Crowds of Chicago mourners pay respects to Jesse Jackson at start of cross-country memorial services

CHICAGO (AP) — A line of mourners streamed through a Chicago auditorium Thursday to pay final respects to the Rev. Jesse ...

Bill Clinton faces grilling from lawmakers over his connections to Jeffrey Epstein

Hillary Clinton told lawmakers that she had no knowledge of how Epstein had sexually abused underage girls and had no ...

Wall Street heading toward losing week; Block cuts 40% of its workforce citing shift to AI

U.S. futures fell overnight Friday after Block CEO Jack Dorsey said his payment company would lay off 40% of its workforce, ...
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US moves to legally control tanker and 2M barrels of oil seized off Venezuela’s coast in December

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has filed a complaint to legally take ownership of a sanctioned tanker and nearly 2 million barrels of petroleum seized off the coast of Venezuela in December, ...

US military used laser to take down Border Protection drone, lawmakers say

The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a “seemingly threatening” drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border. It turned out the drone belonged to Customs and Border Protection, lawmakers ...