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Aug 22, 2019
Twitter and Facebook suspended hundreds of accounts it said were part of a state-sponsored propaganda campaign against the Hong Kong protest movement. One user says he's a "Chinese patriot" but not a propagandist.
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Aug 22, 2019
Trump has remade the Republican Party, a new USC/L.A. Times poll finds. Nearly half of GOP voters want to move in an even more populist direction. But the change has alienated a significant chunk of Republicans whose support he'll need for reelection.
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Aug 22, 2019
A wet spring. A balmy summer. And now a relatively fire-free fire season.
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Aug 22, 2019
Rising demand from unwitting consumers, local greed amid a failing economy, weak controls and corrupt law enforcement are driving the Danube's last wild sturgeons to the brink of extinction.
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Aug 22, 2019
Worries of downturn prompt President Trump to hammer the Fed and consider tax cuts.
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Aug 22, 2019
Will millions arrive at Area 51 in September to storm the gates? Nobody knows for sure, but government agencies are preparing for the worst
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Aug 22, 2019
China's rich drive Rolls-Royces and Porsches and are famous for road rage and selfish parking. But an army of netizens is watching.
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Aug 22, 2019
The mood in Germany has darkened this summer amid grisly killings committed by refugees and shootings by right-wing extremists.
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Aug 22, 2019
Guatemalans have been battered by corruption, narco violence and a changing climate that has hammered crops.
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Aug 22, 2019
Two prominent researchers are quitting MIT's Media Lab over revelations that the famed technology research hub and its director took money from Jeffrey Epstein after he'd served time for sex offenses involving girls and young women.
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Aug 21, 2019
A Texas death row inmate who argued that his conviction was based on junk science was executed Wednesday for the abduction, rape and killing of a suburban Houston community college student more than 20 years ago.
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Aug 21, 2019
The notion that a United States president could question the loyalty of Jewish voters, or that a U.S. lawmaker could publicly hold forth about the Jewish state as a rogue nation antithetical to American values, had remained confined to the nightmares of Israel's most apprehensive leaders.
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Aug 21, 2019
The notion that a United States president could question the loyalty of Jewish voters, or that a U.S. lawmaker could publicly hold forth about the Jewish state as a rogue nation antithetical to American values, had remained confined to the nightmares of Israel's most apprehensive leaders.
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Aug 21, 2019
Russia changed its policy on extinguishing remote forest fires four years ago. Now the Kremlin is considering changing the way it fights fires.
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Aug 21, 2019
The Peace Plan for a Safer America plan calls on 2020 presidential candidates to tackle the issue as "a national public health emergency."
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Aug 21, 2019
The United States' foreign policy and national security establishment is being roiled again by resignations, reports of partisan intimidation and looming cuts in foreign aid.
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Aug 21, 2019
The "Peace Plan for a Safer America" plan calls on 2020 presidential candidates to tackle the issue as "a national public health emergency."
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Aug 21, 2019
President Trump appeared open to gun sales restrictions following three mass shootings.
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Aug 21, 2019
Illegitimacy only emboldens the followers of a charismatic leader. It worked for Epstein and it's working for autocrats around the globe.
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Aug 21, 2019
Illegitimacy only emboldens the followers of a charismatic leader. It worked for Epstein and it's working for autocrats around the globe.
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Aug 21, 2019
When I came to the U.S. from China as a student, my thinking had been shaped by Chinese propaganda.
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Aug 21, 2019
Turkey plans to censor Netflix and other media services to block images of drug use, nudity and other material considered immoral. But free speech advocates say the real target of the rules is political criticism that has all but disappeared from traditional media.
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Aug 21, 2019
The death toll in a suicide bombing at a Kabul wedding claimed by the Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan has risen to 80, an official said Wednesday, as a U.S. envoy was set to resume talks with the Taliban on ending America's longest war.
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Aug 21, 2019
When a ransomware attack hit Keene, Texas, no one noticed.
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Aug 20, 2019
Trump's comments came amid his ongoing feud with Democratic congresswomen Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, both Muslim.
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Aug 20, 2019
The Syrian government's advance into the town of Khan Sheikhoun, which has been in rebel hands since 2014, constitutes a major blow to the opposition.
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Aug 20, 2019
Netflix's 'American Factory' documents Chinese ownership.
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Aug 20, 2019
A man who hijacked a bus and had taken passengers hostage on a bridge in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro was shot dead by a police sniper.
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Aug 20, 2019
The government's advance into the town of Khan Sheikhoun, which has been in rebel hands since 2014, constitutes a major blow to the opposition; during the eight years of the country's civil war, it has lost all of its territories except Idlib.
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Aug 20, 2019
With the signing of "Stephon Clark's law," California now has tough new standards governing use of force by police.
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Aug 20, 2019
Hong Kong and mainland Chinese authorities are toughening up tactics against protesters, but a defiant generation has yet to retreat.
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Aug 20, 2019
Jeffrey Epstein signed a will just two days before he killed himself in jail, new court records show, opening a new legal front in what could be a long battle over the financier's fortune.
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Aug 20, 2019
Jeffrey Epstein signed a will just two days before he killed himself in jail, court records show, opening a new legal front in what could be a long battle over the financier's fortune.
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Aug 19, 2019
President Trump has agreed to sell a fleet of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, which his predecessors, wary of China, had declined.
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Aug 19, 2019
In response to a Trump administration rule, Planned Parenthood said Monday it will withdraw from the federal Title X program that helps low-income people access contraception.
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Aug 19, 2019
In response to a Trump administration rule, Planned Parenthood said Monday it will withdraw from the federal Title X program that helps low-income people access contraception.
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Aug 19, 2019
Sen. Elizabeth Warren offered a public apology to Native Americans over her past claim to tribal heritage, tackling a political liability in the 2020 presidential election.
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Aug 19, 2019
After the massive immigration raids in Mississippi, Father Roberto Mena has lost nearly half of his parishioners at his churches in the small rural towns of Forest and Morton. Workers' families and loved ones are flocking to St. Michael not just for devotion and prayer, but for comfort and counseling.
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Aug 19, 2019
Myanmar has approved the return of 3,450 Rohingya families, but none believes conditions are safe two years after the mass slaughter of Muslim civilians.
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Aug 19, 2019
The Democratic primary offers progressive voters a choice between two heroes of the left, Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
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Aug 19, 2019
Britain's Prince Andrew has rejected renewed suggestions he may have been involved in the alleged sex crimes of his one-time friend Jeffrey Epstein.
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Aug 19, 2019
Former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco, the state's first elected female governor, refused to wallow in disappointment or disaster.
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Aug 19, 2019
Even after Hurricane Katrina ended her political career and as cancer ate away her strength, former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco still described her life as "charmed." With strength in her faith and her family, the state's first elected female governor time and again refused to wallow in disappointment or disaster.
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Aug 18, 2019
In the escalating tanker wars between the West and Iran, Washington is facing resistance from its traditional international partners.
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Aug 18, 2019
An Islamic State attack that killed 63 people deepened questions about the Trump administration's plan to withdraw from Afghanistan.
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Aug 18, 2019
After weeks of violent clashes with police, Hong Kong protesters gathered for a peaceful demonstration that harked back to the movement's beginnings.
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Aug 18, 2019
After weeks of violent clashes with police, Hong Kong protesters gathered for a peaceful demonstration that harked back to the movement's beginnings.
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Aug 18, 2019
After weeks of violent clashes with police, Hong Kong protesters gathered for a peaceful demonstration that marked the democracy movement's beginning.
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Aug 17, 2019
A downward spiral in relations between South Korea and Japan has spawned a trade war and ignited massive protests and boycotts in South Korea.
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Aug 17, 2019
Baked Alaska: The high temperature in July in Anchorage hits 90 for the first time ever, vast stretches of sea ice melt and fire crews can't be spared.
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Aug 17, 2019
Police gear up to prevent violence Saturday between Proud Boys and anti-fascist counterprotesters
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Aug 17, 2019
The Native village of Igiugig, population 70, runs on diesel flown in for as much as $7.55 a gallon. An underwater hydro project could change that.
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Aug 16, 2019
Hong Kong protests have led to some clashes with civilians and suspected spies as well as police. Some protesters are rethinking their tactics.
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Aug 16, 2019
Kim praised his military's "mysterious and amazing success rates" in weapons testing and vowed to build "capabilities no one dare provoke."
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Aug 16, 2019
Israel barred Tlaib and another congresswoman from visiting Jerusalem and the West Bank over their support for the international boycott movement, but said Tlaib could visit her relatives in the West Bank on humanitarian grounds.
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Aug 16, 2019
Israel barred Tlaib and another congresswoman from visiting Jerusalem and the West Bank over their support for the international boycott movement, but said Tlaib could visit her relatives in the West Bank on humanitarian grounds.
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Aug 16, 2019
Hundreds of people protested an unprecedented security crackdown and clashed with police Friday in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
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Aug 16, 2019
Hundreds of people protested an unprecedented security crackdown and clashed with police Friday in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
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Aug 16, 2019
The Trump administration informs Congress it plans to sell F-16 fighters worth $8 billion to Taiwan. China fiercely opposes all arms sales to Taiwan.
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Aug 16, 2019
Could Hong Kong face its own Tiananmen Square-type moment if China sends in forces to end protests?
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Aug 16, 2019
Reports that Ebola has been "cured" are greatly exaggerated. Here's what new drugs can do for those sickened in the latest outbreak -- and what they can't.
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Aug 16, 2019
Israel barred Tlaib and another congresswoman from visiting Jerusalem and the West Bank over their support for the international boycott movement, but said Tlaib could visit her relatives in the West Bank on humanitarian grounds.
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Aug 16, 2019
Un panel de tres jueces de la corte federal de apelaciones expresó escepticismo hacia una orden judicial dictada el año pasado por un juez con sede en San Francisco que impedía que la administración levantara las protecciones.
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Aug 16, 2019
A special housing initiative gave the residents of a Los Angeles homeless encampment the chance to move into apartments.
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Aug 16, 2019
About 1 in 1,000 black men and boys in America can expect to die at the hands of police. That risk is 2.5 times higher than for white men, new research shows.
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Aug 16, 2019
About 1 in 1,000 black men and boys in America can expect to die at the hands of police. That risk is 2.5 times higher than for white men, new research shows.
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Aug 16, 2019
About 1 in 1,000 black men and boys in America can expect to die at the hands of police. That risk is 2.5 times higher than for white men, new research shows.
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Aug 16, 2019
It's tough going for people smugglers, known as coyotes, as Mexico's crackdown on Central American migration puts a crimp on business. One Guatemalan coyote says he's back to his studies, waiting for the heat to cool.
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Aug 16, 2019
It's tough going for people smugglers, known as coyotes, as Mexico's crackdown on Central American migration puts a crimp on business. One Guatemalan coyote says he's back to his studies, waiting for the heat to cool.
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Aug 16, 2019
It's tough going for people smugglers, known as coyotes, as Mexico's crackdown on Central American migration puts a crimp on business. One Guatemalan coyote says he's back to his studies, waiting for the heat to cool.
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Aug 16, 2019
It's tough going for people smugglers, known as coyotes, as Mexico's crackdown on Central American migration puts a crimp on business. One Guatemalan coyote says he's back to his studies, waiting for the heat to cool.
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Aug 16, 2019
People who contract Ebola are three to four times less likely to die from it if they are treated in a high-income country such as the United States rather than in places like Congo or western Africa.
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Aug 16, 2019
After the El Paso massacre, Latinos wrestle with a history of racism in the U.S. that repeats itself.
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Aug 16, 2019
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was reported Thursday afternoon at 5:02 p.m.
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Aug 15, 2019
Tennessee executed its third inmate in the electric chair since November, killing a man Thursday who maintained that he didn't stab a mother and her 15-year-old daughter to death in 1986.
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Aug 15, 2019
Trump's demand that Israel ban two Democratic lawmakers set up a dramatic choice for Benjamin Netanyahu: Please the U.S. president or alienate the Congress that provides billions of dollars in aid.
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Aug 15, 2019
Trump's demand that Israel ban two Democratic lawmakers set up a dramatic choice for Benjamin Netanyahu: please the U.S. president or alienate the Congress that provides billions of dollars in aid.
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Aug 15, 2019
President Trump's reaction to the Hong Kong protests has ranged from muddled to indifferent, displaying his disinclination to use his office to promote democracy around the world — a task his predecessors considered a core part of the job — and his focus on trade over human rights.
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Aug 15, 2019
Trump's demand that Israel ban two Democratic lawmakers set up a dramatic choice for Benjamin Netanyahu: please the U.S. president or alienate the Congress that provides billions of dollars in aid.
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Aug 15, 2019
A ban in China has left the U.S. with a glut of once-recyclable junk and an industry crisis.
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Aug 15, 2019
Every morning, hundreds of Native Hawaiians emerge from their tents and pickup trucks to stand in silence, determined to protect Mauna Kea, which they hold sacred. They and their supporters are protesting plans for the massive Thirty Meter Telescope.
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Aug 14, 2019
A three-judge federal appeals court panel expressed skepticism toward an injunction handed down last year by a San Francisco-based judge preventing the administration from lifting the protections.
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Aug 14, 2019
Singapore is approaching the unrest in Hong Kong with caution over fears of angering Beijing and triggering activism at home.
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Aug 14, 2019
Singapore is approaching the unrest in Hong Kong with caution over fears of angering Beijing and triggering activism at home.
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Aug 14, 2019
A total of 17 states and the District of Columbia now have laws that allow courts to temporarily take guns from people they deem dangerous.
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Aug 14, 2019
The FDA approved a new tuberculosis drug that improves treatment for the hardest-to-treat cases. Drug-resistant TB is a growing problem in many poor countries.
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Aug 14, 2019
Another round of U.S. talks with the Taliban ends, apparently without a deal on declaring a cease-fire or other objectives.
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Aug 14, 2019
Another round of U.S. talks with the Taliban ends, apparently without a deal on declaring a cease-fire or other objectives.
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Aug 14, 2019
President Trump delayed planned tariffs that had worried investors and economists, following a familiar pattern in his trade war with China.
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Aug 13, 2019
Protesters returned to Hong Kong's international airport and obstructed passengers from boarding flights, causing suspension of check-ins for the second day in a row.
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Aug 13, 2019
Protesters returned to Hong Kong's international airport and obstructed passengers from boarding flights, causing suspension of check-ins for the second day in a row.
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Aug 13, 2019
In an ad to run on Fox News, presidential candidate Julián Castro addresses President Trump, blaming him for stoking "the fire of racists."
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Aug 13, 2019
After an explosion killed five nuclear engineers last week at a northern Russian weapons research center, and reportedly resulted in a spike in radiation in the surrounding region, the Kremlin fell back on old habits: It lied, both about the number of dead and about the radiation.
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Aug 13, 2019
Protesters returned to Hong Kong's international airport and obstructed passengers from boarding flights, causing suspension of check-ins for the second day in a row.
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Aug 13, 2019
As opioids surge, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends for the first time that primary care clinicians screen all adults for illicit drug use.
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Aug 13, 2019
Public opinion of China has soured badly, making the trade war a potentially hot-button campaign issue.
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Aug 13, 2019
Protesters clogged the departure area at Hong Kong's reopened airport Tuesday, a day after they forced one of the world's busiest transportation hubs to shut down entirely amid their calls for an independent inquiry into alleged police abuse.
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Aug 13, 2019
Nora Anne Quoirin, 15, disappeared Aug. 4 at an eco-resort in southern Negeri Sembilan state. A nude body was found a mile and a half away.
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Aug 13, 2019
Protesters returned to Hong Kong's international airport and obstructed passengers from boarding flights, causing suspension of check-ins for the second day in a row.
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