Simone Seikaly

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday said it no longer considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be a violation of international law, reversing four decades of American policy and further undermining the Palestinians’ effort to gain statehood. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. is repudiating the 1978 State […]

A transcript of closed-door testimony was released on Monday, containing a first-hand account from State Department official David Holmes recalling a telephone call between President Trump and Ambassador Gordon Sondland in Kyiv.

A jury in Iowa has awarded $1.4 million to a man who was expecting a circumcision but received a vasectomy instead.

Despite efforts by the First Lady and Ivanka Trump, President Trump reverses course on a ban on vaping flavors popular with teens.

(CNN) — Hong Kong has been rocked by pro-democracy, anti-government protests for more than five months now, with escalating violence and anger on all sides. What began as peaceful mass marches has exploded into the city’s biggest political crisis in modern times. It’s also become a geopolitical mess with worldwide implications. Companies, brands, politicians and […]

Salt Lake City Police made a substantial drug bust this week after 47-year-old Isidro Cano was reported for selling narcotics out of a hotel room.

(CNN) — Pope Francis said some of the things he’s heard targeting Jews and the LGBTQ community remind him of the days of Adolf Hitler. The pope made the remarks Friday while speaking to members of the International Association of Penal Law, which is meeting this week in Rome. “I confess that when I hear […]

Continuing political strife prompted the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to transfer 63 missionaries from the Bolivia Cochabamba Mission.

(CNN) — On this we can all agree: The lifespan of a dog is far too short. The Dog Aging Project hopes to change that. Researchers are hoping to study a group of 10,000 dogs over the course of 10 years to see whether they can improve the life expectancy of canines and their overall […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A school shooter who was 14 when he killed a first-grader on a school playground in South Carolina after killing his father in their home was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole. Jesse Osborne targeted Townville Elementary School because he had spent seven years there. Prosecutors, who pushed for […]