AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An early rebound for U.S. stocks on Thursday petered out by the end of the day, leaving indexes close to flat.…
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Continue ReadingAssociated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Before Christa McAuliffe was an astronaut, she was a vibrant teacher in New England keen on showing her…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The scientists at Hungary’s Eötvos Loránd University have been studying group robotics since 2009,…
Continue ReadingAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. life expectancy jumped last year, and preliminary data suggests there may be another — much smaller —…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — After more than a decade as a refugee in Turkey, Ahmed al-Kassem decided to bring his family back home to…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge on Thursday refused to throw out criminal charges accusing the former Uvalde…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press AVIGNON, France (AP) — Gisèle Pelicot spoke of her “very difficult ordeal” after 51 men were convicted Thursday in the…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas official who is an informal adviser to President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team on…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s acting leader has vetoed a spate of contentious bills sponsored by the main opposition…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MACAO (AP) — When Portugal returned its colony Macao to China in 1999, coffee shop owner Daniel Chao was a first grader living in…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A series of intense Israeli airstrikes shook Yemen’s rebel-held capital and a port city…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Justice Department has unsealed a civil complaint alleging CVS Pharmacy Inc. and various subsidiaries filled unlawful…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has temporarily put on hold his recent ruling that restored collective bargaining rights…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — As Donald Trump fights to overturn his hush money criminal conviction, the one New York Democrat with authority to grant him a…
Continue ReadingHINES, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota officials this month went to a purported rescue facility to remove more than 250 animals living in crates caked with…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s real has fallen to its weakest level against the dollar since the currency was introduced in 1994,…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A trailing candidate in a very close election last month for the North Carolina Supreme Court has asked that…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TORONTO (AP) — Alberta’s premier responded to President-elect Donald Trump’s trolling of Canada by saying the trade deficit…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea demonstrated this year that it could produce ballistic missiles and supply them to Russia for…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z’s lawyers are asking a judge to speedily extract the rapper from a lawsuit in which a woman alleges she…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — For more than a decade, farmers in parts of southwest Georgia haven’t been able to drill new irrigation wells to…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York federal judge has ordered Rudy Giuliani to appear in court in early January to face claims that he…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump delivered a likely death blow to bipartisan congressional budget negotiations on…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Timothée Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan may be juggling multiple releases and busy schedules, but the bright young…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The brother of the late New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has pleaded guilty to threatening to…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors are using a 9/11-era anti-terrorism law in their case against the man charged with gunning…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Detroit (AP) — Global battery maker CATL says it will expand its electric vehicle battery swapping in China in 2025.…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — An appeals court says New Jersey’s top law enforcement official overstepped his authority last year when he…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams is expected in court Thursday to face corruption charges in…
Continue ReadingROCKVILLE, Conn. (AP) — A man accused of stalking and harassing UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers has pleaded guilty to a stalking charge. A…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has unveiled a bilingual “hymn” to Mexican migrants living in the United States,…
Continue ReadingCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Fred Lorenzen, a NASCAR Hall of Famer and the 1965 Daytona champion, died Wednesday. He was 89. NASCAR released a statement…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense is expected to face his first public questioning from U.S.…
Continue ReadingAP Education Writers Children of the wealthy and connected get special admissions consideration at some elite U.S. universities, according to new…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The world’s largest hornet, an invasive breed dubbed the “murder hornet” for its dangerous sting and…
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — A friend of brothers who are prominent in luxury real estate in Florida and New York and are charged with sex trafficking and assault…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott acknowledged another $2 billion in donations in a blog post…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan to prevent a Christmastime government…
Continue ReadingAP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators have backed away from seeking a giant recall of nearly 50 million air bag inflators and…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s Supreme Court has upheld a landmark climate ruling that said the state was violating residents’…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A 22-year-old man has admitted to a plot intended to kill multiple people at a political party headquarters in Michigan and at a…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed legislation requiring more oversight of youth residential treatment facilities. The vote Wednesday is a feat…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider South Carolina’s move to cut off Medicaid funding to…
Continue ReadingCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The two teams suing NASCAR over an antitrust complaint were granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday that allowed them to…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge who presided over the seditious conspiracy case against Oath Keepers members said Wednesday…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Commerce Department’s efforts to curb China’s and Russia’s access to American-made…
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer A report by CNN’s Clarissa Ward about a freed Syrian prisoner provided some dramatic scenes, but the network has since found…
Continue ReadingChronicle of Philanthropy MacKenzie Scott continues to make medical debt relief a priority in her mysterious giving. This week, Undue Medical Debt,…
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