32+ min ago  (958+ words) Ra'l Castro turned 95 on Wednesday, a landmark birthday for a man still helping lead one of the last communist countries in the world. His name and face became synonymous with the 1959 revolution led by his brother, Fidel Castro. Decades after…...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago  (551+ words) The Speak Out column allows readers to voice their opinions on topics of local importance. Comments are meant to be short in nature. There is no guarantee that a comment will appear in print or online. We encourage positive comments,…...

5+ hour, 19+ min ago  (459+ words) Uncle Robbie Thorpe, 68, turned to the Supreme Court of Appeal in Victoria state after two lower courts rejected his bid to launch a private prosecution against the king in the Melbourne Magistrates" Court. Indigenous Australians use the titles uncle and…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago  (753+ words) The 19th century farm buildings and wooded surroundings are a haven within the Ville-Evrard hospital complex in Neuilly-sur-Marne. On Friday, patients took the five donkeys for a walk and cared for them. Some confidently lifted their hooves to remove dirt. Many…...

9+ hour, 44+ min ago  (1026+ words) Civil rights attorneys describe the administration's actions as a complete inversion of legal history. "It's literally flipping the purpose of civil rights law on its head, not just harming Black students and students of color, but entire school communities," said…...

6+ hour, 7+ min ago  (714+ words) Though votes were still being counted, Democrats Xavier Becerra and Tom Steyer and Republican Steve Hilton started looking to November, laying out their visions for leading the nation's most populous state and one of the world's largest economies. "Change is…...

3+ hour, 2+ min ago  (724+ words) The report released early Wednesday by the U. S. Trade Representative said Canada, Mexico, Taiwan and the United Kingdom and some other countries and territories would face 10% additional tariffs for allegedly failing to enforce a forced labor import ban. A 12. 5% additional tariff…...

5+ hour ago  (486+ words) Ukrainian long-range drones struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg and set it ablaze, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday, as the Russian city hosted an annual international economic forum promoted by President Vladimir Putin. The drones flew more than…...

5+ hour, 22+ min ago  (470+ words) Police were locked in negotiations Tuesday night with a man holding hostages inside a building that houses a Chase bank branch and school district office in the Southern California city of Bakersfield, officials said. Officers responding to a call of…...

5+ hour, 47+ min ago  (506+ words) CBS News fired longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday, a day after he reportedly said Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was "murdering the show" and accused its new producer of having "slender qualifications" for the job. The move deepened the turmoil…...