Nation and World
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Scientists say eruption of Hawaii volcano continues to ease
Dec 12, 2022 12:00 am - HONOLULU (AP) - The eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii's Big Island continues to ease, scientists said Sunday, reinforcing an earlier pronouncement that the mou...
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3 children die after fall into icy lake; UK gripped by storm
Dec 12, 2022 12:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Three young boys who fell through ice covering a lake in central England have died and a fourth remains hospitalized as weather forecasters issued severe w...
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Amgen to buy Horizon Therapeutics in $26.4 billion deal
Dec 12, 2022 12:00 am - Amgen is spending more than $26 billion to dive deeper into rare disease treatments with a deal for Deerfield-based drugmaker Horizon Therapeutics. The biotech drug deve...
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'I'm proud of my city': Richmond removes its last city-owned Confederate monument
Dec 12, 2022 12:00 am - RICHMOND, Va. - The city of Richmond - the capital of the Confederacy for most of the Civil War - removed its last city-owned Confederate statue on Monday, more than two...
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Trump probe subpoena served on Georgia secretary of state
Dec 12, 2022 12:00 am - ATLANTA - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has received a subpoena related to special counsel Jack Smith's investigation of former President Donald Trump, w...
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Grilling company Weber to be taken private in $3.7 billion deal
Dec 12, 2022 12:00 am - Grilling company Weber is being taken private in a deal valued at about $3.7 billion. Investment funds managed by BDT Capital Partners LLC will buy all of the outstandin...
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Prosecutor: Oath Keepers saw Jan. 6 as 'first battle' in war
Dec 12, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Four Oath Keepers charged with plotting to stop the transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden accepted an "invitation to sedition" issue...
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Chicago's homeless 'Walking Man' dies after May arson attack
Dec 12, 2022 12:00 am - A homeless man who became known as Chicago's "Walking Man" because he was frequently seen walking the city's downtown streets has died months after being set on fire as ...
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Taliban: Assailants attack hotel in Afghan capital Kabul
Dec 12, 2022 12:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - A hotel catering to foreign visitors in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul was attacked Monday and three of the assailants were killed, a Taliban official s...
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3 dead, 1 critical in shooting after fight at Chicago bar
Dec 12, 2022 12:00 am - Three people were fatally shot and a fourth was critically wounded Sunday when a fight inside a Chicago bar led to a shooting outside the bar, authorities said. The shoo...