United States

CNN  —  Rosalynn Carter, who as first lady worked tirelessly on behalf of mental health reform and professionalized the role of the president’s spouse, died Sunday at the age of 96, according to The Carter Center.…

Xi attends dinner with US executives, officialsApple, BlackRock, Pfizer among the firms representedControversy over reported high ticket costSAN FRANCISCO, Nov 15 (Reuters) - China is ready to be a partner and friend of the United States, and there is plenty of room for bilateral cooperation, President Xi Jinping told American executives in San…

Comment on this storyCommentForecasters and the public alike had no time to waste 30 years ago this month as they confronted one of the fiercest U.S. hurricane landfalls on record.Hurricane Andrew slammed into southern Miami-Dade County around 5 a.m. Eastern time on Monday, Aug. 24, 1992. Intensifying and accelerating en route, Andrew made…

Republicans have mounted an “attack on education” in 2022, according to a report, as lawmakers have introduced a soaring number of bills aimed at limiting classroom discussion of race and LGBTQ+ issues.The number of “educational gag orders” introduced has increased by 250% compared with 2021, according to PEN America, a non-profit organization…

Comment on this storyCommentA Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty Thursday to a chemical-spray assault on three police officers in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, including Brian D. Sicknick, who later collapsed and died the following day.In a plea deal with federal prosecutors, Julian Khater, a smoothie-shop owner of State College, Pa., admitted…

9:12 p.m. ET, November 22, 2023 No indication of terrorism after explosion on US-Canada bridge. Here's what we know so far…

Congressman Adam Kinzinger, the Illinois Republican who has been one of the most vocal critics of Donald Trump, called out his party for criticizing Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while continuing to defend the former president’s decision to take sensitive government information to his home at Mar-a-Lago.Kinzinger’s comments…

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will urge the Israeli government to agree to a series of brief cessations of military operations in Gaza to allow for hostages to be released safely and for humanitarian aid to be distributed, White House officials said on Thursday.The message comes as President Biden revealed on Wednesday that Prime Minister…

Abortion-rights protesters fill Indiana Statehouse corridors and cheer outside legislative chambers, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, as lawmakers vote to concur on a near-total abortion ban, in Indianapolis.…

A 69-year-old man died after getting into an altercation while two sides rallied over the Israel-Hamas conflict Sunday afternoon.The Ventura County Sheriff's Office identified the 69-year-old man as Paul Kessler, a pro-Israel protester. The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles described him as an "elderly Jewish man." They claimed a…