The last federal prisoner to be put to death under the Trump administration was executed early Saturday at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. Dustin Higgs, 48, was…
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California sees record highs as Midwest deals with blizzard conditions
SAN DIEGO — Summer weather made a winter appearance in Southern California, where multiple records fell Friday, while the East Coast braces for a snowstorm that brought blizzard conditions to…
NRA seeks bankruptcy protection, plans move from New York to Texas
The National Rifle Association, the gun industry's chief advocate, said Friday it was leaving New York for Texas and would seek bankruptcy protection. The NRA excoriated New York's government and…
Iran jails U.S. businessman, possibly jeopardizing Biden’s plans for diplomacy with Tehran
WASHINGTON — Only weeks after the U.S. election and three days after an Iranian nuclear scientist was assassinated, Iranian authorities convicted a U.S. businessman on spying charges, a family friend…
Putin critic Alexei Navalny detained upon return to Russia after poisoning
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained after defiantly flying back to Moscow on Sunday, his spokesperson said, months after he was left in a coma when he was…
Airstrike in Afghanistan bombs Taliban target. Now 18 members of one family feared dead.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Mir Hatim says he spent the early hours of Jan. 10 sifting through the bombed-out house of his relatives, searching for their bodies in the rubble. “Everyone…
Earthquake death toll at 73 as Indonesia struggles with string of disasters
JAKARTA — At least 73 people have been killed after an earthquake struck Indonesia's West Sulawesi province on Friday, the disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said on Sunday, the latest in…