Nation/World

  • New US jobs miss forecast by 35% in July

    WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy suffered an unexpected setback in July as hiring fell sharply and the unemployment rate rose for the fourth straight month with …

  • Harris has votes to head ticket, DNC chair says

    WASHINGTON -- Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough votes from delegates to become her party's nominee for president, Democratic National Committee C…

  • Jan. 6 Secret Service report released

    The Department of Homeland Security's chief watchdog Thursday issued its long-awaited findings on the Secret Service's handling of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at th…

  • Migrant ‘parole’ program paused for fraud probe

    The Biden administration said Friday that it has paused a humanitarian program that admits up to 360,000 people a year from Haiti, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cub…

  • UK vows to quell violent protests after child stabbings

    LONDON -- Several suspects arrested in violent protests that broke out after the fatal stabbing of three children in northwest England made court appearances F…

  • Bank withdrawal stoked campaign-donation probe

    The discovery of a nearly $10 million withdrawal from a bank account linked to the Egyptian intelligence service intensified a secret criminal investigation th…

  • Two US agencies suing TikTok

    The Justice Department sued TikTok on Friday, accusing the company of violating the children's online privacy law and running afoul of a settlement it had reac…

  • Trump election case returned to judge

    WASHINGTON -- The criminal case charging former President Donald Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election was returned Friday to the tria…

  • Florida prepares for possible tropical storm

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A storm system brewing over Cuba on Friday will likely dump torrential rains over the Florida Peninsula this weekend, a forecast that's es…

  • Nations’ lawmakers set for hemispheric session

    WASHINGTON -- A group of U.S. lawmakers is meeting this week with Latin American counterparts to form a new multinational congress to tackle thorny cross-borde…

  • Putin foes pledge to keep fighting

    TALLINN, Estonia -- In their first public appearance since their release a day earlier, President Vladimir Putin's foes vowed Friday to keep fighting for a fre…

  • Venezuelan opposition headquarters raided

    CARACAS, Venezuela -- Half a dozen masked assailants ransacked the headquarters of Venezuela's opposition Friday in an escalation of violence against President…

  • Middle East on edge as Hamas leader mourned

    JERUSALEM -- Thousands of mourners converged around the flag-draped coffin of Hamas' slain political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, in the emirate of Qatar on Friday a…

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