New York House candidate Brad Lander was detained for a short period by the Israeli military while visiting a Palestinian village in the West Bank, he said. Lander has made a name for himself during his campaign as a vocal Jewish voice critical of Israel, and he spent a chunk of the home stretch of […]

The United Kingdom is allowing a proposed gas drilling project in the North Sea to move forward, a major reversal in the country’s climate change policy, which previously banned new fossil fuel drilling in the region. The sign-off on the project, known as Jackdaw, had been expected for months, as new Prime Minister Andy Burnham […]

Australian lawmaker Helen Haines had both legs amputated after a driver allegedly struck her with an SUV twice in what authorities are investigating as a serious act of violence against a federal official. Haines, 65, remained in critical condition Wednesday at a Melbourne hospital, where doctors amputated her right leg after initially removing her left […]

A chemical spill in Toledo, Ohio, prompted an evacuation order for parts of the city, and a shelter-in-place order for more. On Tuesday, Toledo Fire and Rescue ordered everyone within a one-mile radius of an MC Tank Terminal at 1266 Progress Ave. to evacuate over a “hazardous materials release,” a chemical identified by MC Tank […]