Fed Officials Downplay Virus Even As Markets See Rate Cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Wall Street expects the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, should that influence the Fed's decisions?
Two Fed officials diverged on that issue in rema...
FBI Agents Search Home, Business Of Tennessee State Senator
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Federal authorities in Tennessee conducted searches Friday at the home and business addresses of Democratic state Sen. Katrina Robinson, the FBI said.
Fede...
China Suspends More Penalties On US Goods After Trade Truce
BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday suspended more punitive tariffs on imports of U.S. industrial goods in response to a truce in its trade war with Washington that threatened global ec...
States Step Up Funding For Planned Parenthood Clinics
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Severalstates have begun picking up the tab for family planning services at clinics run by Planned Parenthood, which last year quit a $260 million federal fu...
Firm Wants To Recover The Titanic’s Iconic Telegraph Machine
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The salvage firm that has plucked silverware, china and gold coins from the wreckage of the Titanic now wants to recover the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Machine ...
Stocks Open Lower On Wall Street Following Weakness Overseas
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening lower again on Wall Street, putting the market on track for a weekly loss after two weeks of gains. Overseas markets were also weaker Friday afte...
US Home Sales Sales Fell 1.3% In January
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home sales retreated 1.3% in January from the prior month, but low mortgage rates helped enable an increase in purchases from a year ago.
The National Ass...
Democrats Try To Blunt Strong California Showing For Sanders
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is the largest prize in the calculations of any Democratic presidential candidate, and Bernie Sanders has been working the state for months, wo...
US: Taliban’s ‘Reduction Of Violence’ Deal To Start Tonight
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The countdown to the signing of a peace agreement between the Taliban and the United States to end the 18 years of war in Afghanistan will begin on Friday night, w...
Intel Officials Say Russia Boosting Trump Candidacy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Intelligence officials have warned lawmakers that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election campaign to help President Donald Trump get reelected, according to t...
Democrats’ Feisty Debate Reaches Nearly 20 Million Viewers
NEW YORK (AP) — This week's feisty Democratic presidential debate, the first to feature former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, was a huge television hit with nearly 20 million vi...
Sanders’ ‘Summer Camp’ In Vermont Becomes Fodder In Debate
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Can a socialist own a summer house?
That's the question unabashed capitalist billionaire Mike Bloomberg posed Wednesday night as he tried to brand Sen. Be...
United By Hatred Of Jews And Immigrants, White Supremacists Are Increasingly Working Together Across Borders
NEW YORK (JTA) — Shortly before he killed 51 people, the gunman who perpetrated the Christchurch, New Zealand, mosque shooting posted a manifesto to the website 8chan in which he p...
Bloomberg Campaign Spending Tops $409 Million
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg has plunged over $400 million of his personal fortune into his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, an astron...
AP-Norc Poll: More Americans Worry About Flu Than New Virus
NEW YORK (AP) - A wide share of Americans are at least moderately confident in U.S. health officials’ ability to handle emerging viruses, and more express concern about catching th...
WATCH: Jersey City Shooting Bodycam Footage Released
JERSEY CITY (AP) — Newly released video from a fatal shootout at a kosher grocery store in Jersey City shows the moment one of the shooters exited the van he drove there, took thre...
Bloomberg News Wrestles With Coverage Of Candidate Bloomberg
NEW YORK (AP) — Three months after Bloomberg News tried to thread the needle with a plan for covering a presidential campaign with company founder Mike Bloomberg as a candidate, it...
Many Accused Jewish Pedophiles In US Flee To Israel, CBS Report Finds
NEW YORK (JTA) - Many Americans accused of sexually abusing children flee to Israel to escape justice — and bringing them back can be tough.
Those are the findings of a CBS News...
Computer Scientist Who Pioneered ‘Copy’ And ‘Paste’ Has Died
NEW YORK (AP) — Larry Tesler, the Silicon Valley pioneer who created the now-ubiquitous computer concepts such as “cut,” “copy” and “paste,” has died. He was 74.
He made using c...
Car Falls From Third Floor Onto Another Car In Los Angeles Mall [VIDEOS]
LOS ANGELES (VINnews) — Visitors to the popular Beverly Connection mall in Los Angeles narrowly escaped serious inury on Thursday.
A vehicle that was on the third floor of the p...