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Detroit — Ford announced this week it will stop producing the all‑electric F‑150 Lightning, take about a $19.5 billion charge, repurpose several EV facilities to produce gasoline trucks and battery energy storage, and la…
Los Angeles — Police found director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, dead at their Brentwood home on Sunday, and investigators arrested their son, Nick Reiner, on suspicion of murder Monday. Authorities ex…
Washington Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell urged Congress Monday to remove Section 373 from the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, saying it would allow military helicopters to operate near commerc…
WATERBURY, Conn. — City officials and utility crews are responding to a major water main break on Thomaston Avenue that left 60 percent of residents without safe drinking water and forced citywide school closures this we…
Charleston, W.Va. The West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles is urging residents this week to obtain a REAL ID before the Transportation Security Administration begins extra identity checks and a $45 fee for noncomplia…
United States weather services reported a widespread cold start Monday, with wind chills in the teens and 20s across multiple regions. Local forecasts described freezing lows and hard freezes overnight, especially inland…
Hong Kong: A High Court on December 15 convicted media tycoon Jimmy Lai of colluding with foreign forces and publishing seditious material under the national security framework, leaving him facing possible life imprisonm…
Washington — A JetBlue flight from Curaçao halted its climb Friday to avoid colliding with a U.S. Air Force refuelling tanker, the pilot said in recorded air traffic communications. The pilot reported the tanker crossed …
Washington, U.S. forces seized a Venezuelan supertanker in early December, asserting the vessel carried sanctioned crude linked to an oil network supporting Hezbollah and Iran’s IRGC. Authorities unsealed a warrant signe…
Washington — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday designating illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals as weapons of mass destruction, directing the Justice Department, Pentagon and other agen…
United States. State attorneys general in twenty states joined the Federal Trade Commission in amending a lawsuit against Uber Technologies and Uber USA, alleging Uber used deceptive free-trial offers that automatically …
Washington, U.S. envoys led by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held talks in Berlin with Ukrainian and European officials and U.S. officials said they resolved roughly 90% of items in a 20-point draft peace plan. The Uni…
Washington, President Donald Trump on Monday posted on Truth Social suggesting that filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were killed 'reportedly due to the anger he caused others' through what Trump called 'Trump De…
Los Angeles — Federal authorities arrested four people and said they disrupted a planned series of improvised explosive device attacks scheduled for New Year's Eve in Los Angeles. AG Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel…
Providence, R.I. — Authorities renewed a manhunt Monday after a weekend classroom shooting at Brown University left two students dead and multiple others wounded. Police released three surveillance videos and canvassed n…
United States — Corporations across sectors announced financial and strategic actions this week, including share repurchases, dividends, asset acquisitions, credit reaffirmations, and partnerships. On Dec. 15–16, Momentu…
United States. National and state-level reports show gasoline prices fell across multiple regions this week as AAA and GasBuddy data recorded multi-week declines. Florida, Utah, Michigan, Montana and Wyoming reported low…
Providence, Rhode Island — Authorities released the man detained as a person of interest in the Brown University mass shooting Sunday night after investigators concluded there was no basis to keep him in custody. Officia…
MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge ruled Monday that two former Trump campaign aides and one attorney must face felony forgery allegations tied to a 2020 fake-elector scheme, advancing the case toward trial. The state off…
Los Angeles police discovered the bodies of filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife at their Brentwood home on Sunday, opening a homicide probe. Patrol officers who responded to a medical call found a 78-year-old man and a 68-…
Washington — A House Oversight Committee released an interim report Tuesday accusing Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith of pressuring commanders to downgrade offenses and suppress public crime data, based on transcri…
United States. Meteorological services issued wind and temperature forecasts across multiple U.S. regions Monday and into this week. Forecasts show unseasonably warm highs in central Wyoming, including a 60°F high record…
United States. Researchers and municipal authorities reported multiple water-related developments this week: a study found the federal government charges large agricultural water agencies far lower wholesale prices than …
United States communities conducted public Hanukkah menorah lightings this week and local leaders emphasized resilience and safety measures. Dozens gathered at state capitol sites, synagogues, and public squares for cand…
Johnston, Iowa — Two Iowa National Guard soldiers were killed and three wounded Saturday in an ambush near Palmyra, Syria, officials said. A U.S. civilian interpreter also died and the attacker was killed, officials adde…