KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A senior Kremlin official confirmed Wednesday that U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is set to visit Moscow next week as efforts pick up speed to find a consensus on ending the…

President Trump on Monday touted “big progress” on talks to end the Ukraine war, and Kyiv is doubtless willing to make painful concessions to avoid surrender or U.S. abandonment.  No one wants the war to…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in years blazed late into the night on Wednesday as the city’s leader confirmed at least 36 people, including a firefighter, had died and another 279 people…

Dear Carolyn: I’m still reeling from a recent breakup but not getting much sympathy or understanding from friends and family. My girlfriend, “Lisa,” and I were supposed to get married Labor Day weekend, but a…

For several months, an ancient voyager unlike any other before has been visiting our small patch of the universe. In calling our visitor ancient, we mischaracterize its age as that word implies something several thousand…

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday started his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt, to the surprise of many in the South American nation who doubted he would…

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Wednesday dismissed the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others after the prosecutor who took over the case said he would not pursue the charges, ending the last effort to…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA’s Perseverance rover. The crackling of electrical discharges was captured by…

Leaders can unite or divide, whether it be by design or by misstep.     Thanksgiving’s evolution shows how both can happen.   On October 3, 1863, amid profound division and upheaval of the Civil…

President Trump’s lawfare revenge tour has gone bust. A judge on Monday dismissed the Justice Department’s cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling that Lindsey Halligan wasn’t…