mark
August 28, 2026Debate over Data Centers: Neighbors oppose proposed legislation
August 28, 2026Rescuers are relying on helicopters to reach survivors stranded by flash floods along the Nepal-China border, where most major roads and bridges have been destroyed. The number of people listed as missing in both Nepal and China has risen dramatically to over 1,300 people.
August 27, 2026Vietnam Veteran back the uniform he once thought was gone forever
August 28, 2026Congo government figures show that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has spread to two new health zones in eastern Congo
August 28, 2026Walmart has settled a U.S. government lawsuit accusing the retailer of fueling a nationwide opioid epidemic by unlawfully dispensing prescriptions from its pharmacies, the
August 28, 2026As top-selling weight-loss drugs help more U.S. men slim down, a growing number are seeking cosmetic treatments for sagging skin, hair loss and dental issues to
August 28, 2026Volkswagen's supervisory board is meeting in a week's time to discuss its biggest ever turnaround plan that has pitted management against unions and the state of
August 28, 2026Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed the former commander of a now-dissolved Kurdish-led fighting force as a presidential adviser on Friday, reflecting a rapprochement between
August 28, 2026India's industrial output growth slowed to 6.7% year-on-year in July, data showed on Friday, as mining activity contracted, with growth in manufacturing
August 28, 2026Nepal is monitoring two lakes upstream of the flood zone where hundreds died on Wednesday, an official with Nepal's Disaster Management Authority said.
August 28, 2026Seven protesters accused of daubing pro-Palestinian graffiti on U.S.
August 28, 2026Norway's King Harald, a reformer who emerged from the shadow of his well-loved, extrovert father over more than three decades on the throne
August 28, 2026A narrow majority of Icelandic voters oppose reopening negotiations to join the EU, a new Gallup opinion poll showed on Friday, a shift from earlier polls, ahead of a
August 28, 2026(This August 27 story has been republished to add an image, with no changes to text.)
August 28, 2026Celine Dion has arrived in Paris for her first concerts since revealing her stiff-person syndrome diagnosis
August 28, 2026Emily Wilson's 2017 translation of “The Odyssey” is a million-seller
August 28, 2026Serbia says convicted war criminal Mladić to be buried with ‘highest honors’
August 28, 2026A team of historians, archaeologists and forensic anthropologists is trying to identify 15 German soldiers who were unceremoniously dumped in a ditch after trying to help the British capture Philadelphia.
August 28, 2026Rural places have long built and expanded prisons to tap federal funds during hard times.
August 28, 2026Russia's central bank will continue cutting its key rate, lowering it to 13.5% from 14% by the end of this year, Sberbank's chief economist Alexander
August 28, 2026Police fired tear gas to disperse small-scale traders protesting against an import duty hike, a Reuters witness saw on Friday, while hundreds of businesses closed in
August 28, 2026More than 90,000 people are estimated to be directly affected by the Himalayan landslide and in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, the Red Cross said on Friday, as aid
August 28, 2026A federal judge on Thursday blocked the U.S.
August 28, 2026The families of South Korean workers missing after a catastrophic flash flood in Nepal urged authorities on Friday to secure helicopter access
August 28, 2026(This Aug 27 story has been republished, with no changes to text.)
August 27, 2026Norway's King Harald, a reformer who emerged from the shadow of his well-loved father over more than three decades on the throne, has died aged 89, the royal palace said on
August 28, 2026Commodity trader Radiant World is under scrutiny as counterparties have stopped doing business with it following news that authorities are investigating a report it provided
August 28, 2026A beloved New Orleans hospital building where doctors and nurses heroically treated patients without electricity after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 is poised for redevelopment
August 28, 2026San Francisco jeweler loses hundreds of thousands in devastating burglary
August 28, 2026Hungry goats help reveal past at historic African American cemetery in College Park
August 28, 2026Bicycle shop in Marblehead, Massachusetts won't sell e-bikes to kids: "They're too fast"
August 28, 2026Rooted in Philadelphia area, The Berenstain Bears has a "major media project in the works"
August 28, 2026Security guard Ni-arfan Doloh was taking a routine photograph for his nightly report on Saturday when five masked men carrying rifles emerged
August 28, 2026In the pre-dawn darkness on an island in the Taiwan Strait, Taiwanese troops earlier this month pulled long, gleaming 105mm shells from
August 28, 2026Officials in Nepal's Rasuwa district have received a notice saying a lake has broken its banks, two days after a flash flood hit the region, Narendra Pariyar, the most
August 28, 2026The number of unemployed people in Germany rose slightly less than expected in August, labour office figures showed on Friday.
August 28, 2026Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has unveiled plans for a national dialogue aimed at easing political tensions, which have risen over a bill that
August 28, 2026A tiny nordic nation weighs moving closer to Europe under the shadow of Trump
August 28, 2026Mark Murrell, founder of Get Maine Lobster of Portland, Maine, has an irritating business problem that he has been struggling to solve: offering discounts is costly
August 28, 2026A U.S. judge ruled on Thursday that the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful.
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