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Stories of Stonewall: How the LGBTQ Rebellion Left a Legacy
Michael Olenick was 19 and living a secret social life, letting loose with friends at a speakeasy-like bar with blacked-out windows and one of the few floors in town where men danced with other men. Then the lights came on and the police strode into the Stonewall Inn.
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Hearings Slated for Container Ship Crew After Drug Seizure
Detention hearings are scheduled in Philadelphia for six crew members of a Swiss-owned container ship following the seizure of more than 35,000 pounds, or more than 15,800 kilograms, of cocaine.
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Iraqi Special Forces Kill 14 IS Militants in Country’s North
Iraqi special forces say they have conducted an operation near the northern city of Kirkuk in which they killed 14 members of the Islamic State group.
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Georgia’s Ruling Party Announces Electoral Changes
The leader of Georgia’s ruling party says the ex-Soviet nation will hold the next parliamentary election based entirely on a proportionate system, fulfilling a key demand of anti-government protesters.
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Medical Groups Warn Climate Change Is a ‘Health Emergency’
As Democratic presidential hopefuls prepare for their first 2020 primary debate this week, 74 medical and public health groups aligned on Monday to push for a series of consensus commitments to combat climate change, bluntly defined by the organizations as 'a health emergency.'
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Pompeo Arrives in Saudi Arabia as Iran Threatens US Drones
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Monday in Saudi Arabia in a hastily arranged visit amid mounting tensions between Washington and Tehran as Iran’s navy chief warned Iranian forces wouldn’t hesitate to shoot down more U.S. surveillance drones from their skies.
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Tennis Greats Applaud Barty’s Rise to No. 1
Australia’s greatest female tennis players, Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong Cawley, have joined in celebrating the rise of compatriot Ashleigh Barty to the No. 1 world ranking which they both held.
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Russia Starts Army Drills to Respond to Central Asia Threats
The Russian military has launched a massive exercise to simulate a response to possible security threats in Central Asia.
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Senior Facebook Executive Says It Would Favor Regulation
A senior Facebook executive says the social media site is in favor of regulation to address some of the dark problems of the internet.
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Death Toll From Building Collapse in Cambodia Rises to 26
Rescuers on Monday continued to search the rubble of a building that collapsed while under construction in a Cambodian beach town, killing at least 26 workers and injuring 24 others as they slept in the unfinished condominium that was doubling as their housing.
