Senate delays Philly DA’s impeachment trial amid court case
By BROOKE SCHULTZ and MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state Senate is postponing a trial seeking to remove…
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Officials: No injuries in fire at Illinois chemical plant
La SALLE, Ill. (AP) — Officials say a large fire that sent smoke plumes towering over a northern Illinois chemical plant has been contained and no…
Continue ReadingGeorge Santos refuses to resign despite political pressure
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — State and local Republican leaders in New York on Wednesday called for the immediate…
Continue ReadingCES 2023: 10 tech innovations that caught our eye
Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — From electric cars and boats to wireless TVs to the latest phones and tablets, there was a wide range of…
Continue ReadingSchool lawsuits over social media harm face tough legal road
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Like the tobacco, oil, gun, opioid and vaping industries before them, the big U.S. social media…
Continue ReadingCan US avoid a recession? As inflation eases, optimism rises
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, the outlook for the U.S. economy has been a mostly bleak one: Inflation…
Continue ReadingHow pay transparency may affect your job search or raise
By HAL M. BUNDRICK of NerdWallet If you’re looking for a job or aiming to get a raise this year, a new factor may come into play. It’s called pay…
Continue Reading2 Palestinians killed in West Bank raid, stabbing attack
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian authorities say that two Palestinians were killed in separate violent confrontations…
Continue ReadingIran sentences ex-official to death over alleged UK spying
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian state-linked news agency says a former senior defense official has been sentenced to death after…
Continue ReadingPoland to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine, if others do, too
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda says that the European Union nation has decided to send a company of Leopard tanks to help…
Continue ReadingPolish officials say WWII trove of Jewish objects rare find
LODZ, Poland (AP) — The discovery in central Poland of hundreds of objects that were most likely hidden by their Jewish owners during World War II…
Continue ReadingDish from Harry, one of their own, could fuel royal change
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In public, they present a united front — always. But Prince Harry has a very different story to…
Continue ReadingUS envoy starts Kosovo focused tour in Balkans
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A senior U.S. envoy has launched a tour of several Balkan nations focused on international efforts to help normalize…
Continue ReadingMcMaster launches final term at South Carolina inauguration
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America Gov. Henry McMaster began a potentially historic final term in South Carolina on Wednesday with…
Continue ReadingSAG Awards nominate ‘Banshees,’ ‘Everything’ and Zendaya
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Screen Actors Guild has announced nominations to its 29th annual awards, heaping honors on…
Continue ReadingSpain: Jail for 2 women repatriated from Syria
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judge has ordered jail without bail for two women repatriated from Syria for their suspected involvement with the Islamic…
Continue ReadingWatchdog sees ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ for the IRS
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is beginning to see “a light at the end of the tunnel” of its customer service…
Continue ReadingScandal-hit EU assembly set to move on anti-corruption plan
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A European Parliament official says the president of the EU assembly wants to clamp down on the…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court lets New York enforce gun law during lawsuit
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing New York to continue to enforce for now a sweeping new law…
Continue ReadingSpanish farmers protest ecological threshold for Tagus River
By MANU FERNÁNDEZ and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Farmers from southeastern Spain have protested against a government order to…
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