In Iran, snap checkpoints and university purges mark the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini protests
Iran’s theocracy is trying hard to both ignore the upcoming anniversary of nationwide protests over the country’s mandatory headscarf law and tamp down on any possibility of more unrest
2023-09-12 13:29
Police call for residents to stay indoors after escaped Pennsylvania killer is spotted again, this time possibly with weapon, officials say
A convicted killer who escaped from an eastern Pennsylvania prison nearly two weeks ago was spotted again on Monday night and may now be "possibly armed with a weapon," police warned, calling for nearby residents to stay indoors and lock their doors.
2023-09-12 13:23
Atlanta, New Orleans, San Francisco areas gain people after correction of errors
Some U.S. urban areas gained population
2023-09-12 12:55
McCarthy needs to pull off his most impossible balancing act yet
Kevin McCarthy has proven more adept at managing his fragile and restive House majority than might have been expected given that it took him a tortuous 15 rounds of balloting to win the speakership.
2023-09-12 12:24
The 'science of reading' swept reforms into classrooms nationwide. What about math?
As American schools work to turn around math scores that plunged during the pandemic, some researchers are pushing for more attention to a set of research-based practices for teaching math
2023-09-12 12:18
Why 'Middle-class Joe' Biden may need upscale voters more than ever in 2024
Throughout his political career, President Joe Biden has unfailingly presented himself as a product -- and champion -- of the middle class.
2023-09-12 12:16
Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. arrested in New York on assault charges
Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. was arrested Monday on suspicion of assaulting a 26-year-old woman in New York, according to the New York City Police Department.
2023-09-12 11:58
Fact check: Biden falsely claims he was at Ground Zero 'the next day' after 9/11
In a speech to service members and first responders on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, President Joe Biden falsely claimed that he was at Ground Zero the day after the Twin Towers fell in Manhattan.
2023-09-12 11:22
Meadows urges federal appeals court to intervene in failed bid to move Fulton County criminal case to federal court
Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Monday urged a federal appeals court to intervene in his failed bid to move his Georgia criminal case to federal court.
2023-09-12 10:48
A man walked into an FBI office and admitted to killing a woman more than 4 decades ago in Boston, officials say
Authorities say they were able to solve a Boston cold case from 44 years ago after an Oregon man walked into an FBI office and confessed to killing a raping a woman in 1979.
2023-09-12 10:21
Aaron Rodgers leaves first game with New York Jets with ankle injury
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, making his debut with the New York Jets, was carted off the field after suffering an ankle injury on just his fourth play in the team's NFL game against the Buffalo Bills on Monday night.
2023-09-12 09:57
UAW president says auto strike would hurt mostly 'billionaire class'
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain denied Monday the broad economy will be hurt if his union goes on strike against the nation's three unionized automakers as soon as this week, saying the only ones that will be hurt by a work stoppage is are the "billionaire class."
2023-09-12 09:28