18+ hour, 43+ min ago   (208+ words) Several families have long alleged that a group of extremist religious leaders in Saudi Arabia gained influence in the Saudi government and aided the hijackers. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudis, but the Saudi government has long denied any involvement…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (258+ words) She’s my secret Santa of summer. But her good deeds are not restricted to summer; I just like the soft sound of the three “S” words together. Every Sunday morning she rescues my newspaper from the driveway and secures it…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (571+ words) Rubio was in Quito on the second leg of a three-nation tour of South America aimed at boosting security cooperation with conservative leaders who have cozied up to President Donald Trump. Rubio met with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, who has…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (733+ words) The trip by the Americans follows a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday, as both sides have escalated their aerial attacks. Washington’s push to end the fighting has lost momentum, with the Trump administration focused for…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (803+ words) The German government said Tuesday that Russia was responsible for the failed attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport on Aug. 4 using a drone laden with explosives and announced it would shut down a Russian consulate among other measures. The nature of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (557+ words) By Andrew Oxford and Michelle Ma | Bloomberg California lawmakers are lining up against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s push to rewrite how the state assigns financial responsibility for wildfires sparked by equipment owned by publicly traded utilities. A plan backed by Democrats…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (691+ words) I don’t know if you’ve ever flown on a bargain airline to save money, but this can be very problematic. I have friends who will only fly business class, obviously because it’s more comfortable. The seats tend to be bigger,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (812+ words) By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA, DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON It is believed to be one of the largest mass kidnappings in Haiti in recent years, and one gang leader is threatening to kill the hostages if authorities kill any gang members…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (414+ words) Justice Department attorneys argued that if President Donald Trump’s name does not appear somewhere on the Kennedy Center, then the money from donors for renovations would shrivel up and the “decrepit, dilapidated” cultural center may be “required to be taken…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (511+ words) Those are just a few of the hundreds of different Canadian products that President Donald Trump’s administration has slapped with a 50% tax to enter the United States. The new tariffs, which kicked in Saturday, are expected to affect about $20 billion…...