A rocket attack targets the US Embassy in Baghdad, causing minor damage but no...
BAGHDAD (AP) — A rocket attack on the sprawling U.S. Embassy in Baghdad caused minor damage but no casualties Friday morning, U.S. and Iraqi...
What is Bodhi Day? And when do Buddhists celebrate it?
Buddhists around the world are celebrating Bodhi Day.Also called Buddha’s Enlightenment Day, it commemorates when Siddhartha Gautama attained awakening — or enlightenment — some...
Sloppy Steelers’ playoff hopes take another hit with loss to Patriots
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers had an opportunity to create some separation in the race for an AFC wild-card spot.Instead, they came crashing...
UNLV gunman was unemployed professor who had 150 rounds of ammunition and a target...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 67-year-old college professor who was denied jobs at various Nevada colleges and universities stuffed loaded handgun magazines into his...
Houston has a population that’s young. Its next mayor, set to be elected in...
HOUSTON (AP) — A mayoral runoff Saturday between state Sen. John Whitmire, 74, and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, 73, has the fourth-largest city...
Indonesia’s youth clean up trash from waterways, but more permanent solutions are still elusive
BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — At a lake in the West Javan city of Bogor, children and teenagers paddle toward piles of floating trash, pick...
Federal judge poised to prohibit separating migrant families at US border for 8 years
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge was poised Friday to prohibit separation of families at the border for purposes of deterring immigration for...
Stock market today: World shares rise ahead of a key US jobs report
HONG KONG (AP) — World shares were mostly up on Friday ahead of a U.S. government jobs report, after Wall Street rose Thursday to...
High-profile attacks on Derek Chauvin and Larry Nassar put spotlight on violence in federal...
Derek Chauvin was stabbed nearly two dozen times in the law library at a federal prison in Arizona. Larry Nassar was knifed repeatedly in...
Census Bureau wants to change how it asks about disabilities. Some advocates don’t like...
The U.S. Census Bureau wants to change how it asks people about disabilities, and some advocates are complaining that they were not consulted enough...