September 11, 2024, 11:58am Nation & World
A mother, grandfather, adult brother and two caregivers in Florida have been charged with the starvation death of a 7-year-old disabled boy who weighed 7 pounds and had bones poking through his skin when he was found dead on Christmas, officials announced Wednesday. Read story
September 11, 2024, 11:52am Nation & World
Single mother Rebecca Wood, 45, was already dealing with high medical bills in 2020 when she noticed she was being charged a $2.49 “program fee” each time she loaded money onto her daughter’s school lunch account. Read story
September 11, 2024, 11:47am Business
The U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday that it is ending discounts that shipping consolidators such as UPS and DHL use to get packages to the nation's doorsteps, in a move meant to help the Postal Service slow losses but that could see the higher costs passed on to consumers. Read story
September 11, 2024, 11:32am Nation & World
Amid the explosion of legal gambling in the United States, some things have remained off-limits, including betting on the outcome of U.S. elections. Read story
September 11, 2024, 11:09am Nation & World
At an impromptu party in the office to celebrate his 50th birthday, a veteran CIA officer got drunk, reached up a colleague’s skirt and forcibly kissed her in front of stunned co-workers, prosecutors alleged in the latest case of sexual misconduct to spill from the spy agency into a public… Read story
September 11, 2024, 11:07am Nation & World
Alex Luna, a 20-year-old missionary, saw the sky turn from a cherry red to black in about 90 minutes as an explosive wildfire raced toward the Southern California mountain community of Wrightwood and authorities implored residents to leave their belongings behind and get out of town. Read story
September 11, 2024, 11:01am Nation & World
Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced Tuesday that his nation’s long-awaited participation in the largely U.S.-funded Multinational Security Support mission in Haiti is ready to begin. Read story
September 11, 2024, 10:59am Nation & World
A flash flood swept away an entire hamlet in northern Vietnam, killing 30 people and leaving dozens missing as deaths from a typhoon and its aftermath climbed to 155 on Wednesday. Read story
September 11, 2024, 10:56am Life
A Florida judge has declared Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner divorced and single, signing off on a confidential agreement reached between the two. Read story
September 11, 2024, 10:52am Nation & World
Kosovo prosecutors on Wednesday filed charges against 45 people over a gunfight following an incursion by heavily armed Serb gunmen last year, as tensions rise between Serbia and its former breakaway province. Read story
