Winds will whip up and humidity levels will drop in Southern California this week, raising the risk for wildfires in parched areas still recovering from a recent destructive blaze, forecasters […]

Top Federal Reserve bank regulator, under fire from GOP, to step down next month
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve’s top financial regulator said Monday that he would resign next month, avoiding a potential confrontation with the incoming Trump administration and Republicans in the Senate. […]

Minneapolis to decide on police reform deal with US government after Floyd murder
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council is expected to decide Monday whether to approve an agreement with the federal government in response to the murder of George Floyd that would […]

Biden is traveling to New Orleans following the French Quarter attack that killed 14 and injured 30
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is taking a message to the grieving families of victims in the deadly New Year’s attack in New Orleans: “It takes time. You got to […]

Hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions are in limbo as a DC court awaits Trump’s White House return
WASHINGTON — It’s the largest prosecution in Justice Department history — with reams of evidence, harrowing videos and hundreds of convictions of the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on […]

Nippon Steel and US Steel file lawsuit challenging President Joe Biden's decision to block $15 billion deal
Nippon Steel and US Steel file lawsuit challenging President Joe Biden’s decision to block $15 billion deal Source link

Trial opens of former French President Sarkozy over alleged campaign funding by Libya’s ex-leader Gadhafi
Trial opens of former French President Sarkozy over alleged campaign funding by Libya’s ex-leader Gadhafi Source link

Austria's president tasks far-right leader Herbert Kickl with trying to form a new government
Austria’s president tasks far-right leader Herbert Kickl with trying to form a new government Source link

1 person killed in large avalanche in western Wyoming backcountry
JACKSON, Wyo. — An avalanche killed one skier and injured another after the group they were in triggered the large snowslide while ascending a mountain in western Wyoming. The avalanche […]

Lawmakers brace for Trump’s promised Jan. 6 pardons. Some are urging restraint
WASHINGTON — The fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has a new focus as lawmakers brace for the prospect that President-elect Donald Trump may soon pardon […]