Monday, 24 February 2025

Coast Guard crews rescue three boaters stuck at sea for 9 hours after their boat capsizes

Coast Guard crews rescued three boaters in Florida after their boat flipped over and they were stuck at sea for nine hours

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Sunday, 23 February 2025

The UN will vote to demand Russia pull troops out of Ukraine

On the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.N. General Assembly is expected to vote on dueling resolutions

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Oscar front-runner 'Anora' wins best film, best director and best lead actor at the Independent Spirit Awards

Oscar front-runner 'Anora' wins best film, best director and best lead actor at the Independent Spirit Awards

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Hochul says she made a case to Trump for NYC's congestion pricing, yet predicts courts will decide

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she told President Donald Trump in a private meeting at the White House that congestion pricing tolls in Manhattan are necessary and working

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Saturday, 22 February 2025

Hawaii man freed after 30 years in prison visits mother's grave and ponders ubiquitous cellphones

A Hawaii man released after spending 30 years in prison for a murder he has always denied committing has spent his first day of freedom visiting his mother's gravesite and marveling at how much the world is different

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Cholera killed 58 people, sickened about 1,300 others over 3 days in a southern Sudanese city, health officials say

Cholera killed 58 people, sickened about 1,300 others over 3 days in a southern Sudanese city, health officials say

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Shooting at Air Force Base in New Mexico kills airman, wounds another

Military officials say a shooting at a U.S. Air Force base in New Mexico has left one airman dead and another wounded

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Friday, 21 February 2025

Woman accused of drugging and robbing older men in a deadly romance scheme

The FBI in Las Vegas says a woman lured at least four older men on online dating apps to meet in person, drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in a “sinister” romance scheme

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US offers UN resolution on war in Ukraine that stops far short of competing European statement

The United States has proposed a draft resolution for the U.N. General Assembly that stops far short of a competing European-backed statement demanding an immediate withdrawal of all of Moscow’s forces from Ukraine

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Trump administration looks to slash HUD workers tackling the housing crisis

The Trump administration’s proposal to layoff half of federal workers at the nation’s housing agency is targeting employees who support disaster recovery, rental subsidies, discrimination investigations and first-time homebuyers, according to two docum...

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Thursday, 20 February 2025

New election official picked in Arizona county where leaders embraced conspiracy theories

A Republican who worked previously in law enforcement and as a staff member at the Arizona Legislature has been appointed to replace an election official who resigned in a southern Arizona county where some leaders embraced voting conspiracy theories

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Judge won't immediately block Trump administration’s abrupt halt to Catholic refugee funding

A federal judge has refused to immediately block the Trump administration’s abrupt halt to funding of the nation’s largest private refugee resettlement program

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New arrivals at Guantanamo Bay are Venezuelan immigrants with final deportation orders

U.S. immigration and military authorities say they are holding exclusively Venezuelan immigrants subject to final deportation orders at the U.S. naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

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