Illinois data shows inmates with violent records from shuttered prison sent to medium-security sites
Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois’ decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...
Blast at ministry compound in Kabul kills 1 person and injures 3
A blast at a government ministry compound in Kabul killed one person and injured three, a spokesman said Thursday. Mohammad ...
California’s burn scars brace for flooding as freezing rain and snow head for Oregon
Officials in California distributed sandbags, prepositioned rescue swimmers and told residents to have their go-bags ready as ...
Why people are naming bugs, rats and cats after their exes this Valentine’s Day
Feel like dissing instead of kissing your former lover this Valentine’s Day? Think your ex is more like a rat than a prince?
Could Canada really become the 51st US state? Here’s what it would take
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Canada should be the 51st U.S. state as he proposes erasing the 5,525-mile-long border that separates the countries and alleviating the ...
A free speech case over a pastry shop painting goes to trial
A First Amendment dispute over a bright painting that shows sunbeams shining down on a mountain range made of ...
Reclusive Taliban leader speaks of importance of modern education in a rare university visit
The Taliban’s reclusive leader has made a rare visit to a university in Afghanistan in his first known trip to a modern education institution. Hibatullah Akhundzada spoke of the importance of ...
VP Vance is visiting the Dachau concentration camp memorial on eve of his big meeting with Zelenskyy
U.S. Vice President JD Vance will visit the Dachau concentration camp memorial Thursday, making a stop at one of the most ...
A far-right party is heading for its strongest result yet in Germany’s election. Here’s what to know
Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is fielding its ...
A$AP Rocky trial heads to closing arguments. Did the rapper fire real bullets or blanks?
There’s one essential difference between arguments at rapper A$AP Rocky ‘s trial: Prosecutors will say Thursday that the ...
Briscoe gives Toyota its first Daytona 500 pole as Johnson and Truex also lock into NASCAR opener
Chase Briscoe led a banner night for Toyota in qualifying for the Daytona 500 by winning the pole for NASCAR’s “Great ...
With doors closed to the US, asylum-seekers turn to their Plan B: A new life in Mexico
When Angelica Delgado took a one-way flight to Mexico as she fled Cuba in December, she was set on seeking asylum in the ...