Category Archives: World/National
Hunter Biden gun case dismissed after President Joe Biden's sweeping pardon
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge dismissed the gun case against Hunter Biden on Tuesday after President Joe Biden issued a sweeping pardon for his son. U.S. Dis...
Dec 03, 2024
Trump says he'll attend Notre Dame Cathedral reopening celebration in Paris this weekend
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump will attend the reopening celebration for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris this weekend, his first foreign trip since the elec...
Dec 02, 2024
Stock market today: Rising tech stocks pull Wall Street to another record
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Technology stocks pulled Wall Street to another record amid a mixed Monday of trading. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% from its all-time high set on Friday to...
Dec 02, 2024
Trump threatens 100% tariff on the BRIC bloc of nations if they act to undermine US dollar
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday threatened 100% tariffs against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar...
Nov 30, 2024
Stock market today: Stocks gain as Wall Street closes out strong November
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are higher as Wall Street puts the finishing touches on one of its best months of the year. The S&P rose 0.7% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 306 points, or 0....
Nov 29, 2024
Notre Dame primps for its grand post-blaze return. But why does the cathedral look unfinished?
By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) - The bells of Notre Dame are chiming again, but scaffolding still clinging to the cathedral's exterior is puzzling some Parisians, who question whether i...
Nov 28, 2024
Democratic lawmakers from Connecticut report Thanksgiving bomb threats against their homes
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - At least five Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut were targeted by bomb threats on their homes Thursday, the lawmakers or th...
Nov 28, 2024
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: Big balloons, wet weather and 21 protesters arrested
NEW YORK (AP) - The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade marched, soared and roared into its second century on Thursday despite a drenching rain and a brief disruption from pro-Palestinian demonstrators. Ne...
Nov 28, 2024
Trump transition team suggests sidelining top adviser over pay-to-play allegations
By ZEKE MILLER White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - The top lawyer on Donald Trump's transition team investigated a longtime adviser to the president-elect over allegations he used his proximit...
Nov 25, 2024
Special counsel moves to abandon election interference and classified documents cases against Trump
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Special counsel Jack Smith moved to abandon two criminal cases against Donald Trump on Monday, acknowledging ...
Nov 25, 2024