Railyard explosion, inspections raise safety questions about Union Pacific’s hazmat shipping
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal inspectors have twice found hundreds of defects in the locomotives and railcars Union Pacific uses at the world’s largest...
South Africa, Colombia and others are fighting drugmakers over access to TB and HIV...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa, Colombia and other countries that lost out in the global race for coronavirus vaccines are taking...
Stock market today: World shares mostly lower in holiday-thin trading, with half-day for US...
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed Friday in Europe and Asia after U.S. markets were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.Germany's DAX was nearly unchanged,...
Maui residents wonder if their burned town can be made safe. The answer? No...
When Daniel Skousen scrubs at the ash and soot covering his Maui home, he worries about the smell.What chemicals created the burning-trash-barrel scent that...
Ohio voters just passed abortion protections. Whether they take effect is now up to...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s new constitutional projections for abortion access and other reproductive rights are supposed to take effect Dec. 7, a month...
4-day truce begins in Israel-Hamas war, sets stage for release of dozens of Gaza-held...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A four-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war took effect early Friday, setting the stage for the exchange of...
The Afghan Embassy says it is permanently closing in New Delhi over challenges from...
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Afghan Embassy in New Delhi is permanently closed, it announced Friday, due to challenges from the Indian government and...
Missouri governor granting pardons at pace not seen since WWII era
Distraught by a romantic breakup, 16-year-old Kenny Batson vented his hurt by stomping out the windshields of cars on a for-sale lot. He landed...
Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches, but global warming threatens their survival
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Just as they have for millions of years, sea turtles by the thousands made their labored crawl from...
The founding editor of The Washington Monthly magazine, Charles Peters, has died at 96
WASHINGTON (AP) — Charles Peters, founding editor of The Washington Monthly and its editor-in-chief for three decades, died Thursday at age 96.In confirming his...
