21+ hour, 6+ min ago   (581+ words) The attack, which the reports said killed one and wounded four, drew attention back to the strait after threats to shipping in the region intensified last week when Iran-backed Houthi rebels captured an island on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in…...

20+ hour, 26+ min ago   (812+ words) Trump was asked by a reporter if he had spoken with Zelenskyy following his recent conversation with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Trump responded by calling on Zelenskyy to halt strikes against Russia. “Mr. Zelensky has to do one thing. He has…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (563+ words) Judge Noël Wise, in a ruling Friday, delivered a victory for The Stanford Daily, the student newspaper at Stanford University, which has said some international students were afraid to speak out because of the deportation threat. “Freedom of speech is…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (623+ words) Oil prices fell back after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced fresh sanctions against Iran and warned that countries persisting in doing business with the Islamic Republic would face retaliation. Germany’s DAX gained 0.5% to 26,240.76 and the CAC 40 in Paris added 0.3% to…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (470+ words) FILE - Sailors and Marines line the deck of aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as it deploys from San Diego, Jan. 3, 2021. (K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, File) U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, said…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (811+ words) SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) — Have data centers been banned in Spartanburg County? After a delay from councilmembers — not yet. In an unexpected move, Spartanburg County Council unanimously decided to push back what would have been the third — and final — vote of…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (639+ words) The U.S. Forest Service is filing a proposal that would scrap the so called roadless rule adopted in the last days of Bill Clinton’s presidency in 2001. The agency described the rule as a one-size-fits-all restriction that has frustrated land managers and…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (280+ words) MORGANTON, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Rescue groups say an extreme case of animal hoarding is reaching a point of dire urgency. It all stems from the recovery of more than 150 pigs in Morganton earlier this year. Jay Yontz with Ziggy’s Refuge…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (291+ words) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — There are more than 60 pallets full of boxes at the Colombian-American Chamber of Commerce filled with clothes, diapers, and nonperishable items that will soon land in Colombia. Part of the South American country is in ruins…...