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Oklahoma man is put to death over a 2001 killing, the first in a pair of US executions
An Oklahoma man was put to death over the fatal shooting of his girlfriend's estranged husband in 2001, the fi…

4 people are shot in the trendy Logan Circle neighborhood of the nation’s capital, police say
Four people were shot early Thursday in a trendy Washington, D.C., neighborhood within walking distance of the…

Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital kills 6 people, health authorities say
An Israeli airstrike targeting the Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza killed six people and wounded at least a d…

Death toll rises to 6 in Brooklyn building collapse as rescuers dig through rubble
Firefighters early Thursday removed the bodies of four more people who died after a three-story building in Br…

Father of boy who survived being buried alive is charged with attempted murder in South Carolina
The father of an 11-month-old boy who survived being buried alive in a dog crate for about 24 hours has been c…

Clinging to life and crying, a baby was found buried alive a day after his father took him, investigators say
Trapped in a dog crate and entombed beneath a foot of dirt, a South Carolina infant miraculously survived 24 h…

Pope Leo returns to what is expected to be a national party in his second homeland of Peru
Pope Leo XIV arrived in his second homeland of Peru on Wednesday, returning to the place that he credits with …

Firefighters dig through rubble after NYC building collapse kills 1 and traps people in wreckage
Firefighters dug through the rubble of a three-story building in Brooklyn on Wednesday after it collapsed at t…

Hegseth and advisers reprimanded by guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
A U.S. Army sentinel guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier reprimanded Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and a…

California doctor apologizes for yelling at child with autism
A South Pasadena doctor apologized on Tuesday after a video showed him yelling at a child with autism who was …

Trump administration plans to make it harder to get grocery assistance
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to make it harder to get food aid through the federal…

Moscow’s ambassador to the U.S. dies at age 66, the Russian Foreign Ministry says
Alexander Darchiev, Russia’s ambassador to the United States, died Wednesday at age 66, the Foreign Ministry i…

Islamic State group-affiliated rebels kill at least 22 in Congo's eastern region
A rebel group affiliated with the Islamic State group in Congo launched a series of attacks on remote communit…

Trump says the towering arch he wants to be build might be dedicated to military veterans
U.S. President Donald Trump observed Veterans Day by suggesting that the towering arch he wants to build in hi…

1 dead, 4 critically injured after building collapse in New York City
Firefighters dug through the rubble of a three-story building in Brooklyn on Wednesday after it collapsed at t…

Mississippi's Scott Colom secures Senate seat in another midterm win for Democrats
Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom will be the state's first Black senator since the post-Civil War Reconstructi…

Martin Luther King Jr.'s handwritten draft of 'I Have a Dream' speech found in desk drawer
The day Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and delivered his iconic "I Have A D…

Canada says Russian hockey players with visas will still be barred from world junior championship
The federal government says Russian hockey players will not be permitted to compete at next month's world juni…

Russia and Ukraine agree to a large prisoner exchange as talks end with no major breakthrough
Russia and Ukraine agreed to a large exchange of prisoners of war, both sides said Wednesday as two days of U.…

Netanyahu denies Israel is to blame for conditions in Gaza camps, and other Mideast news
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected accusations that Israel has been delaying the entry of …

Camps destroyed in 2 Israeli military strikes on Gaza City
Video shows the moment an Israeli military strike struck near a displacement camp south of Gaza City on Nov. 1…

Millions of workers strike across Spain as citizens protest soaring housing costs
Millions of Spanish workers shut down businesses and public transportation across the eurozone's fourth larges…

Biden says he wouldn't have run for a second term in 2024 if he knew he had cancer
Joe Biden says he did not know he had cancer while he was president and would not have sought a second term if…

Canadian textile maker battered by tariffs eyes production in the U.S.
A Canadian textile maker battered by U.S. tariffs is looking to expand south of the border, illustrating how t…

Italy evacuates hundreds of schools due to bomb alert, with threats in Scotland and Ireland
Italian authorities evacuated hundreds of schools Wednesday after an emailed bomb threat, the latest in a seri…

Russia, Ukraine to exchange prisoners but talks end with no big breakthrough
U.S. officials say they are determined to revive Washington’s peace efforts that so far have failed to deliver…

Thousands of ‘hoax’ bomb threats sent to schools in Italy, U.K., police say
Schools in Italy were evacuated, Northern Ireland and Scotland also received similar threats, but no evacuatio…

China’s passenger car exports surge in October as domestic demand remains weak
China’s car exports remained strong in October as growing overseas shipments helped offset persistently sluggi…

As higher prices seep into broader economy, U.S. Fed officials consider faster hikes
More evidence this week of hot inflation in the U.S. was unpleasant news for the U.S. Federal Reserve, not to …

Driver in deadly Los Angeles metro station crash is arrested on DUI and murder counts
The 61-year-old driver of a minivan that killed three people when it crashed outside a Los Angeles metro stati…

U.S. immigration arrests go on unabated despite Trump’s misgivings after the GOP’s midterm wipeout
It’s business as usual for U.S. President Donald Trump’s deportation offensive despite the Republican wipeout …

How Scott Colom defied doubters to make Mississippi a battleground
Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom could…

The pope ends an emotional Argentina visit with a plea for unity and reconciliation
Pope Leo XIV closed an emotional and politically charged visit to Argentina on Wednesday with an appeal for un…

Father of baby who was rescued after being buried alive is charged with attempted murder
A missing 11-month-old infant was rescued Tuesday after being buried alive in a dog crate in South Carolina. H…

White House confronts Democrats over planned probes, claiming possible 'criminality'
The White House has issued a warning to Democrats over their planned probes into the Trump administration, goi…

Bernie Sanders won't support Schumer for Senate Democratic leader, saying it's time for change
Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday he would not be supporting Sen. Chuck Schumer as the Democratic majority lead…

Russia’s U.S. ambassador dies ‘suddenly’ at 66, Moscow says
A statement described Darchiev as “an outstanding diplomat, experienced leader, good comrade and mentor,” as w…

Military-linked Chinese university bought Nvidia chips despite U.S. blacklist: Reuters exclusive
A Chinese university with deep ties to the People’s Liberation Army bought Nvidia’s powerful H200 AI chips las…

Spaniards shut down country over high housing prices
People across Spain have shut down businesses, factories and the country’s rail system as part of a general st…

Jim Jordan, once called a 'legislative terrorist' by a top Republican, will now lead the party in U.S. House
The Republicans may have just lost control of the House of Representatives in resounding fashion, but they sig…