Recession has struck some of the world’s top economies. The US keeps defying expectations
By STAN CHOE and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — As some of the world’s biggest economies stumble into recession, the…
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Public utilities regulator joins race for North Dakota’s single U.S. House seat
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A longtime public utilities regulator in North Dakota has joined the state’s race for its…
Continue ReadingUS investigators visit homes of two Palestinian-American teens killed in the West Bank
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The American embassy is investigating two shootings of Palestinian-American teenagers in the…
Continue ReadingMeghan, Duchess of Sussex Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of the Duchess of Sussex, the former actress Meghan Markle. Personal Birth date:…
Continue ReadingBurning insulation causes DC to evacuate Metro station and suspend service on multiple lines
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities in D.C. have evacuated an underground Metro station and shut down parts of three…
Continue ReadingUS Justice Department sues over Tennessee law targeting HIV-positive people convicted of sex work
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has sued the state of Tennessee over its decades-old…
Continue ReadingRussia has obtained a ‘troubling’ emerging anti-satellite weapon, the White House says
By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House publicly confirmed on Thursday that Russia has obtained a…
Continue ReadingLockdown lifted at Montana Air Force base after active shooter threat
By Amy Simonson, Rebekah Riess, Chris Boyette and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A Montana Air Force base went on lockdown for 10 minutes Thursday…
Continue ReadingManagement issues at Oregon’s Crater Lake prompt feds to consider terminating concession contract
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Years of management issues involving facility upkeep and staff at Oregon’s Crater Lake have prompted the federal…
Continue ReadingAlaska woman gets 99 years for orchestrating catfished murder-for-hire plot in friend’s death
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Anchorage woman has been sentenced to 99 years in prison for orchestrating the death of a developmentally disabled…
Continue ReadingTalks on a Gaza deal are at an impasse. Here’s what we know
By Nadeen Ebrahim, Becky Anderson, Jennifer Hansler, Alex Marquardt, MJ Lee, Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Talks on a hostage…
Continue ReadingGodzilla, Oscar newbie, stomps into the Academy Awards
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Godzilla has been to Tokyo, Hong Kong, Paris, San Francisco, Boston, Moscow, London and Hawaii. But…
Continue ReadingMontana nuclear base lockdown lifted after suspicious person prompts active shooter report
By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A lockdown has been lifted at an Air Force nuclear missile base in…
Continue ReadingVolkswagen-backed Scout Motors, in nod to past, toasts start of construction of electric SUV plant
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Volkswagen Group-backed Scout Motors is celebrating the start of construction on its $2…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania mom convicted of strangling 11-year-old son, now faces life sentence
HORSHAM, Pa. (AP) — A mother who strangled her 11-year-old son at their Pennsylvania home last year and then went to New Jersey where she drove her…
Continue ReadingBrother of dead suspect in fires at Boston-area Jewish institutions pleads not guilty
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The brother of a man suspected in four arsons involving Jewish institutions in the Boston area in…
Continue ReadingIt started as a Kansas City Chiefs celebration. Then the message spread: ‘Guns, police, run’
By Alisha Ebrahimji and Michelle Krupa, CNN (CNN) — The conquering heroes had just rolled down Grand Boulevard, waving to a crowd packed more…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina House approves Sunday liquor sales, potentially lifting another religious restriction
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has given key approval to a bill allowing liquor stores to open…
Continue ReadingUS eases restrictions on Wells Fargo after years of strict oversight following scandal
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration eased some of the restrictions on banking giant Wells Fargo, saying the…
Continue ReadingParents in Miami-Dade County receive permission slips asking if children can participate in Black History Month activity
By Justin Gamble and Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — As a parent, Chuck Walter said he’s used to signing papers that his children bring home…
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