Deep sea mining permits may be coming soon. What are they and what might happen?
BY VICTORIA MILKO JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – The International Seabed Authority – the United Nations body that regulates the world’s ocean floor – is preparing to resume negotiations that could open the international seabed for mining, including for materials critical for […]
Read MoreJudge limits Biden administration in working with social media companies
BY JIM SALTER A judge on Tuesday prohibited several federal agencies and officials of the Biden administration from working with social media companies about “protected speech,” a decision called “a blow to censorship” by one of the Republican officials whose lawsuit […]
Read MoreNorth Carolina trooper fatally shoots stranded driver who opened fire on him, authorities say
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) – A North Carolina state trooper who was trying to help a stranded driver was shot in his protective vest before he killed the motorist who fired at him, authorities said. Trooper Jeffrey Dunlap stopped on Interstate […]
Read MoreFormer North Carolina legislator, appeals court judge is next parole panel chairman
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – A former North Carolina legislative leader and appellate court judge has been named the next chairman of the state parole commission. Gov. Roy Cooper announced Monday that he’s elevated Darren Jackson to lead the North Carolina […]
Read MoreThe Secret Service found cocaine at the White House, AP sources say
BY COLLEEN LONG AND MICHAEL BALSAMO WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House was briefly evacuated Sunday evening while President Joe Biden was at Camp David after the Secret Service discovered suspicious powder in a common area of the West Wing, and […]
Read MoreConservatives go to red states and liberals go to blue as the country grows more polarized
BY NICHOLAS RICCARDI STAR, Idaho (AP) – Once he and his wife, Jennifer, moved to a Boise suburb last year, Tim Kohl could finally express himself. Kohl did what the couple never dared at their previous house outside Los Angeles – […]
Read MoreMonday may have set a global record for the hottest day ever. Tuesday broke it
BY MELINA WALLING AND SETH BORENSTEIN The entire planet sweltered for the two unofficial hottest days in human recordkeeping Monday and Tuesday, according to University of Maine scientists at the Climate Reanalyzer project. For two straight days, the global average temperature […]
Read MoreRetailers, beware: Resumption of student loan payments could lead some buyers to pull back
BY PAUL WISEMAN WASHINGTON (AP) – The reprieve is over. Just as the American economy is struggling with high inflation and interest rates, the coming resumption of student loan payments poses yet another potential challenge. The suspension of federal student loan […]
Read MoreSupreme Court ruling brings bitterness for borrowers counting on student loan forgiveness
BY SHARON LURYE AND ANNIE MA Whitney Jean Alim, a 27-year-old educator in Chicago, dreamed of buying a house sooner with the room in her budget from President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation plan. It would have cut in half the […]
Read MoreIn a polarized US, how to define a patriot increasingly depends on who’s being asked
Millions of Americans will attend parades, fireworks and other Independence Day events on Tuesday, celebrating the courage of the nation’s 18th century patriots who fought for independence from Great Britain and what they considered an unjust government. Those events also […]
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