Category Archives: World/National
Gas prices eclipse $4 a gallon in the US, the highest since 2022
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. gas prices jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 on Tuesday, as the Iran war pushes fuel prices higher wo...
Mar 31, 2026
Charlie Kirk highway got vetoed in Arizona. Elected officials are citing politics
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press There will be no Charlie Kirk highway in his home state of Arizona. The reason: politics. Exactly whose politics is to blame has become a point of debate. Kirk, the c...
Mar 31, 2026
Man who crashed pickup into Michigan synagogue was inspired by Iran-backed Hezbollah, FBI says
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) - An armed man who crashed his pickup truck into a major Detroit-area synagogue earlier in March was inspired by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbolla...
Mar 30, 2026
TSA agents will soon be paid but it may not mean immediate relief at airport security lines
By JOHN RABY and MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press With spring break in full swing, airline passengers continued to wait it out at major U.S. airports after President Donald Trump signed an executive ord...
Mar 29, 2026
'No Kings' rallies draw crowds across US, in Europe. Springsteen headlines Minnesota demonstration
By MARK VANCLEAVE, STEVE KARNOWSKI, TODD RICHMOND and JOHN HANNA Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Large crowds protested Saturday against the war in Iran and President Donald Trump's actions in...
Mar 29, 2026
Stocks fall and oil prices rise after Trump's latest delay in the Iran war fails to raise much hope
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks are falling Friday as Wall Street stumbles toward the finish of a fifth straight losing week, which would be its longest such streak in near...
Mar 27, 2026
He suddenly couldn't speak in space. NASA astronaut says his medical scare remains a mystery
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The astronaut who prompted NASA's first medical evacuation earlier this year said Friday that doctors still don't know why he suddenly fe...
Mar 27, 2026
Secret Service agent assigned to Jill Biden accidentally shoots himself in leg at airport
A U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to protect former first lady Jill Biden accidentally shot himself in the leg at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday, authorities said. Biden was not in th...
Mar 27, 2026
Trump says he'll sign order to pay TSA agents as Congress struggles to reach funding deal
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday he would sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Tr...
Mar 26, 2026
Stocks fall and oil prices rise as uncertainty about the war with Iran weighs on Wall Street
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Doubt is taking over again from hope on Wall Street about a possible end to the war with Iran, and stocks are back to falling as oil prices rise Thursda...
Mar 26, 2026