Either Lamar Jackson or Josh Allen had to lose. Allen played a cleaner game, so he’s advancing with the Buffalo Bills to face Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC championship game. Turnovers were the difference in both divisional playoff games on Sunday. The Bills had none...
Bitcoin Soars Past $109,000 Ahead of Possible Early Action on Crypto by Trump
WASHINGTON — The price of bitcoin surged to over $109,000 early Monday, just hours ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, as a pumped up cryptocurrency industry bets he'll take action soon after returning to the White House. Once a skeptic who said a few years ago that bitcoin “ seems like a scam,” Trump...
Millions Across the US Brace for Plummeting Temperatures and Winter Storms
BOSTON (AP) — Residents across the country from the Northern Plains to the tip of Maine are bracing for dangerously low temperatures while the East Coast contends with a thick blanket of snow and the South prepares for a rare winter storm expected to disrupt travel from late Monday into Wednesday. Winter...
Biden Pardons Fauci, Milley and Jan. 6 Committee in Fear of Trump
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, in an extraordinary use of the powers of the presidency in his final hours to guard against potential “revenge” by...
Trump Is Holding Off on Tariffs but Betting Day 1 Moves Can Cut Energy Prices, Tame Inflation
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is holding off on tariffs during his first day and placing a big bet that his executive actions can cut energy prices and tame inflation. But it's unclear whether his orders will be enough to move the U.S. economy as he promised. Orders coming Monday, including...
Trump’s Executive Orders Will Remake Immigration, but Legal Questions Remain
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is going to issue a series of orders aimed at remaking America’s immigration policies, ending asylum access, sending troops to the southern border and ending birthright citizenship, an incoming White House official said. But it’s unclear how Trump would carry out some of his executive orders, including...
Democrats’ Crisis of the Future: The Biggest States That Back Them Are Shrinking
WASHINGTON — Texas and Florida are growing rapidly. California, Illinois and New York are shrinking. With America's population shifting to the South, political influence is seeping from reliably Democratic states to areas controlled by Republicans. Coming out of a presidential election where they lost all seven swing states, Democrats are...
Tech Founder Pledges to Give Away Half His Wealth to Make the American Dream More Possible
SAN FRANCISCO - Unfair. Astonishing. Un-American. That is how tech entrepreneur Jeff Atwood sees the staggering wealth inequality in the U.S. today. In response, he and his family have pledged to give away half their wealth within five years, starting with $1 million gifts to eight nonprofits this month. His...
Americans Say It’s Harder to ‘Make It’ Financially Than Ever Before
Less than one-third of Americans feel they have 'made it' financially in life, according to a Talker Research for BOK Financial study. The results canvassed opinions from 2,000 employed Americans divided evenly along generational lines and found that Americans probed into what this elusive life goal means for the broad...
Feeling’s Mutual: Rams Rookie Jared Verse Already Feeling Ire From Eagles Fans on Social Media
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Rams outside linebacker Jared Verse expects a cold reception in frigid Philadelphia on Sunday after sharing his dislike of Eagles fans. Verse wouldn't back down Friday after telling the Los Angeles Times he "hates Eagles fans." The first-round draft pick attended high school in Bloomsburg,...