The U.S. Senate votes overwhelmingly to confirm Ashton Carter as President Barack Obama's next secretary of defense. Nathan Frandino reports.
This year's Berkshire Hathaway meeting gave shareholders their best chance yet to hear from the man who will one day take over as CEO when Warren Buffett is gone, but Buffett said for the first time Saturday that Greg Abel should also take responsibility for the company's investments after he takes over, raising new questions about the succession plan. Abel put his encyclopedic knowledge of the utility business that he led directly for years on display and delved into railroad operations and potential acquisitions that Berkshire pursued while sharing the stage with Buffett all day. Abel pointed out that it required a major culture shift to get workers at PacifiCorp and the other utilities, who have long focused all their energy on keeping the lights on, to think about shutting the power down at times when the risk that their power lines could spark wildfires is too great.
Polls closed in presidential elections in Panama Sunday that featured a crowded field of eight candidates, led by the protege of a graft-convicted former head of state.Martinelli, who remains popular in Panama, has taken asylum at the Nicaraguan embassy, from where he campaigned for his protege.
Former President Donald Trump continues to make false claims about his New York trial.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a video statement accusing Hamas of making unacceptable demands in negotiations for the freedom of hostages from Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted on X that the operations of Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera in Israel will be closed.
New York City's Department of Corrections is temporarily suspending the use of body-worn cameras after an employee suffered burns and smoke inhalation last week when hers suddenly caught fire.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a social media post Sunday that the University of Texas would not meet the demands of student protesters.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday denounced a "volcano of anti-Semitism" and international criticism of Israel's war in Gaza, insisting that no pressure would stop it from defending itself.And he denounced "this terrible volcano of anti-Semitism" that he said was surging around the world.
As rivers swell across South Texas, leaving homes and businesses flooded and thousands of people displaced, residents were looking skyward Sunday as more rain looms.
Authorities shut the highway down in both directions after a three-vehicle crash Thursday involving a gasoline tanker, which burst into flames and damaged an overpass above I-95 in Norwalk. “It is truly remarkable to complete this work in less than 80 hours,” Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said Sunday on the social platform X.
Yuval Dancyg could not hold back his tears."I dream of coming back here with my father, having him explain every spot to me," Yuval said while walking along the streets of the nearby city of Krakow.
Thieves killed two Australians and an American on a surfing trip to Mexico in order to steal their truck, particularly because they wanted the tires, authorities said Sunday. Baja California state prosecutors released grisly details of the slayings, but have not yet officially confirmed the identification of the bodies. “The probability that it's them is very high,” said chief state prosecutor María Elena Andrade Ramírez, noting the corpses still appeared to be identifiable by sight.
Warren Buffett told Berkshire Hathaway shareholders that he has mixed feelings about artificial intelligence — in a tone he's expressed before.
Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal bus crash on Interstate 95 early Sunday that left one person dead and 23 injured.
At least seven people were injured in a Long Beach, California, shooting late Saturday night, according to police.
Too much pavement and old drainage systems are just two of the problems communities face.
Israel vows a military operation in the "very near future."
Speaker Mike Johson is expected to confront a vote over his ouster this week, a pivotal moment that presents a major leadership test for the Louisiana Republican even though he is expected to prevail in the vote.
An Israeli airstrike Sunday in the town of Mays al Jabal in south Lebanon killed four civilians and wounded several others, Lebanese state media and the town's municipality reported. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported that the strike took place “while a number of the town’s residents were inspecting their homes and shops and the damage they sustained” in previous strikes. The Israeli military said its jet targeted military infrastructure in the southern Lebanese town belonging to Hezbollah, which has clashed with Israeli troops since Oct. 8.
A $400 million increase in federal funding is available for security in places of worship, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Sunday. Places like synagogues and mosques could apply to use the money to hire security personnel or install cameras under the new increase in funding to the existing federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program, Schumer, a Democrat, said from New York City.
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