A warm week ahead as rain chances slowly inch up

Good Monday morning! We are starting the day on a calm and comfortable note, with a blanket of clouds overhead and temperatures hovering right around 60 degrees. In a ...

China sanctions Japanese lawmaker close to Takaichi over his ties to Taiwan

China announced Monday that it is sanctioning a conservative Japanese lawmaker close to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, accusing him of “colluding with” separatists in Taiwan, the ...

Israeli parliament to vote on death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis

Israel’s parliament is set to vote on a bill that would make the death penalty the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis. The parliament ...

Trump mulls seizing Iranian island even as diplomatic talks appear to be moving ahead

President Donald Trump openly mused about seizing Iran’s Kharg Island oil terminal in the Persian Gulf and the United States and Israel kept up their attacks ...

From Tipperary to SEC: Irish rugby player with no football experience commits to South Carolina

Is this really happening to me?” Incredibly, yes. The 20-year-old Irishman who has never played American football committed on Sunday to play at ...

The Latest: Trump suggests US could take Iran’s Kharg Island

U.S. President Donald Trump has raised the idea of American forces seizing Iran’s Kharg Island, its main oil terminal in the Persian Gulf. “Maybe we take Kharg Island, maybe we don’t. We have a ...

China resumes direct flights to North Korea after 6 years

China’s flag carrier resumed direct flights between Beijing and North Korea’s capital of Pyongyang on Monday not long after the restoration of passenger train services between the ...

Mullins Madness! Freshman’s 35-footer gives UConn a 73-72 win over Duke and a Final Four spot

Braylon Mullins retrieved a loose ball near midcourt and suddenly, improbably, UConn had a chance to win. As the frantic final seconds unfolded, Dan Hurley figured a timeout ...

Trump says he has ‘no problem’ with Russian oil tanker bringing relief to Cuba despite blockade

President Donald Trump on Sunday night said he has “no problem” with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Cuba delivering relief to the island, which has been brought ...

An Israeli soldier from Connecticut is killed in southern Lebanon weeks after completing training

A young man who moved from Connecticut to Israel last year to join the military was killed during a combat operation in southern Lebanon on Saturday just weeks after he completed ...

Gore wins 1st start, Nimmo and McCutchen hit 1st homers for Rangers in blowout of Phillies

Andrew McCutchen shrugged like Michael Jordan and offered a mock apology to a Phillies fan after he crossed the plate following his first home run with Texas. Brandon Nimmo ...

Yaxel Lendeborg and deep, unselfish Michigan roll into the Final Four, beating Tennessee 95-62

It was Yaxel Lendeborg, Elliot Cadeau and Aday Mara. Morez Johnson Jr., Trey McKenney and Nimari Burnett, too. The list goes on and on. Michigan got it done together, just like it ...