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Fires burning in Canada could bring smoky, hazy skies to parts of the U.S. on Monday.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Sunday that Sen. Joni Ernstโs (R-Iowa) constituents know they will die, but โwould just rather die in old age,โ referencing a town hall remark from the Iowa Republican. โI think everybody in that audience knows that they're going to die,โ Murphy told CNNโs Dana Bash on โState of the Union,โ...
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:Saudi officials said they had stopped 269,678 people without permits from entering Mecca, and blamed overcrowding at the Hajj on unauthorized participants. It also says they made up large numbers of those who died in last yearโs searing summer heat.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:Letโs have compassion for those with nothing to eat by restoring food programs that offer them nourishment and hope for a better future.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:On the eve of peace talks, Ukraine and Russia sharply stepped up the ongoing war with one of the biggest drone battles of the conflict and an ambitious attack carried out on nuclear-capable bombers deep in Siberia.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:The athletes had taken part in the Nigerian National Sports Festival in the southern state of Ogun over the last week. The cause of the accident, which happened on Saturday, was not immediately known.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:President Trump was not informed of a recent Ukrainian attack on Russia, The Hillโs sister network NewsNation confirmed Sunday. An administration official told NewsNation's Tanya Noury that the president was not given a heads-up about the drone attack that a Ukrainian security official alleged destroyed more than 40 planes well within Russian territory, according to...
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:The contest pits Warsaw Mayor Rafaล Trzaskowski, a liberal pro-EU figure, against Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian backed by the right-wing Law and Justice party. The outcome will determine whether Poland takes a more nationalist path or pivots more decisively toward liberal democratic norms.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:Most of the evacuated residents were from Manitoba, which declared a state of emergency last week. About 17,000 people there were evacuated by Saturday along with 1,300 in Alberta. About 8,000 people in Saskatchewan had been relocated as leaders there warned the number could climb.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:While obstetricians and gynecologists have always had to operate under the risk of malpractice lawsuits, state-level abortion bans added a new layer of legal risk to delivering established standards of care.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:The dream of home ownership has grown unaffordable and unrealistic for Americans in many major cities. But if you look closely, some pockets of America are still considered affordable to the average family.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:The drones reportedly hit 41 bombers stationed at several airfields on Sunday afternoon, including the Belaya air base in Russiaโs Irkutsk region, more than 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles) from Ukraine.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:The witnesses said Israeli forces fired on crowds around a kilometer (1,000 yards) from an aid site run by an Israeli-backed foundation. Israel's military said in a statement its forces did not fire at civilians near or within the site.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:In the southeastern Utah desert famous for red rock arches and canyon labyrinths, the long-dormant uranium mining industry is looking to revive under President Donald Trump.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:Two people were killed and 192 injured Sunday during the Champions League final celebrations in France that also saw more than 500 people arrested, according to the interior ministry.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:At least 31 people were killed, with scores more wounded Sunday while on their way to receive food inGaza, according to health officials and multiple witnesses who said Israeli forces fired on crowds about a kilometreaway from where aid was being distributed. Israel's military denied that its troops fired at civilians.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:Two bridges collapsed in different Russian regions bordering Ukraine, derailing trains, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens, Russian authorities said early on Sunday.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping deportation campaign and hardline approach to restricting immigration, mainly from Latin American countries โ with a particular focus on Venezuelans โ has caused a knock-on effect in Spain. The country is seeing an increasing number of Latinos arriving, abandoning their American dream.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree that forces Ukrainians to legalize their status in occupied territories โ or leave. Already, many Ukrainians had been forced to accept Russian citizenship in occupied areas to maintain their homes or access to health care and education.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:Maj. Casey Anderson, a military intelligence officer in the Canadian Armed Forces, received a King's Coronation Medal from King Charles as the monarch was in the Italian city of Ravenna commemorating the 80th anniversary of the area's liberation during the Second World War, a military effort in which both Canadian and British forces played a role.
Published on: June 01, 2025 | Source:The president announced last December during the presidential transition that he had chosen Jared Isaacman to be the space agency's next administrator. Isaacman has been a close collaborator with Musk ever since he bought his first chartered flight on Musk's SpaceX in 2021.
Published on: May 31, 2025 | Source:The U.S. envoy on social media described a 60-day ceasefire deal that would free half the living hostages in Gaza and return half of those who have died. He urged Hamas to accept the framework proposal as the basis for talks that he said could begin next week.
Published on: May 31, 2025 | Source:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said his fellow party members need to be a bit more harsh in upcoming elections to put an end to political intimidation. After an unsuccessful bid for the vice presidency in November, Walz has shared staunch criticism of Elon Musk and other officials within the Trump administration. โI'm getting called...
Published on: May 31, 2025 | Source:A truck hauling an estimate of nearly 32,000 kilograms of honeybee hives rolled over around 4 a.m. PT on Friday, close to the U.S.-Canada border near Lynden, Wash. and Abbotsford, B.C.
Published on: May 31, 2025 | Source:Public health leaders said the cuts are reducing the entire system to a shadow of what it once was, threatening to undermine even routine work at a time when the nation faces the deadliest measles outbreak since at least the 1990s, rising whooping cough cases and the risk that bird flu could spread widely among people.
Published on: May 31, 2025 | Source:Wildfires burning in western Canada are triggering poor air quality warnings in the upper Midwest, advising people with heart or lung disease, older adults and pregnant people to limit outdoor activities. Meteorologists say that the impact of the fires this weekend could reach Oklahoma, Tennessee and Arkansas. John Yang reports.
Published on: May 31, 2025 | Source:In our news wrap Saturday, global reaction to a surprise tariff announcement from President Trump after he said Friday that was doubling levies on imported steel, Russia launched drone and missile attacks on Ukraine ahead of a fresh round of peace talks and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pressed Indo-Pacific allies to increase defense spending as tensions with China rise.
Published on: May 31, 2025 | Source:Voters in 24 states and the District of Columbia can bypass their legislatures by gathering signatures to get proposed laws or constitutional amendments on the ballot. But about 40 bills in roughly a dozen states are now being considered or have been signed into law to restrict this process. Dane Waters, head of the non-partisan Initiative and Referendum Institute, joins John Yang to discuss.
Published on: May 31, 2025 | Source:After decades of political and social progress, womenโs rights are now the subject of renewed debate and policy change, amid a broader backlash on the goals of modern feminism. Atlantic staff writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Sophie Gilbert joins Ali Rogin to discuss her new book, "Girl on Girl," which argues that pop culture of the 90s and early 2000s may have set back a generation of women.
Published on: May 31, 2025 | Source:A group of gray seals in Rhode Island are making a splash. They were rescued in March and April after becoming entangled in fishing gear and other debris near Block Island. Several were recently released after being rehabilitated. John Yang has the story.
Published on: May 31, 2025 | Source:The Trump administration has ramped up its standoff with the courts over tariffs in recent days, with top advisors condemning two rulings that attempted to block tariffs from proceeding as planned. On Thursday, an appeals court temporarily paused an order that would have halted international tariffs. Despite the ruling in favor of the administration, deputy...
Published on: May 31, 2025 | Source:Democratic National Committee (DNC) Vice Chair David Hogg is seeing his political star rise โ along with the number of attacks lobbed at him from both parties. Hogg has drawn ire and praise from Democrats for his move to get involved in the partyโs congressional primaries, part of what he says is an effort to...
Published on: May 31, 2025 | Source:President Trumpโs Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said he received a response to the hostage proposal from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, slamming it as โtotally unacceptableโ and arguing that it will โonlyโ take all sides involved โbackward.โ โHamas should accept the framework proposal we put forward as the basis for proximity talks, which we...
Published on: May 31, 2025 | Source:The White House on Saturday said it will pull the nomination of tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator. โItโs essential that the next leader of NASA is in complete alignment with President Trumpโs America First agenda and a replacement will be announced directly by President Trump soon,โ a White House spokesperson told The Hill....
Published on: May 31, 2025 | Source:The recent U.S. Treasury bond auction's lackluster performance and Moody's downgrade of the U.S. credit rating highlight a growing loss of faith in Washington's fiscal stewardship, with the potential for global economic instability.
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