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Virginia House of Delegates, Del.-elect, Nicole Cole, left, speaks with constituent Kaitlyn Sapp, at a convince store Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Fredericksburg, Va. (Steve Helber)

Voters in Virginia and New Jersey send a message: It's Trump's economy now

9:42 AM on Saturday, November 15

The economy and rising prices were high on the minds of voters on Election Day, and those concerns contributed to a Democratic sweep of statewide offices in Virginia and New Jersey

Climate activists protest with coffins that read coal, oil and gas during the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Climate protesters demand to be heard as they march on COP30 with costumes and drums

9:09 AM on Saturday, November 15

Demonstrators are marching in Belem, Brazil, at the halfway point of United Nations climate talks for what is typically their biggest day of protests during the event

FILE - President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during a roundtable on criminal cartels in the State Dining Room of the White House, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump says stopping suspected drug boats doesn't work. But the US reports record cocaine seizures

9:09 AM on Saturday, November 15

President Donald Trump has justified American military strikes on boats suspected of smuggling drugs by saying the longtime U.S. strategy of interdicting such vessels has been a major failure

FILE - M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who surrendered to an undisclosed location in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

Congo and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels sign framework for peace deal, but tensions remain

8:56 AM on Saturday, November 15

Congo and the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 have signed a framework agreement for a peace deal to end decades-long fighting in eastern Congo

FILE - President Donald Trump holds a chart as he discusses the economy in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump, like Biden before him, finds there's no quick fix on inflation

8:15 AM on Saturday, November 15

President Donald Trump’s problems with fixing the high cost of living might be giving voters a feeling of déjà vu

FILE - Chinese tourists wait for a bus at the Tokyo's Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, Saturday, March 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Japan protests China's travel advisory over Taiwan remarks

7:57 AM on Saturday, November 15

Japan has raised objections after China advised its citizens to avoid visiting Japan

Thomas leads Old Dominion against George Washington after 20-point performance

4:42 AM on Saturday, November 15

Old Dominion visits the George Washington Revolutionaries after LJ Thomas scored 20 points in Old Dominion's 60-57 win over the Norfolk State Spartans

Packages of imported Italian pasta sit on shelves Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Aficionados fret as Trump moves to make pasta great again

1:36 AM on Saturday, November 15

The U.S. Commerce Department has launched an antidumping review targeting Italian pasta, claiming it’s sold below market prices

Mexico's coat of arms decorates a large flag in the city's Zocalo square, Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)

Why a centuries-old Mexica myth became Mexico’s enduring symbol

1:06 AM on Saturday, November 15

A new exhibition in Mexico City explores how the sacred myth that marked the site of the ancient Mexica — or Aztec — capital has survived the European conquest, colonization and centuries of change to remain at the heart of Mexico’s identity

FILE.- Interim Palestinian leader and the front-runner in the upcoming Jan. 9, 2005 presidential election Mahmoud Abbas talks during his first official campaign speech in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Saturday Dec. 25, 2004.(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)

The unpopular and politically weak 90-year-old Palestinian leader struggles for a role in Gaza

12:48 AM on Saturday, November 15

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas turns 90 on Saturday, still holding power in parts of the West Bank but weakened and unpopular

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Once a shadowy dealmaker, former Zelenskyy associate is accused in Ukrainian corruption scandal

12:11 AM on Saturday, November 15

Tymur Mindich has been named as the mastermind behind a $100 million embezzlement scheme in Ukraine

Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia Executive Director Peter J. Skandalakis answers questions during a news conference Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022 in Atlanta. (Natrice Miller/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

What to know about the 2020 Georgia election case and its new prosecutor

12:06 AM on Saturday, November 15

The Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others is now in the hands of a new prosecutor

FILE - A woman clutches a U.S. flag as she and applicants from other countries prepare to take the oath of citizenship in commemoration of Independence Day during a Naturalization Ceremony in San Antonio, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Naturalized US citizens thought they were safe. Trump's immigration policies are shaking that belief

12:01 AM on Saturday, November 15

As President Donald Trump reshapes immigration and the nation’s relationship with immigrants, some naturalized citizens are wondering if the country they made a commitment to when they took the oath of citizenship is still making one to them

A sign in Spanish that reads at top: "Know Your Rights" is displayed outside of a restaurant store front, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)

North Carolina city braces for Border Patrol agents and immigration sweeps. Here's what to know

11:46 PM on Friday, November 14

Local authorities say federal immigration agents plan to target North Carolina’s largest city, Charlotte

FILE - Students walk past Royce Hall on the University of California, Los Angeles campus on Aug. 15, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Judge indefinitely bars Trump from fining University of California over alleged discrimination

8:06 PM on Friday, November 14

A federal judge in San Francisco has blocked the Trump administration from summarily cutting funding to the University of California over claims the school system allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimination

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on Air Force One on his way to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump scraps tariffs on beef, coffee and tropical fruit in a push to lower grocery store prices

5:28 PM on Friday, November 14

President Donald Trump has announced the removal of U.S. tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and other commodities

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a roundtable on criminal cartels with President Donald Trump in the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

At Trump’s urging, Bondi says US will investigate Epstein’s ties to Clinton and other political foes

4:42 PM on Friday, November 14

Acceding to President Donald Trump’s demands, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says she has ordered a top federal prosecutor to investigate sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Trump political foes, including former President Bill Clinton

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