Earth records hottest year ever in 2024 and the jump was so big it breached a key threshold
Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate ...
New Orleans attacker fired at police before they shot and killed him, bodycam video shows
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Islamic State group-inspired attacker who killed 14 people in a truck rampage on New Year’s Day in New ...
US economy likely added 153,000 jobs last month, returning to normal after strike and hurricanes
The December jobs numbers are expected to deliver a more accurate reading of where things stand with the economy.
Trump tax cuts, if made permanent, stand to benefit highest income earners, Treasury analysis shows
Treasury’s Office of Tax Analysis estimates the top 0.1% of earners would get a tax cut of $314,000 under a full extension of ...
Thursday’s high school scores and highlights
ROUNDUP BOYS BASKETBALL Eleven different players scored, led by junior Brody Bumila with 21 points and 12 boards as Bishop Feehan routed Bishop Fenwick 80-48 in Catholic Central League play. In a ...
Reading takes a big step in ML hockey race
In a Middlesex League Liberty title race that Reading boys hockey coach Mark Doherty believes could be the tightest across all five teams it’s been in his tenure, he feels any ground ...
Biden administration extends temporary status for more than 200,000 from El Salvador for 18 months
The Homeland Security Department says more than 200,000 Salvadorans who have lived more than two decades in the US can remain ...
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is sworn in despite credible evidence of election loss
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in Friday to serve a third six-year term, extending ...
Winter storm plods into the Deep South, prompting states of emergency and school closures
Another blast of winter storms is closing schools, snarling flights and putting millions of residents on alert ...
Americans have dimmer view of Biden than they did of Trump or Obama as term ends, new poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Joe Biden prepares to leave office, Americans have a dimmer view of his presidency than they did at the end of Donald Trump’s first term or Barack Obama’s second, a new poll finds ...
What ignited the deadly California wildfires? Investigators consider an array of possibilities
Utilities are required to report to the California Public Utilities Commission when they know of “electric incidents ...
LA area’s 2 biggest blazes burn at least 10,000 structures, while new fire leads to more evacuations
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The two biggest wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area have burned at least 10,000 homes, buildings and ...