Biden pledges aggressive response to pipeline cyberattackers
President Joe Biden pledged an aggressive response to the cyberattack that temporarily shut down the Colonial Pipeline and warned gasoline stations on...
Jimmy Harrell, Deepwater Horizon rig supervisor, dies at 65
MORTON, Miss. — Jimmy Harrell, a supervisor on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, has died at age 65.
Israel begins firing artillery and tank shells into Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel has begun firing artillery and tank shells into Gaza, and scores of families are fleeing their homes, Palestinian witne...
‘Amazing’: Pilots, passenger uninjured after midair crash
DENVER — The pilot of an airplane that collided with another midair near Denver requested emergency landing for engine failure, not knowing that his p...
Company: Ex-Trump lawyer raiding nonprofit for personal use
Former Trump attorney and self-proclaimed “Kraken releaser” Sidney Powell has told prospective donors that her group, Defending the Republic, is a leg...
Gas crunch continues across much of US after pipeline hack
CLEMMONS, N.C. — Gas pumps remained shrouded by plastic bags Thursday at thousands of service stations across more than a dozen U.S. states, despite a...
Hyundai plans to invest $7.4 billion in US by 2025
Hyundai plans to invest $7.4 billion in the U.S. by 2025 to make electronic vehicles, enhance production facilities and invest further in smart mobili...
Inside one network cashing in on vaccine disinformation
The couple in the website videos could be hawking any number of products.
New Ford models can get over-the-internet software updates
DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford says it is starting to send out over-the-internet software updates to some of its newer models as it moves to offer technology ...
Big 0.6% April wholesale price jump catches many off guard
WASHINGTON — Wholesale prices, driven by escalating costs for services and food, jumped 0.6% in April, surprising economists and providing more eviden...
Stocks open higher on Wall Street as Big Tech regains ground
Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street following three days of losses and the biggest one-day drop in the S&P 500 since February. Big Tech compa...
Hamas, Israel fighting escalates even amid truce efforts
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas sent a heavy barrage of rockets deep into Israel in a matter of minutes Thursday and Israel pounded Gaza with more airst...
Morning shows extend the day to cope with viewer erosion
NEW YORK — A recent job promotion came with what seems to be a counterintuitive mandate for NBC News senior vice president Libby Leist: Drum up intere...
China says Xiaomi removal from U.S. blacklist “beneficial”
HONG KONG — China’s commerce ministry on Thursday welcomed the removal of Xiaomi Corp. from a U.S. government blacklist, a day after the U.S. reversed...
English Premier League’s $7 billion TV rights renewal OK’d
LONDON — The Premier League has been allowed by the British government to renew its current domestic television rights deals for another three seasons...
Justices consider hearing a case on ‘most offensive word’
WASHINGTON — Robert Collier says that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, white nurses...
Alaska governor proposes dividend, oil-wealth fund plan
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy proposed Wednesday what he called a step toward a broader fiscal plan that includes placing in the state co...
New York approves vaccinations of kids aged 12 to 15
ALBANY, N.Y. — Children between the ages of 12 and 15 can get vaccinated in New York effective immediately, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday, after th...
Tesla to stop accepting Bitcoin for car payments
Electric car maker Tesla will stop accepting Bitcoin as a payment, CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Wednesday, citing environmental concerns.
Jenner’s claim she didn’t vote at odds with LA county record
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Caitlyn Jenner wants to be governor of California but she took a pass on voting on some of the state's most critical issues last ...
Company defies Michigan governor’s order to close pipeline
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — An Upper Midwestern oil pipeline continued operating Wednesday, despite a shutdown demand from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer t...
Biden signs order to beef up federal cyber defenses
RICHMOND, Va. — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday meant to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity defenses in response to a series of hea...
Baker: Children ages 12 to 15 will be able to get vaccinated
BOSTON — Children ages 12 through 15 will be able to start receiving Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shots in Massachusetts as soon as Thursday, Gov. Charlie ...
Israel steps up Gaza offensive, kills senior Hamas figures
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel on Wednesday pressed ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, killing as many as 10 senior Hamas milit...
Biden courts Hill leaders, but GOP won’t budge on big deal
WASHINGTON — Despite sharing pleasantries at the White House, Republicans congressional leaders signaled no willingness Wednesday to embrace President...
Joplin med school students graduate 10 years after tornado
At 5:03 p.m. on Sunday, May 22, 2011, more than 400 graduates of Joplin High School threw their maroon-colored caps into the air. Cali Clark kept hers...
Analysis: On Kobe, and the women in this Hall of Fame class
This long-awaited Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement weekend will be largely about Kobe Bryant.
Casino taxes, city power at stake in Atlantic City future
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Can Atlantic City's casinos survive and thrive amid a pandemic and unending competition all around them, and are city officials ...
Law to police doping in horse races not in play ’til 2022
For five years, a bill that would place the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency in charge of fighting illicit drug use in horse racing went nowhere in Congress. I...