Vermont's Bethany Bosch completes the English Channel swim
Wallingford, VT's Bethany Bosch completed the English Channel swim in 17 hours and 34 minutes
Wallingford, VT's Bethany Bosch completed the English Channel swim in 17 hours and 34 minutes
Prince William and his wife Catherine have been filmed at a farm shop near their Windsor home, The Sun newspaper reported — the first footage of Kate since she had abdominal surgery for an unspecified condition two months ago. The newspaper published a short clip late Monday that appeared to show William and Kate smiling as they walked together, carrying shopping bags. It said the footage was taken on Saturday in Windsor, west of London.
The incoming Palestinian prime minister said on Tuesday that he will appoint a technocratic government and establish an independent trust fund to oversee Gaza’s reconstruction. In a mission statement acquired by The Associated Press, Mohammad Mustafa laid out wide-ranging plans for the kind of revitalized Palestinian Authority called for by the United States as part of its postwar vision for resolving the conflict. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out any return of the PA to Gaza and his government is staunchly opposed to Palestinian statehood.
'I've seen people cry. I've seen them scream': For die-hard eclipse chasers, this year’s most important destination is in central and western Mexico.
The proposal comes on the heels of President Joe Biden's budget request, which also included higher taxes on a narrower set of wealthy Americans.
Troubled property developer China Evergrande Group says Beijing’s stock watchdog has fined it 4.2 billion yuan ($333.4 million) for allegedly falsifying its revenue, among other violations, as it conducts a deep clean of the troubled financial sector. The company said in a release to mainland Chinese stock exchanges late Monday that its chairman, Hui Ka Yan, was fined 47 million yuan ($6.5 million) and banned from China’s markets for life. Hui, also known as Xu Jiayin, was detained by authorities in September for suspected “illegal crimes.”
COVID-19 vaccines were found to cut the risk of heart failure by up to 55% and blood clots by up to 78% following COVID infection, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal. Vaccines included in the research were Moderna, Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson. COVID vaccines reduced the risk of blood clots in the veins by 78% within a month of obtaining the dose, according to the researchers' findings.
The Freedom Monument Sculpture Park is an expansive new experience that aims to pay an honest tribute to courage and resilience as an American equivalent to a Holocaust memorial
ERIC was once a bipartisan tool helping states fight voter fraud. Now it's a lightning rod that is less useful for the states that remain.
Moms for Liberty candidates' win rate dropped in 2023. It's numbers don't match those of independent researchers.
The average Wall Street bonus fell slightly last year to $176,500 as the industry added employees and took a “more cautious approach” to compensation, New York state’s comptroller reported Tuesday. The average bonus for employees in New York City’s securities industry was down 2% from $180,000 in 2022. The slight dip came even as Wall Street profits were up 1.8% last year, according to the annual estimate from Thomas DiNapoli, the state's comptroller.
China and South Korea both experienced their first increase in marriages in a decade.
President Joe Biden travels to Nevada and Arizona on Tuesday to promote his affordable housing proposals and pitch his case for re-election in two political swing states that could prove critical to his bid to stay in the White House. The Democratic president has been making stops in a host of battleground states since his State of the Union address earlier this month that criticized his Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, and laid out ideas he hopes to implement if given a second term. With worries about high rents and mortgage interest rates contributing to voters' sour views about the economy, Biden will tout his administration's latest proposals to make housing more affordable.
President Joe Biden is embarking on a three-day campaign swing aimed at shoring up his standing in the Sun Belt as part of an aggressive play to re-energize vital parts of his 2020 electoral coalition. Much of Biden’s time on this trip this week, which includes stops in Nevada, Arizona and Texas, will be geared toward courting the Latino voters who helped power his coalition in 2020 and to emphasizing his pro-union, pro-abortion rights message. Biden's first stop Tuesday is in Reno, Nevada, where he will meet with local officials and campaign volunteers in Washoe County before heading to Las Vegas to promote his administration’s housing policies.
U.S. officials stressed Tuesday that newly-approved legislation providing billions of dollars in funding for three strategically important Pacific island nations is an important sign of American commitment, which comes amid warnings China is actively trying to pry them away from Washington's sphere of influence. The renewal of funds for the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau — known collectively as the Freely Associated States — had been held up for months by broader infighting in Congress over budgetary issues, even though they enjoyed widespread bipartisan support. Leaders in the islands had warned that delays could have forced their governments to cut services, and swayed public opinion toward offers of investment from China.
The former officers pleaded guilty to more than a dozen federal charges related to the beating, sexual assaults of two Black men in Mississippi.
Peter Navarro, an ex-White House aide to former President Donald Trump, is scheduled to turn himself in Tuesday to a federal prison in Miami, making history as the first former White House official to be imprisoned for a contempt of Congress conviction.
Ohio Republicans choose their nominee in key Senate race while California seeks to replace former speaker Kevin McCarthy
Navarro, convicted for refusing to cooperate with House January 6 committee, to report to Miami facility with zoo next door
After two years of rate hikes, Americans are coping with higher costs for all kinds of loans. Here's what to expect from the Fed this week.
The settlement with the Realtors' association ended guaranteed commissions but could impose new costs on buyers already struggling to break into the market.