Tag: overhauls

The Rices fire in Northern California stymied fire crews again on Thursday, growing to 900 acres with only 12 percent containment. At least five firefighters...

The criminal tax fraud trial of Donald J. Trump's family business could come down to three uninteresting words: "on behalf of." Despite all the...

In an interview with The Washington Post five years ago, Shell CEO Ben van Beurden stated, "We believe that climate change is real." We...

The Social Security Administration announced an 8.7 percent increase in benefit checks for seniors beginning next year, in response to the fastest rate of...

An unusual security breach of an election system in a rural Colorado county has triggered a criminal investigation and prompted state authorities to suspend...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un witnessed his first weapons launch in nearly two years, witnessing what Pyongyang described as the final test of...

It makes no difference to the champion Los Angeles Lakers, who won a tense 103-100 play-in game against the scariest dude of them all...

The Supreme Court has significantly limited the scope of the country's main cybercrime law, limiting a tool that civil liberties advocates say federal prosecutors...

Approximately 1,000 Air National Guard troops assigned to space missions are experiencing identity crisis. Their units, torn between the Air Force, where they have traditionally...

Even as the US and its allies try to devise coordinated policies to prevent Russia from invading Ukraine, Moscow, Beijing, and Tehran are warning...

On Friday, congressional representatives screamed on the Capitol steps about Christianity, among other things. High-volume theological debates are rarely illuminating. This one, on the...

"Fitbit, Apple, and Samsung have defined what a wearable can do, and I believe Movano, Oura, and other companies will begin to redefine that...

The ivory-billed woodpecker, along with 22 other bird, fish, mussel, and wildlife species, is set to be declared extinct and removed from the endangered...

The staccato rhythms of a jackhammer ricocheted off buildings on a recent sun-drenched morning as a work crew dug into a Newark street to...

It is unusual for a state to refuse federal funds. It is even rarer to see states refuse it in the name of improving...

Former President Donald Trump is reportedly unhappy with the opening argument from his impeachment lawyer, Bruce Castor on the Senate floor Tuesday. Bruce Castor, who is...

NATO's rapid reaction force will be nearly eightfold increased to 300,000 troops as part of its response to a "era of strategic competition," according...

Ohio voters will go to the polls in less than a week for the Republican Senate midterm primary election, which will be the first...

The question hanging over the mountain of paperwork after FBI agents carted away about a dozen boxes of presidential records from Donald Trump's opulent...

Russian forces are building new defensive positions miles behind the current front lines of the Ukraine war, according to Britain's defense ministry, indicating that...

On Tuesday, a California prosecutor said he would not rule out seeking the death penalty for a Chinese-American man who harbored anti-Taiwanese sentiments and...

Engracia Figueroa, a passionate advocate for people with disabilities, died as a result of complications from injuries she sustained in July when United Airlines...

Colonial Pipeline's CEO faced tough questions from lawmakers Tuesday about his company's ransomware attack, which caused a major disruption in the nation's fuel supply...

The Democratic primary battle in New York City between Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler is heating up, and one of the senior House...

The Olympic torch arrived in Beijing on Wednesday, kicking off the countdown to the Winter Games, which will be held in the shadow of...

A senior Taliban commander declared on Wednesday that the return of Taliban rule in Afghanistan will mean a return to sharia law, the group's...

Hundreds of people demonstrated in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Tuesday against what they claim are Taliban orders for citizens to leave their homes on the...

On Thursday, Russian forces fought for control of a vital energy-producing city in Ukraine's south and gained ground in their bid to cut the...

A shocking number of public educators have been arrested for child sex-related crimes in the first nine months of 2022. These heinous crimes and...

Republicans used President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Tuesday to launch campaign-style attacks on what many GOP members see as the...

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams appeared to take a tenuous lead in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday, but it could be...

The internet was stunned after a man revealed how his wife was allegedly assaulted by a man on a recent flight from Orlando to...

Authorities have ruled homicide in the death of a University of Nevada, Las Vegas student who collapsed after taking part in a charity amateur...

The novelty coins are simple, gleaming expressions of support for former President Donald J. Trump. They're also one of the hottest products on the...

Summer 2021 is expected to be one of the hottest on record, with all-time high temperatures in dozens of Western cities. The extreme heat...

The FBI was closing in on a Defense Intelligence Agency employee who was allegedly a Cuban spy in late 2000. Soon, undercover agents would...

Buckingham Palace announced Thursday that Queen Elizabeth II is "under medical supervision" because "doctors are concerned" about her health. "The Queen's doctors are concerned for...

Following viral images and reports to the contrary, the Pentagon is disputing claims that it did not evacuate all dogs that worked with the...

A new variant of the coronavirus responsible for Covid-19 has been identified in Botswana and South Africa, where it has been linked to a...

When members of the country's ruling Communist Party extend Xi Jinping's third term as general secretary at the Party's 20th National Congress, he will...

A California judge on Friday struck down the nation's first law requiring corporate board diversity, a measure that many workplace diversity experts had hailed...

  Huawei said Monday that it believes U.S. sanctions on the company are partly to blame for the ongoing global chip shortage. Eric Xu, Huawei's rotating...

President Joe Biden’s first flight on Air Force One this month was only 25 minutes long. The President was headed home to Delaware for...

Nepal underestimated its second wave of Covid-19 infections and needs to ramp up its response, Nepali billionaire Binod Chaudhary said last week. He also...

Many Americans have abandoned their facemasks. They're going to see friends and family. They're going out to eat once more. For the most part,...

After the jury was unable to come to a conclusion in the Danny Masterson rape case, the judge declared a mistrial on Wednesday. The "That...

Former football star Herschel Walker, a first-time candidate endorsed by Donald Trump, appears to be lagging behind other Republicans in Georgia. Walker, a sports legend,...

The Covid-19 crisis is approaching the second anniversary of the World Health Organization's pandemic declaration on March 11 – and many people are now...

Colonial Pipeline's CEO has publicly admitted to paying off the DarkSide ransomware gang, providing the first look at how the largest cyberattack on US...

For the first time, Brazilians representing their country at the Olympics will undergo anti-racism training, in a bid to deal with a deep-rooted problem...

Germany held a national memorial service on Sunday for its nearly 80,000 victims of the coronavirus pandemic, with the president urging the country to...

Former NFL coach Urban Meyer attended former President Donald Trump's annual Super Bowl party on Sunday night, where guests dined on a game-day menu...

Floodwaters raced down streets and engulfed lawns along Florida's southwest coast Wednesday, courtesy of historic Hurricane Michael. Ian roared closer to the expected landfall...

In the face of intense public pressure, Uvalde's top school official has recommended firing the school district police chief, who was central to the...

United Parcel Service is taking package delivery to new heights, literally, with the purchase of 10 electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft from Beta...

If it's Monday, President Biden says he'll meet with Putin "in principle" if Russia doesn't invade Ukraine. The United States warns that Russia has...

According to UN officials, approximately 14 million Ukrainians have been displaced from their homes, including more than six million who have fled the country,...

Six cryptocurrency users are suing the US Treasury Department for blacklisting Tornado Cash last month, claiming the department's sanctions watchdog overstepped its authority by...

Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard Neal (D-Mass.) are working on legislation to limit the size of Individual...

At a time when conservatives are campaigning against teaching about systemic racism in the United States, the Texas Senate has moved to preserve evidence...

Five students and their mothers from Coosa High School in Rome, Georgia, filed a federal lawsuit against the Floyd County School District, alleging racial...

Su Hua, the founder of a Chinese startup called Kuaishou Technology, was on the verge of closing the biggest deal of his career in...

As the operations in response to a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi entered their second day, China touted its military exercises around...

According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, those who have been fully vaccinated for the coronavirus may skip the quarantine time if...

Patients no longer need to travel to doctors' offices for detailed heart rate or blood pressure readings, as consumer tech giants produce increasingly sophisticated...

It is unclear whether Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a final decision on an invasion of Ukraine, but he is continuing to build...

Hearing American progressives speak in 2021 is like picturing Luke Skywalker battling the overwhelming force of the Death Star. Despite the fact that liberals dominate...

A wildfire in Yosemite National Park is threatening some of the world's oldest and largest trees, woodlands that have stood since before Rome was...

Lawmakers and advocacy groups are calling for the resignation or removal of the newly elected Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Greene has been receiving...

The World Bank has warned that the conflict in Ukraine will result in the "largest commodity shock" since the 1970s. According to a new forecast,...

Antonio Brown's NFL career took another bizarre turn on Sunday when he walked out of his team's game at MetLife Stadium. In the third quarter,...

Ukrainians are once again concerned about the fate of a nuclear power plant in a country that was the site of the world's worst...

Families of nine Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims reached a $73 million settlement with the manufacturer of the gun used in the deadly...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met in Rome on Sunday as their new governments seek to move...

Europe reported its first case of the rapidly spreading new coronavirus variant, and dozens of countries restricted travel to and from southern Africa, where...

Parler, a social media company and app similar to Twitter that caters to conservative and right-wing users, announced that it would be relaunching its...

An employee was fired after stealing $15,000 in chips during an investigation into cheating allegations in the world of high-stakes poker. The latest development in...

Margaret, the middle Bowlin sister, was the first to exhibit symptoms. As a toddler, she began having seizures. The eldest, Bettina, then experienced a...

The Olympic trajectory that had Simone Biles on track for multiple gold medals has shifted from all but certain to, at best, hazy. Biles withdrew...