Category Archives: World/National
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
Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent 'friendly fire' incident, US military says
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent "friendly fire" incident, the U.S military said, marking ...
Dec 22, 2024
Government funding bill clears Congress and heads to President Biden, averting a shutdown
By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan tha...
Dec 20, 2024
Stock market today: Wall Street rises to turn a dismal week into just a bad one
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks rose Friday to turn what would have been one of the market's worst weeks of the year into just a pretty bad one. The S&P 500 rallied 1.1...
Dec 20, 2024
Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing faces new federal murder charges with his return to New York
By MARK SCOLFORO, MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO was whisked back to New York on a plane and by helicopter ...
Dec 19, 2024