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Updated 7 hours, 39 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, 10 months ago
NASA capsule buzzes moon, last big step before lunar orbit

The capsule accelerated well beyond 5,000 mph (8,000 kph) as it regained radio contact

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Taylor Swift angry for fans in Ticketmaster meltdown

The 52-date Eras Tour kicks off March 17 in Glendale, Arizona

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Average long-term US mortgage rates tumble to 6.61%

Two weeks ago, the Fed raised its short-term lending rate by another 0.75 percentage points

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Happy hygge! Scrabble dictionary adds hundreds of words

Fauxhawk, a haircut similar to a Mohawk, is potentially the highest scoring newbie

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Trump seeks White House again amid GOP losses, legal probes

The former president is still popular with the GOP base

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
40 states settle Google location-tracking charges for $392M

At a news conference, Tong urged consumers to “do a little personal inventory" of their online settings and turn them off if they don't want them

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Many vets are landing jobs, but the transition can be tough

Veterans account for about 7% of the civilian population, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Wall Street surges, Dow up 1,000 points on cooling inflation

The reading of 7.7% was better than the 8% economists were expecting

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
GOP closing in on House win; Senate control up for grabs

A Republican House majority would likely trigger a spate of investigations into Biden and his family

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
NATIONAL: GOP, Democrats notch victories in competitive midterm races

Both parties were notching victories in some of the most competitive races in Tuesday's midterm elections, with several Democratic incumbents winning key subur…

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Powerball ticket sold in California snags record $2.04B win

For selling the winning ticket, business owner Joe Chahayed will receive a maximum Powerball bonus of $1 million.

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Wall Street rises ahead of election results, inflation data

Inflation and the Federal Reserve's aggressive interest rate increases remain the big concerns for Wall Street

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Supreme Court more diverse than lawyers who argue before it

The racial and ethnic disparity among lawyers also is stark, at a time when there are four women, two African-Americans and a Latina among the nine justices

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Rare Pikachu, Kobe's sneakers — a hidden vault guards it all

$200 million in collectibles are stored in two vaults inside the building

Updated 3 years, 10 months ago
Fed unleashes another big rate hike but hints at a pullback

Policymakers may feel they can soon slow the pace of their rate hikes because some early signs suggest that inflation could start declining in 2023