Will a devastating New Year’s Eve explosion change Hawaii’s fireworks culture?
HONOLULU (AP) — In recent years, occasions large and small — parties, Super Bowls, mixed-martial arts fights, even Thanksgiving — have provided a reason for residents across Hawaii to set off illegal fireworks. The increasingly sophisticated displays,
New Orleans inches toward normalcy while mourning victims of deadly New Year’s rampage
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A mix of law enforcement, street performers and football fans has filled New Orleans’ blocks as the city inches back to normalcy while mourning victims of the deadly New Year’s rampage in which
Stock market today: Asian stocks gain after Wall Street opens 2025 with modest losses
Asian markets rose on Friday after U.S. stock indexes slipped as Wall Street’s weak end to last year carried into 2025. U.S. futures and oil prices rose. Japan’s market is closed for the New Year holiday. The
Federal courts won’t refer Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to attorney general over ethics
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal courts will not refer allegations that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas may have violated ethics laws to the Justice Department, the judiciary’s policymaking body said Thursday. Thomas has agreed to follow updated
Second Homeland Security agent in Utah charged with selling illicit drugs from evidence
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A second Department of Homeland Security agent has been charged in federal court with using a confidential informant to sell illicit drugs that were seized as evidence. Nicholas Kindle, a special agent
11 injured in small plane crash in Southern California
FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — Eleven people were injured when a small plane crashed through the rooftop of a commercial building in Southern California on Thursday, police said. Police got a report at 2:09 p.m. about the crash
Special prosecutor appointed in death of man beaten by New York corrections officers
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s attorney general appointed a special prosecutor Thursday to investigate the death of a man who was beaten by guards at a state prison, saying her office cannot oversee the inquiry because
FBI releases new video of a suspect planting a pipe bomb near DNC offices on eve of the Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — A harrowing chapter in American history remains shrouded in mystery: Who planted pipe bombs outside offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees in Washington on the eve of the attack on the Capitol?
Family and investigators search for signs Texas man had planned deadly New Orleans attack
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — Shamsud-Din Jabbar grew up in Texas, joined the U.S. Army and eventually settled in Houston, where he spun up a real estate business and made $120,000 a year for one of the world’s
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear laughs off unflattering social media comments in a video with his wife
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear laughed off some unflattering comments aimed at him on social media in the past year, and had his teenage son translate what one barb meant, in a light-hearted video
