Nation/World

Starting Dec. 10, Australia is the first country to ban social media for kids under 16. Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wrote about the move in an opinion essay posted Dec. 7, saying the ban "will be one of the biggest social and cultural changes our nation has faced." 

Protesters gathered outside an Oklahoma courthouse on Monday, Dec. 8, to express frustration over a judge not handing down prison time to an 18-year-old former high school baseball player convicted of sexually assaulting two girls.

The Environmental Protection Agency has removed references to human-caused climate change from its website - tweaking some pages to focus on the “natural processes” driving climate change and wiping other pages from the internet.

Alina Habba, a former lawyer to President Donald Trump whom he later installed as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, said on Monday that she was stepping down from the role after a federal appeals court found her appointment was unlawful and disqualified her from supervising cases.

The Supreme Court appears likely to agree with President Donald Trump that he can fire at will the heads of some independent agencies, hearing arguments on Dec. 8 in a case that could redefine how more than a dozen agencies operate and shift power from Congress to the president.

A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook northern Japan on Dec. 8, prompting warnings of a tsunami as high as 10-feet and triggering evacuation orders.

The mother of the last hostage in Gaza says Israel will not heal until he or his remains are brought home, and that the next phase of a peace plan should not proceed until he is back.

Ukraine will share a revised peace plan with the U.S. on Tuesday aimed at ending Russia's war, after talks in London between President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the leaders of France, Germany and Britain.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump took the stage at the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday night, making himself the face of an arts event he once shunned as he paid tribute to actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Gloria Gaynor and other artists.

A Los Angeles City Council committee on the 2028 Olympic Games has asked local organizing committee officials to clarify the role and responsibilities of a federal task force in the preparations for the Games. Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez asked in a motion requesting LA28 officials provide the council’s ad hoc committee on the Olympic and Paralympic Games in a Monday meeting with a detailed ...

BRIGHTON, Mich. — Ed Bambas, 88, choked back tears Friday, saying he wished his late wife could be there as he received a donation of more than $1.7 million from online well-wishers. "I cannot express any words to how thankful I am," Bambas said during a check presentation in the lobby at Foguth Financial Group in Brighton. The money was raised via an online fundraiser launched by Samuel ...

TEGUCIGALPA – In Honduras, impatience is growing as Honduran electoral officials have failed to provide an update on the results of the November 30 national elections for nearly 48 hours, with the presidential race still far too close to call.

McCOOK, Neb. – The inmates housed at the minimum-security state prison in McCook, Nebraska, could often be seen around town, working on road paving, weeding cemeteries, taking down Christmas lights and mowing the high school football field before games. They took classes at the local community college, and an art gallery displayed work from 13 prisoners this summer.

A few days after President Donald Trump issued a pre-emptive pardon to embattled Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, the Texas congressman announced he is running for re-election. The president is not happy about it.

A 32-year-old detainee died on Rikers Island Sunday, marking the 14th death in New York City jails this year. Aramis Furse died after a city correction officer noticed he “appeared unwell” in his cell in the jail’s Otis Bantum Correctional Center facility about 2 a.m., a Correction Department official said in a statement. The officer declared a medical emergency and the jail’s medical staff, ...