advertisement

Log Out

| Breaking News | Judge blocks Trump administration's efforts to defund Planned Parenthood

Nation and World

Nissan and Honda to attempt a merger that would create the world's No. 3 automaker

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and ELAINE KURTENBACH
Dec 23, 2024 7:32 am - Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to work toward a merger that would form the world’s third-largest automaker by sales, as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels.
Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump can resume executions

By WILL WEISSERT and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Dec 23, 2024 7:06 am - President Joe Biden announced on Monday that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office.
2 US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent 'friendly fire' incident, US military says

By JON GAMBRELL
Dec 22, 2024 9:02 am - Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, the U.S military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in over a year of America targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels.
It’s eggnog season. The boozy beverage dates back to medieval England but remains a holiday hit

By TERRY CHEA, STEPHEN SMITH and STEFANIE DAZIO
Dec 21, 2024 8:01 pm - At Scoma’s Restaurant in San Francisco, this holiday season’s batch of eggnog began 11 months ago. Is it worth the wait? Customer Phil Kenny seems to think so.
Senate review of Supreme Court ethics finds more luxury trips and urges enforceable code of conduct

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Dec 21, 2024 7:54 pm - WASHINGTON — A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to es...
Trump taps ‘Apprentice’ producer, Mark Burnett, as special envoy to the United Kingdom

By WILL WEISSERT
Dec 21, 2024 6:34 pm - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with “The Apprentice,” is being tapped by t...
Germans mourn the 5 killed and 200 injured in the apparent attack on a Christmas market

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER, GEIR MOULSON and VANESSA GERA
Dec 21, 2024 2:44 pm - MAGDEBURG, Germany — Germans on Saturday mourned the victims of an apparent attack in which authorities say a doctor drove into a busy outdoor Christmas market, killing f...
Biden signs bill that averts government shutdown and brings a close to days of Washington upheaval

By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MATT BROWN
Dec 21, 2024 10:31 am - President Joe Biden on Saturday signed legislation that averts a government shutdown heading into Christmas, bringing a final close to days of upheaval in Washington after Congress passed a bipartisan budget plan just past the deadline and rejected Donald Trump's core demand in the negotiations.
Indiana man sentenced to the maximum of 130 years in prison for 2017 killings of 2 teenage girls

By RICK CALLAHAN
Dec 20, 2024 9:55 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike was sentenced to a maximum of 130 years in prison Frid...
Trump adds Europe to the list of US trade partners he’s threatening with tariffs

By JOSH BOAK and RAF CASERT
Dec 20, 2024 9:54 pm - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday added the 27 countries that make up the European Union to the list of trade partners he's threatening with ...

Showing 2,081-2,090 of 240,679 previous next