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First US utility seeks permit for a small nuclear reactor
For the first time in the United States, a utility is asking federal regulators for a permit to build a small nuclear reactor. The nation’s largest public power company, the Tennessee Valley ...
The Latest: Trump goes to Capitol Hill to rally divided Republicans around his ‘big beautiful bill’
President Donald Trump is heading to Capitol Hill early Tuesday to seal the deal on his “big, beautiful bill,” using the power of political persuasion to unify divided House Republicans on the ...
With a massive ark and museum, he spreads creationism a century after Scopes trial. He’s not alone
As the colossal replica of the biblical Noah’s Ark rises incongruously from the countryside of northern Kentucky, Ken Ham gives the presentation he’s often repeated. The ...
Freeway racing suspect, 18, leads police on 100 mph pursuit in Southern California
An 18-year-old motorist police say was seen engaging in a street race on a Southern California freeway was arrested after failing to pull over and leading officers on a high-speed pursuit Monday ...
President Trump to push budget bill on Capitol Hill
President Trump is heading to Capitol Hill early Tuesday morning to make a personal pitch to House Republicans to pass his signature legislation but it’s not just Democrats opposing the ...
Cambodia’s ‘Day of Remembrance’ marks the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge genocide
About 2,000 people attended Cambodia’s annual Day of Remembrance Tuesday to mark half a century since Cambodia’s communist Khmer Rouge launched a four-year reign ...
Israel is letting a trickle of aid into Gaza for the first time in 2 1/2 months. Here’s what to know
Israel has begun allowing a trickle of food and medicine into the Gaza Strip after sealing the territory’s 2 million ...
A British man on trial in Bali for a drug offense pleads for a lenient sentence
A British man on trial for drug offenses pleaded for leniency Tuesday in a court on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali after a charge that could carry the death ...
English Defense League founder Tommy Robinson could get early release from UK prison
The U.K. High Court in London on Tuesday reduced the prison sentence of the far-right English Defense League’s founder, and he could be released in the coming days. Stephen ...
Iran’s supreme leader rejects US stance on uranium enrichment
Iran’s supreme leader on Tuesday pushed back against U.S. criticism of the country’s nuclear program, saying that Tehran won’t seek permission from anyone to enrich uranium and ...
Slow progress and no major breakthroughs dampen hopes for Russia-Ukraine peace deal
U.S. President Donald Trump’s phone calls with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine deepened expectations that progress might soon be made on ending those countries’ more than ...
Democrats bash Netanyahu’s escalation in Gaza
Israel’s move to occupy large swaths of Gaza has sparked backlash from Democrats on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are warning ...