Nearly 50 people gathered Thursday at Audubon High School for the ceremonial return of Edward J. Dodds’ ring after it was discovered in Papua New Guinea in 2013. Dodds’ five…
year’s drought left 10.2 million people hungry and killed several hundred thousand animals
“We won’t give St. Isaac’s to the church. We want to save it as a museum,” Boris Vishnevsky, a local lawmaker, told protesters in central St. Petersburg. St. Isaac’s, one…
A soaring tourism business has fueled higher prices for rent and property sales, leaving many of the city’s 1.6 million residents priced out of the city center. Under a large…
years, old fights, new words and weirdness in first days of new administration
filled with supporters of Trump, Pence
Although a new poll finds wide support for changing or repealing the Affordable Care Act, the survey shows a majority of Americans are worried that many people could lose health…
Official says president wants to slash agency workforce, budget
The Capitol in Washington is emptying out as members of Congress break for political retreats with the Democrats heading to Baltimore and Republicans to Philadelphia.J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press House Speaker…
Pena Nietodu1-i-syn The decision to rethink the visit comes amid growing outrage in Mexico and a sense among many that President Enrique Pena Nieto has been too weak in the…
An ECOWAS Senegalese soldier guards the State House entrance in Banjul, Gambia. Gambia’s new President Adama Barrow will arrive in the country on Thursday, a week after he was sworn…
The Trump administration is considering ordering a review of U.S. policies that could lead to reopening CIA “black sites” in other countries where terror suspects could be interrogated using methods…
Israel is moving ahead with plans to build 2,500 new homes in West Bank settlements that Israel wants to keep under its control under any future peace deal with the…
A person familiar with the selection process said the three judges, all white men who sit on federal appeals courts, were on the list of 21 potential high court picks…
Painter Kaya Mar shows his latest painting of British Prime Minister Theresa May in front of the Supreme Court in London.Frank Augstein/Associated Press The 8-3 decision forces the government to…
President wants better deals on projects
A legal watchdog group filed a lawsuit Monday claiming that President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution by allowing his businesses to accept payments from foreign governments.J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press…
minister’s office describes friendly phone call
“Watched protests yesterday but was under the impression that we just had an election! Why didn’t these people vote? Celebs hurt cause badly,” tweeted Trump, at 7:51 a.m. Ninety-five minutes…
No one can plausibly say they knew that the man who launched his candidacy that day would be elected the nation’s 45th president. As Trump took the oath of office…
