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FILE - Hope Hicks, former White House Communications Director, arrives to meet with the House Intelligence Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 27, 2018. Prosecutors say Hicks spoke with former President Donald Trump by phone during a frenzied effort to keep allegations of his marital infidelity out of the press after the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape leaked weeks before the 2016 election. In the tape, from 2005, Trump boasted about grabbing women without permission. (AP Photo/J.

Hope Hicks, ex-Trump adviser, recounts political firestorm in 2016 over ‘Access Hollywood’ tape

May 3, 2024, 11:00am Latest News Updated 1 day ago

Hope Hicks, a former adviser to Donald Trump, took the stand Friday at the former president's hush money trial and recounted how his 2016 campaign became embroiled in a political firestorm over a recording in which he boasted about grabbing women without their permission. Read story

Kremlin critics say Russia is targeting its foes abroad with killings, poisonings and harassment

May 3, 2024, 8:33am Nation & World

The military defector was killed in a hail of gunfire and then run over by a car in Spain. The opposition figure was struck repeatedly with a hammer in Lithuania. The journalist fell ill from a suspected poisoning in Germany. Read story

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs smiles after signing the repeal of the Civil War-era near-total abortion ban, Thursday, May 2, 2024, at the Capitol in Phoenix. Democrats secured enough votes in the Arizona Senate to repeal the ban on abortions that the state’s highest court recently allowed to take effect.

Arizona governor’s signing of abortion law repeal follows political fight by women lawmakers

May 3, 2024, 8:32am Nation & World Updated 1 day ago

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs’ signing of the repeal of a Civil War-era ban on nearly all abortions was a stirring occasion for the women working to ensure that the 19th century law remains in the past. Read story

Sea lions are seen on rafts along Pier 39, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A.

An anchovy feast draws a crush of sea lions to one of San Francisco’s piers, the most in 15 years

May 3, 2024, 8:30am Life Updated 1 day ago

They’re lounging, biting each other and generally making a ruckus in numbers not seen in more than a decade. And don't even think about stealing their anchovies. Read story

This photo provided by NASA shows an Eta Aquarid meteor streaking over northern Georgia on April 29, 2012. The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks this weekend. Astronomers say it should be visible in both hemispheres. (B.

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley’s comet, peaks this weekend. Here’s how to see it

May 3, 2024, 8:27am Life

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, remnants of Halley's comet, peaks this weekend. And with just a waning crescent moon in the sky, it should be visible. Read story

FILE - A tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the Israeli offensive is seen in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Feb. 27, 2024. Israel and Hamas appear to be seriously negotiating an end to the war in Gaza and the return of Israeli hostages. A leaked truce proposal hints at concessions by both sides following months of stalemated talks.

Here’s what’s on the table for Israel and Hamas in the latest cease-fire talks

May 3, 2024, 8:17am Nation & World

Israel and Hamas appear to be seriously negotiating an end to the war in Gaza and the return of Israeli hostages. A leaked truce proposal hints at compromises by both sides after months of stalemated talks. Read story

Conservative party candidate Lord Ben Houchen, left, with Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak following his re-election as Tees Valley Mayor in Teesside, England, Friday May 3, 2024.

UK Conservatives set for historic losses in local polls as Labour calls for a general election now

May 3, 2024, 8:15am Nation & World

Britain’s governing Conservative Party suffered heavy losses in local election results Friday, further cementing expectations that the Labour Party will return to power after 14 years in a U.K. general election that will take place in the coming months. Read story

FILE- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for photographers as they meet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The two countries have a long history of friendship, particularly since 1999, when NATO bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, killing three Chinese nationals, during the air war to end Serbia’s brutal crackdown on ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo.

As China’s Xi Jinping visits Europe, Ukraine, trade and investment are likely to top the agenda

May 3, 2024, 7:52am Business

Ukraine, trade and investment are expected to dominate Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s first trip to Europe in five years, as the Asian giant rebuilds its foreign relations after a prolonged absence during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read story

Damage surrounds the Sulphur Times-Democrat building on Monday, April 29, 2024, after a tornado plowed through the rural Oklahoma community and left wide destruction through downtown Sulphur, Oka.

A tornado hit an Oklahoma newsroom built in the 1920s. The damage isn’t stopping the presses

May 3, 2024, 7:50am Business

When Oklahoma and national officials held a press conference Monday to discuss the scale of devastation following tornadoes two days earlier, Kathy John did what she always does: She showed up to report on it for the town’s weekly newspaper, the Sulphur Times-Democrat. Read story