1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1046+ words) Although Black men vote overwhelmingly Democratic, even small shifts in their support can help swing razor-thin elections. They are often some of the most scrutinized but least understood voters, a blind spot that Thompson wants to fix. His mission led…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (159+ words) U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany says he was returning from the La Crosse County Lincoln Day Dinner when the light aircraft lost power as it approached Wausau Downtown Airport. The pilot made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau. They both ended up…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (297+ words) The Chicago-born pope made his first public comments to commemorate the anniversary, speaking in English at the end of his traditional Sunday noon blessing from his studio window overlooking St. Peter’s Square. “Two days ago marked the 25th anniversary of the…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (630+ words) The Houthis’ capture of a key port city and an island on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial shipping alternative to the Strait of Hormuz, in recent days has alarmed markets and Yemeni civilians who fear a return to devastating…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (342+ words) In recent weeks, new cases and deaths have declined in Ituri province, the outbreak’s epicenter, but risen sharply in neighboring North Kivu and Haut-Uele, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said at a weekly briefing. According to the…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (776+ words) The S&P 500 fell 0.6% for a fourth straight loss, its longest such streak since June, though it’s not far from its all-time high set last month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 316 points, or 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.7%. Stocks…...

4+ day, 53+ min ago   (388+ words) Former professional baseball player Isao Harimoto looks on in Tokyo, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. (Fumine Tsutabayashi/Kyodo News via AP) The Golden Players Club, an organization for elite baseball players, said Harimoto died on Wednesday without specifying the cause of death. Harimoto…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (587+ words) No one has publicly said what 38-year-old Patrick Havas wanted to ask Acton, but authorities have said he never brandished or unholstered the weapons he had on him and they haven’t found any threats in a search of his cellphone....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (365+ words) The visit follows a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday, in an attempt to revive peace talks during escalating aerial attacks by both sides. Washington’s push to end the fighting has lost momentum, with the United…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (881+ words) Protesters gather in support of Ceuta to mark the city's anniversary in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Gabriel Luengas/Europa Press via AP) But not this year, after Ceuta became the epicenter of Spain’s worst border crisis in living memory. In…...