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By JAKE BLEIBERG, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Shortly after 5 p.m., local time, authorities escort a hostage out of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Police said the man was not hurt and would be reunited with his family. (Elias Valverde/The Dallas Morning News via AP) Four hostages are safe and their captor is dead after an hourslong standoff that began when the

By SUDHIN THANAWALA and JEFFREY COLLINS Forecasts of snow and ice as far south as Georgia have put a big part of the Southeast on an emergency preparedness footing as shoppers scoured store shelves for storm supplies and crews raced to treat highways and roads as a major winter storm approached from the Midwest. In Virginia, where a blizzard left thousands of motorists trapped on clogged highways earlier this month, outgoing Gov.

By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO FILE - This artist sketch depicts lawyer Scott Keller standing to argue on behalf of more than two dozen business groups seeking an immediate order from the Supreme Court to halt a Biden administration order to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation's large employers during the COVID-19 pandemic, at the Supreme Court in Washington, Jan. 7, 2022. The Supreme Court has stopped the

Betesha Ethridge - #BankWithBea Hello friends! Happy New Year!! It’s the beginning of the year and many of us have already created our vision boards and know exactly what we want to accomplish in 2022. Maybe you will buy your dream house this year, or that car you’ve saved up for. Others may be wanted to start a retirement plan, start investing, create a budget, pay off credit card debt,

Another small earthquake has rattled the Midlands region of South Carolina, continuing a string of seismic activity that began late last month in the area near the capital. News outlets reported that a magnitude 1.3 quake occurred late Tuesday in Richland County almost 6 miles (9.66 kilometers) southeast of Elgin, the U.S. Geological Survey said in a statement. No injuries or damage was reported from the shake, which was considered

The legal fight over North Carolina’s redistricting plans shifted quickly to the state Supreme Court the day after trial judges refused to throw out the new maps. By Wednesday, nearly half of the justices had been asked by lawyers to stay out of upcoming deliberations because of alleged conflicts. Plaintiffs in the case filed appeal notices with the state’s highest court almost immediately after Tuesday’s ruling by a three-judge panel that allowed

 A northwest Louisiana city has begun taking applications for a one-year program offering $660 a month to 110 unwed parents with low incomes.  It’s among many such projects nationwide to give people a guaranteed income and track the results. “An estimated 25% of the citizens in Shreveport are living in poverty and a guaranteed income would empower recipients to address their most urgent day-to-day needs and unpredictable expenses,” Mayor Adrian Perkins said

By DAVID PORTER, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MICHELLE L. PRICE A faulty space heater on a chilly Sunday morning sparked a fire that filled a high-rise Bronx apartment building with thick smoke, killing 19 people including nine children. It was New York City’s deadliest fire in three decades. Trapped residents broke windows for air and stuffed wet towels under doors as smoke rose from a lower-floor apartment where the fire

Ahmaud Arbery's father Marcus Arbery, center, sits in the courtroom with other family members during the sentencing of Greg McMichael, his son, Travis McMichael, and a neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan in the Glynn County Courthouse, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, in Brunswick, Ga. The three found guilty in the February 2020 slaying of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, Pool) Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery were

By HILLEL ITALIE FILE - Actor Sidney Poitier poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif. on June 2, 2008. Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, died Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 in the Bahamas. He was 94.