US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many...
BOSTON (AP) — The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of...
View ArticleCourt rules Georgia lawmakers can subpoena Fani Willis for information...
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has ruled that the Georgia state Senate can subpoena Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as part of a inquiry into whether she has engaged in misconduct during her...
View ArticleMan indicted in burning death of woman inside a New York City subway train,...
NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of burning a sleeping woman to death inside a New York City subway train has been indicted on murder and arson charges, prosecutors announced Friday, as authorities...
View ArticleMaryland sues maker of Gore-Tex over pollution from toxic 'forever chemicals'
Maryland is suing the company that produces the waterproof material Gore-Tex often used for raincoats and other outdoor gear, alleging its leaders kept using “forever chemicals” long after learning...
View ArticleWarren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, dies...
HONOLULU (AP) — Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah, has died. He was 105. Upton died Wednesday at a...
View ArticleCAIC warns of possible avalanches this weekend
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) - The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is reporting an increase in avalanche conditions over this weekend and New Year's Day. According to CAIC, snowstorms will bring...
View ArticleJudge signals that contempt hearing for Rudy Giuliani over his assets might...
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge is signaling that Rudy Giuliani’s contempt hearing next Friday might not end so well for the former New York City mayor and onetime personal lawyer for President-elect...
View ArticleCanadian Cabinet ministers meet with Trump's nominee for commerce secretary...
TORONTO (AP) — Two Canadian Cabinet ministers left a meeting at Mar-a-Lago on Friday without assurances President-elect Donald Trump will back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the...
View ArticleCoroner identifies driver who died in Thursday's fatal crash
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) - The Mesa County Coroner's Office announced it has completed its investigation into Thursday's fatal car crash. The coroner's office said Grand Junction resident Dario...
View ArticleSweden embarks on a sober search for more cemetery space in case of war
GOTHENBURG, Sweden (AP) — Burial associations in Sweden are looking to acquire enough land for something they hope they'll never have to do: bury thousands of people in the event of war. The search...
View ArticleSyria's embassy in Lebanon suspends services as Lebanon hands over former...
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s embassy in Lebanon suspended consular services Saturday, a day after two relatives of deposed Syrian President Bashar Assad were arrested at the Beirut airport with allegedly...
View ArticleBelgium will ban sales of disposable e-cigarettes in a first for the EU
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium will ban the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes as of Jan. 1 on health and environmental grounds in a groundbreaking move for European Union nations. Health minister...
View ArticleMusk causes uproar for backing Germany's far-right party ahead of key elections
BERLIN (AP) — Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk caused uproar after backing Germany’s far-right party in a major newspaper ahead of key parliamentary elections in the Western European country, leading to...
View ArticleRussian man arrested for allegedly running LGBTQ+ travel agency found dead in...
A Russian man arrested for allegedly running a travel agency for gay customers was found dead in custody in Moscow, rights group OVD-Info reported Sunday, amid a crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights in Russia....
View ArticleTornadoes in Texas and Mississippi kill 2 and injure 6 as severe weather...
HOUSTON (AP) — A strong storm system threatened to whip up tornadoes in parts of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, a day after severe weather claimed at least two lives as twisters touched down in Texas...
View Article3 die off northern France coast in a Channel crossing attempt
PARIS (AP) — At least three migrants died early Sunday while attempting to cross the English Channel to Britain from northern France, authorities said. The deaths were confirmed after an early morning...
View ArticleJetliner skids off runway and bursts into flames while landing in South...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A jetliner skidded off a runway, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames Sunday in South Korea after its landing gear apparently failed to deploy. All but two of...
View ArticleA fourth infant dies of the winter cold in Gaza as families share blankets in...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A fourth infant has died of hypothermia in the Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by nearly 15 months of war huddle in tents along the...
View ArticleJimmy Carter, 39th US president, Nobel winner, dies at 100
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who tried to restore virtue to the White House after the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, then rebounded from a landslide defeat to become a global...
View ArticleIn 2024, artificial intelligence was all about putting AI tools to work
If 2023 was a year of wonder about artificial intelligence, 2024 was the year to try to get that wonder to do something useful without breaking the bank. There was a “shift from putting out models to...
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