Tag: U.S. news
Last of 4 detainees recaptured after escape from New Jersey immigration detention center
NEWARK, N.J. – The final detainee who escaped in June from a New Jersey federal immigration detention center has been found in California.Andres Felipe...
Planned Parenthood seeks to keep Medicaid funds flowing during legal fight
BOSTON -- Attorneys for Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide argued in federal court Friday that cutting off Medicaid funding to its abortion providers would hurt...
Billy Long will be sworn in as IRS commissioner, taking over an agency he once sought to close
WASHINGTON – Former Missouri congressman Billy Long will be ceremonially sworn in as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service on Friday, taking over a...
Indiana Jones whip snaps up $525,000 at auction after ‘Citizen Kane’ sled goes for $14.75 million
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – A whip wielded by Harrison Ford in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” that once belonged to Princess Diana has...
Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern discuss merger to create transcontinental railroad, AP source says
OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in merger talks to create the largest railroad in North America that would connect the...
Stephen Colbert says CBS is ending his ‘Late Show’ in May 2026
NEW YORK – CBS is axing “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026, the host told an audience at a taping Thursday....
Questions about surrogacy are raised in case of California couple with house brimming with kids
The removal of 21 children from the custody of a Los Angeles-area couple has put a spotlight on the practice of using surrogates to...
Man, 22, charged in killings of ‘American Idol’ music supervisor and her husband in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES – A 22-year-old man suspected in the shooting deaths of a longtime music supervisor for “American Idol" and her husband at their...
Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound, dies in crash in Italy
MILAN – Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile leap through the stratosphere...
8 bands divided by lawsuits: It’s not just Jane’s Addiction
Bands behaving badly? It's only rock ’n’ roll.Members of alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction filed dueling lawsuits Wednesday over singer Perry Farrell’s onstage scuffle...