Over 3 Million People Could Be Eligible for Social Security This Year for First Time
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Over 3 Million People Could Be Eligible for Social Security This Year for First Time

More than 3 million Americans could be eligible to earn Social Security payments for the first time this year. Social Security benefits become available for retirees once they…

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Godspeed your recovery, Pope Francis. We need your voice more than ever
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Godspeed your recovery, Pope Francis. We need your voice more than ever

For the past month and a half, the world has waited for what seemed like the inevitable passing of Pope Francis. The spiritual and titular leader of 1.3…

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In Oakland mayor’s race, Barbara Lee and Loren Taylor chart different paths
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In Oakland mayor’s race, Barbara Lee and Loren Taylor chart different paths

OAKLAND — On a recent Saturday in March, several hundred people filled the Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland for a quintessential party to honor longtime Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee. Oakland’s…

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Couple Pick Up Their Dream Puppy—Then Get Devastating Diagnosis
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Couple Pick Up Their Dream Puppy—Then Get Devastating Diagnosis

A couple from the United Kingdom were over the moon about getting their dream puppy, a long-haired miniature dachshund they named Murphy. Then one day, he woke up…

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Columbia Faculty Protests as Trump Officials Hail University Concessions
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Columbia Faculty Protests as Trump Officials Hail University Concessions

The Trump administration on Monday welcomed concessions by Columbia University to tighten disciplinary procedures and assert more control over academic departments in response to charges of antisemitism, saying…

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Greenland Denies Trump’s Claim That Officials Asked for US Visit
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Greenland Denies Trump’s Claim That Officials Asked for US Visit

Greenland’s government rebuked President Donald Trump’s assertion that people in the Danish territory called for a visit from his administration amid repeated claims from Trump that Greenland should…

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Hamdan Ballal, Palestinian Director of ‘No Other Land,’ Is Attacked in West Bank, Witnesses Say
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Hamdan Ballal, Palestinian Director of ‘No Other Land,’ Is Attacked in West Bank, Witnesses Say

A Palestinian director of the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land” was beaten bloody near his home by Israeli settlers and detained by the Israeli authorities in the occupied…

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Watch as Raccoons Slink on City Power Lines During ‘Top Secret Mission’
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Watch as Raccoons Slink on City Power Lines During ‘Top Secret Mission’

While raccoons typically move through the night trying hard to go undetected, one man finally captured a pack moving across power lines in Los Angeles in an epic…

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To Him, Americans Were Always Heroes. He’s Not So Sure About Today’s.
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To Him, Americans Were Always Heroes. He’s Not So Sure About Today’s.

For eight decades, Henri Mignon has viewed Americans as heroes. They twice liberated his tiny Belgian hometown, Houffalize, from German occupation — the second time, he said, when…

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US Exporters Vie to Shape Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs Ahead of April 2
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US Exporters Vie to Shape Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs Ahead of April 2

Ahead of President Trump’s next big trade move, his administration invited companies to weigh in on the economic barriers they faced abroad. The list of complaints was both…

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