MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A federal grand jury in Montana has indicted two men accused of killing about 3,600 birds, including bald eagles and golden eagles, and selling them on the black market. The indictment returned in U.S. District Court last week charges Simon Paul and Travis John Branson with 13 counts of unlawful trafficking
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is ticking higher Thursday following its big rally the day before on excitement that several cuts to interest rates may indeed be coming next year. The S&P 500 was 0.3% higher in morning trading and within 1.5% of its all-time high set early
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been a great year for stock markets around the world. Wall Street’s rally has been front and center, with the U.S. stock market the world’s largest and its clear leader in performance in recent years. But stocks have powered higher across developed and emerging
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press A federal judge heard arguments Thursday from Colorado’s cattle industry to block the impending reintroduction of gray wolves to the state under a voter-approved initiative. The judge will decide Friday whether to temporarily halt the predators’ release, a move that would scramble Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s plans of searching for,
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN INGANGA Associated Press MANDERA, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s military continued efforts Thursday to evacuate hundreds of people trapped by raging floods that have hit many parts of the East African country. Floods have killed at least 170 and displaced more than 600,000 since the onset of heavy rains in November, according to the
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — After spending 1,000 days on the Martian surface, NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered new details about the history of an ancient lake and river delta on the red planet. The new insights, detectable thanks to the rover’s detailed on-the-ground sleuthing, are helping scientists piece together the puzzle of Mars’
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — George McGinnis spent his teenage years sneaking into Pacers games at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. He finished his Hall of Fame career as one of the most popular, revered and decorated basketball players in Pacers history. The groundbreaking power forward, who captivated ABA and NBA fans
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN The House voted Thursday to pass a critical defense policy bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act, which sets the policy agenda and authorizes funding for the Department of Defense annually. The bill will next be sent to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. The Senate passed the bill
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans picked up their spending from October to November as the unofficial holiday season kicked off, underscoring that shoppers still have power to keep buying. Retail sales rose 0.3%, in November from October, when sales were down a revised 0.2% according to the Commerce Department.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Several key leaders at General Motors’ troubled autonomous vehicle unit are no longer with the company amid an ongoing investigation into an October accident involving one of its driverless cars. Cruise said late Wednesday that nine individuals departed following an initial analysis of the incident on Oct. 2 and the company
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — NATO’s newest member and Russia’s neighbor Finland is to sign a bilateral defense cooperation agreement next week with the United States in a deal that allows Washington to send troops into the Nordic country and to store weapons and equipment there. Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen told
Continue ReadingBy Jake Tapper and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Navy officer Lt. Ridge Alkonis, who was jailed in Japan for negligent driving that resulted in the death of two people, has been booked into a federal prison in Los Angeles following his transfer to the US, according to a family spokesperson and the Federal
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The climate negotiations that just finished in Dubai hit upon the essence of compromise, finding common language that nearly 200 countries accepted, at times grudgingly. For the first time in nearly three decades of such talks, the final agreement mentioned fossil fuels —
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire is introducing a new resolution with a bipartisan group of senators to condemn Hamas’ use of sexual violence and rape as a weapon of war against the people of Israel, according to a copy of the resolution shared first with CNN. The Senate-led resolution,
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An academic who entered Norway as a Brazilian citizen and was arrested last year on suspicion of spying for Russia has confessed his real, Russian name. The man was detained in the Arctic city of Tromsoe, where he worked as a lecturer at the Arctic University of Norway. Norwegian media have
Continue ReadingBy BERT WILKINSON Associated Press KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) — The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela landed in St. Vincent and the Grenadines for a tense meeting Thursday as regional nations sought to defuse a long-standing territorial dispute that has escalated with Venezuelans voting in a referendum to claim two-thirds of their smaller neighbor. Pushed
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is rising again Thursday following its big rally the day before on excitement that several cuts to interest rates may indeed be coming next year, as hoped. The S&P 500 was 0.6% higher in early trading and within 1.3% of its all-time high
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A former member of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee has appeared in district court and pleaded not guilty to taking $1.4 million in bribes in exchange for contracts for the Games. Haruyuki Takahashi was arrested more than a year ago and it is unclear
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers are ready to welcome Shohei Ohtani to Hollywood. The biggest superstar in baseball will be formally introduced by the team at a news conference Thursday. A unique two-way star as both a hitter and pitcher, the 29-year-old Japanese sensation left the
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers are ready to welcome Shohei Ohtani to Hollywood. The biggest superstar in baseball will be formally introduced by the team at a news conference Thursday. A unique two-way star as both a hitter and pitcher, the 29-year-old Japanese sensation left the
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