Nation and World
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Firm behind popular US dollar stablecoin to launch Euro Coin
Jun 16, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Cryptocurrency company Circle said Thursday that it will start issuing its first euro-denominated cryptocurrency, a stablecoin known as Euro Coin, later ...
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If Roe falls, some DAs won't enforce anti-abortion laws
Jun 16, 2022 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - As the Supreme Court appears on track to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, progressive prosecutors around the U.S. are declaring the...
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It's official: Amtrak to begin Burlington runs on July 29
Jun 16, 2022 7:00 am - BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - ___This stThe long-awaited return of passenger rail service to Vermont's largest city for the first time in nearly 70 years is set for July 29, s...
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Police say multiple people have been shot at a church in Alabama and that a suspect is in custody
Jun 16, 2022 7:00 am - VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (AP) - Police say multiple people have been shot at a church in Alabama and that a suspect is in custody. ...
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San Diego Zoo welcomes 1st aardvark birth in years
Jun 16, 2022 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - An aardvark cub born at the San Diego Zoo is doing well and developing quickly, according to wildlife specialists. The female cub was born May 10 and w...
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Bank of England hikes interest rates but resists bolder move
Jun 16, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The Bank of England raised interest rates by a quarter-percentage point Thursday, shrugging off pressure for a bolder move to combat price increases that h...
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Shaky oasis for some polar bears found, but not for species
Jun 16, 2022 7:00 am - With the polar bear species in a fight for survival because of disappearing Arctic sea ice, a new distinct group of Greenland bears seem to have stumbled on an icy oasis...
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Police: Amazon fisherman confesses to killing missing men
Jun 16, 2022 7:00 am - MANAUS, Brazil (AP) - A fisherman confessed to killing a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in Brazil's remote Amazon region and took police to a site where hum...
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Gateway towns to Yellowstone become dead ends after flood
Jun 16, 2022 7:00 am - RED LODGE, Mont. (AP) - This gateway town to Yellowstone National Park has become a dead end, a casualty of the severe flooding that tore through one of America's most b...
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High gasoline prices crimping drivers' spending at the pump
Jun 16, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Soaring gasoline prices have left many consumers with no choice but to cut spending on non-essentials, but it might be coming full circle by stopping som...