Category Archives: World

General Motors has set a goal of making the vast majority of the vehicles it produces electric by 2035, and the entire company carbon neutral, including operations, five years after that. The Detroit ...

Robinhood and other retail brokerages are taking steps to tamp down the speculative frenzy surrounding companies such as GameStop, but the actions only sparked more volatility and an outcry from users...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The South Carolina Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would outlaw almost all abortions in the state, overcoming years of hurdles thanks to Republican winning new seats in last yea...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - American whiskey absorbed some setbacks but showed resilience in the face of pandemic-related clampdowns on bars and restaurants as liquor sales benefited from enduring demand for a ...

LONDON - Facebook's quasi-independent oversight board issued its first rulings on Thursday, overturning four out of five decisions by the social network to take down questionable content. The social m...

INDIANAPOLIS - A 17-year-old Indianapolis boy has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally shooting his parents, two teenage siblings and his 18-year-old brother's pregnant girlfriend in the fam...

SILVER SPRING, Md. - Sales of new homes rose 1.6% in December after a big decline in November that was even worse than previously thought. The increase last month pushed sales of new homes to a season...

NEW YORK - Peter Nicks had for months been documenting the students of Oakland High School, in California, when the pandemic hit. "It's in the Bay," says one student of the virus as he and others mill...

NEW YORK - Within hours of Amanda Gorman's reading of the inaugural poem last week, bookstores were hearing from their customers. "Hopefully this will be a bridge that brings a lot of people to poetry...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A Chinese-Canadian singer says a Chinese corruption charge against her mother, who has been held in custody for six years, has been withdrawn but she remains in detention. Wanting Qu,...