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 ...
Germany tells Musk it expects Twitter to fight disinformation
Germany’s digital minister recently met Elon Musk to clarify what Berlin expects from Twitter, especially in fighting disinformation, since the Tesla founder took over the social media firm, the ...
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano eruption resumes, alert level raised -USGS
The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii began erupting on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Service’s volcanic activity notice said, after detecting a glow in the summit producing smog that is ...
High winds, torrential rains lash California, killing at least two
A massive Pacific storm unleashed high winds, torrential rains and heavy snow across California for a second day on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and ...
China defends its COVID response after WHO, Biden concerns
China defended on Thursday its handling of its raging COVID-19 outbreak after U.S. President Joe Biden voiced concern and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Beijing was under-reporting virus ...
Fed meeting minutes may point to rate-hike endgame, new debate phase
The Federal Reserve ended 2022 with a firm promise at its December policy meeting that interest rates would continue rising this year, but at a slower pace and perhaps only by ...
Trump ally, Kevin McCarthy, fails for second day to secure post of House speaker
Republicans in the House of Representatives failed for a second straight day to elect a leader on Wednesday, as a faction of holdouts repeatedly defied former President Donald Trump’s ...
Former astronaut Cunningham, member of first crewed Apollo flight, dies
Former U.S. astronaut Walter Cunningham, who flew to space aboard Apollo 7 in 1968 on the inaugural crewed Apollo mission that paved the way for the first human moon landing nine ...
Corporate America lays off thousands as recession worries mount
US companies, from tech majors to consumer firms, are bracing for a potential economic downturn by shrinking their employee base to streamline operations.
Job cuts announced by US-based employers jumped 13 ...
US FDA allows abortion pills to be sold at retail pharmacies
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will allow retail pharmacies to offer abortion pills in the United States for the first time, the agency said, even as more states ...
US House Republicans face showdown over McCarthy’s speaker bid
Republican Kevin McCarthy’s bruising quest to become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives will enter a second day on Wednesday, with the party’s new majority fractured ...
Republican US House to open in turmoil as McCarthy fights for gavel
The new Republican-held U.S. House of Representatives convenes on Tuesday for what could be a chaotic election for speaker, as top Republican Kevin McCarthy fights to overcome opposition from ...
Blinken discusses U.S.-China ties in call with new foreign minister Qin
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke with incoming Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, appointed last week to the post following his role as ambassador to the ...
Suspect in murder of four Idaho students arrested in Pennsylvania
A 28-year-old suspect wanted in the killings of four University of Idaho students six weeks ago was arrested in Pennsylvania early on Friday, authorities said.
Pennsylvania State Police took Bryan ...
U.S. House committee releases Trump tax returns, capping years-long battle
A Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives committee released six years of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to the public on Friday in an extraordinary move days before ...
China promotes its U.S. envoy Qin Gang to foreign minister
China has appointed Qin Gang, its ambassador to the United States and a trusted aide of President Xi Jinping, as its new foreign minister, as Beijing and Washington seek to ...
New York state digs out from deadly blizzard
Storm-weary road crews and residents of western New York state struggled on Tuesday to dig out from a deadly weekend blizzard, with snow still falling and forecasts for rapid warming ...
Slipping over Mexico border, migrants get the jump on US court ruling
Even before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday opted to keep in place a measure aimed at deterring illegal border crossings, hundreds of migrants in northern Mexico were taking ...