Some 10,000 grocery store workers across the greater Denver area went on strike Thursday, claiming unfair and illegal negotiating practices by King Soopers while their union has been negotiating a […]
Storms flood neighborhoods with a wintry mix and drop ‘thunder ice’ in several states
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Storms sent creeks over their banks and caused flash flooding in portions of West Virginia and Kentucky on Thursday, while a wintry mix coated trees and roads […]
New Hampshire skiers are lowered from a lift by rope after a mechanical problem
FRANCONIA, N.H. — More than 60 passengers were successfully evacuated from a New Hampshire ski lift after a mechanical failure that came just four days after a chair at a […]
Georgia Republicans advance bill to make Atlanta let the Fulton County sheriff use its jail
ATLANTA — Republicans in a Georgia Senate committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would force the city of Atlanta to allow the Fulton County sheriff to use the city jail […]
Panama’s president denies making a deal that US ships can transit the canal for free
PANAMA CITY — Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday denied the U.S. State Department’s claim that his country had reached a deal allowing U.S. warships to transit the Panama […]
How nonprofit Change Reaction gets money to households impacted by wildfires so fast
PASADENA, Calif. — As Angelenos reel from the devastating wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes and businesses and killed at least 29 people, an LA-based nonprofit is handing out cash […]
Opposition lawmakers protest alleged mistreatment of Indian deportees by US
NEW DELHI — India’s Parliament was disrupted on Thursday as opposition lawmakers protested the alleged mistreatment of 104 Indian immigrants deported by the United States. A U.S. military plane carrying […]
3 steps to uncovering your true financial goals
What are your top financial goals? If your goals are hard to pin down, or seem to drift, you’re not alone. Research suggests that, even when considering important goals, people […]
Boy Scouts see a small membership uptick after rebrand to Scouting America
IRVING, Texas — A historic rebrand of the Boy Scouts of America has been followed by a small uptick in young people joining what will now be called Scouting America, […]
The US is freezing and La Nina usually eases warming. Earth just set another heat record anyway
WASHINGTON — The world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly United States, a cooling La Nina and predictions of a slightly less hot […]