5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (963+ words) Merz said his center-right Christian Democratic Union was “deeply shocked” by what he called “the most serious election defeat that the CDU has had for years, for decades.” But he indicated that he’s determined to stay at the helm and…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (853+ words) Kelly Rand’s teenage twin boys playing hockey in St. Paul, Minnesota, are going through growth spurts that force the family to buy new equipment what seems like all the time. The goaltender’s $400 helmet in 2022 now runs $1,000. The chest protector they…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (921+ words) Lebanon ’s Health Ministry says Israeli airstrikes on a southern village have killed 12 people, including two children. Meanwhile, Iran-backed Houthi rebels claim to have shot down a Saudi reconnaissance plane. And seven crew members of a Saudi-owned tanker struck last…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (492+ words) Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 1.7% to 66,104.93, while South Korea’s Kospi jumped 3.3% to 6,907.53. Shares in Samsung Electronics jumped 4.5% and memory chipmaker SK Hynix surged 6.2%. “The AI complex continues to provide the local equity markets with its most dependable growth pulse,” said Stephen…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (483+ words) Chase Barfield walks to his truck as he takes belongings and his dogs away from floodwaters around his house in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Edouard near Honey Island, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP) Heavy rains…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (274+ words) PHARR, Texas (Border Report) — Two families in the rural South Texas border town of San Ygnacio have sued the federal government to stop border wall construction through their properties. “We want them to stay off our property,” Frank Briscoe told…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago   (531+ words) Moscow’s forces have recently intensified their ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv, exploiting Ukraine’s chronic shortage of U.S.-made Patriot air defense interceptors, the sole weapon in its arsenal able to shoot down the missiles. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (426+ words) ALBANY, N.Y. (WTEN) – A 35-year-old woman from Albany has been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to blow up the New York state Capitol building, officials announced this week. The FBI arrested Jessica Bowie on August 19 on charges of “attempting…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (987+ words) Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, were charged in 2021 with inciting subversion under a China-imposed national security law that has effectively crushed the city’s previously thriving…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (276+ words) (The Hill) — The FBI reportedly raided former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) home on Sunday, a day after confiscating his electronic devices as part of an investigation regarding his ties to a potential Chinese spy. On Monday, news broke of Swalwell’s…...