MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. -- The U.S. military trained him in explosives and battlefield tactics. Now the Iraq War veteran and enlisted National Guard member was calling for taking up arms against police and government officials…
BANGKOK -- Shares mostly advanced in Asia on Thursday after U.S. stocks rose following better-than-expected profit reports from Morgan Stanley, United Airlines and other big companies. Chinese markets fell back after officials in Beijing announced…
ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Early in-person voting was set to begin statewide Thursday in the presidential battleground of North Carolina, including in mountainous areas where thousands of potential voters still lack power and clean running water…
NEW YORK -- Billie Jean King started the Women’s Sports Foundation with a $5,000 check.She’s turned that investment into $100 million and a half century of helping girls and women achieve their dreams through travel…
ATLANTA -- For Georgians unhappy about rising property tax bills, lawmakers say they have a solution — a limit on how much of a home's increasing value can be taxed.With early balloting underway, voters are…
Carlos Tavares, chief executive officer of Stellantis NV, beside a Citroen C5 Aircross Concept automobile at the Paris Motor Show in Paris, France, on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPARIS, France —…
MILWAUKEE -- With three weeks left in the presidential campaign, Democrat Kamala Harris is spending most of her days trying to shore up support in the “blue wall” states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin as…
UNITED NATIONS -- The top U.N. humanitarian official accused Israel on Wednesday of blocking the delivery of desperately needed aid to Gaza, and the U.S. ambassador demanded that its government step up efforts to tackle…
LOS ANGELES -- Oil company Phillips 66 announced Wednesday that it plans to shut down a Los Angeles-area refinery by the end of 2025, citing market concerns.The refinery accounts for about 8% of California's refining…
ATLANTA -- A Georgia judge has declared that seven new election rules recently passed by the State Election Board are “illegal, unconstitutional and void.”Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox issued the order Wednesday after…
WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris' campaign is dismissing accusations that she and a co-author plagiarized parts of a 2009 book on the U.S. criminal justice system as a desperate attempt by “rightwing operatives”…
LAS VEGAS -- A Nevada man who was arrested over the weekend with guns at a security checkpoint outside a Donald Trump rally in the southern California desert has filed a lawsuit accusing the sheriff…
ATLANTA -- Georgians aren't waiting to vote, with what could be more than 10% of expected turnout casting ballots through Wednesday.More than 310,000 people voted on Tuesday, the first day of early in-person voting, with…
NEW YORK -- An outspoken pro-Israel professor at Columbia University has been temporarily barred from campus, a university spokesperson said Wednesday.Shai Davidai, an assistant professor at the Manhattan university's business school, had his campus access…
Time capsules are fickle, and the opening of one entombed a century ago inside one of the nation's preeminent World War I memorials was no exception. The first challenge was just getting to the time…
MINNEAPOLIS -- A Minnesota school district has banned a police officer from working as a substitute teacher after a series of “racially harmful” actions that officials say included putting a student on the ground for…
WASHINGTON -- Washington's newest power couple, Bao Li and Qing Bao, are settling into their new home at the National Zoo. The giant pandas will remain off-limits through early next year, when the zoo will…
Private equity billionaire Tom Gores has agreed to pay $750 million to buy 27% of the National Football League's Los Angeles Chargers at an enterprise value of $4 billion, according to two people with knowledge…
A group campaigning for a Florida abortion-right ballot measure sued state officials Wednesday over their order to TV stations to stop airing one ad produced by the group, Floridians Protecting Freedom.The state's health department, part…
Five of the seven swing states in the 2024 presidential election improved their overall business climates during the Biden-Harris administration, according to CNBC's annual America's Top States for Business study. But that does not necessarily…
The beauty of Rourkela, India’s city-changing idea is in its simplicity. Giving farmers affordable access to cold storage for their crops reduces waste and increases sales.What turned that idea into an award winner in the…
People visit an early voting location during midterm U.S. Congressional and state governor elections at the Smyrna Community Center in Smyrna, Georgia, November 3, 2022.Jonathan Ernst | ReutersA Georgia judge on Tuesday blocked a new rule…
LOS ANGELES -- The extended family of Erik and Lyle Menendez will advocate for the brothers' release from prison during a news conference set for Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles as prosecutors review new evidence…
DETROIT – General Motors has updated its highly profitable large SUVs for Chevrolet for the 2025 model year to defend the brand's long-standing segment leadership.The Detroit automaker's Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban have led the mainstream…
General Motors Chair and CEO Mary Barra is shown on screen via livestream as she introduces her digitally delivered keynote address at CES 2022 at The Venetian Las Vegas on January 5, 2022 in Las…
The president of one of the largest Native American tribes in the U.S. announced Tuesday he has removed responsibilities from his vice president, saying she no longer represents his administration and should consider resigning from…
BOISE, Idaho -- Idaho will begin using central veins deep in the groin, neck, chest or arm for executions by lethal injection if attempts to insert standard IV lines fail, the Idaho Department of Correction…
BANGKOK -- Markets in Europe and Asia were mixed on Wednesday after U.S. stocks pulled back from their records, dented by selling of technology and energy sector shares. Britain's FTSE 100 advanced 0.6% to 8,300.26…
ATLANTA -- From Georgia's mountains to its Atlantic shore, challenges to the qualifications of voters have rolled in this summer and fall, part of a wide-ranging national effort coordinated by Donald Trump’s allies to enlist…
LAS VEGAS -- A Democratic former Las Vegas-area politician is due to learn Wednesday how long he’ll serve in Nevada state prison after being convicted of killing an investigative journalist who wrote articles that criticized…
OMAHA, Neb. -- Thousands of Nebraska residents with felony records will learn Wednesday whether they'll be able to vote in next month's hotly-contested elections after the Nebraska Supreme Court issues its ruling on a lawsuit…
Car batteries at a factory in Nanjing in China's eastern Jiangsu province.Str | Afp | Getty ImagesPARIS, France — The push to commercialize solid-state batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) is well underway, but analysts say…
NEW YORK -- Mexico's former public security chief is set to be sentenced in a U.S. court on Wednesday after being convicted of taking bribes to aid drug traffickers.Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn are asking a…
SEATTLE -- Boeing signaled Tuesday that it could raise up to $25 billion in new stock or debt to shore up its balance sheet after years of heavy losses.The company said in back-to-back regulatory filings…
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles city attorney’s office said Tuesday that it does not plan to file criminal charges against two people who were investigated in connection with the unlawful recording of a racist…
PHILADELPHIA -- President Joe Biden on Tuesday said Kamala Harris would “cut her own path” once she wins the 2024 election, allowing for more daylight between him and his vice president as she works to…
UNITED NATIONS -- Yemen risks being dragged further into the military escalation in the Middle East that keeps intensifying and could spiral out of control, the U.N. special envoy for the Arab world’s poorest nation…
NEW YORK -- Lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs asked a New York judge Tuesday to force prosecutors to disclose the names of his accusers in his sex trafficking case.The lawyers wrote in a letter to…
MADISON, Wis. -- Voting rights advocates on Tuesday asked state and federal authorities to investigate anonymous text messages apparently targeting young Wisconsin voters, warning them not to vote in a state where they are ineligible.Free…
FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- The last of 16 jurors were seated Tuesday for the murder trial of a man charged in the Indiana killings of two teenage girls slain in 2017 during a winter hike.Twelve…
CHICAGO -- CHICAGO (AP) — Donald Trump seized Tuesday on an opening to sound his frequent argument that imposing huge tariffs on foreign goods would amount to an economic elixir — one that he claims…
A United Airlines Boeing 737-MAX 8 aircraft departs at San Diego International Airport en route to New York on Aug. 24, 2024.Kevin Carter | Getty ImagesUnited Airlines said Tuesday that it is starting a $1.5…
As earnings season kicks into high gear, investors are keeping an especially close eye on the Magnificent Seven 's quarterly results. The group of mega-cap tech names — Apple , Microsoft , Alphabet , Nvidia…
Children sift through waste at a landfill in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 15, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the besieged Palestinian…
ST. LOUIS -- Many states have laws designed to keep children away from convicted sexual offenders on Halloween night, such as curfews for those on offender registries and requirements to keep their porch lights off.But…
Cars sit on a Chevrolet dealership's lot on June 20, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. A cyber attack on CDK Global, a software provider that helps dealerships manage sales and service, has crippled the workflow at…
Many colleges are under financial pressure, and the cracks are starting to show.At least 20 colleges closed in 2024, and more are set to shut down after the current academic year, according to the latest tally…
ATLANTA -- A Georgia judge has ruled county election officials must certify election results by the deadline set in law and cannot exclude any group of votes from certification even if they suspect error or…
WASHINGTON -- Russia, China and Iran are increasingly relying on criminal networks to lead cyberespionage and hacking operations against adversaries like the U.S., according to a report on digital threats published Tuesday by Microsoft.The growing…
NEW YORK -- A group of Democrats in Congress appealed to the largest U.S. companies Tuesday to hold onto their diversity, equity and inclusion programs, saying such efforts give everyone a fair chance at achieving…
Customers shop for produce at a Whole Foods Market 365 location in Santa Monica, California.Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAs Amazon looks to add more automation into its supermarkets, the retailing giant is…
MADISON, Wis. -- Sensing an opportunity in swing-state Wisconsin, Republicans are pouring money into the bid to unseat incumbent Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in that state's closely watched Senate race.Democrats also have dialed up their…
A person rides past a Walgreens truck, owned by the Walgreens Boots Alliance, in Manhattan, New York City, on Nov. 26, 2021.Andrew Kelly | ReutersWalgreens on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter sales and adjusted profit that…
WASHINGTON -- The Biden-Harris administration announced plans Tuesday to provide up to $750 million in direct funding to Wolfspeed, with the money supporting its new silicon carbide factory in North Carolina that makes the wafers…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California and Nevada voters will decide in November whether to ban forced prison labor by removing language from their state constitutions rooted in the legacy of chattel slavery. The measures aim to…
LEWISTON, Maine -- Lawyers representing 100 survivors and family members of victims of the deadliest shooting in Maine history have begun the formal process of suing the Army and an Army hospital for failing to…
WASHINGTON -- A U.S. court has given two top associates of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman until early November to start turning over any evidence in a lawsuit from a former senior Saudi intelligence…
BOSTON -- At a sparsely attended meeting last year, the Saugus Public School Committee approved a new admissions policy, it said, to streamline the process of enrolling students.But critics say the policy — including stringent…
BANGKOK -- Asian shares advanced on Tuesday after Wall Street rolled to more records, though markets in China were mostly lower. U.S. futures edged higher while oil prices shed more than $2 a barrel. Tokyo's…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Ten times as many migrants died in New Mexico near the U.S.-Mexico border in each of the last two years compared with just five years ago as smuggling gangs steer them —…
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Opening statements started Monday in the trial of a Georgia woman accused of killing her 20-month-old son and dumping his body in a trash bin two years ago.Leilani Simon, of Savannah, has…
WASHINGTON -- The deployment of a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel and roughly 100 soldiers to operate it will add to already difficult strains on the Army's air defense forces and…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A federal appeals panel has temporarily halted two permits needed to begin construction on a pipeline project in Tennessee that will supply a natural gas plant.In a split 2-1 decision, the 6th…
UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security Council expressed “strong concern” Monday as Israel has fired on and wounded U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon during intensified fighting, reiterating its support for their role in supporting security…
WASHINGTON -- The National Zoo's long dark panda drought seems to be coming to an end. Eleven months after the zoo said sent its three wildly popular pandas — Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their…
NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit Monday with a new wave of lawsuits accusing him of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting a 16-year-old boy — the first…
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Federal disaster workers paused and then changed some of their hurricane-recovery efforts in North Carolina, including abandoning door-to-door visits, after receiving threats that they could be targeted by a militia, officials said,…
People vote on the first day of Virginia's in-person early voting at Long Bridge Park Aquatics and Fitness Center on September 20, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia. Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesA federal appeals court has fast-tracked…
ELLENTON, Fla. -- Florida counties hard hit by Hurricane Milton are returning to a semblance of normalcy, with power restored to most areas on Monday, gas stations reopening and students preparing to return to school.Still,…
NEW YORK -- Lilly Ledbetter, an former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86.Ledbetter's…
HOUSTON -- A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the U.S. from a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.Robert Roberson, 57, is scheduled to receive a…
SEATTLE -- A groundbreaking law that forces companies in Washington state to reduce their carbon emissions while raising billions of dollars for climate programs could be repealed by voters this fall, less than two years…
FILE - In this April 30, 2012 file photo, Lilly Ledbetter, left, speaks in Concord, N.H. President Barack Obama and his allies in the Senate pushed Tuesday for a bill that calls for equal pay…
LOS ANGELES -- Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries crisscrossed Southern California over the weekend in communities far from the presidential battlegrounds — Little Saigon in Orange County and the high desert of Antelope Valley — as…
Boeing Machinists union members picket outside a Boeing factory on September 13, 2024 in Renton, Washington. Stephen Brashear | Getty ImagesIt's been just over a month since more than 30,000 Boeing machinists walked off the job…
NEW YORK -- Former President Donald Trump's campaign is using GoFundMe to rally its network of deep-pocketed backers and everyday donors around the survivors of his July assassination attempt and Hurricane Helene's destruction, bucking more…
ATLANTA -- ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump insists that Project 2025, a nearly 1,000-page blueprint for a hard-right turn in American government and society, does not reflect his priorities for a White House encore.“I haven’t…
WASHINGTON -- A year that began with the prospect of a federal court reckoning for Donald Trump will conclude without any chance at trial, leaving voters without the finality of an up-or-down jury verdict in…
WASHINGTON — Michael Cohen is an unlikely civil rights warrior.The disgraced and disbarred lawyer enjoys fame of the notorious variety because of his longtime association with Donald Trump.That relationship ended in a spectacular falling out. He ended…
ATLANTA -- The latest method of voting to fall into the political crosshairs is the way overseas voters — including members of the military stationed abroad — cast their ballots.The process is governed by federal…
Nobel Committee announces the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Science during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 14, 2024. The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economy was…
