Rain helps ease wildfires in North Carolina, but reprieve may be short
PINNACLE, N.C. (AP) — Heavy rain and lower temperatures have helped slow down wildfires in North Carolina, including blazes that had prompted…
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Alabama inmate asks judge to block first nitrogen gas execution
BY KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Lawyers for the first inmate scheduled to be put to death using nitrogen gas said Monday…
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Fill your holiday stocking with Cher, Ella Fitzgerald, Brandy, Andrea Bocelli and more
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — What is a holiday season without festive music? The classics are great, but the classics…
Continue Reading Voter-approved Oregon gun control law violates the state constitution, judge rules
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon judge has ruled that a voter-approved gun control law violates…
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IRS delays reporting rules for users of Venmo, Cash App and other payment apps
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Users of Venmo, Cash App and other payment apps will get a bit of a tax reprieve this year.…
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Gaza health officials say they lost the ability to count dead as Israeli offensive intensifies
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials in Gaza say they have lost the ability to count the dead because of…
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Search is on for pipeline leak after as much as 1.1 million gallons of oil sullies Gulf of Mexico
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As much as 1.1 million gallons of oil may have been discharged into the Gulf of Mexico from a…
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8 ways to prepare your small business for Cyber Monday
Lendio outlines 8 things small businesses should do to prepare for Cyber…
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How to help your business prepare for and recover from natural disasters
Natural disasters are unpredictable, but companies can mitigate damage. Westfield compiled a list of the worst natural disasters and found expert…
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10 tech innovations that have improved driving safety since 2000
Westfield compiled a list of 10 tech innovations since 2000 that have helped make cars and roads…
Continue Reading OpenAI’s unusual nonprofit structure led to dramatic ouster of sought-after CEO
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Unlike Google, Facebook and countless other tech giants, the company behind ChatGPT…
Continue Reading Bodies of 4 teenage boys who disappeared on a camping trip in Wales found in their overturned car
LONDON (AP) — British police say the bodies of four teenage boys who had been missing since they left for a weekend camping trip have been found…
Continue Reading Federal judge says Pennsylvania mail-in ballots should still count if dated incorrectly
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A federal judge says mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania should still count even if they’re not dated…
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Discussion on proposed restoration plan for Duranguito neighborhood postponed
Update: During Tuesday morning’s City Council meeting, representatives postponed the discussion until the next meeting. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The…
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Traffic Alert: One lane closed along I-10 West in Central El Paso
Update: Crews have cleared the wreckage. One lane remains closed and traffic is travelling slower than normal. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A three-car…
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Border Bridge Rage: Wait time frustrate drivers
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As the holidays near, wait times at the international bridges between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez lengthen. On a typical…
Continue Reading Federal judge grants injunction banning ‘Kansas Two-Step’ Highway Patrol tactic
By JIM SALTER Associated Press A federal judge has ruled that the Kansas Highway Patrol must stop using a tactic known as the “Kansas Two-Step”…
Continue Reading No one was injured when a US Navy plane landed in a Hawaii bay, but some fear environmental damage
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A large U.S. Navy plane remained in a Hawaii bay Tuesday, the day after it overshot a…
Continue Reading 4 out of 5 Mexicans who got a flu shot this year turned down Cuban and Russian COVID-19 vaccines
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four out of five people in Mexico who got influenza shots so far this year turned down the government’s recommendation…
Continue Reading Kansas officials blame 5-week disruption of court system on ‘sophisticated foreign cyberattack’
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Officials say cybercriminals hacked into the Kansas court system, stole sensitive…
Continue Reading After the dollar-loving Milei wins the presidency, Argentines anxiously watch the exchange rate
By DAVID BILLER and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — As soon as Leandro Francisco Diana woke up Tuesday, he reached…
Continue Reading Teachers in Portland, Oregon, march and temporarily block bridge in third week of strike
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Striking teachers in Portland, Oregon, temporarily shut down a major bridge Tuesday morning…
Continue Reading Democratic division blocks effort to end Michigan’s 24-hour wait for an abortion
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a package of bills known as the Reproductive…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania governor appeals decision blocking plan to make power plants pay for greenhouse gases
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Josh Shapiro says he’ll appeal a court ruling that blocked a state regulation to…
Continue Reading Native American storytellers enjoying a rare spotlight, a moment they hope can be more than that
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The financial crisis of 2008 hit Mary Kathryn Nagle differently. As a playwright and a…
Continue Reading President Joe Biden orders US flags lowered in memory of former first lady Rosalynn Carter
By BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — President Joe Biden has ordered that U.S. flags on federal government buildings and property…
Continue Reading Trump has long praised autocrats and populists. He’s now embracing Argentina’s new president
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has long praised a particular type of foreign leader — men he…
Continue Reading Ford to resume building Michigan electric vehicle battery plant delayed by strike, but scale it back
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. is resuming construction on a Michigan electric vehicle battery plant that the company postponed two months ago…
Continue Reading Democratic Rep. Anna Eshoo announces retirement after three decades in Congress
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Anna Eshoo is not running for reelection next year. Eshoo’s…
Continue Reading Man agrees to plead guilty to firebombing Wisconsin anti-abortion group office in 2022
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man accused of firebombing an anti-abortion office in Wisconsin has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of damaging…
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