UN elects former Iraqi President Barham Salih as head of refugee agency
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday approved former Iraqi President Barham Salih as the next head of the U.N. refugee agency, its first from the Middle East since the late 1970s. The
Four-term North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt, a leader in education reform, dies at 88
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Four-term North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt, a towering figure in North Carolina politics in the late 20th century who helped the Democratic Party focus nationally upon public education reform, died Thursday at the
Police probe links between Brown University shooting, killing of MIT professor
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss, Nate Raymond and Brad Brooks PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Law enforcement officers are investigating a link between a mass shooting at Brown University in Providence that killed two people last weekend
UAW president’s chief of staff to leave the union following federal monitor report
By Kalea Hall and Nora Eckert DETROIT, Dec 18 (Reuters) – A key United Auto Workers strategist and architect of the union’s 2023 auto-factory strike is leaving the labor group, after a report by the federal monitor
Federal judge denies request to close Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday denied a request for a preliminary injunction to close an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” saying a detainee who asked for the order
Democrat Eileen Higgins sworn in as Miami’s first female mayor after 30 years of GOP control
MIAMI (AP) — Democrat Eileen Higgins was sworn in Thursday as Miami’s first female mayor, two weeks after defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump. Higgins also becomes the first Democrat in almost 30 years to
A look at the US military’s unusually large force near Venezuela
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has amassed an unusually large force in the Caribbean Sea and the waters off the coast of Venezuela since this summer, when the Trump administration first began to shift assets to
Instacart settles with FTC over deceptive practices but faces separate investigation into prices
Delivery company Instacart will pay $60 million in customer refunds under a settlement reached with the Federal Trade Commission over alleged deceptive practices. The FTC said Thursday that Instacart has been falsely advertising free deliveries. The San
What to know about the Arizona serial killings that resulted in the death penalty
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man was sentenced Thursday to death in a string of fatal shootings in metro Phoenix during a three-week span in 2017. Cleophus Cooksey Jr., 43, was found guilty in late September of
Speaker Johnson was ready to move on from ACA subsidies. But his members had other plans
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson had a ready-made refrain when asked why Republicans weren’t moving to extend federal health care subsidies: their party wanted to help 100% of Americans with their costs, not just the 7%