Should California's minimum wage be $18? Voters will soon decide
Voters will decide in November whether California should raise its hourly minimum wage to $18 by 2026 and pay workers what ...
Bomb survivors use Nobel Peace Prize win to share their anti-nuke message with younger generations
The recipient of this year's Nobel Peace Prize is a fast-dwindling group of atomic bomb survivors who are facing down the ...
China's finance minister says there is room for more economic stimulus but offers no plan
The Chinese government is looking at additional ways to boost the economy, Finance Minister Lan Fo'an said Saturday, but he stopped short of unveiling a major new stimulus plan that analysts and stock ...
As Hezbollah and Israel battle on the border, Lebanon's army watches from the sidelines
Since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon, Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants have clashed along the border while the Lebanese army has largely stood on the sidelines.
Far from where Hurricane Milton hit, tornadoes wrought unexpected damage
Tony Brazzale, a diving boat captain who has lived for 10 years in his Wellington home in southeastern Florida, wasn't worried about Hurricane Milton. The storm's center was forecast to make landfall ...
Floridians evacuated for Hurricane Milton after wake-up call from devastating Helene
Florida residents who fled hundreds of miles to escape Hurricane Milton made slow trips home on crowded highways, weary from their long journeys and the cleanup work awaiting them but also grateful to ...
UK leader Keir Starmer is marking 100 days in office. It has been a rocky ride
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer marks 100 days in office Saturday with little cause for celebration. Starmer’s center-left Labour Party was elected by a landslide on July 4, sweeping back to power ...
Hindus in Bangladesh celebrate their largest festival under tight security following attacks
Schoolteacher Supriya Sarker is glad to celebrate Bangladesh's largest Hindu festival of Durga Puja but feels the festivities would be more jubilant without the fear and violence that overshadow this ...
Man who left Florida to escape hurricanes nearly loses everything to Helene
Bradd Ettestad story is one of many families experiencing the aftermath of Helene, which swept away towns, communities and ...
Hendersonville man loses sentimental itms in Helene flooding
His story is one of many that western North Carolina families are experiencing after Helene. His story is one of many that western North Carolina families are experiencing after Helene.
Marital rape is still not outlawed in India. Changing that would be ‘excessively harsh,’ government argues
Criminalizing marital rape would be “excessively harsh,” the Indian government has said, in a blow to campaigners ahead of a long-awaited Supreme Court decision that will affect hundreds of millions ...
2 arrested in deadly attack on homeless man sleeping in NYC parking lot
Two men were arrested on manslaughter charges Friday in the beating death of a homeless man who was accosted while sleeping in a supermarket parking lot in Brooklyn, police said.