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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban

Sitting onstage in front of a crowd of 2,000 evangelical Christians, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a law Friday immediately banning the vast majority...

A Peace Corps worker made $258,000 after killing a woman. Congress is weighing reforms.

Sweeping Peace Corps legislation headed to the U.S. Senate includes a provision allowing the agency’s director to suspend without pay any employee who...

Rev. Jesse Jackson to step down from Rainbow PUSH leadership role

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. is stepping down from his role as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the prominent civil rights...

Buy Buy Baby stores closing alongside parent company Bed Bath & Beyond

Fans of family supply store Buy Buy Baby are going to have to say “bye bye” to the chain after all.One of many...

Putin wants to travel to South Africa next month. The host country would prefer he didn’t.

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is pushing ahead with plans to attend a summit in South Africa next month, even as the...

What to know about soaps, game shows, Emmys

The strike by 160,000 members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has left Hollywood at a virtual...

Cluster munitions reach Ukraine a week after Biden’s announcement.

U.S.-provided cluster munitions have arrived in Ukraine, U.S. and Ukrainian officials have said, a week after President Biden announced he had made the...

‘10 Seconds’: Outrage Follows Acquittal in Italy Abuse Case

For days, many Italians have flooded social media with two unusual calls to outrage: “#10secondi” and “#palpatabreve,” or “10 seconds” and “brief grope.”The...

Contemporary African Royals, in Regalia and Complexity

On a wall of London’s Tate Modern, a large photo from 2012 depicts a seated Nigerian king, wearing a green beaded hat and...

Israeli Unions and Military Reservists Renew Resistance to Judicial Overhaul

Union chiefs, business leaders and military reservists in Israel have warned the far-right government that proceeding with its plan to limit judicial powers...

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