• In collapse of US-Russian military ties, some experts see nuclear risk

    In collapse of US-Russian military ties, some experts see nuclear risk

    Dec 14, 2016 09:04 PM EST

    ... a report released this week by Nunn's group, the Nuclear Threat Initiative, the stakes are described in stark terms. "Russia and the West are at a dangerous crossroads," the report says. "During the past several years, we have been in a state of escalating tension, trapped in a downward ...

  • News Wrap: U.S. indicts 7 hackers for attacks on banks

    News Wrap: U.S. indicts 7 hackers for attacks on banks

    Mar 25, 2016 12:01 AM EST

    ... its troops have fought their way into Palmyra, with support from Russian airstrikes. The Roman-era city is held by Islamic State fighters and lies at a key crossroads in Central Syria. State TV today showed military units entering the outskirts of Palmyra. But they're too late to save ...

  • WATCH: Trump signs 'Phase 1' trade truce with China

    WATCH: Trump signs 'Phase 1' trade truce with China

    Jan 15, 2020 03:12 PM EST

    ... acceptable for either of us,” said Trump's chief trade representative, Robert Lighthizer. His Chinese counterpart said "the world is now at a critical historical crossroads" facing choices of how to promote country-to-country cooperation. "Cooperation is the only right choice,'' said Liu, the vice premier. THIS IS A ...

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    Killings at American Consulate in Libya Might Shift Campaigns' Focus

    Sep 12, 2012 01:45 PM EST

    ... ever, says a Pew Research Center poll, and the numbers show another kind of post-convention bounce. Virginia Senate candidate Tim Kaine sparred Tuesday with Crossroads GPS over a $1 million ad campaign they launched against him on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. BuzzFeed looks at ads ...

  • Archaeologists discover oldest known partial face fossil of human ancestor in western Europe

    Archaeologists discover oldest known partial face fossil of human ancestor in western Europe

    Mar 12, 2025 05:42 PM EST

    ... between 1.1 million and 1.4 million years old, according to research published in the journal Nature. “The fossil is exciting," said Eric Delson, a paleontologist at the American Museum of Natural History, who was not involved in the study. “It's the first time we have significant remains ...

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    Romney Set to Clinch GOP Nomination With Texas Victory

    May 29, 2012 01:12 PM EST

    ... in 100 days, and they are celebrating with a peppy new web video you can watch here. Politico's Mike Allen got an early look at this new ad from American Crossroads. The Hill takes a look at the Obama campaign's ongoing identity crisis. The Boston Globe asks Mormons ...

  • Kennedy Center faces a crossroads as it's pulled into partisan politics

    Kennedy Center faces a crossroads as it's pulled into partisan politics

    Apr 04, 2025 10:30 PM EST

    ... Center Honors, the institution's most prestigious annual event, which since 1978 has included a who's-who of artistic stars from all walks of American and international culture. Presidents traditionally attend, but, in his first term, Donald Trump did not. In an audio recording at his recent board meeting ...

  • Pope Leo XIV encourages Turkey to be a force for stability and peace as he opens first foreign trip

    Pope Leo XIV encourages Turkey to be a force for stability and peace as he opens first foreign trip

    Nov 27, 2025 02:54 PM EST

    ... by a military guard of honor and at the presidential palace by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Speaking to Erdogan and the country’s diplomatic corps at a library in the palace complex, Leo praised Turkey’s historic role as a bridge between East and West, at the crossroads of religions ...

  • Fiction longlist for National Book Awards includes Richard Powers, Lauren Groff

    Fiction longlist for National Book Awards includes Richard Powers, Lauren Groff

    Sep 17, 2021 05:00 PM EST

    ... people's literature. Awards judges will narrow the lists on Oct. 5 and winners, each of whom receive $10,000, will be announced Nov. 17 at a ceremony in Manhattan. The foundation plans to hand out the awards in person after holding a virtual event in 2020 because of the ...

  • No 7th trial for Mississippi man freed from prison in 2019

    No 7th trial for Mississippi man freed from prison in 2019

    Sep 04, 2020 10:55 PM EST

    ... an unconstitutional pattern of excluding African American jurors in the trials of Flowers, who is Black. After that ruling, Flowers was moved off death row at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman and taken to a regional jail in the central Mississippi town of Louisville. He remained in custody because ...