EPA delays new ozone pollution standards until after 2024 election
The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for ground-level ozone — better known as smog — despite a recommendation by a scientific advisory panel to lower air pollution limits to protect public health
2023-09-06 12:25
Federal budget deficit expected to nearly double to around $2 trillion, government watchdog says
The federal budget deficit is expected to balloon to about $2 trillion for fiscal year 2023, roughly double what it was in the previous fiscal year, according to a government watchdog group.
2023-09-06 12:23
Legal fights over voting districts could play role in control of Congress for 2024
Recent court rulings in some southern states could affect the battle for control of Congress in the 2024 election
2023-09-06 12:23
Russia is covering aircraft with car tires, potentially to protect them from Ukrainian drones
Moscow's forces have started covering some of their attack aircraft with car tires, in what experts say could be a makeshift attempt to protect them from Ukrainian drone strikes that have had increased recent success in targeting Russian military airports.
2023-09-06 12:21
Lawyers claim cable TV and phone companies also responsible in Maui fires
Lawyers for residents and business owners of the Hawaiian town devastated by last month’s fires on Maui told a court that cable TV and telephone companies share in responsibility for the disaster
2023-09-06 12:20
The US keeps deporting people to a country that it says is too dangerous for travel
The Biden administration has taken mixed positions on its policies involving Haiti -- with one federal agency warning that the Caribbean country is too dangerous for US citizens, while another agency deports Haitians back to the violence-torn country.
2023-09-06 12:19
China authorities arrest 2 for smashing shortcut through Great Wall with excavator
China’s Great Wall has been pierced by Genghis Khan, the Manchus, and now, allegedly, a couple of construction workers named Zheng and Wang who wanted a shortcut
2023-09-06 12:18
An alarming humanitarian crisis and massive sexual violence wrack eastern Congo, UN official says
A senior UN official says the humanitarian situation in conflict-wracked eastern Congo has deteriorated alarmingly in the past 18 months with 8 million people in urgent need of assistance and women and girls subjected to sexual violence on a massive scale -- just in three provinces
2023-09-06 11:46
Suspect indicted on attempted murder charge in explosives attack on Japan's Kishida, report says
Japanese media reports say a man has been indicted on attempted murder and other charges over an explosives attack targeting Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in April
2023-09-06 11:46
Is Michael Strahan’s daughter OK? ‘GMA’ host’s eldest child Tanita Strahan mourns ‘heartbreaking’ loss of family member
Friends and family rushed to support Tanita Strahan in the comment section of her post as she mourned the loss
2023-09-06 11:25
'Welcome To Plathville’ star Kim Plath moves into beau Ken Palmer’s $609K home year after split from Barry Plath
In 2017, Ken Palmer purchased the log cabin-style property with four bedrooms and four bathrooms
2023-09-06 10:23
'Married To Medicine' star Quad Webb mourns her aunt Bev's death as she pens heartfelt note
'Married To Medicine' star Quad Webb witnessed death of two loved ones in one week
2023-09-06 10:23