President Donald Trump said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire” effective immediately.

“Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!” he wrote on his Truth Social platform. He didn’t provide further details.

The day before, Trump had again demanded that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy halt attacks...Read more

Two adults from central North Carolina have died after contracting West Nile virus, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services.

The department announced the deaths on social media Friday. The deaths come after the department reported the first case of the disease in a Gaston County resident earlier this year. A West Nile ...Read more

If Colorado voters approve Amendment 82 next month, cooking with a gas stove will become a state constitutional right alongside voting, owning guns and protesting in the streets.

Supporters of the ballot measure argue that natural gas is a more economical, reliable way to heat buildings and homes, and they contend that Colorado’s Democratic-...Read more

Gov. Tim Walz considered leaving public office after the assassination of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, according to a New York Times investigation into rising threats of political violence against elected officials nationwide.

Walz, who faced a flood of violent threats after joining Kamala Harris’ ...Read more

Europeans should increase support to Ukraine in response to Russian hybrid attacks, the head of NATO’s military operations told Bloomberg Television in Poland on Sunday.

“They’re trying to break our collective will,” said General Alexus Grynkewich, supreme allied commander Europe, commenting on the intensifying wave of Russian ...Read more

This weekend’s deadly attacks on Riyadh’s main airport have demonstrated the ability of Yemen’s Houthis to strike at the heart of Saudi power, raising the risk of a dangerous escalation that could draw in the U.S.

Saturday’s strike killed 12 people and wounded 309, while on Sunday the airport was hit again, this time by an unknown ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Sunday began tracking a system in the distant Atlantic with a chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, the elongated area of low pressure was centered a few hundred miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands with a large but disorganized ...Read more

Saudi Arabia’s main airport came under renewed attack from Houthi rebels, a day after a strike on the facility killed 12 people and heaped pressure on the Middle East’s biggest economy as it prepares to host major events that seek to boost foreign investment.

An unidentified projectile hit a passenger terminal at King Khalid International ...Read more

Pope Leo XIV said he would undergo surgery in the coming days so doctors can remove a small growth discovered in his lung. The procedure marks his first major medical issue since becoming the first U.S.-born pontiff last year.

Speaking during his regular Sunday address in St. Peter’s Square, the 71-year-old said doctors had detected the ...Read more

More than 440,000 homes and businesses from Pennsylvania to Florida are without power and flood threats are rising at both ends of the country as the U.S. deals with a rare double tropical threat from the remnants of storms Isaias off the Atlantic and Rachel moving into the Southwest from the Pacific.

In the East, there were 441,749 homes and ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to an “energy ceasefire” effective immediately.

“Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!” he wrote on social media.

The day before, Trump had again demanded that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy halt attacks on Russian oil refineries and suggested he ...Read more

The White House said it expected “full transparency” and “immediate remediation” after the artificial intelligence company Anthropic disclosed that its agents supplied false information to the Philadelphia police homicide tip line and the State Department’s visa application system.

In a statement from a newly created task force, the �...Read more

A man who allegedly planned an attack on Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has been detained by police, said Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski said in a post on X, without giving more detail.

The detention came hours after authorities said they were investigating a plot to assassinate Tusk and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Relatives of a man who died after being found unconscious in a downtown Los Angeles jail cell are demanding answers about his death, while questioning whether authorities missed signs that he was having a mental health crisis.

Daniel Magaña, 40, died Sept. 5 at an area hospital, about 10 days after he was found unresponsive in ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Ron Schutz was a young lawyer when he took a case to trial on behalf of the inventor of the MRI, claiming General Electric had infringed on his client’s patent.

His opposing counsel urged him to settle: “You’re never going to win this case,” Schutz recalled. His team forged ahead anyway — and won more than $100 million...Read more

Justice Samuel Alito’s decision not to take part in a major climate change case because of his wife’s stock holdings is putting renewed focus on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recusal practices as it kicks off its new nine-month term.

The justice said in a Sept. 30 interview that Martha-Ann Alito didn’t want to sell the oil-company stocks ...Read more

Saudi Arabia said 12 people were killed and 309 were injured Saturday in an attack on the Riyadh airport, the deadliest incident in an intensifying conflict with Yemen’s Houthis.

Saudi civil aviation authorities said that airport operations were suspended temporarily while the damage was being assessed. Some of the injured were in critical ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia police officer was killed and another was critically wounded after authorities said a man ambushed them with a shotgun early Saturday outside his West Philadelphia home. The suspect, who continued to shoot at responding officers before being arrested, is a city employee.

Shane Seiber, a 40-year-old father of two,...Read more