• Rubio arrives for NATO talks as allies wait to learn of US plans for a likely drawdown in Europe
    BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Trump administration’s new envoy to NATO arrived Thursday in Brussels, where the alliance’s top diplomats are hoping they’ll shed light on U.S. security plans in Europe. European allies and Canada are deeply concerned by President Donald Trump’s readiness to draw closer to Russian leader […]
  • Lithuanians bid farewell to 4 US soldiers who died during training exercise
    VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A procession carrying the coffins of four American soldiers who died during a training exercise in Lithuania will proceed past the capital’s cathedral square Thursday. Government officials and religious leaders are expected to pay their last respects before the bodies are taken to the airport to be returned to the U.S. […]
  • Violent storms cut through the South and Midwest, spawning tornadoes and killing 1 person
    Violent storms cut through a wide swath of the South and Midwest, spawning tornadoes and killing at least one person, knocking down power lines and trees and ripping roofs off homes. Dozens of tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings were issued Wednesday in parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Mississippi as storms hit those and […]
  • Microsoft founder Bill Gates reflects upon a 50-year-old computer code that reshaped technology
    Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic computer code he wrote 50 years ago that opened up a new frontier in technology. Although the code that Gates printed out on a teletype machine may look crude compared to what’s powering today’s artificial intelligence platforms, it played a critical […]
  • Bodega cats make New Yorkers’ hearts purr, even if they violate state regulations
    NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s “bodega cats” are beloved fixtures in the Big Apple — but they’re on the wrong side of the law. The convenience store cats that live at many of the city’s bodegas and delis look innocent enough, spending their days lounging in sun-soaked storefronts or slinking between shelves of […]