Amazon will offer an ad-free option for an additional $2.99 per month.Powered by WPeMatico

BlendJet is recalling about 4.8 million of its portable blenders over laceration and fire hazards after receiving dozens of injury reportsPowered by WPeMatico

The U.S. is imposing sanctions on a group of money exchange services from Yemen to Turkey alleged to be providing funds to Iranian-backed Houthi rebels who have been launching attacks on commercial shipping vessels in the southern Red SeaPowered by WPeMatico

Gypsy Rose Blanchard was sentenced to 10 years for the second-degree murder of her mother, Clauddinnea "Dee Dee" Blanchard.Powered by WPeMatico

More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but not enough to raise concern about the labor market or broader economyPowered by WPeMatico

State legislators introduced and passed a record-breaking number of legislative efforts targeting the LGBTQ community.Powered by WPeMatico

Herb Kohl, a former Democratic U.S. senator from Wisconsin and former owner of the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team, has diedPowered by WPeMatico

Two higher-end models of the Apple Watch can go on sale again after a federal court temporarily lifted a sales halt ordered by the International Trade Commission due to a patent disputePowered by WPeMatico

Two Indiana fishermen happened upon a crashed motorist who survived nearly a week trapped in his mangled truck by drinking rainwater, police said.Powered by WPeMatico

The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft, trying to end the practice of using its stories to train chatbotsPowered by WPeMatico

Bill Granger, the Australian chef, food writer and restaurant owner who brought Aussie-style food to international capitals from London to Seoul, has diedPowered by WPeMatico

Firefighters rescued both people on board.Powered by WPeMatico

A monster storm has dumped more than 1 foot of snow in the Heartland as the Northeast braces for flooding Wednesday night.Powered by WPeMatico

Trump shouldn't be allowed to make "irrelevant" claims targeting others during his federal election interference trial, the special counsel argued in a filing Wednesday.Powered by WPeMatico

A new study found hospital admission rates were higher for RSV than for the omicron strain or influenza A/B in children presenting at Swedish emergency departmentsPowered by WPeMatico

Humans have just experienced what will go down as the hottest year in recorded history -- so far -- as the planet experienced heating at an unprecedented pace.Powered by WPeMatico

A judge has ordered a woman who set fire to Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic to pay $298,000 in restitutionPowered by WPeMatico

Comedian Tom Smothers, who was half of the Smothers Brothers comedy team, died Tuesday at the age of 86.Powered by WPeMatico

Two neighboring New Jersey towns may feel even closer next year when they’re governed by two brothersPowered by WPeMatico

Authorities say one of Brazil’s top criminal leaders has been locked up in a 6-square-meter (65-square-foot) isolation cell at a maximum security prison to avoid being killed by rivalsPowered by WPeMatico

An appellate court has reversed a federal conviction against former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska, ruling that he should not have been tried in Los AngelesPowered by WPeMatico

North Dakota Republican leaders have called on a state lawmaker to resign after he railed against police with homophobic slurs, anti-migrant language and curses during a Dec. 15 traffic stop in which he was arrested for drunken drivingPowered by WPeMatico

The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee has given its consent to Sweden’s bid to join NATOPowered by WPeMatico

U.S. military forces carried out airstrikes on facilities in Iraq used by Kataib Hezbollah and its affiliates on Christmas night, the Department of Defense said.Powered by WPeMatico

Mexico has launched its army-run airline, with the first Mexicana airlines flight taking off from Mexico City bound for the Caribbean resort of TulumPowered by WPeMatico

A man who reportedly fired a gun at people and vehicles following a traffic crash has been fatally shot by a police officer in suburban DetroitPowered by WPeMatico

Apple is filing an emergency motion asking a court to let it keep selling two of its most popular watches until a final decision on its broader appeal in a patent dispute is decidedPowered by WPeMatico

A federal judge declined Tuesday to stay litigation over Alabama’s ban on gender-affirming care for minorsPowered by WPeMatico

The decline of pandemic-era savings raised concern about end-of-year shopping.Powered by WPeMatico

A panel of judges has blocked a new Tennessee law that would reconfigure the group overseeing professional sports facilities in Nashville by letting state leaders pick six of its 13 board membersPowered by WPeMatico

One person has died and two people were seriously injured in a shooting at The Citadel Mall in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Christmas Eve, police said Sunday.Powered by WPeMatico

More than 50 French performers, writers and producers published an essay Tuesday defending film star and national icon Gerard Depardieu amid growing scrutiny of his behavior toward womenPowered by WPeMatico

Conditions have been mostly nice for travelers flying ahead of and on Christmas Day, but some naughty disruptions plagued those flying with Southwest Airlines again this yearPowered by WPeMatico

The actor Kamar de los Reyes has died in Los AngelesPowered by WPeMatico

The jury has declared a verdict in the case of the two Aurora, Colorado paramedics charged in connection with the 2019 death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain.Powered by WPeMatico

Eastern Michigan’s athletic director has apologized to South Alabama, a day after an EMU player raced onto the field after the 68 Ventures Bowl and punched an opposing player in the headPowered by WPeMatico

Police in Serbia have fired tear gas to prevent hundreds of opposition supporters from entering the capital’s city council buildingPowered by WPeMatico

Chicago actor Mike Nussbaum has died at age 99Powered by WPeMatico

A large avalanche and blizzard conditions have cut off road access to much of the Kenai Peninsula south of AnchoragePowered by WPeMatico

Hundreds of people reported feeling minor earthquakes on Hawaii’s Big Island and on the Olympic Peninsula west of Seattle, but no damage has been reportedPowered by WPeMatico