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Updated 4 hours, 2 minutes ago

Hurricane Polo fuels fears of landslides and flooding in Mexico's southwest

Rain and strong winds began to pummel the coastline on Wednesday afternoon with waves crashing onto the normally p…

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Biden insists banking system is safe after 2 bank collapses

International regulators also had to step in to ease investor fe

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
House votes to declassify info about origins of COVID-19

If signed into law, the measure would require within 90 days the declassification of “any and all information relating to potential links between the Wuhan Ins…

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Jaded with education, more Americans are skipping college

Nationwide, undergraduate college enrollment dropped 8% from 2019 to 2022, with declines even after returning to in-person classes

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Slap fighting: The next big thing, or unsporting stupidity?

Some slap-fighting beatdowns have gone viral

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Tucker Carlson amplifies Jan. 6 lies with GOP-provided video

Carlson denounced the Jan. 6 committee led by Democrats in the past Congress, and called out Trump's chief Republican critics Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger as …

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
In 'junk fee' fight, US details airline family seating rules

United Airlines said it would let families with children under 12 to pick adjoining seats at no extra cost starting in early March in certain fare classes

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Black Vietnam veteran finally honored with Medal of Honor

Davis repeatedly sprinted into an open rice paddy to rescue members of his team

Updated 3 years, 6 months ago
Shoe polish stands begin to vanish, lose their shine

Shoe polish sales in 2022 totaled 27.3 million units, down 29% compared with 2019

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
Flotsam found off New York may be from famous SS Savannah

Explorers have searched for the Savannah for over two centuries

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
Train crew had little warning before Ohio wreck, probe finds

Investigators said the temperature of the failed wheel bearing increased by 215 degrees in a span of 30 miles

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
Massive winter storm brings snow, strong winds, frigid cold

Schools throughout the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin were called off Wednesday.

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
Mardi Gras brings joy - but also worry over violent crime

Crime has contributed to dissatisfaction with New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
Record 6,542 guns intercepted at US airport security in 2022

The top 10 list for gun interceptions in 2022 includes Dallas, Austin and Houston in Texas; three airports in Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; Atlanta; Phoenix; …

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
Fed's Barkin: 'Slow progress' on inflation, sees more hikes

Economists from Bank of America and Goldman Sachs both now expect the Fed will lift rates to a range of 5.25% to 5.5%, a quarter-point higher than the Fed itse…

Updated 3 years, 7 months ago
Jeers, boos from Ohio villagers enraged by toxic train spill

State officials insisted yet again that testing shows the air is safe to breathe around East Palestine, where just under 5,000 people live near the Pennsylvani…