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The U.N. special envoy for Iraq is warning the country’s political leaders that “the streets are about to boil over” because of their deadlock and failure to address a host of issues
Tina Kotek wins Democratic nomination for governor in Oregon primary election.
For many South Koreans, the former presidential palace in Seoul was a little-visited, heavily secured mountainside landmark
Ron Wyden wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Oregon primary election.
Chuck Edwards wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District, beating incumbent Madison Cawthorn.
A new report says decisions by Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan were the key factors in the collapse of that nation’s military, leading to the Taliban takeover last year
U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn concedes North Carolina GOP primary to state Sen. Chuck Edwards, spokesperson says
Australia’s leader won’t say who might represent the nation at a summit with U.S., Indian and Japanese leaders just three days after elections on Saturday
Douglas Mastriano wins Republican nomination for governor in Pennsylvania primary election.
One of the oldest Catholic dioceses in the United States has announced a settlement agreement to resolve a bankruptcy case in New Mexico that resulted from a clergy sex abuse scandal
John Fetterman wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania primary election.
A co-owner of the Boston Celtics is donating $2 million toward protecting the Florida manatees and their habitat following two seasons of record-breaking manatee mortalities in the state
A man who shot and wounded two demonstrators in suburban Denver while apparently aiming at a Jeep that was headed toward the crowd during a protest to bring attention to police violence has been sentenced to 120 days in jail followed by five years of probation
The State Department said Tuesday that it still pushing to have regular contact with WNBA star Brittney Griner, who has been detained in Russia for nearly three months
Tropical Cyclone Yakecan has hit Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul and authorities says about 182,000 homes are without electricity
Three of New Mexico’s five national forests will be off limits to the public starting this week due to active wildfires and extreme fire danger
North Korea on Wednesday reported 232,880 new cases of fever and another six deaths as leader Kim Jong Un accused officials of “immaturity” and “slackness” in handling the escalating COVID-19 outbreak
Cheri Beasley wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in North Carolina primary election.
Ted Budd wins Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in North Carolina primary election.
Milwaukee’s mayor and police chief are pleading with citizens and lawmakers to help address ongoing gun violence punctuated by shootings outside an NBA playoff game that left 21 injured
A bill to keep transgender women and girls in Louisiana from competing on college and K-12 women’s and girls’ athletic teams has been approved by the state House
With just two weeks left in Yemen’s two-month cease-fire, the U.N. envoy to the war-torn country says talks with the government and Houthi rebels are going on right now and he hopes the truce will be extended
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Former President Donald Trump’s influence was enough to elevate his Senate candidate to victory in North Carolina on Tuesday
Charles Booker wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Kentucky primary election.
Rand Paul wins Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Kentucky primary election.
The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is rejecting a request from the Justice Department for access to the committee’s interviews, for now
South Dakota lawmakers are considering a legislative report that finds Gov. Kristi Noem’s daughter received preferential treatment while she was applying for a real estate appraiser license in 2020
Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei says he will not attend the Summit of the Americas next month in Los Angeles, following criticism from the Biden administration for reappointing an attorney general the U.S. accuses of protecting the corrupt
The son of Egypt’s former president claimed Tuesday that he and family members were innocent of corruption charges made in international courts after the country’s 2011 popular uprising
A new study says pollution of all types is killing 9 million people a year
The Justice Department is suing longtime Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn to compel him to register as a foreign agent because of lobbying work he performed at the behest of the Chinese government during the Trump administration
The U.S. military committed a number of procedural mistakes in the aftermath of a 2019 airstrike in Syria that killed dozens, including women and children, but a new investigation has concluded that U.S. troops did not violate the law of war or deliberately cause civilian casualties
A NASA spacecraft on Mars is losing power and is headed for a dusty demise
A lawsuit alleges that administrators at a Missouri school district that is the subject of a federal civil rights investigation failed to protect a Black teen from repeated racial taunts that culminated with him being threatened with a lynching