BURLINGTON, Vt. — A man was charged Sunday with setting a fire outside the Vermont office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, federal prosecutors said.Shant Soghomonian, 35, who was previously of Northridge, California, entered the building...
A piece of the economic puzzle fell into place when new immigration estimates emerged from the Congressional Budget Office.“The numbers are actually higher, and that actually explains what we’ve been asking ourselves,” Federal...
Powerball will match a record for lottery drawings Saturday night with a stretch of more than three months without a jackpot winner.It's that string of futility that has enabled Powerball's top prize to reach $1.23 billion, the 8th...
Ms. S. teaches English and math in a low-income neighborhood in New York City. She's one of the most experienced teachers at her school, having been there two years. She has a Business degree, but school recruiters kept contacting...
Six New York inmates have filed a lawsuit against the state’s corrections department after the department announced a statewide prison lockdown on April 8 that would bar them from seeing the total solar eclipse, which they allege...
MEREDITH, N.H. — As more than 2 million graduating high school students from across the United States finalize their decisions on what college to attend this fall, many are facing jaw-dropping costs — in some cases, as much as...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court on Monday upheld the state's ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which means a subsequently passed six-week ban can soon take effect.The court that was reshaped by former...
BALTIMORE — The U.S. Coast Guard has opened a temporary, alternate channel for vessels involved in clearing debris from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, part of a phased approach to opening the main shipping channel...
The total solar eclipse passing through parts of the U.S. on April 8 stands to have a major economic impact on cities across the country as stargazers flock to the path of totality. Factors including the date of the eclipse and...
A Mysterious illness known as “Havana syndrome” that has caused U.S. diplomats to suffer from symptoms consistent with head trauma may be linked to possible “sonic attacks” by a Russian intelligence unit, according to a new...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — For maybe the last time, Alex Murdaugh, in a prison jumpsuit instead of the suit he used to wear, shuffled into a courtroom Monday in South Carolina and was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison.Murdaugh...
The numbers were drawn Monday night for an estimated $1 billion Powerball jackpot that has lottery players dreaming of hitting it rich after three months without a big winner.The numbers drawn were: 19, 24, 40, 42, 56 and the Powerball...
With the 95,000-ton cargo ship Dali powerless and hurtling helplessly toward the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the harbor pilot coMMAnding the vessel had just minutes to make his last, desperate attempts to avoid disaster. He declared...
(ORLANDO, Fla.) — For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity, an effort that federal officials believe will more accurately count residents who identify as Hispanic...
HARTFORD, Conn. — Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain’s running mate...
Kendall Lieberman was walking to lunch with her coworkers down 7th Ave. in New York CIty on Tuesday when a man rammed his elbow in the side of her head near Times Square. “I was just in full shock and I'm sure if I were...
U.S. government spending on artificial intelligence has exploded in the past year, driven by increased Military investments, according to a report by the Brookings Institution, a think tank based in Washington D.C. The report...
In the tidy backyard of Kate Cox’s Dallas-area bungalow, there are two child-sized lawn chairs alongside two toddler bicycles, parked beneath a brick wall scrawled with chalk. There are two red-and-white stuffed horses in the playroom,...
Jane Fonda, at 86, is small-boned and elegant, her eyes like soft blue-gray flannel. Yet it’s startling how much energy shoots through her via a simple handshake: if a woodland creature could shake your hand, it might feel like this,...
Someone in New Jersey overcame the odds Tuesday night and won the $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot, breaking a winless streak that dated to last December.The numbers drawn were: 7, 11, 22, 29, 38 and the gold Mega Ball 4. The winning...
It was fully expected that Israel would be displeased that the United States abstained on a United Nations resolution calling for a Gaza ceasefire—instead of blocking it with a veto. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reaction...
