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Trump says he’s running in 2024, focuses on Biden but not DeSantis or other GOP rivals

By Alex Foarty and Bianca Padro Ocasio / Tribune News Service · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2022 11:45 a.m.

Trump said he will have a third White House run Tuesday.

‘Hunting his victims.’ As trial ends, state makes case for death penalty for Parkland shooter

By David Ovalle / Tribune News Service · Wednesday, Oct. 12,2022 10 a.m.

“It was calculated,” the prosecutor told jurors. “It was purposeful, and it was a systematic massacre.”

The Supreme Court just undid a key ruling for counting undated Pennsylvania mail ballots

By Jonathan Lai / Tribune News Service · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2022 3 p.m.

The court vacated a federal appeals court decision allowing undated mail ballots to be counted in Pennsylvania.

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G-7 leaders pledge to support Ukraine ‘for as long as it takes’

By Michael Nienaber / Tribune News Service · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2022 1:53 p.m.

They condemned Russia’s recent steps to escalate its war “in the strongest possible terms.”

Supreme Court hears lively debate on protecting wetlands, led in part by new Justice Jackson

By David G. Savage | Tribune News Service · Monday, Oct. 3,2022 3:45 p.m.

The Supreme Court heard a case calling for limiting the government’s power to protect millions of acres of wetlands.

Russian troops flee key eastern Ukraine town in latest setback

By Bloomberg News · Monday, Oct. 3,2022 3:37 p.m.

The major victory challenges Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim to have annexed the area.

52 killed in Iran during protests sparked by woman's death, Amnesty International says

By Tribune News Service · Friday, Sept. 30,2022 4:25 p.m.

Mahsa Amini died Sept. 16 and the cause of her death remains unknown.

Queen Elizabeth II’s cause of death released

By Peter Sblendorio / Tribune News Service · Friday, Sept. 30,2022 10:55 a.m.

Queen Elizabeth II died Sept. 8 at age 96.

Florida begins to assess devastation wrought by Hurricane Ian

By Linda Robertson, Joey Flechas, Nicholas Nehamas and David Ovalle / Tribune News Service · Friday, Sept. 30,2022 10:46 a.m.

The State of Florida, especially Fort Myers, reels from Hurricane Ian.

‘Where’s Jackie?’ Biden asks after dead lawmaker at event

By Jordan Fabian / Tribune News Service · Thursday, Sept. 29,2022 10:44 a.m.

Jackie Walorski, who was an Indiana representative, died in a car crash Aug. 3.

‘Help is on the way’: DeSantis says hundreds have called 911, rescue efforts underway

By Ana Ceballos / Tribune News Service · Thursday, Sept. 29,2022 10:36 a.m.

The state of Florida was hit by a Category 4 hurricane Wednesday.

‘It’s time to hunker down’: DeSantis urges safety as powerful Hurricane Ian nears coast

By Ana Ceballos / Tribune News Service · Wednesday, Sept. 28,2022 1:29 p.m.

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday morning it's no longer safe to evacuate Florida’s southwest coast.

Ian now a ‘monstrous’ Cat 4 hurricane, and forecast to make Florida landfall soon

By Alex Harris and Michelle Marchante / Tribune News Service · Wednesday, Sept. 28,2022 1:20 p.m.

The Category 4 hurricane is heading toward Florida with 155 mph winds.

Iran's president dismisses criticism as street protests over women's rights turn deadly

By Tracy Wilkinson / Tribune News Service · Friday, Sept. 23,2022 10:16 a.m.

The Iran president attempted to deflect international outrage over the death of a 22-year-old woman in the custody of Iran's so-called morality police.

WHO says pandemic isn’t done after Biden called it ‘over’ in US

By Dong Lyu / Tribune News Service · Friday, Sept. 23,2022 10:08 a.m.

Biden said the pandemic is over in an interview Sunday.

Odds increasing for system in Caribbean to become a major hurricane. The question: Will it hit Florida?

By Shira Moolten, Robin Webb, Angie DiMichele / Tribune News Service · Friday, Sept. 23,2022 9:58 a.m.

Tropical wave in the southeast Caribbean has a high chance of becoming a hurricane in the coming days.

Pfizer, US revise contract for donated vaccines as world demand plummets

By Josh Wingrove and Riley Griffin / Tribune News Service · Friday, Sept. 23,2022 9:53 a.m.

More than 450 million Pfizer doses have so far been donated.

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: Daily national headlines can now be found at the IDS

By Cate Charron · Thursday, Sept. 22,2022 5 p.m.

National wire content can be found at the bottom of the IDS homepage.

COVID boosters take aim just at omicron. This lab is going after coronaviruses the world hasn’t seen yet

By Tom Avril / Tribune News Service · Wednesday, Sept. 21,2022 6:02 p.m.

In less than 20 years, at least three dangerous coronaviruses have jumped from animals to humans.

'A brutal, needless war ... chosen by one man': Biden, at United Nations, slams Putin's invasion of Ukraine

By Eli Stokols / Tribune News Service · Wednesday, Sept. 21,2022 5:53 p.m.

President Joe Biden criticized Vladimir Putin during his annual address to the U.N. General Assembly.

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