Iran-backed fighters on alert in east Syria after U.S. strikes

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Published
March 25, 2023

Iran-backed fighters on alert in east Syria after U.S. strikes

Syrian opposition activists say Iran-backed fighters are on alert in eastern Syria, a day after U.S. forces launched retaliatory airstrikes on sites in the war-torn country
Published
March 25, 2023

Putin says Russia will station tactical nukes in Belarus

He said the Belarusian president has long asked for the weapons.
Published
March 25, 2023

Idaho governor signs firing squad execution bill into law

Pharmaceutical companies increasingly have barred executioners from using their drugs, saying they were meant to save lives.
Published
March 25, 2023

Russia ‘largely stalled’ in Bakhmut, shifting focus, U.K. says

The top commander of Ukraine’s military says his forces are pushing back against Russian troops in the long and grinding battle for the town of Bakhmut.
Published
March 25, 2023

‘There’s nothing left’: Deep South tornadoes kill 26

Preliminary information from storm reports and radar data indicate that it was on the ground for more than an hour and traversed at least 170 miles.
Published
March 25, 2023

Pope expands sex abuse law, reaffirms adults can be victims

The new law makes clear that adults can be rendered vulnerable to abuse even occasionally, as situations present themselves.
Published
March 25, 2023

Trump, facing potential indictment, holds defiant Waco rally

A defiant and incendiary Donald Trump, facing a potential indictment, held the first rally of his 2024 presidential campaign Saturday in Waco, Texas, a city made famous by deadly resistance against law enforcement.
Published
March 25, 2023

Greene’s DC jail visit pulls Republicans closer to Jan. 6 rioters

In actions and legislation, Republicans are seeking to portray perpetrators of the Capitol riot as victims of zealous federal prosecutors, despite many being convicted of serious crimes.
Published
March 25, 2023

Texas police: Migrants found ‘suffocating’ in train; 2 dead

Union Pacific railroad said the people were found in 2 cars - 12 in a shipping container and 3 in a hopper car - on the train bound for San Antonio.
Published
March 24, 2023

Personal finances stressing half of lower income U.S. households

The poll also finds that those earning at least $100,000 annually are more likely to expect their situation will improve in the year ahead.