(Headline USA) The president of the Federal Reserve's Richmond branch says he supports reducing the central bank's key interest rate “somewhat” from its current level but isn't yet ready for the Fed to fully take its foot off the economy's brakes.
In an interview Thursday with the Associated Press, Tom...
(Headline USA) Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced Friday that her administration has formally seized a hospital through eminent domain to help keep it open and transition to a new owner.
St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Boston is one of a group operated by Texas-based Steward Health Care, which had announced...
(Headline USA) A 12-year-old boy died after he was struck by a tree that fell at a southeastern Michigan nature center where he and classmates were on a field trip, authorities said.
Declan Carter was at the Howell Nature Center when the tree fell and struck him in the head...
(Headline USA) The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted unanimously Friday to fire a communications professor who was seeking to retain tenure after his dismissal as chancellor of one of the system's campuses for making pornographic films.
Joe Gow, who had served as chancellor of UW-La Crosse for nearly...
(Headline USA) The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Friday against three Iranian operatives suspected of hacking Donald Trump's presidential campaign and disseminating stolen information to media organizations.
The latest action, coupled with sanctions and rewards for information leading to the hackers' capture, is the latest U.S. government effort to call...
(Headline USA) The top elected official in a county in suburban Houston was indicted on Thursday over allegations he created fake and racist social media posts when he ran for re-election in 2022.
A grand jury indicted Fort Bend County Judge KP George on a misdemeanor charge of misrepresentation of...
(Headline USA) Former President Donald Trump launched a new business venture: watches.
The Republican presidential candidate unveiled the “Official Trump Watch Collection” on Thursday.
The most expensive, listed as including 122 diamonds on its bezel and available in three 18-karat gold styles, costs $100,000. Another “Fight Fight Fight” model is listed at...
(Headline USA) Special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday filed, under seal, a legal brief that prosecutors said contained sensitive and previously unseen evidence in the federal lawfare case charging former President Donald Trump for his efforts to challenge the 2020 election results.
Critics said the brief would likely be unveiled...
(Headline USA) New York City Mayor Eric Adams pleaded not guilty Friday to federal bribery charges, firmly rejecting allegations that he accepted luxury travel, campaign cash and other perks from foreign interests who then sought to harness his power and influence.
Adams' lawyer told a judge that they would move...
(Headline USA) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told world leaders at the United Nations on Friday that his nation will “continue degrading Hezbollah" until achieving its goals along the Lebanon border.
He said his government would no longer tolerate daily rocket fire from the area.
Shortly after Netanyahu wrapped up his...
(Headline USA) Vice President Kamala Harris was criticized by the Border Patrol Union on Friday as she prepared to make her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee and only her second visit since becoming the official White House border czar.
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"After years of not...
(Headline USA) A settlement was reached Thursday in a defamation lawsuit brought by electronic voting machine manufacturer Smartmatic against conservative news outlet Newsmax for airing allegations of vote manipulation made by attorneys who were, at the time, representing former President Donald Trump in his challenges of the 2020 election...