Looking at a solar eclipse can be dangerous without eclipse glasses. Here’s what to know
Millions of people along a narrow band in North America will look up when the sky darkens during a total solar eclipse on April 8. When they do, safety is key.
No Labels won’t run a third-party campaign after trying to recruit a centrist presidential candidate
The No Labels group said Thursday it will not field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization failed to attract a high-profile centrist willing to seize on the widespread dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
6 inmates who sued New York over its prison lockdown order will get to view solar eclipse after all
Six inmates who sued New York’s corrections department over its decision to lock down prisons during next Monday’s total solar eclipse will get to watch the celestial event after all.
ALS drug will be pulled from US market after study showed patients didn’t benefit
The maker of a drug for Lou Gehrig’s disease that recently failed in a large study said Thursday it will pull the medicine from the market, acknowledging it didn’t help patients with the deadly neurological condition.
Federal report finds 68,000 guns were illegally trafficked through unlicensed dealers over 5 years
More than 68,000 illegally trafficked firearms in the U.S. came through unlicensed dealers who aren’t required to perform background checks over a five-year period, according to new data released Thursday by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives.
Another month of robust US job growth points to continued economic strength
America’s employers delivered another outpouring of jobs in March, adding a sizzling 303,000 workers to their payrolls and bolstering hopes that the economy can vanquish inflation without succumbing to a recession in the face of high interest rates.
Judge rejects Trump’s request to delay hush-money trial until Supreme Court rules on immunity
A judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to delay his April 15 hush money criminal trial until the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity claims he raised in another of his criminal cases — spurning another of the former president’s ploys to put off the historic trial. Several more are pending.
Trump’s events aren’t drawing big protests this year. Instead, Biden is facing public ire
When Donald Trump first ran for the White House eight years ago, protesters filled the streets.
US braces for retaliation after attack on Iran consulate — even as it says it wasn’t involved
Shortly after an airstrike widely attributed to Israel destroyed an Iranian consulate building in Syria, the United States had an urgent message for Iran: We had nothing to do with it.
US first-quarter auto sales grew nearly 5% despite high interest rates, but EV growth slows further
New vehicle sales in the U.S. rose nearly 5% from January through March, as buyers stayed in the market despite high interest rates.
Scathing federal report rips Microsoft for shoddy security, insincerity in response to Chinese hack
In a scathing indictment of Microsoft corporate security and transparency, a Biden administration-appointed review board issued a report Tuesday saying “a cascade of errors” by the tech giant let state-backed Chinese cyber operators break into email accounts of senior U.S. officials including Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.
Prosecutors in Trump’s classified documents case sharply rebuke judge’s unusual and ‘flawed’ order
Federal prosecutors chided the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida, warning her off potential jury instructions that they said rest on a “fundamentally flawed legal premise.”
National Teacher of the Year helps diverse students and their families thrive in rural Tennessee
When Ali Aglan joined Missy Testerman’s second grade class, his family had just moved from Egypt to rural east Tennessee, where his parents now run an Italian restaurant. Coming home from school one day in the town of Rogersville, he told his mother that no one would talk to him.
Bodies of 6 foreign aid workers slain in Israeli strikes are transported out of Gaza
The bodies of six foreign aid workers killed in Israeli airstrikes began the journey back to their home countries Wednesday as they were transported out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt, Palestinian officials said.
The largest fresh egg producer in the US has found bird flu in chickens at a Texas plant
The largest producer of fresh eggs in the U.S. said Tuesday it had temporarily halted production at a Texas plant after bird flu was found in chickens, and officials said the virus had also been detected at a poultry facility in Michigan.
Yes, we’re divided. But new AP-NORC poll shows Americans still agree on most core American values
Despite the country’s deep political polarization, most Americans share many core beliefs about what it means to be an American, according to a new poll.
Powell: Fed still sees rate cuts this year; election timing won’t affect decision
Federal Reserve officials will likely reduce their benchmark interest rate later this year, Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday, despite recent reports showing that the U.S. economy is still strong and that U.S. inflation picked up in January and February.
Alabama Sen. Katie Britt cites friendship with Democrats in calling for more respectful discourse
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt confided Tuesday that she counts some Democratic colleagues among her best friends in the Senate and said such cross-party relationships are essential to governing, especially as social media fuels widening political divisions.
Trump has posted a $175M bond to avert asset seizure as he appeals NY fraud penalty
Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond on Monday in his New York civil fraud case, halting collection of the more than $454 million he owes and preventing the state from seizing his assets to satisfy the debt while he appeals, according to a court filing.
With famine looming, aid group halts food delivery in Gaza after Israeli strike kills 7 workers
Some of Israel’s closest allies on Tuesday condemned the deaths of seven aid workers who were killed by airstrikes in Gaza — a loss that prompted multiple charities to suspend food deliveries to Palestinians on the brink of starvation.