A Las Vegas-area elected public official was arrested Wednesday and identified by police as the suspect in the fatal stabbing of a veteran newspaper reporter whose investigations of the official's work preceded his primary loss in June.
Former U.S. president Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, returned to the White House Wednesday, unveiling official portraits with a modern vibe in an event that set humour and nostalgia over his presidency against the current harsh political talk about the survival of democracy.
Shelling has damaged a backup power line at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, which has already lost all four of its regular power lines, the International Atomic Energy Agency says.
State grid operator tells Californians to conserve energy for an eighth straight day amid risk of rolling power outages as record-breaking heat continues.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro calls Wednesday's Independence Day a chance to celebrate the country's proud history, but critics say he has transformed what should be a day of unity into a campaign event they fear he will use to undermine next month's election.
Jack Sepple pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing Ashley Wadsworth, 19, who had moved to the United Kingdom to be with him before her death in in February.
Flood-hit areas cover as much as a third of Pakistan, where 1,343 people have now died as a result of monsoon rains.
Five Hong Kong speech therapists were found guilty on Wednesday of a conspiracy to publish seditious children's books that were deemed anti-government, a decision denounced by rights campaigners as a blow to free speech in the China-ruled region.
Andrew Tate is the latest controversial social media star to be banned from platforms like TikTok and Instagram. But does this really do anything? Despite the bans, his content is still easily accessible to young people through fan pages and other, less-regulated platforms.
It's a page ripped straight out of the Soviet-era political handbook — a script Moscow seems to be having trouble following now that occupation authorities in southern Ukraine have acknowledged that a so-called referendum on annexing part of the region to Russia is "on pause."
