Category Archives: World/National
Daylight saving time ends Sunday. Time to 'fall back' an hour
By The Associated Press The good news: You will get a glorious extra hour of sleep. The bad: It'll be dark as a pocket by late afternoon for the next few months in the U.S. Daylight saving time ends a...
Nov 01, 2024
Top House Republicans seeking documents regarding Biden's 'garbage' comment
WASHINGTON (AP) - Top House Republicans called on the White House to produce all documents and internal communications regarding President Joe Biden's statement earlier this week in which he appeared ...
Nov 01, 2024
Stock market today: Amazon leads Wall Street higher
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon led U.S. stock indexes higher on Friday, while a surprisingly weak jobs report marred by some unusual occurrences cemented bets on Wall Street fo...
Nov 01, 2024
Stock market today: Nasdaq edges back from its record as chip companies and Eli Lilly slump
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock indexes edged lower Wednesday after drops for Eli Lilly and chip companies overshadowed a jump for Google's parent company. The S&P 500 s...
Oct 30, 2024
Biden suggests Trump supporters are 'garbage' after comic's insult of Puerto Rico
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden took a swipe against Donald Trump's supporters on Tuesday as he reacted to the Republican presidential nominee's weekend rally a...
Oct 29, 2024
Two closing arguments show the stark choice between Trump and Harris
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) - In the shadow of the White House, seven days before the final votes of the 2024 election are cast, Kamala Harris vowed to put country over...
Oct 29, 2024
Democrats escalate attacks on Trump after comedian calls Puerto Rico 'floating island of garbage'
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, MICHELLE L. PRICE and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats stepped up their attacks on Donald Trump on Monday, a day after a comedian opening a rally...
Oct 28, 2024
Harris calls on the United States 'to turn the page on hatred and division'
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Kamala Harris told a Philadelphia church congregation that the United States is "determined to turn the page on hatred and...
Oct 27, 2024
Satellite images show damage from Israeli attack at 2 secretive Iranian military bases
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - An Israeli attack on Iran damaged facilities at a secretive military base southeast of the Iranian capital that experts in the past ...
Oct 27, 2024
Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said
By GARANCE BURKE and HILKE SCHELLMANN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Tech behemoth OpenAI has touted its artificial intelligence-powered transcription tool Whisper as having near "human level r...
Oct 27, 2024