Planning for potential presidential transition underway as Biden administration kicks it off
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration on Friday formally began planning for a potential presidential transition, aiming to ensure continuity of government no...
Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could avoid...
British Army says horses that bolted and ran loose in central London continue ‘to...
LONDON (AP) — The military horses that bolted and ran loose when spooked by construction noise in central London earlier this week “continue to...
140,000 people did their taxes with the free IRS direct file pilot. But program’s...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS said Friday that more than 140,000 taxpayers filed their taxes through its new direct file pilot program and participants...
John Oates’ new album is called ‘Reunion.’ But don’t think Hall & Oates are...
NEW YORK (AP) — For many music fans, John Oates is most recognizable as one-half of the Grammy-nominated Hall & Oates, the multiplatinum soul-pop...
Private security firm says missile fire seen off the Yemen coast in the Red...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Missiles suspected to have been fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels damaged a ship traveling through the Red Sea on Friday, authorities...
President Joe Biden says he’s ‘happy to debate’ Donald Trump. Trump says he’s ready...
NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that he is willing to debate his presumptive Republican opponent, Donald Trump, later this fall...
Long flu season winds down in US
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. flu season appears to be over. It was long, but it wasn't unusually severe.Last week, for the third...
US postpones decision on aid to Israeli army battalion accused of abuses against Palestinians
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has determined that an Israeli army battalion committed grave human-rights abuses against Palestinians in the West...
Chasing ‘Twisters’ and collaborating with ‘tornado fanatic’ Steven Spielberg
Growing up in the Midwest, filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung developed both a healthy fear of tornadoes and a reverence for Jan de Bont’s 1996...
