Throughout the world, countries hold national votes on weekdays and weekends, all during the year. But in the United States, the major national elections for president every four years and every-other-year congressional elections like those being held Tuesday are always held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. It’s been that way […]
The trial of accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman begins Monday in New York with jury selection. Authorities are boosting security for the trial, including keeping confidential the names of the 12 people who will be picked to serve on the jury and the six alternates. Opening statements are expected to begin November […]
A Turkish presidential adviser and friend of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi says his body was cut up and dissolved in acid for easier disposal, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported Friday. “According to the latest information we have, the reason they dismembered his body is to dissolve it easier” before it was disposed of, Yasin Aktay told […]
Indonesian navy divers say they have recovered one of the “black boxes” from the wreckage of Lion Air Flight JT-610, which crashed into the Java Sea just minutes after taking off from Jakarta early Monday morning. The divers told local television reporters Thursday they found one of the plane’s recorders from the sea floor and […]