The Nobel prize in chemistry is being awarded in Stockholm
The Nobel Prize in chemistry is being awarded Wednesday, a day after two artificial intelligence pioneers won the physics ...
A plane crashes on Catalina Island off Southern California coast
A plane crashed Tuesday night on Catalina Island off the Southern California coast near the island’s private airport. It was not immediately known if there were injuries ...
Ishiba dissolves Japan’s lower house to set up an Oct. 27 parliamentary election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved Japan’s lower house of parliament Wednesday to set up an Oct. 27 snap election and seek the voters’ mandate for his 9-day-old government.
Time to evacuate is running out as Hurricane Milton closes in on Florida
Hurricane Milton churned Wednesday toward a potentially catastrophic collision along the west coast of Florida, where some residents insisted they would stay after millions were ...
China stocks decline amid economic recovery disappointment, while other markets in Asia rise
Shares in China slumped on Wednesday as details of economic stimulus plans from officials in Beijing failed to live up to investors’ expectations, while other markets in ...
Supreme Court takes up death row case with a rare alliance. Oklahoma inmate has state’s support
The Supreme Court is returning to the case of Richard Glossip, who has spent most of the past quarter century on Oklahoma’s death row for a murder he says he did not ...
House Democrats in close races try to show they hear voter concerns about immigration
In some of the closest House races in the country, Democratic candidates are leaning into an issue that Republicans have made ...
Voters in the US don’t directly elect the president. Sometimes that can undermine the popular will
The U.S. has a unique system for electing a president, the Electoral College. In modern times, it has put disproportionate voting power in the hands of a few states that are fairly evenly divided ...
Climate change boosted Helene’s deadly rain and wind and scientists say same is likely for Milton
Human-caused climate change boosted a devastating Hurricane Helene ‘s rainfall by about 10% and intensified its winds by about 11%, scientists said in a new flash study released just as a ...
What presidential campaign? The Electoral College puts most American voters on the sidelines
On a table at the office of the Waukegan Township Democrats sits a box of postcards with Wisconsin addresses that were ...
Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole heritage will be showcased at 50th annual Festivals Acadiens et Creoles
Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole heritage takes center stage this weekend when the Festivals Acadiens et Creoles marks a ...
Hot days and methamphetamine are now a deadlier mix
On just one sweltering day during the hottest June on record in Phoenix, a 38-year-old man collapsed under a freeway bridge and a 41-year-old woman was found slumped outside a ...