Search results

COLUMBUS, Ohio — One of the most contentious and closely watched U.S. Senate primaries in the country takes place in Ohio. Republicans will vote Tuesday to decide a race that's an early referendum on former President Donald Trump’s hold on the GOP as the midterm primary season kicks into high...

Miami police are investigating a crash that left a pedestrian dead Tuesday morning. The crash occurred at the intersection of Northwest Seventh Avenue and 11th Street. According to Miami Police Officer Kenia Fallat, who is also a spokeswoman for the police department, the 40-year-old...

The British Army said Tuesday it has launched an urgent investigation after an intruder posing as a priest reportedly spent the night at the barracks of troops who guard Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle. The Sun newspaper and broadcaster Talk TV reported that the man was admitted to...

The parents of Madeleine McCann, a British toddler who vanished from an apartment during her family’s vacation in Portugal 15 years ago and captured global interest, say they remain hopeful that efforts by police in three countries to solve the mystery will eventually bring answers. Kate and...

Met Galas, he’s been to a few. But James Corden, schmoozing at this year’s cocktail reception, looked around and pronounced that this might be his favorite yet. “Classy,” he explained. “It just feels really classy.” The TV host waved his arm around the room, taking in the hundreds of guests...

Muslims across India marked Eid al-Fitr on Tuesday by offering prayers outside mosques, even as the celebrations this year came in the backdrop of a series of recent attacks against the community during the month of Ramadan. “We will not have the same kind of festivity” this time, said Mohammad...

LVIV, Ukraine — The British military says it believes the Russian military is now “significantly weaker” after suffering losses in its war on Ukraine. The British Defense Ministry made the comment Tuesday in its daily statement on Twitter regarding the war. It said: “Russia’s military is now...

Using a helicopter to catch a falling rocket is such a complex task that Peter Beck likens it to a “supersonic ballet.” Rocket Lab, the company that Beck founded, partially pulled off the feat Tuesday as it pushes to make its small Electron rockets reusable. But after briefly catching the spent...

The Supreme Court keeps secrets. Year after year, in major case after major case, there's little beyond what the justices say during oral arguments that suggests how they will rule until they actually do. That is, apparently, until Monday evening when Politico published what it said is a draft...

Asian shares were mixed Tuesday after Australia's central bank raised a key interest rate for the first time since 2010. Trading was light with markets in mainland China, Japan and some other countries closed for holidays. Australia’s central bank lifted its benchmark interest rate to 0.35%...

Democratic lawmakers in more than a dozen states are following California’s lead in seeking to offer legal refuge to displaced transgender youth and their families. The coordinated effort being announced Tuesday by the LGBTQ Victory Institute and other advocates comes in response to recent...

An unusually early and brutal heat wave is scorching parts of India, with acute power shortages affecting millions as demand for electricity surges to record levels. Supplies of coal at many thermal power plants are running perilously low, spawning daily power outages in several states. The...

Rescuers have found two more survivors in the rubble of a building in central China that collapsed more than three days ago, state media reported Tuesday. The official Xinhua News Agency said a man and a woman were pulled out on Monday afternoon and early Tuesday morning. The woman, whose...

Australia’s central bank on Tuesday lifted its benchmark interest rate for the first time in more than 11 years. The cash rate rose from 0.1% to 0.35%. A rise was widely expected after official data released last week showed that Australia’s inflation rose to 5.1% in the year through March. It...

The fire burning about 10 miles (16 kilometers) away from Priscilla Crespin’s home was the first blaze that forced the 81-year-old to leave the small northeastern New Mexico community where she has spent nearly all her life. Crespin left her home in Las Vegas, New Mexico, because smoke from the...

Ohio Republicans will vote Tuesday in one of the most contentious and closely watched Senate primaries in the U.S., deciding a race that is an early referendum on former President Donald Trump's hold on the GOP as the midterm primary season kicks into high gear. Author and venture capitalist JD...

A senior U.S. official warned that Russia plans to annex large portions of eastern Ukraine later this month, and the Mariupol steel mill that has become the city’s last stronghold of resistance came under renewed assault a day after the first evacuation of civilians from the plant. Michael...

Frustrated conservatives wanting to push the Republican-controlled Indiana Legislature further to the right are trying to unseat several GOP lawmakers in Tuesday’s primary. Roughly two dozen so-called liberty candidates are in Republican legislative races across the state, with their targets...

Ohio's Republican primary for secretary of state features a matchup between incumbent elections chief Frank LaRose, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, and conservative challenger John Adams, who has questioned the results of the 2020 presidential election. The winner of Tuesday's GOP...

Republican Gov. Mike DeWine's performance in the state's primary Tuesday will provide a gauge of just how far to the right his party has shifted under the influence of former President Donald Trump. DeWine, a veteran politician who easily won the state's top office four years ago, is facing a...