Nation Jan 23 5 important stories you missed while the government was shut down These days, it’s hard to stop news from Washington, D.C., from flooding your news feed. We take a moment every week to bring you important stories beyond the White House and the Capitol. Here’s what we’re reading now.
Nation Jan 18 American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault will become Facebook’s first black board member The move comes as the social media giant is under pressure to diversify its all-white, mostly male board.
Politics Jan 17 How Trump has dealt with lawyers who questioned him in the past The Associated Press reviewed hundreds of pages of depositions taken of Donald Trump in the past decade. The interviews, taken together, offer clues to a rhetorical style that could again be on display in the event Trump is questioned by…
Nation Jan 16 Sexual abuse survivors confront former USA Gymnastics doctor: ‘Little girls don’t stay little girls forever’ Nearly 100 women and girls who say they were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar are testifying about his "veiled sexual abuse" during a four-day sentencing hearing in Michigan.
Nation Dec 29 Bronx apartment fire kills 12 people. NY mayor calls it ‘worst fire tragedy’ in 25 years The fire was started by a child playing with a stove on the first floor of the 100-year-old building on Prospect Ave. around 7 p.m. ET, fire commissioner Daniel A. Nigro said in a news conference on Friday. From there,…
Nation Dec 28 17-year-old left bloodied after encounter with Alabama police The Troy Police Department has since asked for an independent investigation into the case after the teen's family released photos of him badly bruised on social media.
World Dec 28 What we know about the deadly blasts at Shiite cultural center in Kabul At least 40 people were killed and dozens of others wounded on Thursday in a series of explosions that targeted a Shiite cultural center in the Afghan capital of Kabul, Afghan officials said.
Politics Dec 21 WATCH: UN General Assembly votes to declare U.S. Jerusalem decision ‘null and void’ In a 128-9 vote, the U.N. General Assembly voted in favor of a resolution demanding the U.S. rescind its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. U.S. neighbors Mexico and Canada were among the 35 abstentions.
Arts Dec 15 WATCH: Critics pick their favorite film performances of 2017 Mike Sargent and Ann Hornaday explain their picks for the best acting moments of 2017.
World Dec 15 Strong earthquake strikes Java island in Indonesia. Deaths reported An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 struck Java, the most populous Indonesian island, minutes before midnight Friday, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey.