NATION & WORLD

Jury selection begins for Indiana man accused of murder, cannibalism

Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a southern Indiana man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and eating parts of her body nearly five years ago.

U.S. talks secretly to Venezuela socialist party boss

The U.S. has made secret contact with Venezuela's socialist party boss as close allies of President Nicolás Maduro's inner circle seek guarantees they won't face prosecution for alleged abuses and crimes if they cede to growing demands to remove him, according to a senior Trump administration official.

Pentagon conducts 1st test of missile banned for more than 30 years

The U.S. military has conducted a flight test of a type of missile banned for more than 30 years by a treaty that both the United States and Russia abandoned this month, the Pentagon said.

More than 9,000 people flee ‘monster’ wildfire in Spain’s Canary Islands

Planned Parenthood leaves federal family planning program

U.S. prisons chief removed after Jeffrey Epstein’s death

New York Police Department fires officer involved in Eric Garner’s chokehold death

Elizabeth Warren offers public apology over claim to tribal heritage

Head of the federal Bureau of Prisons reassigned after Jeffrey Epstein’s death in New York jail cell

A lethal disease spread by a tiny, tree-hopping insect is threatening Florida’s iconic palm trees

Early accuser of Jeffrey Epstein says police didn’t take her allegation of groping seriously: ‘It could have been stopped’

Man accused of making online threat to Ohio Jewish center arrested, police say

Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana’s governor during Hurricane Katrina, dies at 76

Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow tries to downplay recession fears: ‘We’re doing pretty darn well'

At least 63 killed, 182 wounded in suicide-bomb blast at wedding party in Afghanistan’s capital