11 firefighters and 2 other people injured after North Carolina house fire and explosion
SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) — Eleven firefighters and two other people were injured in a house fire explosion in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, officials said. Salisbury Fire Chief Bob Parnell said firefighters did not have life-threatening
US jobless rate for Blacks and teens surges in November
Dec 16 (Reuters) – The unemployment rate for two U.S. groups that are often the most vulnerable to job loss in a softening economy – Blacks and teenagers – surged to the highest levels in more than
Measles cases in South Carolina rise by nine to 135, state health department says
Dec 16 (Reuters) – The South Carolina health department reported 135 cases of measles in the state on Tuesday related to an outbreak in the northwest part of the state, nine additional cases since its last update
Kennedy approves adding two rare disorders to newborn screenings
Dec 16 (Reuters) – U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday added two rare genetic disorders, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, to the federal newborn screening list to enable early treatment, the Department of
Muslim rights group sues Florida Gov. DeSantis over ‘foreign terrorist’ label
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A leading Muslim civil rights group in the U.S. has sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over his order designating it and another organization as a “ foreign terrorist organization,” saying the directive was
Millions facing acute food insecurity in Afghanistan as winter looms, UN warns
GENEVA (AP) — More than 17 million people in Afghanistan are facing crisis levels of hunger in the coming winter months, the leading international authority on hunger crises and the U.N. food aid agency warned Tuesday. The
Manhunt for Brown University shooter stretches into fourth day, leaving residents on edge
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Helen Coster Dec 16 (Reuters) – The manhunt for the gunman who killed two Brown University students and injured seven more in a classroom shooting stretched into a fourth day on Tuesday, leaving
US FAA to spend $6 billion on air traffic telecom, radar systems
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday the agency is committing $6 billion by the end of the year on new air traffic control telecom infrastructure and radar surveillance systems
Customs officer at JFK airport fires his gun during a freeway fight
NEW YORK (AP) — An on-duty Customs and Border Protection officer fired his weapon several times on a freeway leading to New York’s main airport after he said another driver attacked him over a minor traffic crash,
Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff, criticizes Bondi and opines on Trump in Vanity Fair
WASHINGTON (AP) — Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump’s understated but influential chief of staff, criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and broadly defended the president’s aggressive second administration in a series of