LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says at least three people are dead after an incident at a Los Angeles County Sheriff鈥檚 Department facility. There was a reported explosion at the facility Friday morning. The Los Angeles County Sheriff鈥檚 Department has not confirmed any deaths. The U.S. Attorney鈥檚 Office did not immediately […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump on Friday will sign into law a new set of regulations for a type of cryptocurrency that are seen as a way to legitimize the burgeoning industry. The GENIUS Act sets initial guardrails and consumer protections for stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency that is tied to a stable asset […]
A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump illegally fired two Democrats on the Federal Trade Commission earlier this year in his efforts to exert control over independent agencies across the government. One of the commissioners, Alvaro Bedoya, resigned after suing to challenge the firings. The other plaintiff, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, can now resume […]
Police arrested at least 13 people, including two journalists, during a protest over the immigration-related detainment of a former hospital chaplain in Cincinnati after some demonstrators blocked a two-lane bridge carrying traffic over the Ohio River. A reporter and a photography intern who were arrested while covering the protest for CityBeat, a Cincinnati news and […]
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) 鈥� When U.S. President Donald Trump met five African leaders in Washington in July, his lack of familiarity with the continent was on display. He praised Liberian President Joseph Boakai鈥檚 English 鈥� Liberia鈥檚 official language 鈥� and gestured at another leader to wrap up remarks. But the bigger takeaway was Trump鈥檚 pledge […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump has looked to the marble finishes and hefty price tag of the Federal Reserve headquarters to claim grounds to fire Chair Jerome Powell, with whom he has tussled for years over interest rates. But the extensive use of marble in the building is, at least in part, the result […]
Alan Bergman, the Oscar-winning lyricist who teamed with his wife, Marilyn, for an enduring and loving partnership that produced such old-fashioned hits as 鈥淗ow Do You Keep the Music Playing?,鈥� 鈥淚t Might Be You鈥� and the classic 鈥淭he Way We Were,鈥� has died at 99. Bergman died late Thursday at his home in Los Angeles, […]
HOUSTON (AP) 鈥� Chevron has scored a critical ruling in Paris that has given it the go-ahead for a $53 billion acquisition of Hess and access to one of the biggest oil finds of the decade. Chevron said Friday that it completed its acquisition of Hess shortly after the ruling from the International Chamber of […]
The House gave final approval to President Donald Trump鈥� s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid early Friday as Republicans intensified their efforts to target institutions and programs they view as bloated or out of step with their agenda. The vote marked the first time in decades that […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Masai Ujiri’s July is shaping up to be quite the rollercoaster ride. The recently-fired former Toronto Raptors executive is navigating his sudden departure from a franchise where he’d spent 13 seasons while also launching the second edition of his private foundation’s Giants of Africa Festival 鈥� all within a one-month span. […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� China’s state security agency says it is cracking down on alleged smuggling of rare earths minerals that it says threaten national security, just weeks after Beijing and Washington agreed to make it easier for American firms to obtain from China those materials, which are critical for manufacturing and computer chip production. In […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� From crypto coins to bibles, overseas development deals to an upcoming line of cellphones, President Donald Trump’s family businesses have raked in hundreds of millions of dollars since his election. That flood of money 鈥� from billionaires, foreign governments and cryptocurrency tycoons, often with interests before the federal government 鈥� has permitted […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Republican elected officials are promoting their recently passed tax and spending bill as a win for working Americans, but a new survey shows that Americans broadly see it as a win for the wealthy. About two-thirds of U.S. adults expect the new tax law will help the rich, according to the poll […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Former Missouri congressman Billy Long will be ceremonially sworn in as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service on Friday, taking over a beleaguered agency that he once sought to abolish and that has since been beset with steep staffing cuts and leadership turnover. Long won confirmation in a 53-44 Senate vote last […]
TOKYO (AP) 鈥� A Nagasaki cathedral has blessed the final piece to complete its restoration nearly 80 years after being destroyed by the second U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Japan: a reproduction of its lost bell restored by a group of Americans. The new bell was blessed and named 鈥淪t. Kateri Bell of Hope,鈥� by […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) 鈥� Asian countries are offering to buy more U.S. liquefied natural gas in negotiations with the Trump administration as a way to alleviate tensions over U.S. trade deficits and forestall higher tariffs. Analysts warn that strategy could undermine those countries’ long-term climate ambitions and energy security. Buying more U.S. LNG has topped […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) 鈥� Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday after Wall Street rose to records following better-than-expected updates on the economy and a mixed set of profit reports from big U.S. companies. Japan鈥檚 Nikkei 225 edged 0.1% lower to 39,854.28 as traders stayed on the sidelines ahead of an election for the upper […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Trump administration insists it hasn鈥檛 wavered in its duty to protect the civil rights of America鈥檚 children even as it dismantles the Education Department. Yet its own data shows the agency has resolved far fewer civil rights cases than in past years despite families filing more complaints. The Education Department鈥檚 civil […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� House Republicans were grasping late Thursday to formulate a response to the Trump administration’s handling of records in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case, ultimately putting forward a resolution that carries no legal weight but nodded to the growing demand for greater transparency. The House resolution, which could potentially be voted on […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) 鈥� The United Nations chief said Thursday that he would have liked more results from his meetings with the rival leaders of divided Cyprus, while the Turkish Cypriot leader said he was 鈥渧ery, very upset鈥� that there was no agreement on opening four new border crossings. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the meetings […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) 鈥� Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in merger talks to create the largest railroad in North America that would connect the East and West Coasts. The merger discussions began during the first quarter of this year, according to a person familiar with the talks who isn’t authorized to discuss them publicly. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump is granting two years of regulatory relief to coal-fired power plants, chemical manufacturers and other polluting industries as he seeks to reverse Biden-era regulations he considers overly burdensome. Trump issued a series of proclamations late Thursday exempting a range of industries that he calls vital to national security. The […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� A top Federal Reserve official said late Thursday that the central bank should cut its key interest rate later this month, carving out a different view than that of Chair Jerome Powell, who has been harshly criticized by the White House for delaying rate cuts. Christopher Waller, a member of the Fed’s […]
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) 鈥� A man who is suspected in the disappearance of his then-girlfriend in the 1980s and was recently extradited from California to Oregon has been arraigned on a murder charge stemming from the cold case. Mark Sanfratello, 72, was arraigned Wednesday in Josephine County Circuit Court in southern Oregon after a […]
