A US strike on a suspected drug boat off Costa Rica leaves 2 dead, 1 critically hurt

A U.S. strike on a boat suspected of transporting illegal drugs along Costa Rica's Pacific coast left at least two people dead and one seriously injured, Costa Rican authorities said Friday.

Patriarch Filaret, who fought for an independent Ukrainian Orthodox church, dies at 97

Orthodox Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv has died at 97. He is remembered for his work to establish an independent Ukrainian Orthodox church that was free from Moscow’s religious authority. Filaret had a ...

War, through food's lens: How Iranian Americans are celebrating their new year — or not

War is rippling through their ancestral land — and being waged with the country where they live. This week, Iranian Americans already trying to navigate a push-pull of worry and hope unleashed by this ...

Fact-checking Schumer's claim about SAVE America Act, voter registration

N.Y., said the Republican-backed Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE America Act, "would force Americans to register (to vote) only in person, something only 5% of Americans do today." ...

Trump officials announce 10-gigawatt data center, gas plants for former Ohio uranium site

The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday announced a public-private partnership to develop a major data center with its own ...

BTS returns with comeback concert in Seoul after four-year hiatus

After a four-year break, K-pop supergroup BTS returns Saturday with a massive, free comeback concert in Seoul, where ...
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NCDOT working to expand road leading to Buc-ee's in Mebane

Engineers plan to widen Trollingwood Hawfields Road in Mebane to handle all the traffic that the Buc-ee's will bring. Engineers plan to widen Trollingwood Hawfields Road in Mebane to handle all the ...

Timeline of events since Breonna Taylor's shooting death by police

Here is a timeline of events that began with the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was killed by police in her home in Louisville, Kentucky: ...

Man at center of hazardous device case at Garner church charged with sexually exploiting minor

The man charged in the case of a suspicious device being placed in a church parking lot now faces child sex offenses.

As the US shifts missiles towards Iran, officials raise concerns of gaps in European air defenses

A sizable number of U.S. Patriot air defense missiles have been moved from Europe toward the Middle East as Washington diverts resources toward its war on Iran, leaving concerning gaps in Europe’s air ...

UFW advocates for farmworkers, but represents fewer now than during Chavez's era

Most farmworkers in the United States today aren’t represented by labor unions, but United Farm Workers is known by many as ...

Tons of aid flows into Cuba as humanitarian convoy arrives on the struggling island

Some 650 delegates from 33 countries and 120 organizations began arriving in Cuba on Friday as part of a solidarity caravan transporting some 20 tons of humanitarian aid as the island grapples with a ...