Nation and World
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American Water cyberattack renews focus on protecting critical infrastructure
Oct 09, 2024 8:50 am - A cyberattack continues to affect the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States, renewing a focus on the importance of protecting critical infrastructure sites.
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Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to 3 scientists for work on proteins, building blocks of life
Oct 09, 2024 7:08 am - The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to three scientists for their breakthrough work predicting and even designing the structure of proteins, the building blocks of life.
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Trump has long blasted China's trade practices. His 'God Bless the USA' Bibles were printed there
Oct 09, 2024 7:00 am - Thousands of copies of Donald Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bible were printed in a country that the former president has repeatedly accused of stealing American jobs and engaging in unfair trade practices — China.
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US considers asking court to break up Google as it weighs remedies in the antitrust caseOct 09, 2024 6:55 am - The U.S. Department of Justice is considering asking a federal judge to force Google to sell parts of its business in order to eliminate its online search monopoly.
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Israeli offensive in hard-hit northern Gaza kills dozens and threatens hospitals
Oct 09, 2024 6:52 am - A large-scale Israeli operation in northern Gaza has killed and wounded dozens of people and threatens to shut down three hospitals over a year into the war with Hamas, Palestinian officials and residents said Wednesday.
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‘This is your last chance’: Dire warnings to flee as Hurricane Milton begins to lash Florida
Oct 09, 2024 6:34 am - Hurricane Milton hurled rain, tornadoes and tropical storm-force winds at the U.S. coast Wednesday on the storm's steady, potentially catastrophic march toward Florida, where officials issued a final plea to residents to evacuate or face grim odds of survival.
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What to know about Hurricane Milton as it churns toward Florida’s Gulf Coast
Oct 08, 2024 9:24 pm - A powerful Hurricane Milton churned through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida on Wednesday and could wallop one of the state's major population centers with huge storm su...
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Trump secretly sent covid tests to Putin during 2020 shortage, new book says
Oct 08, 2024 1:41 pm - As the coronavirus tore through the world in 2020, and the United States and other countries confronted a shortage of tests designed to detect the illness, then-President Donald Trump secretly sent coveted tests to Russian President Vladimir Putin for his personal use.
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Harris can’t point to anything she would have done differently than Biden in ‘The View’ appearance
Oct 08, 2024 11:57 am - Vice President Kamala Harris, in a Tuesday appearance on ABC's “The View," was unable to name a decision she would have made differently than President Joe Biden.
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An unusual hurricane season goes from ultra quiet to record busy and spawns Helene and Milton
Oct 08, 2024 10:55 am - Explosively intensifying Hurricane Milton is the latest freaky system to come out of what veteran hurricane scientists call the weirdest storm season of their lives. Befo...