US strikes Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz, official says, leaving unclear what comes next

The United States launched strikes on Iranian targets, a U.S. official said, in what appeared to be a limited operation on the eve of Tuesday’s crucial midterm elections. Iranian state media ...

Election Day arrives after a surge in early voting, with observers keeping close watch at the polls

The final day of voting in this year’s midterm elections arrives Tuesday against a backdrop of uncertainty after a year in which President Donald Trump has tried to interfere in ...

Promising new HIV-prevention drug is hard to find where it’s most needed, in places like Uganda

In the red light district in Mbarara, a city in western Uganda known in part for sex tourism, a sex worker named Lisa Mutoni insists on using condoms when men enter her ...

Suspected militants open fire and kill 2 police officers guarding polio workers in Pakistan

Suspected militants riding a motorcycle shot and killed two police officers assigned to protect polio workers during a door-to-door vaccination campaign Tuesday in ...

Trump’s agenda meets the ballot box as states vote on abortion, redistricting and voter ID mandates

A battle over abortion rights is playing out in several states Tuesday as voters decide 145 proposed laws and constitutional amendments, including some that could affect voting ...

Luka Doncic is off to a spectacular offensive start for the Lakers with a string of 40-point games

Although Luka Doncic is in his ninth NBA season as one of the sport’s most dynamic scorers, he has rarely been better than this. Two weeks into the Los Angeles ...

Warriors center Draymond Green ejected after consecutive technical fouls on one play against Suns

Warriors center Draymond Green was ejected two minutes into the third quarter of Golden State’s 116-113 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Monday night for consecutive ...

Luka Doncic scores 42 points in another brilliant game, leading the Lakers past the Heat 138-117

Luka Doncic had 42 points, 13 assists and seven rebounds in another spectacular early-season performance, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 138-117 victory over the Miami Heat ...

When will we know who controls Congress? It could be a while

The stakes in Tuesday’s election — which party will control Congress — are crystal clear. But when that will be known is impossible to say. The Associated Press will be ...

A referendum on Trump, election monitors and a Democratic shift: What to watch on Election Day

President Donald Trump has repeatedly encouraged voters to pretend he’s on the ballot this Election Day. He’s not, of course. But there is reason to believe that ...

After Election Day, Trump stares down the specter of Democratic probes and the race to succeed him

For Donald Trump, Tuesday’s elections will chart the course for the final two years of his presidency. If his party loses control of Congress in the midterm elections, the rest ...

Midterm elections coming to a close as voters pass judgment on Trump’s second term

Voters struggling with high prices and angry over an unpopular war with Iran will decide whether to drastically shift power in Washington in midterm elections Tuesday that will ...