Today’s Lead News Stories

Expert says military action may be ‘imminent’ in Venezuela, while others suspect deployment is a negotiating tactic

Headlines have been filled with talk of the catastrophic power of Hurricane Melissa after the Category 5 storm devastated communities across Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti in October 2025. But to see this as a singular disaster misses the bigger picture: Melissa didn’t hit stable, resilient islands. It hit islands still…

"She was struggling to breathe," said the father of a 1-year-old exposed to the chemical.

Families say the housing contractor’s strict timing rules dampen holiday spirit on the base

More than 250 Venezuelans detained in Cecot prison report violations. Plus, supply boom in cheaper renewables will make decline of fossil fuels ‘inevitable’

A Gabon court on Wednesday sentenced the former first lady and son of the oil-rich country's deposed leader Ali Bongo to 20 years in prison following a two-day graft trial.

Typhoon Fung-wong forces mass evacuations in Taiwan as torrential rains and fierce winds cause blackouts, flight cancellations, and severe flooding across southern and eastern regions.

Nicholas Acker had proposed to his fianceé just ten days before his remains were found in a mail handling machine at his workplace

FIRE suggests laws to trim FCC power and protect free expression.

House Democrats vow to vote no but Republican leaders optimistic legislation to reopen government will pass

Human rights groups accuse Trump officials of complicity and draw comparison with scandal at Abu Ghraib prison