Japan’s ruling party leader Sanae Takaichi called on the leaders of an Osaka-based opposition party to back her in a parliamentary vote to decide the prime minister expected next week.

“We’re almost on the same page on basic policies,” Liberal Democratic Party President Takaichi said following a meeting in Tokyo with Hirofumi Yoshimura ...Read more

Pakistan and Afghanistan claimed killing dozens of each other’s soldiers in clashes overnight along their shared border, renewing deadly skirmishes that began over the weekend that caught President Donald Trump’s attention.

Pakistan killed as many as 50 Afghan soldiers, while repulsing their attacks in different locations of Spin Boldak and...Read more

A candidate for Iraq’s upcoming legislative elections was killed in the explosion of a car bomb in northern Baghdad, the capital’s security forces said Wednesday.

A bomb exploded after midnight under a vehicle belonging to Safaa al-Mashhadani, one of the candidates in next month’s parliamentary elections. “The bomb resulted in his death...Read more

CHICAGO — Nearly three years after leaving his post as Chicago Board of Education vice president, former teacher and Chicago Public Schools parent Sendhil Revuluri is vying to return, announcing his candidacy for school board president Wednesday.

If victorious in the November 2026 election, he aims to unite the board behind a common goal: ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Hours after President Donald Trump suggested that the military use American cities as “training grounds,” Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker stared down a row of cameras at an unrelated news conference. A reporter wanted to know her response to the president.

Parker said she was proud to support young people training for...Read more

In St. Louis, a team of students aboard a well-equipped van visits senior centers, a nursing home, a church, and other sites, learning to conduct comprehensive, hourlong geriatric assessments.

The team — future doctors, social workers, psychologists, and therapists — looks for such common problems as frailty, muscle weakness, and cognitive ...Read more

If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.”

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A few months ago, Waynesville Police Sgt. Paige Shell was about to give up hope of getting better. The daily drip of violence, death, and misery from almost 20 years in law...Read more

BALTIMORE — One still has burn scars on his palms, earned during hours of push-ups on burning hot pavement.

One said he was attacked, beaten with a homemade blackjack while he slept.

One said he developed post-traumatic stress disorder.

These teens who enrolled at the Maryland National Guard Freestate ChalleNGe Academy in previous years ...Read more

TURLOCK, Calif. — California, like much of the nation, is not producing enough nurses working at bedsides to meet the needs of an aging and diverse population, fueling a workforce crunch that risks endangering quality patient care. Nearly 60% of California counties, stretching between the borders with Mexico and Oregon, face a nursing shortage...Read more

San Francisco Bay Area universities lost more than $2 million in funds after the Trump administration announced it was rerouting money meant for minority-serving institutions to charter schools and other educational programs, an analysis by Bay Area News Group has revealed.

In September, the Department of Education announced it was ending $350 ...Read more

Democratic mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani picked up an endorsement Tuesday from a Brooklyn pastor who previously supported Andrew Cuomo in the race for City Hall.

The Mamdani endorsement from Bishop Orlando Findlayter, whose congregation is in East Flatbush, could help Mamdani make inroads with Black, socially conservative Democrats, a ...Read more

New laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom aim to make the artificial intelligence and social media landscape in California safer, especially for minors.

Senate Bill 243, sponsored by state Sen. Steve Padilla (D-Chula Vista) will require AI companies to incorporate guardrails that prevent so-called "companion" chatbots from talking to users of any ...Read more

The heads of Japan’s main opposition parties are expected to discuss Wednesday whether they can close policy gaps and pick a candidate of their own for the nation’s premiership.

The leaders — Yuichiro Tamaki of the Democratic Party for the People, Yoshihiko Noda of the Constitutional Democratic Party, and Fumitake Fujita of the Japan ...Read more

MIAMI — A Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge on Tuesday blocked Miami Dade College from transferring property to the state for Donald Trump’s presidential library, ensuring the school keeps the land in its possession until the court issues a final verdict in a lawsuit alleging the institution violated Florida’s Sunshine law when its trustees ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump demanded that Hamas return the bodies of deceased hostages and threatened the militant group with retaliation if it does not lay down its arms.

Trump’s comments Tuesday came after Israel prepared to limit the aid it lets into Gaza, developments that threatened the fragile U.S.-led ceasefire that the president ...Read more

Lawyers for the federal government say the government shutdown prevents them from working and are requesting that an appellate court pause a lawsuit over the controversial detention center in the Florida Everglades, Alligator Alcatraz.

In a filing Friday, Department of Justice lawyers asked the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to ...Read more

NEW YORK — Gov. Hochul said Tuesday she wants to work with Democratic mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani to achieve universal health care — although she stands opposed to the candidate’s plan to fund the program through tax hikes.

Among the various issues on voters’ minds, Hochul is perhaps most aligned with the democratic socialist on...Read more

NEW YORK — As President Trump’s immigration crackdown catches New York City students in the crosshairs, an influential panel appointed by the chancellor is recommending steps for local schools to take to better defend immigrant children and their families.

The 50-member advisory council on multilingual education said all schools should form...Read more

A State Board of Education resolution to spike new health education standards failed in a 5-2 Tuesday evening vote along party lines, shutting down an effort by conservatives to halt certain subjects in sex education from being offered in Michigan classrooms.

The resolution by the board's two Republican members sought to stop the proposed new ...Read more