Category Archives: World/National
Trump says he will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America," a name he said has a "beautiful ring to it." ...
Jan 07, 2025
Jimmy Carter will be honored in Washington, a city where he remained an outsider
By BILL BARROW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returns to Washington for three days of state fune...
Jan 07, 2025
Biden issues ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters. Trump vows to undo it
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by ...
Jan 06, 2025
Congress convenes to certify Trump's election win, but his Jan. 6 legacy hangs over the day
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress convened Monday under heavy security and a snowstorm to certify President-elect Donald T...
Jan 06, 2025
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
By BILL BARROW and ALEX SANZ Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after ...
Dec 29, 2024
A plane crashes and bursts into flames while landing in South Korea, killing 179
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A passenger plane skidded off a runway at a South Korean airport Sunday, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into fla...
Dec 29, 2024
A 9th telecoms firm has been hit by a massive Chinese espionage campaign, the White House says
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing acc...
Dec 27, 2024
Azerbaijani and U.S. officials suggest plane that crashed may have been hit by weapons fire
Russian air defense systems may have brought down an Azerbaijani airliner this week, a U.S. official said Friday after an Azerbaijani minister also suggested the plane was hit by a weapon, citing expe...
Dec 27, 2024
How the stock market defied expectations again this year, by the numbers
NEW YORK (AP) - What a wonderful year 2024 has been for investors. U.S. stocks ripped higher and carried the S&P 500 to records as the economy kept growing and the Federal Reserve began cutting in...
Dec 26, 2024
Holiday shoppers increased spending by 3.8% despite higher prices
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers Sales rose this year during the holiday shopping season even as Americans wrestled with elevated prices for many groceries and other necess...
Dec 26, 2024