Nation Aug 21 14 people shot, one fatally, in 3 separate incidents in Milwaukee neighborhood, police say Thirteen people were injured and one was killed in three separate shootings, just blocks from each other, over the weekend, Milwaukee police said.
World Aug 21 Russia's first lunar mission in decades ends with spacecraft crash on the moon Roscosmos said it lost contact with the Luna-25 on Saturday after the spacecraft ran into difficulties and reported an “abnormal situation.” The Luna-25 was in a race with an Indian spacecraft to be the first to reach the moon's south…
World Aug 21 In referendum, Ecuador voters reject oil drilling project in protected part of Amazon Ecuadorians voted against drilling for oil in a protected area of the Amazon, an important decision that will require the state oil company to end its operations in a region that’s home to two uncontacted tribes and is a hotspot…
World Aug 18 China's Xi calls for measures to mitigate flooding amid economic downturn Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called for measures to mitigate the effects of this year's disastrous flooding which has left scores dead and inflicted massive damage on crops, homes and infrastructure, including in and around Beijing.
World Aug 18 Neighbors Ukraine and Romania sign accord to boost grain exports through Romanian territory The accord was signed during a trip by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to the Romanian capital, Bucharest, for talks with his Romanian counterpart Marcel Ciolacu.
Politics Aug 18 James Buckley, conservative senator and brother of late writer William F. Buckley, dies at 100 Buckley spent a single term in the 1970s in the Senate, where the conservative was one of the first Republican lawmakers to call for President Richard Nixon's resignation in the Watergate scandal.
Politics Aug 18 China confirms President Xi will attend BRICS summit in South Africa China is a core member of the BRICS nations, which also include Brazil, Russia and India. The grouping was founded to link the interests of the world's leading emerging economies but has sought to expand into other civil and governmental…
Nation Aug 18 Picking up strength, Hurricane Hilary could reach California as a very rare tropical storm No tropical storm has made landfall in Southern California since Sept. 25, 1939, according to the National Weather Service.
Economy Aug 17 New Jersey shutters 27 Boston Market restaurants over unpaid wages, related worker issues The move comes after an investigation sparked by worker complaints found multiple violations of workers' rights, including more than $600,000 in back wages owed to 314 employees.
Politics Aug 16 WATCH: White House holds news briefing as Hawaiian wildfire death toll climbs President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Maui next week in the aftermath of the deadliest wildfires in the U.S. in more than a century, the White House announced Wednesday.