Violent, property crime victimization rates fell in 2025, federal data shows
Crime scene tape surrounds an entry to the Barus & Holley engineering building at Brown University. The rate of violent...
Social Issues
Democrats romped in state elections. What will they do with their newfound power?
Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcom Kenyatta, a Democrat, speaks Wednesday at a party celebrating Democratic control of state government in Harrisburg....
Idaho voters reject abortion ballot measure as Missouri, Nevada and Virginia back access
A “Stop Prop 1” sign leans up against the wall during an election night watch party on Nov. 3, 2026,...
After sex, many girls and young women try to avoid pregnancy with unproven methods
A teacher holds a student’s baby while his class completes coursework at a high school for young parents in Spokane,...
Texas Progressives Say Democratic Establishment Is Blowing It In the Rio Grande Valley
Just four years ago, a progressive primary challenger with endorsements from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.,...
Japan’s Prime Minister Takaichi plans to dissolve Parliament and call early election to strengthen coalition
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to dissolve Parliament’s powerful lower house as early as this month, setting up a...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Rebranding for the Post-MAGA Era. Centrists Are Falling for It.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene holds a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Nov. 18, 2025, with victims...
Japan’s first female PM to meet Trump: What to know about the heavy metal fan
President Donald Trump offered complimentary words about Sanae Takaichi — Japan’s first female prime minister — upon arriving in Japan...
Oregon coach delivers powerful unity message after assassination of Ducks fan Charlie Kirk
The assassination of Charlie Kirk hit close to home for Oregon football Head Coach Dan Lanning, who recently found out...
Pope Francis says intentionally allowing migrants to die is a ‘grave sin’
Pope Francis is urging countries not to turn their backs on migrants at risk of dying as they seek refuge...
Populists shut out of European political systems that favor establishment parties
LONDON - Voters abandoned mainstream center-right parties for the populist right in the U.K. and French elections this month but...
