US retail sales tumble; monthly producer prices fall
US retail sales fell more than expected in December, pulled down by declines in purchases of motor vehicles and a range of other goods, putting consumer spending and the overall ...
Porn star Ron Jeremy found mentally incompetent to stand trial for rape
Porn star Ron Jeremy was declared mentally incompetent to stand trial in Los Angeles on rape and other sex charges involving 21 women, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District ...
U.S. Supreme Court mulls Turkish lender Halkbank’s bid to avoid charges
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday grappled with thorny questions of sovereign immunity as they weighed a bid by Turkey’s state-owned lender Halkbank HALKB.IS to avoid criminal ...
Six dead in California home shooting, including 6-month-old baby
Six people including a six-month-old baby cradled in the arms of her 17-year-old mother were shot dead at a home in California’s main agricultural valley on Monday in what ...
New York Mayor says ‘no room’ in his city for migrants
The mayor of New York traveled to the Mexican border city of El Paso on Sunday and declared that “there is no room in New York” for busloads of migrants ...
Household wealth optimism collapses, global survey shows
Barely two in five people believe their families will be better off in the future, according to a regular global survey that also identified growing levels of distrust in institutions ...
Republicans want Biden home visitor logs – but not Trump’s
The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee on Sunday demanded visitor logs for President Joe Biden’s house in Wilmington, Delaware, after classified documents were found in his office ...
US calls for UN to urge Taliban to reverse bans on women
The United States on Friday pushed the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution calling on the Taliban-led authorities in Afghanistan to reverse bans on women working for aid groups ...
Nine dead, more casualties expected after tornadoes rip through US Southeast
At least nine people died in tornadoes that destroyed homes and knocked out power to tens of thousands in the US Southeast, local officials said on Friday, and the death ...
Trump’s company sentenced to pay $1.61m penalty for tax fraud
A New York judge on Friday sentenced Donald Trump’s namesake real estate company to pay a maximum $1.61 million criminal penalty after it was convicted of scheming to defraud tax ...
Special counsel appointed to probe Biden’s handling of classified documents
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland named a special counsel on Thursday to probe the improper storage of classified documents at President Joe Biden’s home and former office, an ...
New economic ‘regime’ challenges central bankers to keep pace
For roughly 30 years Federal Reserve policymakers and other central bankers enjoyed a world where market interest rates were falling, inflation was low, globalization effectively expanded the supply of labor, and, ...
Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis, dies aged 54
Singer Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Elvis Presley, died on Thursday at the age of 54 after being rushed to a Los Angeles-area ...
Biden aides find second batch of classified documents at new location
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday named a special counsel to investigate whether President Joe Biden improperly handled sensitive government documents.
The inquiry, to be led by Robert ...
Oil trades flat ahead of US inflation data
Oil prices traded mostly flat on Thursday, giving up gains made earlier in the day, as optimism over China’s demand outlook was tempered by caution ahead of upcoming inflation ...
California is deluged by record rain with more storms coming
The seventh consecutive atmospheric river since Christmas dumped more rain on Northern California on Wednesday, offering little relief for a state already battered by floods, gale force winds, power outages ...
U.S. first lady Jill Biden has surgery to remove skin lesion
First lady Jill Biden, accompanied by U.S. President Joe Biden, spent more than seven hours at a military hospital on Wednesday for outpatient surgery to remove a lesion discovered ...
More heavy rains, powerful gales on tap for northern California
Northern California will on Wednesday bear the brunt of the latest Pacific storm to roll through the state, which has been battered by deadly rains and powerful winds that have ...
US flights beginning to resume after FAA system outage (updated)
U.S. flights were slowly beginning to resume departures after Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) scrambled to fix a system outage overnight that impacted thousands of flight.
The FAA had earlier ...
Teacher shot by six-year-old hailed as a hero for evacuating kids
Police hailed a 25-year-old Virginia teacher as a hero for evacuating students from her classroom even after she was shot by a six-year-old student.
The teacher, Abigail Zwerner, was in ...
Bolsonaro in Florida hospital; 1,500 supporters detained after Brasilia riots
Far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Florida on Monday with stomach pains as 1,500 of his supporters were rounded up in Brasilia after storming key ...
Eisai, Biogen get US FDA approval for Alzheimer’s drug, apply for full approval
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab developed by Eisai Co Ltd 4523.T and Biogen Inc BIIB.O for patients in the ...
Kevin McCarthy elected Republican U.S. House speaker, but at a cost
Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives early on Saturday, after making extensive concessions to a group of right-wing hardliners that raised questions about ...
Russian hackers targeted U.S. nuclear scientists
By James Pearson and Christopher Bing
A Russian hacking team known as Cold River targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States this past summer, according to internet records ...