A New Jersey lawyer suspected in a series of sexual assaults in Boston that took place about 15 years ago agreed to waive extradition back to Massachusetts during his initial court appearanceByThe Associated PressJune 1, 2023, 1:49 PMJERSEY CITY, N.J. -- A New... More »
UNITED NATIONS -- Trinidad and Tobago’s Ambassador Dennis Francis was elected Thursday as the next president of the U.N. General Assembly, the 193-member world body that has been at the forefront of the United Nations' condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukra... More »
Spirit Airlines and Air Canada are dealing with technical issues on Thursday that have delayed some of the airlines’ flightsByThe Associated PressJune 1, 2023, 1:16 PMFILE - A line of Spirit Airlines jets sit on the tarmac at Orlando International Airport on M... More »
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is being mocked after Democrats came to the rescue to help him pass his debt ceiling deal through the GOP-controlled House.The bill, which is known as the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, was drafted following negotiations... More »
WILMINGTON, Del. -- President Joe Biden marked Tuesday’s eighth anniversary of one of the saddest days of his life, the death of his son Beau, by attending a memorial Mass and visiting his gravesite.Biden, his wife, Jill, and other family members prayed for Be... More »
A US plant that supplies wood pellets to the UK power generator Drax has violated air pollution limits in Mississippi, it has emerged.The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has written to Amite BioEnergy notifying the Drax-owned company tha... More »
The value of the US tech company Nvidia has soared by a quarter after it predicted a boom in demand for its computer chips to meet the needs of artificial intelligence products such as ChatGPT.Nvidia’s share price rose by 25% in early trading on the back of th... More »
Numerous police officers lured to new jobs in Florida with cash from Governor Ron DeSantis’s flagship law enforcement relocation program have histories of excessive violence or have been arrested for crimes including kidnapping and murder since signing up, a s... More »
The US is careening towards a debt crisis the likes of which we haven’t seen since 2011 when Barack Obama faced off against the Tea Party. No one knows for sure if the federal government is going to default on its debt by the end of this month. But if Democrat... More »
Two newly discovered skeletons found at the doomed Roman town of Pompeii show that the most famous volcanic eruption of the ancient world also posed a less well-known threat: earthquakes.The Italian Cultural Ministry on Tuesday revealed the bodies of two men, ... More »
WASHINGTON -- Dutton and Wrenlee are on the rise but they're no match for champs Liam and Olivia as the top baby names in the U.S. last year.The Social Security Administration released the annual list Friday. The agency tracks baby names in each state based on... More »
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- South Africa's foreign ministry summoned the U.S. Ambassador to a meeting Friday over allegations he made a day earlier that the country had provided arms and ammunition to Russia for its war in Ukraine.Amid the diplomatic fallout ov... More »