Background Checks Blocked Thousands of Gun Sales to Youth, Domestic Abusers, White House Says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Enhanced background checks have blocked thousands of gun sales to people under the age of 21 and those ...
Birds, Bees and Ballots: Swiss Voters to Decide on Plan to Bolster Country's Fragile Biodiversity
Swiss voters are casting final ballots on Sunday on a proposal to increase protections for the Alpine country's cherished ...
German Chancellor's Social Democrats Seek to Hold off Far Right in Brandenburg State Election
A state election is taking place in Brandenburg three weeks after a far-right party made gains in two other states in eastern ...
Hezbollah Fires Over 100 Rockets Across a Wider and Deeper Area of Israel as Fears of War Mount
The Israeli military says over 100 rockets have been fired into the country from Lebanon, with some landing near the northern ...
World Leaders Are Gathering in New York for the U.N. General Assembly. the Outlook Is Gloomy
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Facing a swirl of conflicts and crises across a fragmented world, leaders attending this week’s annual ...
More Shelter Beds and a Crackdown on Tents Means Fewer Homeless Encampments in San Francisco
Since 2018, San Francisco has added 1,800 emergency shelter beds and nearly 5,000 permanent supportive housing units, where ...
Hong Kong’s First Transgender Singer-Songwriter Seeks Voice Through Music
HONG KONG - Xavian Wu, Hong Kong's first high-profile transgender singer-songwriter, sought to use the city's annual LGBTQ Pink Dot HK carnival on Sunday to share his story through music.
Trial in Daytime Ambush of Rapper Young Dolph 3 Years Ago to Begin in Memphis
He was in Memphis to hand out turkeys to families at a church when a visit to his favorite cookie shop near his childhood ...
No. 1 Texas Keeps Rolling Behind Manning and Blue and Routs ULM 51-3 in Last Game Before SEC Play
Arch Manning earned his first career win as a starter and Jaydon Blue scored four touchdowns as No. 1 Texas ran over ...
A Historic but Dilapidated Illinois Prison Will Close While Replacement Is Built, Despite Objections
The Illinois Department of Corrections has spent September moving hundreds of inmates from Stateville Correctional Center in ...
New York City Interim Police Commissioner Says Federal Authorities Searched His Home
New York City’s interim police commissioner has revealed that federal authorities executed search warrants at his homes ...
Hezbollah, Israel Exchange Heavy Fire After Deadly Israeli Strike
BEIRUT/CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel and Lebanon exchanged heavy fire into Sunday, with Israeli warplanes carrying out the most ...