A Democratic senator is putting holds on VA nominees to protest Trump's plans to cut its workforce
WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego announced Tuesday he will block the confirmation of top leaders at the ...
Germany sees Ukraine truce efforts as deadlocked while China says the talks are encouraging
Germany’s chief diplomat on Tuesday described U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to secure a truce in the three-year war ...
Hooters restaurant chain, known for skimpy wait-staff outfits, files for bankruptcy protection
BANGKOK (AP) — Hooters, the U.S.-based restaurant chain known for chicken wings and “Hooters Girls” skimpy wait-staff outfits ...
Middle East latest: Israel hits southern Beirut with airstrike, killing at least 3 people
The Israeli military struck a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs early Tuesday, killing at least three people, in an attack it said targeted a member of the Hezbollah militant group.
A woman is rescued from rubble in Myanmar but hope is fading for more quake survivors
BANGKOK (AP) — Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar's capital Tuesday, but hope was fading of finding many more survivors of the violent earthquake that ...
Scientists release plans for an even bigger atom smasher along the French-Swiss border
For roughly a decade, top minds at CERN have been cooking up plans for a successor to the Large Hadron Collider, a network of ...
A 17-year-old from the West Bank becomes the first Palestinian teenager to die in an Israeli prison
JERUSALEM (AP) — A 17-year-old from the West Bank who was held in an Israeli prison for six months without being charged died after collapsing in unclear circumstances, becoming the first Palestinian ...
Japan's Ishiba says he will push for US auto tariffs exemption
Ishiba told reporters he is willing to fly to Washington to negotiate directly with Trump. The U.S. will begin collecting 25% ...
'I bought their dream': How a US company's huge land deal in Senegal went bust
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rusting pipes in a barren field and unpaid workers are what remain after a U.S. company promised to ...
Asian shares recover after Wall St gains, as markets waver under the threat of more tariffs
On the winning side of Wall Street was Mr. Cooper, which jumped 14.5% after the home loan servicer said it’s being bought by ...
Control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is at stake in race that's drawn powerful political interests
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will be decided Tuesday in a race that broke records for ...
Wisconsin voters to choose top education official and consider voter ID amendment
Wisconsin is the only state where voters elect the top education official but there is no state board of education. That gives the superintendent broad authority to oversee education policy, from ...