New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a law making her state the sixth in the nation to allow human composting as a method of burialPowered by WPeMatico

A federal utility’s decision to resort to rolling blackouts after coal and natural gas units went offline during dangerously cold conditions has intensified questions about the Tennessee Valley Authority’s recent decision to double down on fossil fuelsPowered by...

Two Indianapolis police investigations are underway after three officers shot a man who appeared to have been sleeping in his carPowered by WPeMatico

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s New Year’s address to the nation usually is rather anodyne and backed with a soothing view of a snowy KremlinPowered by WPeMatico

Officials in the small city of Eudora, Arkansas, are enforcing an emergency curfew after struggling to stop what the city’s mayor described as a “rampage of shootings.”Powered by WPeMatico

A woman who alleges Bill Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in 1986 has sued the comedian-actor, NBCUniversal and other companies in New York, where five other women filed a similar lawsuit earlier this monthPowered by WPeMatico

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the North’s eastern watersPowered by WPeMatico

Queen guitarist Brian May is now a “Sir.”Powered by WPeMatico

MGM Resorts International has sold land on the Las Vegas Strip that was the site of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. historyPowered by WPeMatico

Police in Moscow, Idaho, announced the arrest of a 28-year-old on Friday for the murders of four University of Idaho students.Powered by WPeMatico

Bill Gates topped The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual list of the 10 largest charitable gifts announced by individuals or their foundations in 2022Powered by WPeMatico

Stocks are closing out 2022 with more losses, giving the S&P 500 its worst year since 2008Powered by WPeMatico

Virginia Thomas says she regrets sending texts to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows after the 2020 election, telling the House Jan_ 6 committee in a September interview that “I would take them all back if I could today.”Powered by WPeMatico

Saudi Arabian soccer club Al Nassr says it has signed Cristiano RonaldoPowered by WPeMatico

Tampa Bay Buccaneers backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert became an unexpected hero when a helicopter crashed into a bayPowered by WPeMatico

Google has agreed to pay Indiana $20 million to resolve the state’s lawsuit against the technology giant over allegedly deceptive location tracking practicesPowered by WPeMatico

Washington, D.C., reached 200 homicides for second year in a row.Powered by WPeMatico

Λόγω της έξαρσης των κρουσμάτων στην ασιατική χώραPowered by WPeMatico

Alabama on Jan. 1 will become the latest state to allow people to carry a concealed handgun without getting a state permit that requires a background checkPowered by WPeMatico

Grubhub will pay a $3.5M settlement for a lawsuit from March for alleged violations of Washington D.C.'s Consumer Protection and Procedures Act.Powered by WPeMatico

Σύμφωνα με την Les Echos οι Γάλλοι τουρίστες στη χώρα μας αυξήθηκαν κατά 21% το πρώτο εννιάμηνο του 2022 σε σύγκριση με το 2019Powered by WPeMatico

President Joe Biden Thursday signed the omnibus spending bill into law while on vacation, extending funding for the government into next year.Powered by WPeMatico

An Alabama actor who played small roles in movies including “Forrest Gump” and “Sweet Home Alabama” has died at age 87Powered by WPeMatico

Southwest Airlines expects to return to normal operations this week after slashing about two-thirds of its schedule in recent daysPowered by WPeMatico

Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood has died. She was 81.Powered by WPeMatico

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett broke with his practice of staying out of local politics to urge his hometown of Omaha to abandon its planned streetcar project because he says it's too expensive and not as flexible as busesPowered by WPeMatico

Three suspects have been charged Thursday in connection to the Mall of America shooting on Dec. 23 that killed 19-year-old Johntae Hudson, of St. Paul, inside the mall’s Nordstrom storePowered by WPeMatico

More than 1,100 towns, hamlets and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas as the U.S. Census Bureau released a new list of places considered urban based on revised criteriaPowered by WPeMatico

Residents of Jackson, Mississippi, are still under a boil water advisory issued last week after freezing temperatures caused breaks in the city's troubled water system.Powered by WPeMatico

A Nebraska company is recalling alfalfa sprouts sold in three states after 15 cases of salmonella were linked to the foodPowered by WPeMatico

Officials say Pakistani police in multiple raids detained at least 1,200 Afghan nationals, including women and children, who had entered the southern port city of Karachi without valid travel documentsPowered by WPeMatico

A massive fire at a Cambodian hotel casino has injured over 60 people and killed at least 19Powered by WPeMatico

The health of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI worsened, a Vatican official said on Wednesday.Powered by WPeMatico

Three white men in South Africa have been charged with crimes including attempted murder after an alleged racist attack on two Black boys that has sparked public outragePowered by WPeMatico

The atmospheric river impacting the West Coast, while creating dangerous conditions for millions, could have a chance of temporarily reversing drought conditions.Powered by WPeMatico

Singer pleaded guilty in 2018 and has since helped federal prosecutors in Boston with their sweeping investigation.Powered by WPeMatico

By Wednesday afternoon, the company had canceled more than 2,500 flights planned for that day, which amounted to 62% of the day's total.Powered by WPeMatico

A Tampa police officer has been fired after dragging a woman on the ground to a jail entrance.Powered by WPeMatico

Two men and a woman were found dead after they fell through the ice on a frozen lake in Arizona.Powered by WPeMatico

The parents of missing 11-year-old Madalina Cojocari know more about her whereabouts or disappearance than they’ve told investigators, local police said on Tuesday.Powered by WPeMatico