Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza say the Israeli navy intercepted 13 of their boats as they approached the besieged Palestinian territory. The Global Sumud Flotilla, with Greta Thunberg, Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Mandla Mandela, and several European lawmakers abo… Read moreActivists say Israeli navy has begun intercepting a Gaza-bound aid flotilla

Rescuers are using backhoes and sniffer dogs to look for survivors in collapsed houses and other damaged buildings in the central Philippines. At least 72 people died and toll was expected to rise. The magnitude 6.9 earthquake that hit about 10 p.m. Tuesday trapped an unspecified number of r… Read moreRescuers desperately search for survivors of earthquake in the Philippines that killed at least 72

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91. The Jane Goodall Institute announced her death Wednesday, saying she died of natural causes while in California on a U.S. speaking tour… Read moreJane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist and conservationist, has died

U.S. stocks rose to more records as Wall Street still doesn’t seem to care much about the latest shutdown of the U.S. government. The S&P 500 climbed 0.3% Wednesday and topped its prior all-time high set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.1% to its own record set the day… Read moreWall Street sets more records, but bond yields drop following discouraging data on the job market

The federal government was thrown into a shutdown with no easy endgame in sight. Democrats held firm Wednesday to their demands to salvage health care subsidies that President Donald Trump and Republican in Congress have refused to negotiate. The White House threatened mass layoffs of federa… Read moreGovernment shutdown takes hold with mass layoffs looming and no end in sight