Georgia Dems give progressive Stacey Abrams, a shot at being its first black, female governor
Georgia Democrats gave Atlanta lawyer Stacey Abrams a chance to become the first black female governor in American history on a primary night that ended well for several women seeking office.
Parkland Florida's #Neveragain movement didn't really sway gun control opinion, poll shows
David Hogg, one of the student leaders from Parkland, said he would measure the movement's success not by an opinion poll but by how many members of the U.S. Congress supported by the National Rifle Association are voted out of office in November.
Despite Iran's hardline bluster, its economy is so bad it may seek a compromise with Trump
It was Iran's weak economy that forced Khamenei to give tentative backing for the 2015 nuclear agreement with major powers. The deal, engineered by pragmatist President Hassan Rouhani, ended the country's economic and political isolation.
North Korea takes foreign journalists to witness the destruction of its nuclear test site
While North Korea's destruction of its test site is meant as a show of good will, it's been done in a particularly authoritarian way. South Korean journalists had been excluded from the trip up until the last minute in protest over a US-South Korean military drill.
