Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to 40 months in prison

Donald Trump’s longtime adviser Roger Stone was sentenced to 40 months in prison as part of a case that has roiled the Justice Department and drawn the US president’s ire. Stone was... Read more »

California apologises for internment of Japanese Americans

Les Ouchida was born an American just outside California’s capital city, but his citizenship mattered little after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States declared war. Based solely on their Japanese ancestry, the... Read more »

Coronavirus cases spike significantly as Chinese officials adopt new counting standards

The death toll from the coronavirus in mainland China spiked 23 percent Wednesday amid new counting methods adopted by Chinese health officials, who eased their criteria for confirmed cases. Deaths rose by... Read more »

Head of Iowa Democratic Party resigns after caucus results debacle

DES MOINES — The chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party resigned his position on Wednesday as the organization grapples with the fallout of a botched caucus process that has left the party and state... Read more »

Preliminary results show that former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg holds a slim lead over U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont in state delegate equivalents, the traditional measure of success in Iowa.

The United States Department of Education has opened an investigation into whether the universities of Harvard and Yale failed to report hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign gifts and contracts as required by... Read more »

2 pedestrians suffer life-threatening injuries after being hit by car in San Francisco’s Mission District

Two people suffered life-threatening injuries when a car driven by a driver believed to be impaired hit pedestrians Wednesday afternoon in San Francisco’s Mission District, police said. A Toyota Prius turned north... Read more »

New York governor signals possible compromise with Trump in immigration spat

Cuomo, a Democrat, is scheduled to meet with Trump at the White House at 3 p.m. (2000 GMT) Thursday, the White House said. The U.S. Department of Homeland (DHS) announced a policy... Read more »