Tracking Hurricane Francine: New Orleans in area of high impact
Life-threatening storm surge, heavy rainfall, and the risk of considerable flash and urban flooding across eastern Louisiana, ...
Human rights group urges Latin American countries to boost protections for Venezuelans and Haitians
A global human rights watchdog on Wednesday called on Latin American governments to improve protection schemes, grant legal ...
Iran’s new president travels to neighboring Iraq on his first trip abroad
Iran’s reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian traveled to Iraq on Wednesday on his first trip abroad, hoping to cement ...
5 takeaways from the first Harris-Trump debate
Vice President Harris and former President Trump squared off in a high-stakes first debate in Philadelphia on Tuesday as the ...
Amid fears of storm surge and flooding, Hurricane Francine takes aim at Louisiana coast
Hurricane Francine barreled early Wednesday toward Louisiana and is expected to make landfall in coming hours as forecasters raised threats of potentially deadly storm ...
US commemorates 9/11 attacks with victims in focus, but politics in view
The U.S. is remembering the lives taken and those reshaped by 9/11, marking an anniversary laced this year with presidential campaign politics. Sept. 11 — the date when hijacked ...
Opening statements are set in the trial of 3 ex-Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death
Opening statements were expected Wednesday in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with federal ...
Trump repeats false claims over 2020 election loss, deflects responsibility for Jan. 6
Former President Donald Trump persisted Tuesday in saying during a nationally televised presidential debate that he had won the 2020 election and continued to take no ...
NIU adds historic Notre Dame win to Huskies ‘Boneyard’
Seconds after the biggest win of his career, NIU head coach Thomas Hammock let the raw emotions of the moment pour out of him.  “I’m so proud of our kids, the ...
Trustee: Tiffany Henyard uses “shell game” to subvert board, spend unapproved tax dollars
Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard, the highly publicized politician who is also making headlines as the mayor of south Suburban Dolton, is finding a way ...
Flash flood sweeps away hamlet as Vietnam storm toll rises to 141 dead
A flash flood swept away an entire hamlet in northern Vietnam, killing 16 people and leaving dozens missing as deaths from a typhoon and its aftermath climbed to 141 on ...
Harris campaign promptly calls for another debate against Trump
Vice President Harris’s campaign called for another presidential debate against former President Trump, just moments after Tuesday’s event in Philadelphia ended. “Under the bright lights, the ...