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FILE - Mali's Prime Minister Choguel Maiga addresses the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Sept. 25, 2021. (Kena Betancur/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Mali's former prime minister Maiga taken into custody amid corruption probe

5:16 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Former Malian prime minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga has been taken into custody amid a corruption probe, according to his lawyer

VA hospitals are finding it harder to fill jobs, watchdog says

5:15 PM on Tuesday, August 12

An independent watchdog for the Department of Veterans Affairs says VA hospitals have reported an increase in severe staffing shortages

Israel rejects UN allegations that its forces have sexually abused detained Palestinians

3:48 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The U.N. chief has warned Israel that the United Nations has “credible information” of sexual violence and other violations by Israeli forces against detained Palestinians

FILE - Cameroon President Paul Biya, left, and France's President Emmanuel Macron shake hands prior to bilateral talks at the Lyon's congress hall, central France, Oct. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)

Macron admits France's repressive violence in Cameroon's war for independence

3:29 PM on Tuesday, August 12

French President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged that France waged a war marked by "repressive violence" in Cameroon before and after its independence in 1960

US national debt reaches a record $37 trillion, the Treasury Department reports

3:29 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The U.S. government’s gross national debt has surpassed $37 trillion, setting a new record

FILE - The Theodore Levin United States Courthouse is photographed in Detroit on July 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Michigan jury awards nearly $60M to man who said his rights were violated by prosecutor

3:11 PM on Tuesday, August 12

A jury has awarded nearly $60 million to a man who accused a disgraced Michigan prosecutor and a police officer of violating his rights in filing sexual abuse charges

Sen. McConnell and wife join Kentucky ceremony marking expansion of their archives

2:45 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Mitch McConnell and Elaine Chao’s status as a powerhouse couple was on display as they attended a ceremony in Kentucky for the archives that will catalogue their careers

FILE - U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, speaks at a campaign rally, Oct. 5, 2024, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean, File)

Sherrod Brown, Ohio’s highest-profile Democrat, expected to seek a return to the US Senate in 2026

2:45 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, Ohio’s best-known Democrat, is expected to make another run for the Senate next year as Democrats wage an uphill fight to win control of the chamber

UN condemns deadly attack on famine-hit camp in Darfur that killed 40

2:36 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The United Nations has condemned an attack by a paramilitary group on a displacement camp in Sudan's western region of Darfur

Campaign groups urge judge to further limit new restrictions on getting measures on Florida's ballot

2:28 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Attorneys for grassroots campaigners are again asking a judge to halt enforcement of parts of a new Florida law that restricts the state’s process to get citizens’ initiatives on the ballot

FILE - New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference outside the Jacob K. Javits federal building Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, file)

Andrew Cuomo swipes at Zohran Mamdani over a classic New York topic: rent

2:09 PM on Tuesday, August 12

As he seeks to boost his campaign for New York City mayor, Andrew Cuomo is proposing an overhaul to New York City’s rent laws and escalating his attacks on the frontrunner, Zohran Mamdani

President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump administration calls out human rights records of some nations accepting deported migrants

2:00 PM on Tuesday, August 12

The Trump administration's new human rights reports for countries worldwide eliminate mentions of discrimination faced by LGBTQ people and reduce a previous focus on reproductive rights

FILE - The silhouettes of South Sudanese people are seen through a South Sudanese flag as they line up to cast their votes in Juba, South Sudan, on Jan. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Israel is in talks to possibly resettle Palestinians from Gaza in South Sudan

12:54 PM on Tuesday, August 12

Israel is in talks with South Sudan about the possibility of resettling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the war-torn East African country

US inflation held steady as mild tariff hit offset by cheaper gas, food

6:52 PM on Monday, August 11

U.S. inflation was unchanged in July as rising prices for some imported goods were balanced by falling gas and grocery prices, leaving overall prices modestly higher than a year ago

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