Nation and World
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Best Buy Q2 results fall amid softening demand for gadgets
Aug 30, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Best Buy posted lower fiscal second-quarter profits and sales as the nation's largest consumer electronics chain struggled with weakening consumer demand...
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UN seeks $160 million in emergency aid for Pakistan floods
Aug 30, 2022 7:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - The United Nations and Pakistan issued an appeal Tuesday for $160 million in emergency funding to help millions affected by record-breaking floods that ...
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'Likely concealed and removed': DOJ claims efforts to obstruct probe of docs at Trump estate
Aug 30, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Justice Department said Tuesday it had uncovered efforts to obstruct its investigation into the discovery of classified documents at Donald Trump's Flo...
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Today in History: August 29, Katrina strikes Louisiana
Aug 29, 2022 7:00 am - Today in History Today is Monday, Aug. 29, the 241st day of 2022. There are 124 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katri...
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Fire on Baltic Sea ferry is out, no injuries
Aug 29, 2022 7:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - A fire was reported Monday on a passenger ferry carrying nearly 300 people from Sweden to Latvia but officials said the blaze - which they described as ...
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Zombie ice from Greenland will raise sea level 10 inches
Aug 29, 2022 7:00 am - Greenland's rapidly melting ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10.6 inches (27 centimeters) -- more than twice as much as previously forecast -...
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Illinois man gets 55 years for killing deputy US marshal
Aug 29, 2022 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A federal judge sentenced an Illinois man to 55 years in prison Monday for the shooting death of a deputy U.S. marshal serving an arrest warrant fo...
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New Jersey man sentenced for Tom Brady Super Bowl ring fraud
Aug 29, 2022 7:00 am - SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A New Jersey man who posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he claimed were gifts to Tom B...
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Danes, Germans back Baltic wind hub to offset Russian gas
Aug 29, 2022 7:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Denmark will increase its planned offshore wind capacity in the Baltic Sea to 3 gigawatts and hook it up to the German grid, a step toward wea...
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Labor board rules Tesla must let workers wear union clothing
Aug 29, 2022 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - The National Labor Relations Board has reversed a Trump-era decision by finding that Tesla can't stop factory employees from wearing clothing with union i...