5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (291+ words) Today is Wednesday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2026. There are 113 days left in the year. On Sept. 9, 1985, President Ronald Reagan ordered economic sanctions against South Africa to target apartheid. In 1776, the second Continental Congress formally adopted the name “United States of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (433+ words) By RYAN J. FOLEY The Chinese government is pressing for answers after a Chinese man died hours after being taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a U.S. territory. Lianyong Wei, 51, died Aug. 23 at a hospital in the Northern Mariana…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (695+ words) By LEE KEATH and SARAH EL DEEB Iranian state media said four people — two women and two children — were killed and more than 60 were wounded. The rights group said one of the children, a teenager, was killed by another strike…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (211+ words) Tourism on the island declined by 62% from January to July of this year compared to the same period in 2025, according to official figures that highlighted the enormous drop in the island’s strategic sector. A report published by the National Office…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (179+ words) AYER — Like a lot of parents, Rebecca Owens is getting up a lot earlier these days with school back in session. “Back to school means my mornings start a little earlier, but I don’t mind too much because I’ve found…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (358+ words) Today is Monday, Aug. 31, the 243rd day of 2026. There are 122 days left in the year. On Aug. 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed after the car she was riding in crashed in Paris; her partner Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (218+ words) By LINDSEY BAHR, AP Film Writer The Venice Film Festival has added a new documentary about the civilian toll of the Israel-Hamas war to its lineup. “NAZA,” from two of the filmmakers behind the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” will…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (200+ words) U.S. forces have struck another vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two people the Pentagon says were trafficking drugs. The U.S. Southern Command announced the strike in a social media post early Monday. The death toll from the Trump administration’s campaign of…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (407+ words) Today is Saturday, Aug. 22, the 234th day of 2026. There are 131 days left in the year. On Aug. 22, 2007, a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Iraq, killing all 14 U.S. soldiers aboard. In 1791, the Haitian Revolution began as enslaved people of Saint-Domingue rose up against…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1093+ words) By MEHDI FATTAHI and DAVID RISING “We have virtually given up on many things,” said Ahmad Karimi, 52, a taxi driver and father of two who has been working 15-hour days to make ends meet. “We’re cutting out fruit, we’re cutting…...