Nation and World
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What to know about Hurricane Milton as it churns toward Florida’s Gulf CoastOct 08, 2024 9:24 pm - Hurricane Milton strengthened as it churned through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida on Tuesday and could wallop one of the state's major population centers with hug...
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Trump secretly sent covid tests to Putin during 2020 shortage, new book saysOct 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’ appearanceOct 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 MiltonOct 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...
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McDonald’s sues major beef producers for price-fixingOct 08, 2024 7:40 am - McDonald’s is just the latest plaintiff to accuse the big four meatpackers of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. Ranchers, cattle sellers, consumers and beef buyers have also sued Tyson, Cargill, JBS and National Beef over similar allegations. The complaints have been consolidated in Minnesota federal court.
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Officials face antisemitic attacks over Hurricane Helene responseOct 08, 2024 7:36 am - Top officials in North Carolina and at the Federal Emergency Management Agency responding to Helene are being subjected to a flurry of antisemitic attacks, causing some o...
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Biden sets a 10-year deadline for US cities to replace lead pipes and make drinking water saferOct 08, 2024 7:00 am - A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the continuing dangers of lead in tap water, President Joe Biden is setting a 10-year deadline for cities across the nation to replace their lead pipes, finalizing an aggressive approach aimed at ensuring that drinking water is safe for all Americans.
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American Water, the largest water utility in US, is targeted by a cyberattackOct 08, 2024 6:56 am - The largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States announced Monday that it was the victim of a cyberattack, prompting the firm to pause billing to customers.
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Pioneers in artificial intelligence win the Nobel Prize in physicsOct 08, 2024 6:53 am - Two pioneers of artificial intelligence – John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton – won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for helping create the building blocks of machine learning that is revolutionizing the way we work and live but also creates new threats to humanity, one of the winners said.
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Citing omelets and chili, justices seem poised to uphold ghost gun rulesOct 08, 2024 6:39 am - The Supreme Court will hear a challenge Tuesday to a Biden administration regulation on ghost guns, the difficult-to-trace weapons with an exponentially increased link to crime in recent years.
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