One Year in Russian Jail for Evan Gershkovich
For the past year, Evan Gershkovich has been confined to a small prison cell, similar in size to the jail’s courtyard — measuring six paces by six paces — that…
For the past year, Evan Gershkovich has been confined to a small prison cell, similar in size to the jail’s courtyard — measuring six paces by six paces — that…
AZACUALPA, Honduras — The construction workers who went missing in the Baltimore bridge collapse all hailed from Mexico or Central America before they settled in the Maryland area. Police managed…
Muslims, Jews and Christians gathered for a dinner marking the end of the daily fast for Muslims during Ramadan; the Fast of Esther for Jews; and the New Year (Nowruz),…
new york — Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who…
The United States is in dire need of construction workers, a builders’ industry group says. Nonprofits argue that the newly arrived migrants that have overwhelmed some U.S. cities in recent…
washington — First lady Jill Biden will publish a children’s book in June called Willow the White House Cat — about her cat, Willow. The publisher, Simon & Schuster, announced…
washington — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Wednesday that Chinese subsidies for clean energy industries create unfair competition that “hurts American firms and workers, as well as firms and…
Two men accused of smuggling people across the U.S.-Canada border into Minnesota have pleaded not guilty. The people they allegedly smuggled included four members of an Indian family from Gujarat…
washington — The Biden administration has been making a diplomatic push for talks with North Korea with more explicit public proposals for engagement than at any other time since taking…
NEW YORK — Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at the New York judge who put him under a gag order ahead of his April 15 hush-money criminal trial, suggesting without…
BEIJING — China’s President Xi Jinping met American business leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday, as the government tries to woo back foreign investors…
WASHINGTON — Here are some of the Native American-related stories in the news this past week: South Dakota governor: Some tribal leaders “benefiting” from drug cartels Addressing a town hall…
U.S. federal safety investigators say they have recovered the data-recording black box from the cargo ship that crashed into a Baltimore bridge, while divers on Wednesday continued their search for…
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — A Nevada judge tentatively set an August 5 trial date for a former Las Vegas-area elected official accused of killing an investigative journalist. But she acknowledged…
NEW ORLEANS — A Texas law that allows the state to arrest and deport migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. will remain on hold for now, a federal appeals…