Regional Media

Clear 81°. Heat Index: 99°. Wind: N 0 mph.
Loading advertisement…
Trending: Boeing records highest first-half deliveries since 2018
HomeNewsNational ( Page 280)

National

Subscribe to the National News Feed.
SHARE NOW
by

Democrats test a new red state strategy: Back independents over their own nominees

NEW YORK (AP) - Democratic leaders, desperate to compete in red states where their party brand is toxic, are embracing something new this midterm season: not backing Democrats. In states like Nebraska and Alaska, Democratic officials are, in some cases, ...
by

Maine lumber mill explosion injures at least 11 as firefighters respond to roaring blaze

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A large fire and explosion at a lumber mill in Maine's midcoast region injured at least 11 people Friday. Waldo County officials said they are considering the fire and explosion a "mass casualty event." MaineHealth Maine ...
by

The largest US children’s hospital settles with Texas and the Trump administration over gender care

The nation's largest children's hospital has agreed to a legal settlement with Texas and the Trump administration over gender-affirming care for transgender youth that includes a $10 million payment to the state, the administration and Texas Attorney General Ken ...
by

Illinois Quick Hits: Madigan: ‘Accept the federal scholarship tax credit’

(The Center Square) - Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan - from federal prison over corruption charges - penned an op-ed this week calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to accept the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit Program. ...
by

Texas hospital to launch youth ‘detransition clinic,’ fire doctors to settle state probe

By Daniel Wiessner May 15 (Reuters) - The largest children's hospital in the United States will create the country's first "detransition clinic" to undo gender-affirming treatments for transgender youth and fire five doctors who performed the procedures to settle an ...
by

WHO revises hantavirus cases lower after US passenger tests negative

By Puyaan Singh and Sneha S K May 15 (Reuters) - A World Health Organization official said on Friday the U.S. confirmed that an individual who had an inconclusive test was later confirmed to be negative for hantavirus, bringing down ...
Loading advertisement…
by

US, Brazil see jump in ethanol exports as consumers seek to boost fuel supplies

By Marcelo Teixeira NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - The United States and Brazil, the two largest producers of ethanol, are looking at a jump in exports of the biofuel this year due to movements by several consuming countries to ...
by

Markets begin eyeing a Fed rate hike around the turn of the year

May 15 (Reuters) - After a run of hotter-than-expected inflation data this week, investors on Friday ramped up bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve will shift into interest-rate hiking mode perhaps before the year is out, presenting a potential ...
by

Election denial is a fault line in Republican primary for Georgia secretary of state

ATLANTA (AP) - The specter of the 2020 election - when President Donald Trump refused to accept his loss to Democrat Joe Biden - continues to haunt Georgia and casts a long shadow over the Republican primary for candidates ...
by

A look at major Ebola outbreaks and when the disease was first identified

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - African health officials say there is a new Ebola outbreak in the Central African country of Congo, with at least 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths. The severe disease that is often fatal was ...
by

Exclusive-FDA drug center head expected to leave after commissioner’s exit, sources say

By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Michael Erman WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The acting head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's drug center, Tracey Beth Hoeg, is expected to leave the agency just days after Commissioner Marty Makary resigned, according ...
by

UK media regulator says X promises to crack down on terrorist and hate content

LONDON (AP) - Elon Musk's social media platform X has pledged to crack down on hate and terrorist content in Britain, the country's media regulator said Friday. Ofcom said X's public commitments include restricting access in the U.K. to ...
First Previous276277278279280281282283284Next Last