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With a series of wars, Israel's military reshapes the Mideast - 2025-06-28T09:20:46-04:00
Israel was stunned by a surprise Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023. Since that day, Israel has delivered devastating blows to rivals and has reconfigured the Middle East.

Here's what's in the GOP megabill headed for a vote in the Senate - 2025-06-28T08:43:40-04:00
Senate Republicans released the full text of their massive tax and spending bill that contains many of President Trump's top campaign promises. Here's a look at what's in and what's out.

Funeral home owner who stashed nearly 190 decaying bodies is sentenced to 20 years - 2025-06-28T08:30:43-04:00
The owner of the Return to Nature Funeral Home received the maximum possible sentence for cheating customers and defrauding the federal government out of nearly $900,000 in COVID-19 aid.

Opinion: Remembering Bill Moyers - 2025-06-28T08:00:00-04:00
NPR's Scott Simon remembers the astonishing career of former White House press secretary and long-time public broadcasting journalist Bill Moyers, who died this week at the age of 91.

Hard to imagine a worse time to deport Afghan refugees, human rights advocates say - 2025-06-28T07:01:05-04:00
There were 71,000 deportations in the first half of June alone, according to U.N. estimates. These Afghan refugees are returning to a country in the throes of a humanitarian crisis.

'Where's our money?' CDC grant funding is moving so slowly layoffs are happening - 2025-06-28T07:00:00-04:00
The state and local health departments that rely on CDC funding say the money is not coming in on time and no one can tell them why. Some are laying off staff.

Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data - 2025-06-28T07:00:00-04:00
Hurricane forecasters rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. That data will no longer be available as of Monday, June 30.

Israel's leaders slam a news report on a Gaza 'killing field' near food sites - 2025-06-28T06:16:45-04:00
Israel's prime minister denounced a report in Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoting Israeli soldiers saying commanders ordered them to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites.

In an about-face, Germany plans to build Europe's biggest military - 2025-06-28T06:02:00-04:00
A new Trump presidency and the Ukraine war have pushed Germany to change its constitution to spend more on its military. "Building up our military is our top priority," said Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

Slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman to be laid to rest in private funeral service - 2025-06-28T05:01:00-04:00
The Minnesota lawmaker was killed during a string of attacks against Democratic elected officials in the state.