WASHINGTON Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi faces a challenge to her job as frustrated House Democrats meet to select a new slate of leaders. Pelosi is likely to be re-elected easily today despite disenchantment among some in the Democratic caucus she has led since 2002. Ohio Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan is challenging her for the job, […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio A Somali-born student who carried out a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University stewed over the treatment of Muslims while apparently staying under the radar of federal law enforcement, underscoring the difficulty authorities face in identifying and stopping lone wolves bent on violence. Abdul Razak Ali Artan was not known to FBI counterterrorism […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. One of two inmates who sawed their way out of a California jail and vanished last week was recaptured late Tuesday, authorities said. The search continued for the other one. The Santa Clara County Sheriff ’s Office said Laron Campbell was taken back into custody and was being transported back to Santa […]

GATLINBURG, Tenn. In the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, a Tennessee tourist mecca emerged from the smoke, charred and vacant after a swift-moving wildfire. Many buildings were burned to their foundations. Hotel fire alarms echoed through empty streets lined with burned-out cars. The fire picked its spots as it tore through the Gatlinburg area […]

VIENNA With Saudi Arabia declaring a “critical day” for OPEC, oil ministers of the cartel moved closer today to end infighting and reach an agreement to cut output for the first time in eight years. The price of oil rallied as chances grew that the 14-nation group will agree on individual quotas for its members […]

VIENNA Austrians are choosing Sunday between a moderate and a populist for president — and both candidates are hoping to exploit the Trump effect in the first European Union nation facing such a choice since the U.S. election. Surveys show most Austrians think that populist Norbert Hofer stands to benefit to the detriment of left-leaning […]

LA UNION, Colombia Colombia’s worst air crash in two decades snuffed out a storybook run by a Brazilian soccer team, and authorities are digging in trying to figure out why a chartered jetliner crashed in the Andes, killing all but six of the 77 people aboard. The country’s aviation agency said Tuesday that the British […]

CAIRO Money had already been tight as food and electricity bills climbed for weeks. So Ashraf Mahrous, a 45-yearold civil servant, warned his wife, “Black days are ahead,” when Egypt floated its pound and hiked fuel prices this month. Mahrous is now looking for a side job. Rising inflation has forced him to stop eating […]