US extends ban on American passports for travel to NKorea
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has extended for one year a Trump-era ban on the use of U.S. passports for travel to North Korea....
Kansas City Southern takeover vote delayed after bid gutted
OMAHA, Neb. — A planned shareholder vote on Canadian National's $33.6 billion offer has been delayed after regulators rejected a key part of the...
Rep. Jamie Raskin’s book ‘Unthinkable’ coming out Jan. 4
NEW YORK — U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland is working on a memoir in which he will reflect on the Jan. 6 siege...
Water ruling gives hope to opponents of Okefenokee mine plan
ATLANTA — A judge's decision striking down a Trump-era rule that eliminated federal protections for some wetlands and streams is giving hope to opponents...
Judge: Ahmaud Arbery’s past troubles irrelevant to trial
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Defense attorneys for the men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery won’t be allowed to present evidence of the slain Black man’s...
Wisconsin election probe includes $325,000 for data analysis
MADISON, Wis. — Nearly half of the money being spent on a Republican-ordered investigation into Wisconsin's 2020 presidential election is earmarked for data analysis,...
Wisconsin backs down on regulating swimming pool rental app
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin regulators have backed down on demands that operators of a startup that allows private homeowners to rent their swimming pools...
Ida’s not done, Kate persists, Tropical Storm Larry forms
MIAMI — The remnants of Hurricane Ida were forecast to dump rain from the central Appalachians into New England on Wednesday, with up to...
UN: Weather disasters soar in numbers, cost, but deaths fall
GENEVA — Weather disasters are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in the 1970s,...
Strong winds push California wildfire closer to Lake Tahoe
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Flames raced across treetops and through drought-stricken vegetation as firefighters scrambled Wednesday to keep a growing California wildfire from...