Nation Dec 29 Severe weather system moves east after tornadoes in Texas and Mississippi kill 2, injure 6 A strong storm system threatened to whip up tornadoes in parts of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, a day after severe weather claimed at least two lives as twisters touched down in Texas and Mississippi.
World Dec 29 Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen quits tournament over dispute about jeans Top ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen has left the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships after refusing to change out of the jeans he wore to the competition, the International Chess Federation said.
Nation Dec 28 Winning ticket for $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot sold in California, lottery says At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number Friday night.
World Dec 28 Putin apologizes for 'tragic incident' without acknowledging Azerbaijani plane was shot down Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people, but stopped short of acknowledging that Moscow was responsible.
World Dec 27 Azerbaijani minister says downed plane was hit from the outside, possibly by weapon Officials in Moscow have said a drone attack was underway in the region that the Azerbaijan Airlines flight was destined for but have not addressed statements from aviation experts who blamed the crash on Russian air defenses responding to a…
Economy Dec 26 How the stock market defied expectations in 2024, by the numbers U.S. stocks ripped higher and carried the S&P 500 to records as the economy kept growing and the Federal Reserve began cutting interest rates.
World Dec 26 Manmohan Singh, India's former prime minister and architect of economic reforms, dies at 92 India’s former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, widely regarded as the architect of India’s economic reform program and a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, has died.
World Dec 26 Russian air defense fire likely caused Azerbaijan Airlines crash, aviation experts say Aviation experts say that Russian air defense fire was likely responsible for the Azerbaijani plane crash the day before that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured.
Nation Dec 25 Mega Millions jackpot hits $1.15 billion after no Christmas Eve winner Lottery officials say the odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350.
Nation Dec 25 WATCH: National Menorah lights up for the first night of Hanukkah This year, Hanukkah will be celebrated from Dec. 25, 2024, through Jan. 2, 2025.