By RIO YAMAT, Associated Press Airlines and Travel Reporter A startling message came over the radio from an air traffic control tower near Los Angeles less than a week into the federal government shutdown: “The tower is closed due to … Continued
By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up a major Republican-led challenge to the Voting Rights Act, the centerpiece legislation of the Civil Rights Movement, that could gut a key provision of the law … Continued
By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The ongoing government shutdown is delaying the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for tens of millions of beneficiaries. Originally scheduled for Wednesday, the 2024 Social Security COLA announcement will … Continued
A wrong-way driver collided with another vehicle in Inver Grove Heights Tuesday night, killing both drivers. An 80-year-old woman from Cottage Grove entered the northbound lanes of U.S. 52, traveling southbound, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. A 60-year-old man … Continued
By BECKY BOHRER, CEDAR ATTANASIO and GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — More rain and wind were forecast Wednesday along the Alaskan coast where two tiny villages were decimated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong and officials were … Continued
By MELANIE LIDMAN and SAMY MAGDY, Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israeli military said Wednesday that one of the bodies handed over by Hamas the previous day as part of the ceasefire deal is not that of a … Continued