GEORGETOWN, KY. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made his strongest statement yet on his party’s presidential nominee, telling a rally in his home state Wednesday that “we need a new president, Donald Trump, to be the most powerful Republican in America.” McConnell has warned repeatedly that Republicans could lose control of the Senate this […]

GREENVILLE, Miss. The FBI opened a civil rights investigation into the arson and vandalism of an African-American church in Mississippi, where someone spray-painted “Vote Trump” in what the mayor called a “heinous, hateful, cowardly act.” The pulpit and pews were burned, and soot stained the brick around some windows. Greenville Fire Chief Ruben Brown Sr. […]

BISMARCK, N.D. President Barack Obama has raised the possibility of a reroute of the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline in southern North Dakota to allay the concerns of American Indians and others who have demonstrated against the project for months. The president says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is examining alternatives but the agency […]

SANTIAGO, Chile Lissette died under the care of the Chilean state, suffocating in her own vomit while a caretaker allegedly sat on her back while trying to contain the 11-year-old during what was described as “a crisis of aggressiveness.” Her mother had sent her to a government shelter hoping authorities could protect her as she […]

LONDON Britain’s High Court brought government plans for leaving the European Union screeching to a halt today, ruling that the prime minister can’t trigger the U.K.’s exit from the bloc without approval from Parliament. The government said it would go to the Supreme Court to challenge the ruling, which has major constitutional as well as […]

IRBIL, Iraq The shadowy leader of the Islamic State group has released a new message urging his followers to keep up the fight for Mosul as they defend the city against a major offensive aimed at routing the militants from their last urban stronghold in Iraq. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s rallying cry came in a sermon […]

KABUL, Afghanistan A joint raid by U.S. and Afghan forces targeting senior Taliban commanders killed two American service members and 26 Afghan civilians today, authorities said, rare combat deaths for Western forces who handed over the task of securing Afghanistan to local troops some two years ago. NATO described the Americans killed and two other […]

MONTPELIER, Vt. New standards on large-scale wind projects in Vermont will give towns a voice in where they are built, but opting out entirely won’t be an option. Deputy Public Service Commissioner Jon Copans said that’s in keeping with legislation passed this year. Act 174 called for regions and municipalities to take a deep dive […]