I-15 from LA to Vegas, Grapevine reopen after drivers stranded in snow for hours
LOS ANGELES -- A strong winter storm that barreled into Southern California on Christmas Day and spent the night, dumping ... Read More
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Trump's North Korea gamble leaves U.S. back at square one. Where'd it go wrong?
SEOUL, South Korea -- When President Donald Trump agreed to met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in 2018, flying in the face of all past precedent and protocol, both Koreas jumped at what appeared to be the biggest ...Read more
Turkey convicts dissident journalists on terrorism charges
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- A Turkish criminal court convicted at least seven staffers at the Sozcu newspaper on terrorism-related charges, the latest such ruling targeting journalists critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...Read more
SEALs describe Gallagher as 'psychopath' and 'medal chaser'
SAN DIEGO -- Navy SEALs who were never called to testify in the war crimes trial of Chief Petty Officer Eddie Gallagher told naval criminal investigators about behavior they witnessed, including the alleged stabbing of a ...Read more
In 2020, Baltimore will start to see police consent decree reforms in action — but delays remain
BALTIMORE -- Baltimore residents should start to see the Police Department's consent decree reforms on the street for the first time in 2020, but many key initiatives are delayed as well.
Officers have been trained on a ...Read more
Ex-Congressman Vin Weber tries to bounce back from Ukraine probe
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Russia probe that consumed the first three years of the Trump presidency also nearly derailed the Washington career of former Minnesota Congressman Vin Weber.
Now he's trying to get his reputation ...Read more
Memorial would honor Republic of Texas diplomacy in Washington
WASHINGTON -- While the brief, colorful history of the Republic of Texas is well known, giving bragging rights to the state that was a country, less known is its diplomatic corps, which established missions in foreign ...Read more
Dakota Access pipeline owners want to pump more oil through Illinois. Critics worry the move will increase the risk of leaks or a devastating spill
Oil has been flowing through the Dakota Access pipeline across Illinois since the summer of 2017, traveling underground from the Mississippi River to a hub in a tiny central Illinois town.
Every day, an average of 560,000...Read more
California is rewriting the rules of the internet. Businesses are scrambling to keep up
A sweeping new law that aims to rewrite the rules of the internet in California is set to go into effect on Jan. 1.
Most businesses with a website and customers in California -- which is to say most large businesses in ...Read more
South Philly refinery, a big polluter, shut down 6 months ago. So, do we have cleaner air?
PHILADELPHIA -- The vast Philadelphia Energy Solutions refining complex was the single largest stationary source of air pollution in the city before it shut down after a catastrophic June 21 fire. So it would be reasonable...Read more
Mark Phelan: Failure to launch: Why new cars' quality hits the skids
Don't play cards with a guy called "Doc" or buy a car in its first year of production.
After 120 years, you'd think the world's automakers would've mastered the art of getting a new model into production smoothly, but the...Read more
I rented a Tesla Model 3 from some dude on Turo, the leading car-share service
A few blocks down the hill from my home in Berkeley, Calif., lives a guy named Ethan Dang. We'd never met before, but for two days he gave me his $45,000 Tesla Model 3 to drive around.
We met up through a car-rental app ...Read more
National Guard drops two Georgians after investigating extremist ties
ATLANTA -- Two Georgia men targeted earlier this year by online activists for their associations with radical white extremism have been kicked out of the Army National Guard, following months of investigation.
Army ...Read more
Modi hardens stance against protesters, who vow to hold the line
NEW DEHLI -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has set itself on a collision course with those protesting against a new religion-based citizenship law, leading to fears of deepening polarization across the country ...Read more
Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart extend returns for the holidays. So did these other retailers
Have some gifts you need to return but don't want to get stuck in the day-after-Christmas shopping frenzy?
Some retailers are offering extended holiday return periods that run into late January. Others just happen to have...Read more
Donald Trump's scene in 'Home Alone 2' was cut in Canada. Is it actually political?
A Canadian TV station removed Donald Trump's scene in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" from its holiday broadcasts of the movie, media outlets report.
But is it actually a politically motivated jab at the president?
...Read more
Petition with more than 450K signatures asks Target to ban plastic bags
MINNEAPOLIS -- It may have been a small group Thursday delivering a petition asking Target to ban plastic bags.
However, the petition with 455,000 signatures is Change.org's largest environmental petition in 2019, said ...Read more
Disney World buys 235 acres. Here's what we know
Walt Disney World has been hungry for land and has just purchased about 235 more acres to add to its Central Florida empire. What the theme park plans to do with all this empty space is a mystery.
On Monday, one of Disney...Read more
'BoJack Horseman' creator shades Netflix, Amazon for dismissing end credits
"BoJack Horseman" is officially done with Netflix, and so is creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg.
Over the holiday break, Bob-Waksberg threw shade at his own distributors, Netflix and Amazon, for shrinking end-credits sequences ...Read more
Seeing a Central American surge, Mexicans join the asylum line at the US border
MATAMOROS, Mexico -- Emma Sanchez waited patiently in line at the foot of a bridge leading across the Rio Grande and into Texas, one of tens of thousands of people stuck on Mexico's northern border seeking political asylum...Read more
Michigan woman discovers her Secret Santa is Bill Gates
DETROIT -- A Michigan woman had a very merry Christmas this year. Her Secret Santa turned out to be Microsoft founder and billionaire Bill Gates.
After participating in numerous RedditGifts exchanges, Shelby, who asked ...Read more
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