New York City prosecutors moved on Monday to vacate the convictions of two men who both spent more than 20 years in prison after being convicted in the 1990s in separate murder cases.The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin...
Attackers who seized a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden this weekend appear to have been Somali pirates, the Defense Department's top spokesman told reporters at the Pentagon Monday.A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer and allied ships belonging to...
More than 40,000 Oregon students returned to classes Monday for the first time this month as Portland teachers ended the longest U.S. teachers strike in 2023.Over the weekend, Portland Public Schools (PPS), the largest school district in the state,...
Black Friday sales did gangbusters as the nation enters a holiday shopping season expected to test shoppers, who account for nearly three-quarters of U.S. economic activity.Consumers spent a record $9.8 billion online on Black Friday, which marks a 7.5% increase...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea has redeployed troops and equipment at the front-line guard posts within the Demilitarized Zone after withdrawing from a military agreement with South Korea last week.The North Korean military has been spotted re-installing surveillance...
Beijing is calling for a cease-fire in Myanmar after a coalition of ethnic fighters seized several crossings along Myanmar's border with China in the past monthByThe Associated PressNovember 26, 2023, 11:54 PMBEIJING -- Beijing called for a cease-fire in...
Joshua Dobbs' debut as the Minnesota Vikings quarterback was anything but ordinary.On Nov. 5, he took the field just days after being traded to the team because the first two quarterbacks were injured. He hadn't yet learned the names...
Three people were shot before the shooter killed himself, police say.ByThe Associated PressNovember 26, 2023, 1:19 PMAUTRYVILLE, N.C. -- Deputies responding to a call about shots fired in North Carolina on Sunday found four people shot to death in...
Players and coaches across the top men's soccer league in Italy have had red marks painted on their faces to promote a campaign for the elimination of violence against womenByThe Associated PressNovember 25, 2023, 4:14 PMROME -- Players and...
The iceberg is about three times the size of New York City.ByThe Associated PressNovember 25, 2023, 12:16 PMLONDON -- One of the world’s largest icebergs is drifting beyond Antarctic waters, after being grounded for more than three decades, according...
