Tag Archives: International

WASHINGTON - Embracing the language of confrontation and war, President Donald Trump on Monday declared himself the "president of law and order" and signalled he would stake his reelection on convinci...

NEW YORK - The Metropolitan Opera season is getting shorter, along with some of its shows. The Met said Monday it is pushing back opening night by nearly 3 1/2 months to the latest start in the compan...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - A shooting early Monday has left two airmen dead at the Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota, the military said. The base's emergency services members responded to the shooti...

WASHINGTON - Federal health authorities have received reports of nearly 26,000 nursing home residents dying from COVID-19, according to materials prepared for the nation's governors. That number is pa...

WASHINGTON - Undeterred by curfews, protesters streamed back into the nation's streets Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump pressed governors to put down the violence set off by George Floyd's ...

MADRID - Spain on Monday reported no official deaths from the new coronavirus in a 24-hour period for the first time since March. The development is "very, very encouraging," emergency health response...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Fort Lauderdale police suspended an officer after video showed he pushed a kneeling black woman to the ground during protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneso...

WASHINGTON - U.S. construction spending fell 2.9% in April, the largest drop in 18 months, with broad declines across all building activity as shutdowns hobbled projects and workers were told to stay ...

WASHINGTON - American factories slowed for the third consecutive month in May as they continued to sustain economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. The Institute for Supply Management, an associ...

MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Sunday that the state's attorney general - and not the county prosecutor - will take the lead in any prosecutions related to the death of George Floyd, a bla...