Small communities that bore the brunt of a strong earthquake on the coast of far Northern California remained without power and under boil-water advisories Wednesday. Most of the 72,000 Humboldt County customers who lost electricity when the quake struck before dawn Tuesday had power restored by evening, but Pacific Gas & Electric�s website showed about […]

Jalil George was checking on his Baltimore investment property earlier this month when a gunman mistook him for someone else and opened fire. The young real estate investor and recent

The confidence of American consumers rebounded this month to end the year on a high note despite high inflation, rising interest rates that have made credit cards and mortgages more

Russia on Wednesday announced an ambitious plan to beef up its military from 1 million to 1.5 million and create multiple new units, an attempt to bolster the forces that have lost momentum and many soldiers in the war in Ukraine. Russia�s military chief cited NATO�s plans to incorporate Finland and Sweden as a factor […]

Investors found few, if any, places to safely put their money in 2022, as central banks in the U.S. and around the globe raised interest rates for the first time

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to confirm the new U.S. ambassador to Russia. Hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was expected to arrive in Washington for a historic visit, senators

The Biden administration on Wednesday slapped sanctions on Iran�s chief prosecutor, four other Iranian officials and a company that supports the country�s security forces for their roles in an ongoing violent crackdown on antigovernment protests. The Treasury Department announced it is targeting the Prosecutor-General of Iran, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, two senior commanders in Iran�s Revolutionary […]

Concerns about illness or inflation aren�t stopping Americans from hitting the roads and airports this holiday season. But a massive winter storm might. Forecasters predict an onslaught of heavy snow, ice, flooding and powerful winds from Thursday to Saturday in a broad swath of the country, from the Plains and Midwest to the East Coast. […]

�This situation is positively shocking and should send out alarm bells to the Jewish community and beyond. At a time when awareness of protecting the rights of minority groups is at the forefront in the news media, antisemitism is growing at an alarming rate, and it seems to be largely ignored.� Those were the words […]

An arctic blast is bringing extreme cold, heavy snow and intense wind across much of the U.S. this week � just in time for the holidays. The weather system, which may build into a �bomb cyclone,� is expected to move east in the days leading up to Christmas, disrupting travel and causing hazardous winter conditions. […]

The head of the World Health Organization said the agency is �very concerned� about rising reports of severe coronavirus disease across China after the country largely abandoned its �zero COVID� policy, warning that its lagging vaccination rate could result in large numbers of vulnerable people getting infected. At a press briefing on Wednesday, WHO Director-General […]

Elon Musk is defending his massive cost-cutting at Twitter as necessary for the social media platform to survive next year, due in part to debt payments tied to his $44 billion takeover of the company. �This company is like, basically, you�re in a plane that is headed towards the ground at high speed with the […]

In one of the last acts of the Democratic-led Congress, the House and the Senate are set to pass an overhaul of the Electoral Count Act, the arcane election law

In a major boost for President Joe Biden�s pledge to eliminate gas-powered vehicles from the sprawling federal fleet, the Postal Service said Tuesday it will sharply increase the number of electric-powered delivery trucks � and will go all-electric for new purchases starting in 2026. The post office said it is spending nearly $10 billion to […]