US and World News

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON – Astronomers have spotted in a galaxy adjacent to our Milky Way what they are calling a cosmic “needle in a haystack” – a black hole …

(Reuters) – Power demand in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) hit a record on Friday and will likely break that on Tuesday as homes and business in the U.S. Central …

WASHINGTON – A Georgia grand jury has subpoenaed U.S. Representative Jody Hice as Fulton County continues its criminal investigation into alleged wrongdoing over former President Donald Trump’s attempts to sway …

(Reuters) – Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he gave a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden where he defended Julian Assange’s innocence and renewed a previous …

PARIS -France on Monday braced for what could become one of the hottest days ever recorded with temperatures reaching and even exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104°F) in coastal regions cherished …

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON – Democrats on the ballot for November’s most competitive congressional elections have a growing financial advantage over Republicans, with a few Republican campaigns showing signs they …

WASHINGTON – Two U.S. Senate Democrats active in internet issues are working on a bill to restore landmark “net neutrality” rules that would bar telecommunications companies from blocking or throttling …

WASHINGTON – The United States will simplify the application process for Afghan special immigrant visas with applicants only needing to file one form, according to a statement issued on Monday …

(Reuters) -The man accused of killing 10 Black people at a western New York grocery store pleaded not guilty to 27 hate crime and firearms charges stemming from the Buffalo …

(Reuters) – Power use in Texas will break records again this week as economic growth boosts overall use and homes and businesses crank up their air conditioners to escape another …

By David Shepardson (Reuters) -The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is opening a special investigation into the crash of a 2021 Tesla Model Y vehicle that killed a motorcyclist …

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM – The chief of Israel’s armed forces will visit Morocco on Monday in the highest-profile military engagement between the countries, which upgraded ties in 2020 under …

By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Monday that the country had almost concluded negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a day after …

By Andrea Shalal SEOUL – The United States has further sanctions it could adopt against North Korea, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters on Monday, adding that any nuclear …

WASHINGTON – A gunman killed three people when he opened fire in the food court of a shopping mall outside Indianapolis on Sunday before a bystander fatally shot the assailant, …

SEOUL – Efforts to resolve historical disputes between South Korean and Japan have been renewed under new South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, with both countries vowing to improve ties. – …

By Michael Holden and Paul Sandle LONDON -The five Conservative contenders still vying to be Britain’s next prime minister clashed over tax cuts in a second televised debate on Sunday, …

(Reuters) – Singer Jennifer Lopez and actor Ben Affleck have married in Las Vegas, media reported on Sunday, after the celebrity couple rekindled a romance almost 20 years after they …

PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron warned against anti-Semitism and historical revisionism on Sunday as he commemorated victims of the Holocaust on the 80th anniversary of the Vel d’Hiv roundup …

By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL – North Korea is on the path to “finally defuse” a crisis stemming from its first acknowledged outbreak of COVID-19, the state news agency said on …

BEIJING – Searing summer heat waves are expected to return this week across large parts of China, lasting through late August, the state weather forecaster said, despite brief interludes of …

(Reuters) – Russian media worker Marina Ovsyannikova, who staged a protest against the invasion of Ukraine on live state television in March, was briefly detained in Moscow on Sunday, posts …

By Lizbeth Diaz and Drazen Jorgic MEXICO CITY -Mexico’s navy on Friday captured drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, convicted of murdering a U.S. anti-narcotics agent in 1985, in a law …

By Brad Brooks and Nathan Layne (Reuters) -A Texas legislators’ probe of the Uvalde school shooting that left 21 dead blamed “systemic failures” and poor leadership for contributing to the …