Politics Aug 11 WATCH: DC Mayor Bowser calls Trump takeover of DC police 'unsettling' D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday that the city had reached a 30-year low in violent crime.
World Aug 11 South Korea's president to pardon jailed ex-justice minister South Korea’s president will pardon jailed former justice minister Cho Kuk, cutting short his two-year sentence for falsifying academic records to help his children enter prestigious schools.
World Aug 11 Finland charges officers of Russia-linked ship that damaged undersea cables Finnish authorities say they have charged the captain and two senior officers of a Russia-linked vessel that damaged undersea cables last year between Finland and Estonia.
Nation Aug 11 Tropical Storm Erin forms in the Atlantic while Hurricane Henriette strengthens in the Pacific There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect for either storm, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said.
World Aug 11 Ukrainian drone strike kills 1 in Russia as fighting rages ahead of a planned Trump-Putin summit Russia's Defense Ministry said its air defenses intercepted and destroyed a total of 39 Ukrainian drones overnight and Monday morning over several Russian regions as well as over the Crimean peninsula that Russia annexed in 2014.
World Aug 10 Russia and Ukraine stick to their demands ahead of planned Putin-Trump summit in Alaska The threats, pressure and ultimatums have come and gone, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has maintained Moscow's uncompromising demands in the war in Ukraine, raising fears he could use a planned summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska to coerce Kyiv…
World Aug 10 Magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Turkey causes buildings to collapse, killing 1 A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey’s northwestern province of Balikesir on Sunday, killing at least one person and causing more than a dozen buildings to collapse, officials said.
Nation Aug 10 Flooding shuts down Wisconsin State Fair as severe storms knock out power and close roads Flash flooding canceled the final day of the Wisconsin State Fair on Sunday as continued heavy rainfall in half a dozen Midwest states forced motorists to abandon their vehicles, cut power to thousands of households and closed busy roadways.
World Aug 09 Thailand accuses Cambodia of planting land mines after blast hurts 3 soldiers near border Three Thai soldiers on patrol were wounded Saturday when one stepped on a land mine in territory along the border with Cambodia, Thailand’s army announced. The incident came just two days after the two countries reaffirmed their adherence to a…
Politics Aug 08 WATCH: Trump suggests 'swapping' Ukraine and Russia territories ahead of meeting with Putin President Donald Trump said Friday that he will meet “very shortly” with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine and that he will announce the location soon.