The Latest: Spending plan collapses as Trump makes new demands of Congress
President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate — ...
Harmful gas billowing from Texas and New Mexico comes mostly from smaller leaks, researchers say
The blob on the satellite image is a rainbow of colors. An analyst digitally sharpens it and there, highlighted in red, is the source: a concrete oil pad spewing methane.
Apple complains Meta requests risk privacy in spat over EU efforts to widen access to iPhone tech
Apple complained that requests from Meta Platforms for access to its operating software threaten user privacy, in a spat fueled by the European Union's intensifying efforts to get the iPhone maker to ...
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Kenya announces plan to combat rising gender-based violence as 100 women are killed in four months
Our books editor, who reads 150 of 'em a year, has some thoughts on getting more reading in your life. The Kenyan government on Thursday declared gender-based violence the nation's most pressing ...
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Italy's Salvini faces verdict for blocking migrants at sea. Case weighs limits of stemming migration
Our books editor, who reads 150 of 'em a year, has some thoughts on getting more reading in your life. Italy's deputy premier, Matteo Salvini, has sounded defiant ahead of Friday's court verdict in ...
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Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean
Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government or federal agencies will shut down, meaning hundreds of thousands of federal employees could be sent home — or stay on ...
Number of dead and missing still unclear as first aid arrives in quake-hit Pacific nation of Vanuatu
Amid the havoc wrought by a violent earthquake two days earlier, Ivan Oswald and his staff prepared for lunchtime service ...
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RandBall: A difficult stretch and concerning underlying stat for the Wild
Our books editor, who reads 150 of 'em a year, has some thoughts on getting more reading in your life.
Yuen: What do women want from the workplace in 2025?
Women are more likely than men to report that their jobs are causing stress and impacting their mental health.
Syrian villagers near the Golan Heights say Israeli forces are banning them from their fields
Israeli forces have set up a position in an abandoned Syrian army base in the village of Maariyah and prevented local farmers from accessing their fields, residents said Thursday.
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New Orleans police arrest another suspect in parade mass shootings
Our books editor, who reads 150 of 'em a year, has some thoughts on getting more reading in your life. New Orleans police arrested a man suspected in one of the mass shootings that broke out within ...
A 20-year-old blind cat is rescued from an icy Massachusetts pond after some quick thinking
Tiki, a 20-year-old blind black-and-white cat, likes to roam about outdoors. But this time he caused a scare after he was seen on ice floating in a Massachusetts pond and then fell in.