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A Hong Kong court reverses course and lets a government ban on wearing face masks at protests stand for one more week, until after elections.
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Imaad Zuberi, who was set to plead guilty in an L.A. case, faces charges in New York of obstructing justice and failing to register as a foreign agent. -
Trump says there is “a very good chance” for a trade deal with China and claims he has prevented thousands of deaths in Hong Kong.
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Here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today: TOP STORIES One Inquiry, Two Worlds Two weeks of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump have closed with a collective warning from witnesses: Russia is again trying to sow political discord in the U.S. and interfere in the presidential election in a repeat of its success in 2016.
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Atty. Gen. William Barr says Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide death in a high-security jail was the result of a “perfect storm of screw-ups.”
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The parents of a former U.S. hostage who died after being released from North Korea in a coma in 2017 say they are committed to finding and shutting down illicit North Korean business assets around the world.
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Iranian authorities slowly eased up their sweeping blockage of internet access on Friday, as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for Iranians to send the U.S. videos “documenting the regime’s crackdown” on protesters.
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A New Zealand jury has found a man guilty of murder in the death of 22-year-old British backpacker Grace Millane.
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In the final day of a week of House impeachment hearings, a former senior White House aide warned that President Trump and his Republican allies have embraced a “fictional narrative” on Ukraine that is propagated by Russian security services to undermine U.S. democracy.
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New Homeland Security chief vows to finish 500 miles of Trump’s border wall by 2020 deadline
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Trump signed the bill, which will extend funding through Dec. 20, hours before government funding was set to expire.
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The indictment deals a blow to Netanyahu’s hopes to remain in office, though the prime minister would not be required to step aside.
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Colombians angry with conservative President Iván Duque carry a variety of complaints to the streets, but their protest lacks focus.
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President Trump is insisting the Navy “will NOT be taking away” a SEAL designation for Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, who posed with the corpse of a captive in Iraq.
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U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutka temporarily halted the execution as a lawsuit on how the government intends to carry it out continues.
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Democrats likely “Final Four” candidates offer a measure of diversity: A woman, an openly gay man; two of the oldest men ever to run for president, and the youngest. But missing is any candidate of color.
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Here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today: TOP STORIES ‘We Followed the President’s Orders’ President Trump named Gordon Sondland as U.S. ambassador to the European Union after he had donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration.
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South Dakota is taking heat for its new antidrug slogan, “Meth. We’re On It.” But addiction experts say a bigger problem is antiquated drug laws.
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An indigenous community survived Guatemala’s civil war. But a volcanic eruption is forcing them out of a town that had symbolized their resilience and grit.
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Tilli Buchanan says she and her husband had taken off their shirts to keep their clothes from getting dusty as they worked in their garage. Then her stepchildren, ages 9 to 13, walked in.
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It’s not just drugs. Mexico’s cartels are fighting over avocados.
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Teachers at Garfield High School were winding down classes for the approaching lunch break when they heard the startling sound of people — they were not sure who — running through the halls, pounding on classroom doors.
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South Dakota is taking heat for its new antidrug slogan, “Meth. We’re On It.” But addiction experts say a bigger problem is antiquated drug laws.
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Atty. Gen. William Barr says Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide death in a high-security jail was the result of a “perfect storm of screw-ups.”
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Tilli Buchanan says she and her husband had taken off their shirts to keep their clothes from getting dusty as they worked in their garage. Then her stepchildren, ages 9 to 13, walked in.
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Fifty years later, the Manson “family” murders remain seared into the collective memory of Los Angeles. The question, which persists to this day, is why?
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Charles Manson and his “family” committed heinous crimes across Los Angeles in 1969. Here is a timeline of what led up to the murders and the aftermath.
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Followers of Charles Manson were tied to the deaths of nine people in the summer of 1969.
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