Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles told Congress in forceful testimony Wednesday that federal law enforcement and gymnastics officials turned a βblind eyeβ to USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassarβs sexual abuse of her and hundreds of other women.
The U.S. budget deficit rose to $2.71 trillion through August, on track to be the second largest in history due to trillions of dollars in COVID relief.
All eyes are on Tropical Storm Nicholas for now, but a separate potential system may snag local headlines by the end of the week.
The FBI late Saturday released a newly declassified document related to logistical support given to two of the Saudi hijackers in the run-up to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The document details contacts the hijackers had with Saudi associates in the U.S. but does not provide proof that senior Saudi government officials were complicit in the plot.
Franklin Anchahua and other immigrants, mostly Spanish-speaking clean up workers, have long asked to obtain legal immigration status in the U.S. as a way to compensate for the work and subsequent health problems they suffered after the 9/11 attacks.
Twenty years ago, the 11th of September dawned as just a date. By midnight, it was 9/11, the staggering starting point for a new era of terror, war, politics, patriotism and tragedy.
New U.S. studies released Friday show the COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective against hospitalizations and death even as the extra-contagious delta variant swept the country.
President Joe Bidenβs aggressive push to require millions of U.S. workers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus is running into a wall of resistance from Republican leaders threatening everything from lawsuits to civil disobedience, plunging the country deeper into culture wars that have festered since the onset of the pandemic.
Waxhaw resident Frank DeMasi shared his memories with us, about what he saw, heard and felt 20 years ago.
Many parents of students at 6 CMS Schools pulled their students out of class Thursday. Meanwhile, CMPD continues to investigate if the murder of a 3-year-old boy is connected to several students in the school district.
President Joe Biden on Thursday is announcing sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant that is killing thousands each week and jeopardizing the nationβs economic recovery.
The Justice Department is suing Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted βin open defiance of the Constitution.β
Britney Spearsβ father filed Tuesday to end the court conservatorship that has controlled the singerβs life and money for 13 years.
After months of teaching writing and English to community college students in boxes on a computer screen, the first lady resumes teaching in person Tuesday from a classroom at Northern Virginia Community College, where she has worked since 2009.
Since the COVID-19 vaccine started becoming available in the U.S., there have been more opportunities to impulse spend on items and experiences that you didnβt get to enjoy early in the pandemic.
There are growing concerns about another COVID surge following the Labor Day Holiday weekend. Millions of people traveled in the past four days. This as hospital space around the country dwindles.Β
President Joe Biden approved major disaster declarations Monday greenlighting federal aid for people in six New Jersey counties and five New York counties affected by devastating flooding last week from the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
Β A former Marine sharpshooter who told authorities he was high on methamphetamines when he invaded a home in Florida and fatally shot a mother, her 3-month-old baby and two others was ordered held without bond during his first court appearance on Monday.
While Hurricane Larry will not directly impact the U.S. despite its major status, we'll need to watch out for "homegrown" systems over the next few weeks.
Back in the spring, a shortage of computer chips that had sent auto prices soaring appeared, finally, to be easing. Some relief for consumers seemed to be in sight.
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