November 29, 2023, 10:31am Nation & World
U.S. authorities announced murder-for-hire charges Wednesday against a man from India who they say plotted to pay an assassin $100,000 to kill a prominent Sikh separatist leader living in New York City after the man advocated for the establishment of a sovereign state for Sikhs. Read story
November 29, 2023, 8:50am Nation & World Updated 1 day ago
Mexico's president said Wednesday that two of four news photographers who were shot Tuesday are in serious condition, as prosecutors confirmed that a fifth journalist was shot and wounded the same day. Read story
November 29, 2023, 8:25am Churches & Religion
Pope Francis presided at his weekly audience with the public at the Vatican, but he said that he’s still unwell and asked an aide to read his remarks for him on Wednesday, a day after canceling an overseas trip. Read story
November 29, 2023, 8:24am Nation & World
Opposition protesters in Kosovo on Wednesday used flares and tear gas to protest against a senior war crimes court official in the capital. Read story
November 29, 2023, 8:24am Health
Rising rates of suicide among older adults drove the number of such deaths to a historic high in the United States last year, even as suicide declined among youth, according to a report released Wednesday by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read story
November 29, 2023, 8:23am Nation & World
At least 40 civilians were killed last weekend by al-Qaida-linked rebels trying to take control of a besieged town in Burkina Faso’s hard-hit northern region, the United Nations’ rights office said, calling the attack a war crime. Read story
November 29, 2023, 8:22am Latest News Updated 1 day ago
With her frail husband as a silent witness, Rosalynn Carter was celebrated by her family and closest friends Wednesday at her funeral in the same tiny town where she and Jimmy Carter were born, forever their home base as they climbed to the White House and traveled the world for humanitarian causes. Read story
November 29, 2023, 8:21am Nation & World
Georgia lawmakers will open a special session Wednesday as majority Republicans move to minimize their losses while also trying to increase the number of Black-majority districts to comply with a federal court order. Read story
November 29, 2023, 8:19am Health
U.S. life expectancy rose last year — by more than a year — but still isn’t close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. Read story
November 29, 2023, 8:17am Nation & World
Several families are suing to stop Iowa’s new law that bans books from school libraries, forbids teachers from raising LGBTQ+ issues and forces educators in some cases to out the gender identity of students to their parents. Read story