Iran's supreme leader said Monday that if a series of suspected poisonings at girls' schools are proven to be deliberate the culprits should be sentenced to death for committing an “unforgivable crime.” It was the first time Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all matters...
Biden Reelection Bid Faces Resistance From Some Democrats
Steve Shurtleff was at Joe Biden's side in 2019 when he filed papers in the New Hampshire State House to run for president. He repeatedly trekked across the state with Biden to court primary voters. And when Biden ultimately won the presidency, it was Shurtleff, then the Democratic state House speaker, who...
Violent Protest at Atlanta Police Training Site Brings 35 Arrests
Authorities in Atlanta say 35 people have been detained after a violent protest erupted at the site of a new police training center. Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said at a midnight press conference that several pieces of construction equipment were set on fire at the site for the Atlanta Public...
Ukraine Unyielding in Bakhmut as Russian Troops Close In
Ukrainian military leaders are determined to hold onto Bakhmut, Kyiv officials said Monday, even as Russian forces continued to encroach on the devastated eastern Ukrainian city that they have sought to capture for six months at the cost of thousands of lives. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office said he chaired a...
Federal Reserve Officials Sound Warnings About Higher Rates
A run of strong economic data and signs that inflation remains stubbornly high could lead the Federal Reserve to raise its benchmark rate higher in the coming months than it has previously forecast, several Fed officials say. On Thursday, Christopher Waller, a member of the Fed's influential Board of Governors, said that if the...
Catalytic Converter Theft Crackdown in Minnesota Focuses on Scrap Dealers
The Minnesota Senate voted Thursday to make it harder for thieves to sell stolen catalytic converters, a crime that has skyrocketed across the country in recent years. Thefts of the pollution control devices from cars and trucks more than quadrupled from 3,389 in 2019 to 14,433 in 2020, and jumped dramatically again...
Average Long-Term US Mortgage Rate Hits 3-Month High
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate hit a three-month high this week, reflecting higher Treasury yields and expectations that the Federal Reserve will continue to raise its benchmark rate and keep it there until inflation recedes. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average on the benchmark 30-year rate...
Ernest Hemingway Winery in Paso Robles Shuttered Over Missing License
A Paso Robles winery has been shut down for operating without a license to sell alcohol, and officials said it never had one to begin with since opening three years ago. Ernest Hemingway Vineyards in Paso Robles had an expired liquor license from the property's previous owner on the wall...
PG&E’s Avila Beach Nuclear Plant Gets OK to Keep Running for Now
Government regulators Thursday granted California’s largest utility an unusual exemption that could allow the state's last nuclear power plant to continue running after the expiration of its federal operating licenses, a key piece of a contentious proposal to keep the reactors producing electricity for years to come. The twin-reactor Diablo Canyon plant...
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein Hospitalized
California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein — the oldest member of Congress — disclosed Thursday that she has been hospitalized in San Francisco and is being treated for a case of shingles. The six-term senator, who turns 90 in June, said in a three-sentence statement released by her office that she was diagnosed...