Kremlin rushes to defend Jared Kushner as murky deal revealed
A senior Russian official has defended Jared Kushner after suggestions of potentially murky negotiations in negotiations to end Putin’s war in Ukraine. Kushner and Steve Witkoff, the U.S. negotiators tasked with ending the war, are believed to have…
Cornell president calls gang rape allegations ‘deeply disturbing’: NPR
Pedestrians walk on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Thursday, October 1, 2026. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption toggle caption I Matt Rourke/AP The president of Cornell University said the institution “must do better”…
Buttigieg goes big to help 2026 Democrats
CONCORD, New Hampshire— Pete Buttigieg is raging across the country in the final weeks before the midterm elections, strengthening candidates in battlegrounds and even in areas traditionally hostile to Democrats. And it helps him see beyond November. In…
More tankers hit in Gulf waters as Iran reiterates conditions
Daily life continues in the strategic port city of Bandar Abbas on the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing tensions between Iran and the United States, as Iranians spend time along the city’s waterfront at sunset in Bandar Abbas, Iran, September 12,…
Shasta County elections chief lost, then he locked the ballots
REDDING, Calif. — Clint Curtis thinks something doesn’t smell right in Shasta County. Literally. As the registrar of voters in this Northern California community, Curtis was both an elections administrator and a candidate this summer. After losing,…
One dead, one injured in Durham shooting on Chapel Hill Boulevard :: WRAL.com
One man is dead and another was injured in a shooting early Sunday morning in Durham. Around 12:30 a.m., two men were shot in the 4400 block of Durham Chapel Hill Boulevard, near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. They were both taken to hospital. A man…
Mass shootings kill two in Georgia, 12-year-old girl in Baltimore | Crime in the United States
Two people were killed and at least 25 others injured when a shooting broke out at a homecoming party in Vienna, Georgia, early Sunday, authorities said. In another high-profile mass shooting in the United States over the weekend, a 12-year-old girl was…
How the Cornell case affects women who have experienced sexual assault: NPR
Olivia Petter, who says the Cornell University rape allegations “prompted” her to recall her own experiences with sexual assault. Olivia Petter hide caption toggle caption I Olivia Petter When Olivia Petter first heard the news of the sexual…
Trump announces creation of AI “Super Intelligence Force”
Washington- President Trump announced the creation of an “Intelligence Super Force” on Sunday, after meeting with leaders of the nation’s largest artificial intelligence companies last week, amid growing calls for safeguards on the technology.…
U.S. Marine Arrested for Alleged Murder of Woman in Okinawa, Japan: NPR
U.S. MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft are parked at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan on the main island of Okinawa in southern Japan, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. Hiro Komae/AP hide caption toggle caption I Hiro Komae/AP TOKYO — Japanese police…