Nation & World https://www.the-journal.com/feeds/nation-world/ 2026-04-26 06:56:03 -0700 en-us https://www.the-journal.com/articles/the-wide-brimmed-sombrero-galaxy-is-revealed-in-all-its-splendor-by-a-telescope-in-chile-2/ CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Sombrero galaxy and its glowing halo of stars have never looked this good. The U.S. National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab released the latest photo of the popular hat-... 2026-04-25 02:56:46 -0700 dcd3134f-e623-4f78-aa47-6197d64e691c https://www.the-journal.com/articles/israels-benjamin-netanyahu-says-he-was-treated-for-prostate-cancer-and-is-now-healthy-2/ JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that he has undergone treatment for prostate cancer in his first public acknowledgment of the diagnosis. He said that roughly a y... 2026-04-25 02:54:24 -0700 16736429-d7bf-4ac8-9e44-f59bed47adcd https://www.the-journal.com/articles/new-yorks-new-jails-boss-once-served-time-in-a-cell-block-he-now-oversees-2/ NEW YORK (AP) — Stanley Richards knows how bleak life can be at Rikers Island, New York City’s notorious jail complex. As a young man, he spent two years locked up there for robbery. Now, he runs the ... 2026-04-25 02:52:55 -0700 66b11b55-b60f-4785-8e6d-c4ab7a3e82f8 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/israel-steps-up-airstrikes-in-tehran-as-iran-widens-response/ DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Israel stepped up airstrikes on Iranian missile launchers and factories Tuesday, and Iran retaliated against Israel and across the Gulf region, disrupting energy supplies... 2026-03-03 12:26:52 -0700 8f180ef0-2e3a-4968-b9fa-937377ece1c4 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/irans-supreme-leader-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-reportedly-dies-after-attack/ DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who assembled theocratic power in Iran over the decades as its supreme leader and sought to turn it into a regional powerhouse, bringing it into c... 2026-02-28 08:22:24 -0700 9b7744eb-437f-471d-8acd-bfe11e020566 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/what-to-know-about-the-new-u-s-israel-attacks-on-iran/ The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday in what President Donald Trump said was a massive operation to destroy the country’s military capabilities and eliminate the threat of it creating a nucle... 2026-02-28 04:15:26 -0700 a0830755-e4b2-4a84-bf10-df153e2a240f https://www.the-journal.com/articles/u-s-and-israel-launch-a-major-attack-on-iran-trump-urges-iranians-to-take-over/ DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on Iran on Saturday, and President Donald Trump called on the Iranian public to “seize control of your destiny” by rising... 2026-02-28 08:46:19 -0700 ef87c287-8d91-4ccd-88a7-11e129c6bbb0 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/first-feline-larry-marks-15-years-as-britains-political-top-cat/ LONDON (AP) — In turbulent political times, stability comes with four legs, whiskers and a fondness for napping. Larry the cat celebrates 15 years on Sunday as the British government’s official ro... 2026-02-14 10:06:03 -0700 b128ab54-2d30-53ec-a7aa-941dd7dd044f https://www.the-journal.com/articles/assassination-of-charlie-kirk-adds-to-americas-roll-call-of-public-violence-2/ WASHINGTON (AP) – In the tragic roll call of violence in American public life, Charlie Kirk’s name joins what has fast become a long list. The influential 31-year old commentator, who cast his young p... 2025-09-11 01:19:54 -0700 ddad8e05-d3ca-42d3-a6eb-d5e8cd180219 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/senate-passes-one-big-beautiful-bill-getting-gops-policy-agenda-one-step-closer-to-trumps-desk/ After almost 27 hours and 46 amendment votes, Senate Republicans passed their large tax and spending package right before noon Tuesday by a vote of 51-50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tieb... 2025-07-01 04:15:55 -0700 74736438-b2a9-4309-bdc3-66ace7ea13af https://www.the-journal.com/articles/what-to-know-about-bunker-buster-bombs-unleashed-on-irans-fordo-nuclear-facility-2/ BANGKOK – In inserting itself into Israel's war against Iran, Washington unleashed its massive “bunker-buster” bombs on Iran's Fordo fuel enrichment plant. Those bombs were widely seen as the best cha... 2025-06-23 11:01:23 -0700 9ad8619a-9e53-49bd-8e09-5b32bd19149d https://www.the-journal.com/articles/live-updates-israel-attacks-iran-2/ Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday, in strikes that targeted the country’s nuclear program and raised the potential for a larger war between the two bitter adversaries. An Israeli military o... 2025-06-12 07:28:09 -0700 6f0ed973-17ee-4ba1-bd89-1dc2895b5c12 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/israel-attacks-irans-capital-with-explosions-booming-across-tehran/ JERUSALEM (AP) — The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed Friday that an Israeli strike hit Iran’s uranium enrichment facility at Natanz. In a statement on the social platform X, the IAEA’s h... 2025-06-12 07:02:20 -0700 94aa82ca-453b-4f6c-889e-12e84f5b46e1 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/durango-la-plata-county-included-on-trumps-list-of-sanctuary-jurisdictions/ Officials in communities from rural to urban and red to blue blasted the Trump administration’s list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” with many saying they’ve been outspoken supporters of the president an... 2025-05-31 11:38:57 -0700 f0910c6d-e5ed-4491-bfa9-9420689476bf https://www.the-journal.com/articles/robert-prevost-first-pope-from-us-in-history-of-the-catholic-church-takes-the-name-leo-xiv/ VATICAN CITY — Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the 2,... 2025-05-08 10:16:38 -0700 e6869716-53eb-4554-9d12-61bf52877587 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/pope-francis-first-latin-american-pontiff-who-ministered-with-a-charming-humble-style-dies-at-88/ VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff, who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and c... 2025-04-21 07:09:51 -0700 da0cf217-44a0-4bc8-a22d-2305212fbe9a https://www.the-journal.com/articles/senate-confirms-gabbard-as-trumps-director-of-national-intelligence/ WASHINGTON – Tulsi Gabbard was sworn in as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence on Wednesday shortly after she was confirmed by the Senate, where Republicans who had initially qu... 2025-02-12 06:53:42 -0700 096874e0-e0ff-429f-baf5-6d788beba489 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/biden-visits-indian-country-and-apologizes-for-the-sin-of-a-150-year-old-boarding-school-policy/ LAVEEN VILLAGE, Ariz. – President Joe Biden on Friday formally apologized to Native Americans for the “sin” of a government-run boarding school system that for decades forcibly separated children from... 2024-10-25 02:05:26 -0700 6873180b-5ba7-4386-b1a4-8c29169bc398 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/widespread-technology-outage-disrupts-flights-banks-media-outlets-and-companies-around-the-world-2/ FRANKFURT, Germany — A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and media outlets off air on Friday in a massive disruption that affected companies and ser... 2024-07-19 07:15:44 -0700 473949a8-d3e6-48f1-b774-1f1d52f992ca https://www.the-journal.com/articles/trump-picks-sen-jd-vance-of-ohio-a-once-fierce-critic-turned-loyal-ally-as-his-gop-running-mate/ MILWAUKEE (AP) – Donald Trump named Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate on Monday, choosing a onetime critic who became a loyal ally and is now the first millennial to join a major-party ticket ... 2024-07-15 01:14:25 -0700 3f40c936-a732-410d-ae95-d679e63965db https://www.the-journal.com/articles/trump-rally-shooting-is-being-investigated-as-an-assassination-attempt-officials-say/ BUTLER, Pa. (AP) – Former President Donald Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt Saturday at a Pennsylvania rally, days before he was to accept the Republican nomination for a thir... 2024-07-13 09:51:23 -0700 a964d82a-a07d-4e0f-830c-7c661de09098 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/birth-of-rare-white-buffalo-fulfills-a-lakota-prophecy-that-portends-better-times/ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyoming – Standing at the edge of a bluff overlooking the Lamar River in Yellowstone National Park, TJ Ammond stared through binoculars at hundreds of buffalo dotting the ve... 2024-06-24 11:12:58 -0700 0c838132-4be9-4fea-86a9-5bc3fbf50434 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/guilty-trump-becomes-first-former-u-s-president-convicted-of-felony-crimes/ NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influen... 2024-05-30 02:52:40 -0700 ea8ae7f6-2f3b-4329-bf19-cd4881900b2f https://www.the-journal.com/articles/marijuana-banking-bill-advances-in-the-senate/ The U.S. Senate banking committee has advanced a bill to allow legal cannabis companies access to financial services. The Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation Banking bill, known as SAFER, is suppor... 2023-09-28 09:00:00 -0700 f8c75454-c200-4427-a000-e92cd2119d8a https://www.the-journal.com/articles/house-republicans-push-off-biden-impeachment-bid-for-now/ WASHINGTON – Eager to impeach President Joe Biden, hard-right House Republicans forced a vote Thursday that sent the matter to congressional committees in a clear demonstration of the challenge that S... 2023-06-22 07:17:42 -0700 2edd4ec8-57df-40d0-8dd8-8f0c432806d2 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/funding-made-available-to-support-recording-oral-histories-from-boarding-school-era/ FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The U.S. government is embarking on an effort to record the oral histories of survivors and descendants of boarding schools that sought to “civilize” Indigenous students, often thro... 2023-04-27 10:27:19 -0700 9a0d317c-2f68-560b-82fd-feed0d8f69a8 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/from-mecca-to-the-vatican-exploring-sacred-sites-with-vr-2/ Click and gape at the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel ceiling up close. Click again and join thousands of pilgrims praying and circling around the cube-shaped Kaaba at Islam’s most sacred site. Or strap on a... 2022-08-08 09:59:46 -0700 9e74230a-916b-5e99-8517-56d867502d81 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/state-lotteries-increasingly-cede-control-to-huge-firms/ The companies that run state-backed lotteries already have a heavy hand in how the games are operated. But in the years ahead, their control over lotteries is expected to expand significantly while st... 2022-07-15 10:34:13 -0700 b3ddf071-f6c7-540a-9891-5fd4e9552b54 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/democratic-governors-call-on-biden-to-use-federal-facilities-for-abortion-access/ A group of Democratic governors urged President Joe Biden last week to use federal facilities to provide access to abortions, after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade. In a vide... 2022-07-05 03:29:46 -0700 8114a890-f10f-44bd-819d-6d3f587c686d https://www.the-journal.com/articles/police-5-dead-19-hospitalized-in-shooting-at-july-4-parade/ HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. – A gunman on a rooftop opened fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago on Monday, killing at least six people, wounding at least 30 and sending hundreds of marchers,... 2022-07-04 11:46:41 -0700 3160ccf1-dc79-5dbe-b028-6272abb5e929