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When it came to managing the pūteketeke's run for New Zealand's "Bird of the Year" contest, comedian John Oliver took a page out of the history books for inspiration: "This is what democracy is all about - America interfering in foreign elections," he joked earlier this month on his show, "Last Week Tonight." And interfere he did.

WASHINGTON — More than a half-dozen members of Congress have announced plans to retire, resign or run for other office just since Election Day one week ago.

President Xi Jinping arrived in San Francisco on Tuesday for a high-stakes meeting with his American counterpart Joe Biden, as the Chinese leader’s first trip to the U.S. in six years drew crowds of protesters and supporters onto the city’s heavily policed streets. Xi was greeted at about 3 p.m. local time by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen — one of the several top U.S. officials who smoothed ...

BEIRUT – The Israeli military said early Wednesday it was carrying out a “precise and targeted operation against Hamas” at al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest medical complex, which is housing hundreds of patients and health workers and thousands of displaced people.

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has quietly ramped up military aid to Israel, delivering on requests that include more laser-guided missiles for its Apache gunship fleet, as well as 155mm shells, night-vision devices, bunker-buster munitions and new army vehicles, according to an internal Defense Department list. The weapons pipeline to Israel is extending beyond the well-publicized provision of ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) declared during his weekly news conference Tuesday that the House "is a pressure cooker" after lawmakers have spent roughly a dozen grueling weeks together in the halls of Congress.

Lauren Schroeder was volunteering at a community food nonprofit when she was 14. As she filled bags with donated groceries, she noticed something that didn’t seem right:

It's a chilly November evening, and on the outskirts of River Plate Stadium, Priscila Juárez, 23, is crafting friendship bracelets. It will be a long night camping on the sidelines of one of the city's main avenues. She and her friends are about to order food delivery, weighing their options as they prepare for another night on the pavement. The way they see it, the waiting is an investment.

The Atlanta-area prosecutor leading the criminal racketeering case against former president Donald Trump and 14 allies alleging they broke the law when they sought to overturn Trump's 2020 election loss in Georgia asked the judge overseeing the case to immediately issue an "emergency" protective order over discovery materials to prevent leaks of potential evidence.

The floods, heat waves, storms and fires fed by global warming are getting worse across the US and will pose increasing danger to Americans unless greenhouse gas emissions are cut sharply and swiftly. The tools to do that are available today and are being adopted by communities nationwide, although not quickly enough to avert the crisis, according to a major government report released Tuesday.

Fans of Comic-Con will have one last chance this Saturday to score admission to next year's always sold-out gathering in downtown San Diego.

Pink wants her fans to read banned books. The Grammy winner announced this week that she intended to give away 2,000 banned books during the Florida leg of her tour. "Books have held a special joy for me from the time I was a child, and that's why I am unwilling to stand by and watch while books are banned by schools," Pink said in a news release.

 After years of buzzy pop-ups, the "Friends" hangout, the Central Perk coffee shop, will open its first permanent real-life location in Boston this week. Its opening was delayed due to the death of one of the hit sitcom's stars, Matthew Perry, according to People, which announced the opening. Now, when the new shop opens Tuesday, it will honor the late actor and his best-known TV character, Chandler Bing, by handing out coffee sleeves with the Chandler quote, "Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?"

A line of medical workers in scrubs - young men with bewildered expressions and a boy - walk hurriedly through the door, each gingerly cradling the tiny form of a swaddled premature baby brought from the nursery of Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital.

 Supporters of Israel flocked Tuesday to the National Mall for the biggest pro-Israel rally in a generation, intent on showing solidarity as the war with Hamas rages.