UNITED NATIONS (AP) Myanmars desperate military junta is ramping up attacks on villages that have fallen to opposition groups, carrying out beheadings, gang rapes and torture, with women, children and the elderly among the victims, the U.N. independent human rights investigator for Myanmar said in a new report.Thomas Andrews, a former U.S. congressman from Maine, said in the r...

More than half of Americans support President-elect Donald Trumps general agenda as he prepares for his second term in the White House, according to a poll released Friday.

My Dad taught me that family is the beginning, the middle, and the end.  It is everything.  During National Family Week, we celebrate the love shared by millions of American families, and we recommit to uplifting them, so that more families can build their American Dream together. Since I came into office, I have been…The post

The governor of Texas ordered state agencies to stop investing in China and sell assets there as soon as possible, citing financial and security risks, a sign of rising U.S.China tensions starting to impact global capital flows. In a letter to state agencies dated Nov. 21 and posted to his website, Republican Greg Abbott said […]

A pharmaceutical company expanded its prior recall of anti-anxiety drug clonazepam tablets due to a potential “mislabeling” about the product’s strength on its carton that could be “life-threatening,” according to an announcement published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the notice updated Nov. 19, Endo Inc. said that the impacted products, already ...

The controversy over gender-affirming care for trans minors is coming to the U.S. Supreme Court December 4. U.S. v. Skrmetti, is a ca...

It was a grave diplomatic mistake. These forceful words seem appropriate to rebuff threatening actions taken by American and transatlantic adversaries. The words would fit... Read MoreThe post

Maryland is largely driven by unaddressed and ongoing childhood trauma which is exacerbated within communities contending with high rates of violence, the report states.

The actress played twins, one British and one American, in the 1998 movie remake.

“Everyone wants to know how the world ended. This is the story of how it began,” says the narrator in the trailer for “Homestead,” an inspirational survivalist thriller out Dec. 20 from Angel Studios. As the story starts, newscasters announce “America’s just been attacked!” After a nuclear bomb is detonated in Los Angeles, the nation […]

What You Need to Know: In response to an alleged Ukrainian attack using U.S.-made ATACMS missiles on Russian territory, Russian President Vladimir Putin has revised Russia's nuclear doctrine. The updated policy lowers the threshold for nuclear retaliation, allowing for nuclear strikes in response to conventional attacks on Russian soil, especially those supported by a nuclear p...

Kelly Wright focuses on the theme of succeeding against all odds. He introduces two guests, author Clifton Taulbert and publisher Jim Goodwin, who have overcome significant challenges in their lives. Taulbert, a Pulitzer Prize nominee, and Goodwin, the publisher of the historic Oklahoma Eagle newspaper, share their stories of resilience and vision. Wright emphasizes the […]

(RNS) This weeks photo gallery includes a U.S. teenage Buddhist lama enthronement, a Taoist temple festival in Taiwan and more.The post Photos of the Week: U.S. Teenage Buddhist Lama; Taiwan Temple Festival appeared first on

Caleb Kennedy, who made it to the top five in season 19 of "American Idol," was sentenced to eight years in prison this week after a fatal DUI crash in 2022.

A federal jury in Minnesota on Friday found two men guilty of human smuggling in a case in which a family from India froze to death along the Canada-U. S. border in 2022.

Rockets are an enduring object of human fascination, and Musk's Space X is bringing an appropriate sense of brio to one of mankinds coolest ventures.

Controversial "American Idol" alum Caleb Kennedy has been handed a reduced but nearly decade-long sentence for a 2022 deadly DUI crash when he was 17.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a special election timetable to replace former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz. It's a marked contrast to the delay in setting a special election to fill a vacancy in South Florida.