Jimmy Carter and hometown of Plains celebrate the 39th president’s 100th birthday
Jimmy Carter is preparing to celebrate his 100th birthday on Tuesday, the first time an American president has lived a full century and the latest milestone in a life that took the ...
Biden plans survey of devastation in North Carolina as Helene’s death toll tops 130
President Joe Biden was set to survey the devastation in the mountains of Western North Carolina on Wednesday, where ...
Who is Claudia Sheinbaum, the scientist who will head Mexico as its first female president?
Claudia Sheinbaum takes office Tuesday as Mexico’s first female president in the nation’s more than 200 years of independence. The 62-year-old former Mexico City mayor and ...
Trump heads to Wisconsin’s critical Democratic stronghold ahead of vice presidential debate
Former President Donald Trump plans to spend the hours ahead of Tuesday night’s vice-presidential debate campaigning in ...
Walz and Vance will meet in their first and possibly only vice presidential debate
Tim Walz and JD Vance will meet for their first and possibly only vice presidential debate Tuesday, in what could be the last debate for both campaigns to argue their case before ...
South Korea unveils its most powerful missile, which could reach North Korea’s underground bunkers
South Korea unveiled its most powerful ballistic missile and other weapons targeting North Korea during a massive Armed Forces Day ceremony Tuesday, as the president ...
Taiwan shuts schools and offices ahead a direct hit from powerful typhoon
Taiwan closed schools and offices and evacuated hundreds from vulnerable areas around the island Tuesday ahead of a strong ...
Officials praise use of special barrier that protected fire station, hospital from flooding during Helene
As residents continue cleaning up after Hurricane Helene, state officials are praising the use of a special barrier that protected a fire station and hospital from flood damage.
‘I thought we were going to die’: Ruskin couple escapes Helene’s storm surge
RUSKIN, Fla. (WFLA) — “I cut the drywall back,” Tim Tarrant said, walking through his Hillsborough County home in tears. “I got to get all the drywall out, and I have a brother from Michigan coming,” ...
Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at age 83
Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has ...
Indian-controlled Kashmir votes in final phase of polls to elect local government
Voting in the final phase of the election to choose a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir began Tuesday in the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ...
China’s Communist Party has ruled for 75 years. Will it make it to 100?
More than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party of China retains a firm grip on power. The powerful and feared organization has ruled the nation — home to close ...