WASHINGTON (AP) — Displaying a thin grasp of science, President Donald Trump questioned the reality of global warming because it was cold outside. Then came a federal report laying out the severe consequences of climate change...
Read MoreBRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on Brexit negotiations (all times local): 3 p.m. The European Union is close to reaching an agreement to ease Spanish concerns about the future of Gibraltar in Brexit talks. EU spokesman Preben Aamann...
Read MoreBRUSSELS (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May is kicking off a big Brexit weekend as she travels to the European Union headquarters in Brussels for talks on Saturday with key leaders. Spanish objections over the status of...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Shoppers heading online to purchase holiday gifts will find they’re being charged sales tax at some websites where they weren’t before. The reason: the Supreme Court. A June ruling gave states the...
Read MoreQUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Officials in Ecuador say it will cost the small South American nation $550 million to respond to the influx of Venezuelan migrants. Vice Minister Santiago Chavez said Friday the price of health, education...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — As California’s catastrophic wildfires recede and people rebuild after two hurricanes, a massive new federal report warns that these types of extreme weather disasters are worsening in the United States....
Read MoreFor the second time this year, stocks have gone into what’s known on Wall Street as a correction — a drop of 10 percent or more from a recent high. As of Friday’s close, the benchmark S&P 500 index has dropped...
Read MoreRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The largest penalty a polluter has paid North Carolina should change the way one of the country’s biggest chemical companies makes compounds that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said appear...
Read MoreHONOLULU (AP) — A subsidiary of Eurus Energy American Corp. is planning to build a wind farm on the eastern slope of the Waianae range on Oahu. Hawaiian Electric Co. announced Wednesday that it had reached an agreement with EE...
Read MoreStocks closed lower in shortened session on Wall Street Friday as energy stocks declined along with the price of oil. The benchmark S&P 500 closed in what’s known on Wall Street as a correction — 10 percent below its...
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