WASHINGTON — U.S. inflation picked up last month as prices rose for gas, eggs, and used cars, yet underlying price pressures also showed signs of easing a bit. What You Need To Know U.S. inflation picked up last month as prices rose for gas, eggs, and used cars, yet underlying price pressures also showed signs…
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that flags will fly at full-staff during Monday’s inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. What You Need To Know House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that flags will fly at full-staff during the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump President Joe Biden had ordered the flags to be flown at half-staff…
LOS ANGELES — The wildfires that erupted this week across Los Angeles County are still raging, but already are projected to be among the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history. What You Need To Know The devastating blazes have killed at least 11 people and incinerated more than 12,000 structures since Tuesday, laying waste to…
WASHINGTON — U.S. hiring picked up unexpectedly in December as employers added 256,000 jobs, another sign of the economy’s resilience in the face of high interest rates. What You Need To Know U.S. hiring picked up unexpectedly in December as employers added 256,000 jobs, another sign of the economy’s resilience in the face of high…
CHICAGO — Two sons of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” facing sweeping drug-trafficking charges in the U.S. are in plea negotiations with the federal government, attorneys acknowledged Tuesday in a Chicago courtroom. What You Need To Know Attorneys say two sons of Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” are in plea negotiations with the federal…
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. regulators have opened an investigation into 2.6 million Teslas after reports of crashes involving the use of company technology that allows drivers to remotely command their vehicle to return to them, or move to another location, using a phone app. What You Need To Know The National Highway Traffic Safety…
WASHINGTON — Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday. What You Need To Know Jimmy Carter’s state funeral has moved to Washington after observances in his native Georgia The 39th president’s remains left the Carter Presidential Center on…
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A developing winter storm threatens to drop snow, sleet and freezing rain on parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas as frigid air that escaped the Arctic plunges temperatures to subfreezing levels in some of the southernmost points of the U.S. What You Need To Know National Weather Service meteorologists predicted wintry…
President-elect Donald Trump, speaking to reporters on Tuesday, said he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America.” His comment came as he claimed Mexico is taking advantage of the U.S. on immigration and trade. “We’re gonna be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which…
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The next round of bitter cold was set to envelop the southern U.S. on Tuesday, after the first significant winter storm of the year blasted a huge swath of the country with ice, snow and wind. What You Need To Know The first significant winter storm of the year blasted a huge swath…