AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The number and rate of abortions across the United States have plunged to their lowest levels since the procedure became legal nationwide in 1973, according to new figures released Wednesday. The report from…
Posted: 18 September 2019 [04:28 PM] Posted: 18 September 2019 [04:05 PM] The Washington Post Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday decried the weekend attacks on the Saudi oil industry as an “act of war” as President Donald Trump ordered a substantial increase in sanctions against Iran, which Washington has linked…
Posted: 18 September 2019 [03:12 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday named Robert O'Brien, his chief hostage negotiator and an established figure in Republican policy circles, as his new national security adviser. O'Brien, the fourth person in two years to hold the job,…
Posted: 18 September 2019 [03:03 PM] AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A sharply divided Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for a second time this year while saying it's prepared to continue doing what it deems necessary to sustain the U.S. economic expansion.…
Posted: 17 September 2019 [09:00 PM] JERUSALEM (AP) - In an apparent setback for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the longtime Israeli leader on Tuesday fell short of securing a parliamentary majority with his hard-line allies in national elections, initial exit polls showed, putting his political future…
Posted: 17 September 2019 [08:56 PM] DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said Tuesday that more than half of its daily crude oil production that was knocked out by a weekend attack had been restored and that full production is expected by…
Posted: 17 September 2019 [08:39 PM] PROVO, Utah (AP) - The leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reaffirmed Tuesday the religion’s opposition to gay marriage, saying God’s law dictates that marriage is restricted to unions between a man and a woman. Church…
Posted: 17 September 2019 [08:36 PM] NEW YORK (AP) - “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek says he’s had a setback in his battle with pancreatic cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy again. Trebek told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Tuesday that after a short period of optimism when…
Posted: 17 September 2019 [08:34 PM] HOUSTON (AP) - Officials in the Houston area were preparing high-water vehicles and staging rescue boats Tuesday as Tropical Storm Imelda moved in from the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to dump up to 18 inches of rain in parts of…
Posted: 15 September 2019 [07:40 PM] NEW YORK (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing to enact a statewide ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes amid growing health concerns connected to vaping, especially among young people. The Democrat announced Sunday that the state…
Posted: 15 September 2019 [07:40 PM] DETROIT (AP) - The United Auto Workers union announced Sunday that its roughly 49,000 workers at General Motors plants in the U.S. would go on strike just before midnight because contentious talks on a new contract had broken down. About…
Posted: 15 September 2019 [07:39 PM] DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A weekend drone attack on Saudi Arabia that cut into global energy supplies and halved the kingdom’s oil production threatened Sunday to fuel a regional crisis, as the U.S. released new evidence to back…
Posted: 13 September 2019 [07:13 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - The absence of issues such as women's reproductive rights and the gender pay gap from the Democratic presidential debate is prompting criticism Friday from several candidates and other Democrats who argue the focus of the evening was…
Posted: 13 September 2019 [07:11 PM] SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A former Roman Catholic priest who fled the country decades ago was sentenced Friday in New Mexico to 30 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of sexually abusing an altar boy at…
Posted: 13 September 2019 [02:28 PM] The Washington Post WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Friday sanctioned a notorious if opaque constellation of North Korean hackers believed to be responsible for dozens of cyber attacks around the world, including the 2014 hacking of Sony Pictures. The…
Posted: 13 September 2019 [02:14 PM] AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) - China will lift punitive tariffs imposed on U.S. soybeans and pork in a trade war with Washington, a state news agency said Friday, adding to conciliatory gestures by the two sides ahead of negotiations.…
Posted: 13 September 2019 [02:13 PM] HONG KONG (AP) - Thousands of Hong Kong people carried lanterns with pro-democracy messages and formed human chains on two of the city's peaks during mid-autumn festival celebrations Friday night, sustaining months-long protests for democratic reforms in the semi-autonomous Chinese…
Posted: 12 September 2019 [04:00 PM] The Washington Post LONDON - In England’s long history, telling false tales to the monarch has often been a bad play. Fabricators could lose favor - or their heads. And so Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave the correct answer when…
Posted: 12 September 2019 [02:57 PM] JERUSALEM (AP) - Jewish settlement construction in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem has spiked since President Donald Trump took office in 2017, according to official data obtained by The Associated Press. The data also showed strong evidence of decades of systematic discrimination,…
Posted: 12 September 2019 [02:16 PM] The Washington Post The chief executives of 145 U.S. companies pressed Senate leaders to expand background checks to all firearms sales and implement stronger “red flag” laws, marking the latest push by corporate America to pressure Congress to take meaningful…
Posted: 12 September 2019 [02:15 PM] Nation EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A man accused of gunning down people at a busy Walmart in El Paso last month was indicted Thursday for capital murder, prosecutors announced. Patrick Crusius, 21, of Allen, Texas, was indicted on one…
Posted: 12 September 2019 [02:13 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler tried to clear up confusion within his caucus about impeachment on Thursday as the committee approved guidelines for impeachment hearings on President Donald Trump . Nadler says there's no uncertainty about…
Posted: 12 September 2019 [01:56 PM] Bloomberg BP’s CEO plans to sell some oil projects and curb the development of others to align its business with the Paris accord, the latest sign climate concerns are starting to impact the investment decisions of the world’s largest fossil…
Posted: 12 September 2019 [01:55 PM] The Washington Post After sinking to their lowest levels in nearly three years, mortgage rates popped back up this week. According to the latest data released Thursday by Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate average climbed to 3.56% with an average…
Posted: 11 September 2019 [02:32 PM] AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) - China on Wednesday announced it will exempt American industrial grease and some other imports from tariff hikes in a trade war with Washington but kept in place penalties on soybeans and other major U.S.…
Posted: 11 September 2019 [02:32 PM] FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The European Central Bank appears to be preparing a new shot of stimulus to try to energize the economy. But the move is sure to renew a nagging question: Can central banks do much good when…
Posted: 11 September 2019 [02:05 PM] LONDON (AP) - A Scottish court dealt another blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit plans Wednesday, ruling that his decision to suspend Parliament less than two months before the U.K. is due to leave the European Union was an…
Posted: 11 September 2019 [02:04 PM] NEW YORK (AP) - People who were too young on 9/11 to even remember their lost loved ones, and others for whom the grief is still raw, paid tribute with wreath-layings and the solemn roll call of the dead Wednesday…
Posted: 10 September 2019 [07:14 PM] JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday to annex the heart of the West Bank if he wins re-election next week, a move that could inflame the Middle East and extinguish any remaining Palestinian hope of…
Posted: 10 September 2019 [07:12 PM] NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) - Desperation mounted in the Bahamas on Tuesday as hurricane survivors arriving in the capital by boat and plane were turned away from overflowing shelters. As government officials gave assurances at a news conference that more shelters…
Posted: 10 September 2019 [07:10 PM] NEW YORK (AP) - Americans are commemorating 9/11 with mournful ceremonies, volunteering, appeals to "never forget" and rising attention to the terror attacks' extended toll on responders. A crowd of victims' relatives is expected at ground zero Wednesday, while President…
Posted: 10 September 2019 [07:09 PM] COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A small group of South Carolina senators held a daylong hearing Tuesday on whether South Carolina should join about a half-dozen other states in banning nearly all abortions , but the Southern state might not be…
Posted: 10 September 2019 [02:57 PM] AP Technology Writer CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) - Apple is expected to unveil three new iPhone models that are so similar to last year's lineup, they may be upstaged by details about the company's upcoming video service. The company will show…
Posted: 10 September 2019 [02:43 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday abruptly forced out John Bolton, his hawkish national security adviser with whom he had strong disagreements on Iran, Afghanistan and a cascade of other global challenges. The two men even offered opposing…
Afghans brace for new violence after U.S. halts Taliban talks Posted: 09 September 2019 [08:19 PM] KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghans braced for a possible new wave of Taliban violence Monday after President Donald Trump abruptly broke off nearly…
Judiciary Committee to set rules for impeachment hearing Posted: 09 September 2019 [08:18 PM] WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Committee will vote Thursday to establish rules for hearings on impeachment, escalating the panel’s investigations of President…
4 crew members still alive inside overturned cargo ship Posted: 09 September 2019 [08:16 PM] Associated Press JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. - Coast Guard rescuers made contact Monday with four crew members trapped inside a capsized cargo ship,…
Posted: 09 September 2019 [08:14 PM] and SETH BORENSTEIN HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - The acting chief scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said his agency likely violated its scientific integrity rules last week when it publicly chastised a weather office that contradicted President Donald Trump’s…
9/11 Memorial addition honors those who died later Posted: 09 September 2019 [08:12 PM] NEW YORK - When the names of nearly 3,000 Sept. 11 victims are read aloud Wednesday at the World Trade Center, a…
Posted: 08 September 2019 [08:46 PM] TORONTO (AP) - The storm that already walloped the Virgin Islands, Bahamas and North Carolina lashed at far-eastern Canada with hurricane-force winds for much of Sunday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people before beginning to weaken late…
Posted: 08 September 2019 [08:18 PM] ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) - Pope Francis insisted Sunday that poverty isn't inevitable and that the poor deserve the dignity of work as he visited a rock quarry in Madagascar where hundreds of people toil rather than scavenge in the capital's…
Posted: 08 September 2019 [02:18 PM] COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor and congressman, has decided to launch a longshot Republican challenge to President Donald Trump, saying Sunday that he aims to put his Appalachian trail travails behind him for good…
Posted: 06 September 2019 [07:56 PM] ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. (AP) - A weakened Hurricane Dorian flooded homes on North Carolina's Outer Banks on Friday with a fury that took even storm-hardened residents by surprise, forcing people to climb into their attics. Hundreds were feared trapped by…
Posted: 06 September 2019 [07:39 PM] MIAMI (AP) - An American Airlines mechanic charged with sabotaging a plane because he was upset over stalled labor contract negotiations was fired from another airline several years ago and briefly had his mechanic's license suspended, according to court documents.…
Posted: 06 September 2019 [01:55 PM] Bloomberg Opposition parties will deny Prime Minister Boris Johnson an early general election in a Parliament vote on Monday, as they seek to ensure the U.K. can’t tumble out of the European Union without a deal on Oct. 31. That…
Posted: 06 September 2019 [01:52 PM] HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, an ex-guerrilla chief who took power when the African country shook off white minority rule and presided for decades while economic turmoil and human rights violations eroded its early promise, has…
Posted: 05 September 2019 [07:49 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - The government on Thursday ordered Michigan State University to make sweeping changes and pay a $4.5 million fine after determining that it failed to adequately respond to sexual assault complaints against Larry Nassar, a campus sports doctor…
Posted: 05 September 2019 [07:47 PM] CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Hurricane Dorian sideswiped the Carolinas with shrieking winds, tornadoes and sideways rain Thursday as it closed in for a possible direct hit on the dangerously exposed Outer Banks. At least four deaths in the Southeast were…
Posted: 05 September 2019 [07:41 PM] Nation PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island launched mobile sports betting at one casino and plans to add it to a second casino next week. The mobile application launched Wednesday at Twin River Casino in Lincoln, according to the state…
Posted: 05 September 2019 [02:23 PM] The Washington Post WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States has “delivered” on its mission to oust al-Qaeda from Afghanistan and deter terrorist attacks plotted in the country and neighboring Pakistan. The top diplomat’s upbeat message…
