Tanzania faced mounting concern as the opposition Chadema alleged security forces secretly dumped bodies of hundreds killed during and after election protests. Demonstrations flared after Wednesday’s vote, met with live fire, tear gas and a curfew. President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared winner with over 97% despite low turnout reported...
Dick Cheney, the 46th US vice president and a central figure in the post‑9/11 “war on terror,” died at 84 from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said. Surrounded by his wife Lynne and daughters Liz and Mary, the longtime Republican power broker remained unapologetic about...
As Virginia’s governor’s race enters its final days, Democrat Abigail Spanberger maintains a steady polling edge over Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. The off-year contest, seen as a bellwether, unfolds amid a grinding government shutdown and anxiety among the state’s 300,000-plus federal workers. Spanberger has campaigned on lowering costs for...
New York City voters headed to the polls Tuesday to choose a mayor in a three-way race testing a generational and ideological divide. Democrat Zohran Mamdani, 34, could become the city’s first Muslim mayor, elevating his democratic socialist agenda of free buses, universal child care and a rent freeze. Former...
New Jersey voters head to the polls Tuesday to choose a governor in a closely watched test of Democrats’ hold on a traditionally blue state. Republican Jack Ciattarelli, a former legislator endorsed by President Donald Trump, faces Rep. Mikie Sherrill, who would be the second female governor. Ciattarelli touts business...
President Donald Trump’s call to resume US nuclear testing has alarmed experts and revived painful memories of past detonations. The Marshall Islands, where the United States conducted 67 tests, still endure radiation, cancer and displacement—from the aging Runit dome threatened by rising seas to contaminated coconuts and uninhabited Bikini Atoll....
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings filed to run for Florida governor as a Democrat, expanding the field to replace term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis. Demings, a former sheriff and Orlando police chief who has led the county since 2018, opened a campaign account Friday and is expected to announce Thursday after...
New York City votes Tuesday after a turbulent mayoral race pitting Democrat Zohran Mamdani against independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, stunned Cuomo in June’s Democratic primary, then widened his coalition by meeting with police and clarifying he backs decriminalizing, not legalizing, consensual sex...
It’s Election Day in an off year, but the stakes are broad. New York City could elect 34-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani—who beat Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary—as he faces Cuomo, now running as an independent, with Republican Curtis Sliwa still in. California voters weigh Proposition 50 to allow...
A rapid-fire roundup captures striking moments across the US and Canada: Oregonians race in hollowed giant pumpkins, demolition begins at the White House for President Trump's planned ballroom, and protests and shutdown stories ripple online. Cameras track severe storms from Alaska to the East Coast, an Illinois silo collapse with...
