NHL postpones LA Kings’ home game against Calgary due to wildfires, while NFL monitors the situation
The NHL postponed the Los Angeles Kings’ home game against the Calgary Flames on Wednesday with several massive wildfires ...
Jimmy Carter’s life intersected with slavery’s legacy. His record on Civil Rights is complicated
Young Jimmy Carter and his friends were walking across a pasture after a day’s farm labor during the Great Depression. As ...
Ohio Supreme Court hears arguments in watchdog group’s records dispute with state attorney general
The Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a long-running public records case pitting the state’s top law ...
More Americans jailed in Venezuela pose a test of Trump’s deal-making foreign policy
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will be sworn in for a third term Friday, while hundreds of government opponents arrested ...
A second oil and gas lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge draws no bids
The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday said no bids were submitted for this week’s oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s ...
January 31 deadline looms for New York Uber, Lyft drivers to claim share of $328M settlement
New York rideshare drivers have until 11:59 p.m. on January 31 to file a claim for their share of a $328 million settlement ...
US will keep protecting more than 2,000 Rocky Mountain grizzly bears
The Biden administration will continue protecting about 2,000 grizzly bears in four Rocky Mountain states despite objections from Republican-led states, U.S. wildlife ...
Squabble grows as US government holds back 2024 funding from world anti-doping watchdog WADA
The U.S. government did not pay the more than $3.6 million due to the World Anti-Doping Agency in 2024, making good on a long ...
Expected guilty plea for man in ‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers case postponed due to hospitalization
A hearing where a Minnesota man was expected to plead guilty to hiding a stolen pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore ...
Briefly a Buckeye, Texas QB Quinn Ewers returned to his roots to lead Longhorns’ resurgence
Long before Quinn Ewers was a key part of Texas’ resurgence as a college football power, he bolted north for Ohio State, ...
U.S. citizen denied entry into Poland after security staff object to handwritten notes in passport
A U.S. citizen has been blocked from entering Poland because her passport was defaced with handwritten notes, border officials said Wednesday. The unidentified passenger ...
Canadian leaders say Trump’s talk about Canada becoming the 51st state isn’t funny anymore
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s comments that Canada should become the 51st state are no longer a joke and are meant to ...