Politics May 17 WATCH: White House pushes 'quiet and intensive' diplomacy to halt violence in Israel The Israeli military has unleashed a wave of heavy airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, saying it destroyed 15 kilometers of militant tunnels and the homes of nine Hamas commanders.
Nation May 17 New law in South Carolina makes inmates choose electric chair or firing squad South Carolina had been one of the most prolific states of its size in putting inmates to death. But a lack of lethal injection drugs brought executions to a halt.
Nation May 17 Supreme Court to weigh rollback of abortion rights The court’s order sets up a showdown over abortion, probably in the fall, with a more conservative court seemingly ready to dramatically alter nearly 50 years of rulings on abortion rights.
World May 17 Blinken signals U.S. will not press for cease-fire in Middle East Blinken's stand comes despite growing pressure from the United States' U.N. Security Council partners.
World May 16 Hundreds of bodies found buried along Indian riverbanks Police are reaching out to villagers in northern India to investigate the recovery of bodies buried in shallow sand graves or washed up on the Ganges River banks, prompting speculation on social media that they’re the remains of COVID-19 victims.
Nation May 16 Minneapolis suburb OKs roadmap for policing changes Elected officials in a Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April approved a resolution that puts the city on track to major changes to its policing practices.
Nation May 15 Kid reporter who interviewed Obama at White House dies at 23 The student reporter who gained national acclaim when he interviewed President Barack Obama at the White House in 2009 has died of natural causes, his family says.
World May 15 AP statement on Israeli attack on building housing AP office The world will know less about what is happening in Gaza because of what happened today.
Politics May 14 Vandenberg Air Force Base to be renamed Space Force Base The sprawling base on the state's Central Coast tests ballistic missiles and conducts orbital launches for defense, science and commercial purposes. The Space Force was created as the sixth uniformed military branch in 2019 during the Trump administration.
Nation May 14 Gas crunch from cyberattack intensifies in nation's capital Gas shortages at the pumps are spreading from the South to the Mid-Atlantic states, where Virginia and the District of Columbia have become some of the hardest-hit areas following a cyberattack that forced a shutdown of the nation’s largest gasoline…