HONOLULU — Officials at Honolulu’s cash-strapped $9.5 billion rail project are under pressure to deliver an adequate funding plan to the federal government. Hawaii lawmakers are...
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s foreign minister says her country has offered to help train the Philippine military in its fight against extremists linked to the Islamic...
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean President Michelle Bachelet introduced a bill Monday to legalize gay marriage, the latest in a series of recent reforms in a country...
Denver’s City Council on Monday approved an ordinance aimed at protecting immigrants amid White House threats to revoke federal money from so-called sanctuary cities — but...
CHICAGO — Illinois will limit how local and state police can co-operate with federal immigration authorities under a plan signed into law Monday by Gov. Bruce...
Officials began to evacuate one of the nation’s busiest trauma centres Monday as flooding from Harvey threatened the hospital’s supply of medicine and food. A spokesman...
HOUSTON — The muddy floodwaters now soaking through drywall, carpeting, mattresses and furniture in Houston will pose a massive cleanup challenge with potential public health consequences....
HANOI, Vietnam – Some 50 bankers were on trial Monday in Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi for alleged graft and mismanagement causing $69 million in losses. The...
BEIJING— The Chinese conglomerate that owns Hollywood studio Legendary Entertainment on Monday denied a report by a U.S. website that its chairman was detained by Chinese authorities that...
HOUSTON — Texas Governor Greg Abbott Sunday said the state has activated 3,000 National Guard and State Guard members to take part in rescue operations as a...