In freezing temperatures, swimmers in China plunge into a river for health and joy
Even as the mercury dropped below freezing, enthusiasm soared among about a dozen hardy swimmers during an annual ritual in ...
Mexico drops migrants in troubled resort as it disperses them far from US border
About 100 migrants from various countries wandered directionless and disoriented through the streets of the troubled Pacific ...
Saudi Arabia presses Florida man to give up US citizenship over critical tweets, family says
Saudi Arabia has forced a Florida retiree to try to renounce his American citizenship after jailing him over social media ...
New Orleans attack came as the FBI was facing political heat and bracing for a transition
Joining law enforcement officials to update the public in the hours after a man killed 14 people and injured dozens of others ...
European court rules against Greece over migrant’s illegal deportation, calls practice ‘systematic’
The European Court of Human Rights, in a landmark ruling Tuesday, found that Greece had illegally deported a woman back to neighboring Turkey and described the use of summary ...
Jimmy Carter will be honored in Washington, a city where he remained an outsider
Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returns to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting on ...
At least 9 miners are trapped in a coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state
At least nine workers are trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Tuesday, as authorities summoned the army to help in the ...
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck settle divorce, seek judge’s approval of settlement
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have settled their divorce and are asking a judge to finalize their breakup. Lopez filed documents Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court that show the ...
CFPB finalizes rule barring medical debt from credit reports
The finalized rule will prevent medical bills from being included on credit reports used by lenders and will prohibit lenders from using medical information in their decision-making.
Biden will announce the creation of two new national monuments to protect tribal lands in California
President Joe Biden is establishing two new national monuments in California that will honor Native American tribes, the White House confirmed Tuesday, as Biden seeks to ...
South Korean anti-corruption agency receives new court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon
South Korea’s anti-corruption agency says it has received a new court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after its previous attempt was blocked by the ...
US transfers 11 Guantanamo detainees to Yemen after more than two decades without charge
The Pentagon said Monday it had transferred 11 Yemeni men to Oman this week after holding them for more than two decades ...