Weeks after a school shooting, students return for classes at Apalachee High School
Apalachee High School is set to reopen for classes Tuesday, almost three weeks after a school shooting killed two students and two teachers and injured nine others at the campus ...
There are 5 executions set over a week’s span in the US. That’s the most in decades
Death row inmates in five states are scheduled to be put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high number of executions that defies a yearslong trend of decline in ...
World leaders meet under shadow of global divisions, 3 wars and possible Mideast conflict
World leaders will open their annual meeting at the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday under the shadow of increasing global divisions, major wars in Gaza, Ukraine and, Sudan and ...
Unversed in UNGA? Stumped by SDGs? Here’s a handy glossary of UN General Assembly meeting lingo
The U.N. General Assembly’s yearly meeting of world leaders is here — and with it, an array of acronyms, abbreviations, titles and terms that can be confounding to ...
Several states are making late changes to election rules, even as voting is set to begin
In Georgia, election workers will have to hand count the number of ballots cast after voting is completed. In North Carolina, some students and university staff can use their digital IDs to vote.
Climate solutions: 2 kinds of ocean energy inch forward off the Oregon coast
On a cloudy late August morning, Burke Hales was on a boat a mile off the central Oregon coast, pointing to a sandy beach ...
Hello, I’m Johnny Cash’s statue: A monument to the singer is unveiled at the US Capitol
Johnny Cash will soon be seen in the unlikeliest of venues: the U.S. Capitol. Congressional leaders, Arkansas lawmakers and members of the Cash family will be on hand Tuesday for ...
Former FTX executive Caroline Ellison faces sentencing
Caroline Ellison, a former top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried ’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire, faces the possibility of years in prison when she is sentenced Tuesday for fraud, ...
As Israel’s fight with Hezbollah heats up, people of Gaza fear being forgotten
As the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah grabs global attention, Palestinians in Gaza wonder: What will become of their plight after nearly a year of ...
Alsobrooks presses the case for national abortion rights in critical Maryland Senate race
Angela Alsobrooks sees the erosion of reproductive freedom for women with her 19-year-old daughter in mind. “She’s a sophomore, and she literally has fewer rights in this ...
Conflicts in the Mideast and Ukraine will loom over Biden’s farewell address at the United Nations
President Joe Biden is set to deliver his final address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday as Israel and Hezbollah ...
Singapore opens its first ministerial graft trial in nearly half a century
Singapore’s first ministerial corruption trial in nearly half a century began Tuesday, with former Transport Minister S. Iswaran battling charges in a rare ...