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Felix White worries his ability to keep working — and avoid a health crisis — could be at risk. The 62-year-old Montgomery County resident relies on Medicaid to afford the insulin he needs to manage his type 1 diabetes. Beginning in January, people with Medicaid will be required to provide proof that they are working 80 hours a month, unless they are considered too sick to work and qualify for ...

DETROIT – The Department of Justice is probing allegations that United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain took actions to improperly benefit his fiancée and retaliated against another senior union member who objected to the actions, according to internal union documents reviewed by Reuters.

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell said he will not rejoin the Senate when it returns to work on Monday because he is ​still recovering from a fall and from pneumonia.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s surprise move to overhaul his government and potentially install an energy executive as prime minister is the latest sign of the Ukrainian president’s determination to spare his war-weary nation a repeat of last winter’s hardships. Zelenskyy said Sunday on social media that he planned to replace Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko as part of a broader change in “political ...

CARACAS, Venezuela – death ​toll from the two earthquakes that ⁠struck ‌Venezuela on June ​24 has risen to 4,490, National ⁠Assembly President ‌Jorge ‌Rodriguez said on Sunday ⁠on his Telegram ‌account. The ‌official count of injured ⁠remained unchanged ​at ⁠16,740, ​while 6,462 people have been ⁠rescued.

The U.S. struck Iran for a third time in a week, prompting retaliatory attacks on at least five Arab nations as Washington and Tehran issued conflicting declarations over whether the Strait of Hormuz remains open to shipping. The Islamic Republic responded early Sunday with drone and missile assaults on American allies across the Middle East, including Kuwait, Jordan and Qatar. So far, only ...

Lindsey Graham, the longtime Republican senator from South Carolina, died suddenly Saturday night, creating an unexpected vacancy in the midst of his campaign for a fifth term.

JERUSALEM – Israel is set to hold a national election on Oct. 27, according to Prime Minister ​Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition, its first since Hamas' 2023 attack and the wars that ensued ⁠in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran.

South Africa said more than 53,000 foreign nationals had been processed for deportation or voluntary repatriation as authorities acted on pledges to speed up removals while warning vigilante groups to stop conducting illegal searches for undocumented foreigners. The figure is more than double the roughly 25,000 migrants police said had returned home or been deported ahead of nationwide ...

The Supreme Court's conservative justices say they decide cases based on the words and original history of the Constitution — and not on their personal or political views. Following the lead set by the late Justice Antonin Scalia, they say they see history and "originalism" as a guiding principle to prevent judges from changing the Constitution to adjust to new and changing times. This ...

An elderly Yellowstone National Park tourist was caught on video running from and being flung high into the air late Friday by an angry bison. The man, who had been observing ​the bison with his grandson from what they had perceived to be a safe distance, was hospitalized with serious injuries. The grandson ⁠was not injured.

DAMASCUS, Syria – Syria's new parliament convened for the first time on Sunday, 19 months after rebels led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa toppled Bashar al-Assad, a milestone in the country's political transition despite the chamber's current limited powers. Sharaa, in a speech at parliament in Damascus, told lawmakers ​to "make this council a model of responsibility and competence" and described it as "a platform for truth and justice."

MINNEAPOLIS — A powerful animal sedative is slowly making its way into Minnesota’s illicit fentanyl supply, creating the potential to complicate overdose treatment and prompting warnings from health and drug officials. The drug, medetomidine, sometimes referred to as “rhino tranq,” “mede,” or “dex,” is not approved for human use and has an ability to put users in a prolonged sedative state. ...

BAGHDAD – Iraq's prime minister will visit Washington on Monday to deepen strategic ties with the United States, with oil and gas ​deals expected to be signed as part of a broader push for economic, trade and investment cooperation. Iraq has ⁠been seeking to balance its ties with neighboring Iran and ‌the U.S. as military escalation ​between the two rivals continues.

Myanmar’s ancient temples, luxury hotels and Buddhist pilgrimage sites are stirring back to life as the country’s military-backed government bets tourism will become one of the first visible signs of an economic recovery after this year’s election. Authorities want to almost double foreign visitor arrivals to 1.8 million this year by easing visa rules and targeting travelers from neighboring ...

SAN DIEGO — As a fast-moving fire chewed dry brush dangerously close to homes in Sorrento Valley last month, the sighting of a small drone flying in the airspace forced all firefighting aircraft to immediately leave the area. San Diego police were able to find the person they believed to be flying the drone and get it to land, Sgt. Nicholas Link said, but the roughly 30-minute pause in ...

Life is uncertain. But there is one place where all is serene and predictable – the world of miniatures.

LAGOS – At least 39 schoolchildren and six teachers kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria’s southwestern Oyo state nearly two months ago have been rescued by security forces, a presidential spokesperson said on Friday.

A new rule proposed by the White House Office of Management and Budget would fundamentally overhaul the way federal grants are awarded and overseen — a sweeping change that one scientific society said "would all but end the use of scientific merit in the selection of grants and programs across the government." Proposed in late May, the rule would give political appointees unprecedented control ...