A night of downing cocktails at a Laotian hostel has left an American tourist and four others dead from what authorities said was methanol-tainted booze.  Victims include two Danish women in their twenties, 28-year-old British lawyer Simone White, and 19-year-old Australian student Bianca Jones, according to the Times. The identity of the American has not...

Redfin, three days after the election, revised their mortgage rate estimate upward to 6.8%.

New research highlights where residents of blue-voting states in U.S. are most likely to relocate based on Google search trends.

They Eagles will play for a Class 4A state championship against Becker at 1 p.m. Friday at U.S. Bank Stadium.

U.S. stocks climbed after market superstar Nvidia and another round of companies said theyre making even fatter profits than expected. The S&P 500 pulled 0.5% higher Thursday after flipping between modest gains and losses several times in the morning. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1.1%, and the Nasdaq composite edged up less than 0.1%. Banks, smaller companie...

If you thought Starbucks’ prices were high, just wait till you hear this. This weekend in the U.K., people will be invited to purchase a flat white for £272. In U.S. terms, that cup of Joea double shot of espresso topped with steamed milkwill run you $344. The offer is part of a crowdfunding campaign […]The post

HONOLULU (AP) The latest lawsuit to take aim at Hawaiis gun laws challenges the state’s ban on gun ownership for young adults 18 to 20 years old, which Second Amendment advocates say is an unconstitutional restriction on the right of Americans to bear arms.Elijah Pin...

Todays self-styled MAGA followers and self-styled progressives are anchored in the common tradition of early 20th century populists.

U.S. intelligence officials warned American defense companies on Thursday to increase security precautions following several acts of sabotage in Europe that officials have blamed on Russia.

WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. intelligence officials warned American defense companies on Thursday to increase security precautions following several acts of sabotage in Europe that officials have blamed on Russia.The public bulletin issued by the National Counterintelligence and Se...

Is “Red One,” Dwayne Johnson’s Yuletide action extravaganza with a gargantuan $250 million budget, a sign of where the movie business is headed or a relic from its free-spending, streaming wars past? After the movie opened last weekend in the U.S. to a less-than-festive $32 million (revised downward from an estimated $34 million on Sunday), […]

The fallout is still being sorted from former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida withdrawing his bid for U.S. attorney general Thursday, but one CNN ...

Before she spearheaded the effort to ban transgender women from women's facilities in the U.S. Capitol, Nancy Mace was the proponent of an LGBTQ+ equality bill.

Prosecutors accuse billionaire Gautam Adani and advisers of paying $250 million in bribes.

The Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act was passed Thursday and now heads to the president's desk.

I pull the following directly from the summary of the 2024 annual reports of the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees:The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund (that is, Social Security) will be able to pay 100 percent of total scheduled benefits until 2033, unchanged from last years report. At that time, the funds reserves will become depleted and continuing prog...

     A dispute exists between the New Jersey Transit Rail Operations and its Locomotive Engineers represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.      The dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, 45 U.S.C. 151-188 (RLA). An emergency board to investigate and report on...

Educators are flipping out over Donald Trump’s choice of pro wrestling exec and longtime donor Linda McMahon for Secretary of Education. Predictably so, since experts in just about every field are flipping out when Trump chooses some poorly qualified (yet very loyal) hack to oversee their specialtyor selects another fox to guard the henhouse. America’s […]

The ceremony takes place in the United States for the first time in its 25-year history here's how to watch the three-day show without a VPN.

Total Failure:The Mikoyan MiG-1.44 was a Russian experimental fifth-generation jet fighter developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as a response to the U.S. F-22 Raptor. Intended to showcase advanced stealth capabilities and supercruise performance, the MiG-1.44 was designed as a technology demonstrator rather than a mass-production model.