Nation and World
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Will the Federal Reserve cut interest rates fast enough to deliver a ‘soft landing’?Sep 16, 2024 7:12 am - WASHINGTON — American consumers and homebuyers, business people and political leaders have been waiting for months for what the Federal Reserve is poised to announce this...
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5 things to know about the apparent assassination attempt on Trump at one of his golf courses
Sep 16, 2024 7:08 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Former President Donald Trump is safe following what the FBI says “appears to be an attempted assassination” while playing golf two months after a...
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Trump was the subject of an apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf club, the FBI says
Sep 15, 2024 1:57 pm - Donald Trump was the target Sunday of "what appears to be an attempted assassination" at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, the FBI said, just nine weeks after the Republican presidential nominee survived another attempt on his life. The former president said he was safe and well, and authorities held a man in custody.
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How social media became a storefront for deadly fake pillsSep 15, 2024 6:00 am - Coco loved being the life of the party — cracking jokes, doing pranks and making people laugh, her mom, Julianna Arnold, recalled recently. “Her favorite pastime was fash...
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US consumer watchdog finds that school lunch fees are taking a toll on parents
Sep 14, 2024 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Single mother Rebecca Wood was already dealing with high medical bills in 2020 when she noticed she was being charged a $2.49 “program fee” each time she loade...
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Apple seeks to drop its lawsuit against Israeli spyware pioneer NSO
Sep 13, 2024 10:55 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Apple asked a court Friday to dismiss its three-year-old hacking lawsuit against spyware pioneer NSO Group, arguing that it might never be able to get the...
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North Korea reveals uranium site as Kim Jong Un demands more nuclear weapons
Sep 13, 2024 10:55 pm - SEOUL — North Korea on Friday shared photos of a secretive facility used to produce weapons-grade uranium as leader Kim Jong Un called on his country to “exponentially in...
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Vessel rescued in English Channel after emergency call to Dover, Delaware, instead of Dover, England
Sep 13, 2024 10:54 pm - DOVER, Del. — Police dispatchers in Delaware’s capital city are being lauded for helping direct rescuers to a boat foundering in the English Channel thousands of miles aw...
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Biden meets with British leader and brushes off Putin’s threats about weapons for Ukraine
Sep 13, 2024 10:54 pm - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden brushed off a threat from Russian leader Vladimir Putin about war against the West if Ukraine’s allies allow it to use weapons deeper ins...
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Pope slams Harris and Trump as ‘against life,’ urges Catholics to vote for ‘lesser evil’
Sep 13, 2024 10:53 pm - ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis on Friday slammed both U.S. presidential candidates for what he called anti-life policies on abortion and migration, and he advised ...