U.S. Vetoes Palestinian Bid for Recognition as Full U.N. Member State
The United States blocked the U.N. Security Council on Thursday from moving forward on a Palestinian bid to be recognized as a full member state at the United Nations, quashing…
Runaway circus elephant stops traffic in Montana
A circus elephant shocked drivers in Butte, Montana when it escaped and stomped into traffic. Viola, the elephant, was being washed near the road when she was startled by the…
Opinion | How Joe Biden Can Win Pennsylvania, His Rosebud
Let’s talk about why President Biden is spending three days in Pennsylvania this week — a lot of time by campaign standards. By now, you probably know that just a…
Bob Graham, Former Florida Governor and Senator, Dies at 87
Bob Graham, a Florida Democrat who as a little-known state senator cleaned stables and waited on tables in a clever populist strategy that helped to boost him into the governorship,…
Nasa says part of ISS station hit Florida home
The 0.7kg metal object tore through man’s roof after re-entering Earth’s atmosphere.
Kansas women allegedly killed by ‘God’s misfits’
Four members of an “anti-government” group are suspected of kidnapping and killing two Kansas mothers.
VW Workers in Tennessee Start Vote on U.A.W., Testing Union Ambitions
Last fall the United Automobile Workers union won big pay increases from the Detroit automakers, and the impact rippled quickly through the nonunion auto plants scattered across the South. Afterward,…
Inside the Late-Night Parties Where Hawaii Politicians Raked In Money
For the better part of a decade, some of Hawaii’s most powerful people huddled together at late-night parties in a cramped second-floor office where lobbyists and executives seeking government contracts…
Endangered California condor chicks hatched in LA
Endangered California condors are part of a recovery programme that aims to release them into the wild. Zoos in the state work closely with the US Fish and Wildlife Service…
Bodies recovered after two Kansas mothers go missing
Four people were arrested and charged with first-degree murder in relation to their disappearance.