Firefighters are making progress slowing the major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares slipped in Tokyo and Shanghai on Wednesday, two of only a handful of world markets open on Christmas day. Oil prices rose. Japan's Nikkei 225 index edged 0.1% lower to ...

The Independent Man statue was returned to the top of the dome on the Rhode Island State House Wednesday, about a year after it was removed for refurbishment, WJAR-TV reports. The state spent more ...

Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson scrapped a last-minute measure to avoid a government shutdown late Wednesday after facing opposition from fellow Republicans — including President-elect ...

THE DRIVER DIDN’ A vehicle crashed into a house near the Douglas-Sarpy County border.The crash happened near 50th and Harrison streets. Police said a 2010 Chevrolet Suburban that was driven by a ...

LANSING — The state Legislature fell into further dysfunction Wednesday, with half of the House skipping session and hopes dwindling for the passage of significant policies before the end of the ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested Wednesday that Democrats will oppose any federal spending bill that strays from the bipartisan deal announced a day prior, accusing GOP ...

The thing about small lifestyle hotels is that they're supposed to be unique and special. But a new joint venture called Lark Hospitality claims it can help run these properties lucratively for ...

Switching would mark a win for hardline House conservatives, who railed against the stopgap for its sprawling nature. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), for example, told reporters on Wednesday ...

WALKER COUNTY, Ga. — A man died in a house fire in Walker County Wednesday evening, spokesman Joe Legge says. Legge says Walker County Fire Rescue responded to a home on Liberty Drive around 6: ...

said in a statement posted to her X page on Wednesday shortly after the bill was passed in the House of Representatives that the “moment is proof that our voices matter” and that “speaking o ...