Nation and World
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Alex Jones ordered to pay $45.2M more over Sandy Hook lies
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas jury on Friday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a child who was killed in t...
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US agency probes Tesla crashes that killed 2 motorcyclists
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Two crashes involving Teslas apparently running on Autopilot are drawing scrutiny from federal regulators and point to a potential new hazard on U.S. free...
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5 key takeaways from the July jobs report
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - July's jobs report was a stunner, in more ways than one. Despite raging inflation and anxiety about a possible recession, employers created 528,000 jobs ...
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Typically bombastic Alex Jones makes for complicated court
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones bulled through the first of several trials against him that could decimate his personal fortune and media e...
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Woman heading to prenatal checkup killed in California crash
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A pregnant woman who died along with her young son and three others in a fiery crash caused by a speeding car was heading to a prenatal doctor's appoi...
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John Rensenbrink, US Green Party co-founder, dies at 93
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - John Rensenbrink, a Maine political scientist and conservationist who co-founded the Green Party of the United States, has died. He was 93. Rensen...
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Rescuers scramble to track Beluga whale in France's Seine
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French authorities are tracking a Beluga whale that strayed far from its Artic habitat into the Seine River, raising fears that the ethereal white mammal co...
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France's going through its most severe drought ever, PM says
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne warned that France is facing the 'œmost severe drought'ť ever recorded in the country and announced the activation of ...
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In a first, Somalia-based al-Shabab is attacking in Ethiopia
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - The al-Shabab extremist group has exploited Ethiopia's internal turmoil to cross the border from neighboring Somalia in unprecedented attacks i...
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Storms ground US air travelers as airlines cancel flights
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Tens of thousands of flyers had their travel plans upended Friday after airlines canceled about 1,400 U.S. flights as thunderstorms hit the East Coast. A...