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Hegseth slams his potential impeachment as a 'political spectacle’ that undermines US troops
Starbucks lays off 1,100 corporate employees as coffee chain streamlines
Niccol said in January that corporate layoffs would be announced by early March. He said the company needed to reduce complexity and ensure that all work is ov…
January home sales fall as high mortgage rates, prices freeze out would-be buyers
The U.S. housing market has been in a sales slump dating back to 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows. Sales of previously occupied …
Sen. Mitch McConnell won't seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as Republican power broker
McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, chose his 83rd birthday to share his decision not to run for another term in Kentucky and t…
2 people are dead after a small plane collision in Arizona, authorities say
At least two people are dead after a midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona, authorities said Wednesday.
Winter's next wave of storms takes aim at the East Coast
A storm that dropped snow in the Midwest was spreading across the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys on Wednesday, bringing more misery to some places just starting to…
All 80 aboard a Delta jet survive after it burst into flames on a Toronto runway
Authorities said the cause of the crash remains under investigation. Communications between the tower and pilot were normal on approach and it’s not clear what…
None dead and 17 injured in Delta jet crash in Toronto, airport official says
The Canadian Press reports that one passenger is critically injured and seven others were also hurt on the flight from Minneapolis. Images posted on social med…
'Life-threatening cold' expected as polar vortex stretches across U.S. after deadly weekend flooding
Meteorologists said several states would experience the 10th and coldest polar vortex event this season. Weather forces in the Arctic are combining to push the…
At least 9 people are dead, including 8 in Kentucky, in latest blast of winter weather
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Sunday that hundreds of people stranded by flooding had to be rescued. President Donald Trump approved the state's request for …
US East endures flooding, with snow in the forecast for the Northeast. Frigid cold in the Plains
Gov. Andy Beshear preemptively declared a state of emergency in Kentucky, where flash flooding was expected into Sunday. Flash flooding hit some roads in Bowli…
Where US adults think the government is spending too much, according to AP-NORC polling
On both sides of the political aisle, very few U.S. adults think the country is spending too much on Social Security and Medicare, according to the January AP-…
Breakfast is booming at US restaurants. Is it also contributing to high egg prices?
It's a chicken-and-egg problem: Restaurants are struggling with record-high U.S. egg prices, but their omelets, scrambles and huevos rancheros may be part of t…
Vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as Trump's health chief after a close Senate vote
Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, who had polio as a child, was the only “no” vote among Republicans, mirroring his stands against Trump's picks for the Pentagon …
Judge clears way for Trump’s plan to downsize federal workforce with deferred resignation program
It was a significant legal victory for the Republican president after a string of courtroom setbacks.
Eastern storm cuts power to tens of thousands as California braces for flooding
Storms dumped heavy snow and freezing rain on a swath of the eastern U.S. stretching from Kentucky to the nation's capital, causing hundreds of traffic acciden…