President Donald Trump's big bill making its way through Congress will cut taxes by $3.75 trillion but also increase deficits by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Read More. |
Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press on Wednesday show seven destroyed bombers on the tarmac at a Russian air base in eastern Siberia, one of the targets Ukraine said it struck with drones in one of the most daring covert operations of the war. Read More. |
An Israeli- and U.S.-backed group paused food delivery at its three distribution sites in the Gaza Strip after health officials said dozens of Palestinians were killed in a series of shootings near the sites this week. Israeli strikes across the territory, meanwhile, killed 26 people overnight and into Wednesday, officials said. Read More. |
A Texas hospital that repeatedly sent a woman who was bleeding and in pain home without ending her nonviable, life-threatening pregnancy violated the law, according to a newly released federal investigation. Read More. |
In Uganda, where more than 40% of the population live in extreme poverty, many families live in homes with dirt floors that can cause breathing problems and enable insect infestations. But some families who could never afford to put in concrete are finding a healthier replacement. Read More. |
Dutch opposition parties are calling for fresh elections as soon as possible, a day after anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders sparked the collapse of the country's four-party coalition government. Prime Minister Dick Schoof and the ministers of three remaining parties remain in power as a caretaker Cabinet. Read More. |
More than 20,000 residents were being evacuated from part of Cologne's city center on Wednesday as specialists prepared to defuse three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II that were unearthed earlier this week. Read More. |
Law enforcement discovered a cache of weaponry and armor, including a machine gun and grenade launchers, along with Nazi paraphernalia during a raid of a home in Washington state, authorities said Tuesday. Read More. |
Comic and actor Marc Maron says he's ending his popular and influential podcast "WTF with Marc Maron" after nearly 16 years. The show became a widely heard and medium-defining show with its thoughtful, probing longform interviews of cultural figures. Read More. |
Prominent people who died in May include David H. Souter, a retired U.S. Supreme Court justice, and former Illinois Gov. George Ryan; actors Loretta Swit and George Wendt; feminist author Susan Brownmiller and Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o; and "Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson. Read More. |
