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Hussein al-Sheikh, a senior Palestinian official increasingly seen as a successor to the 86-year-old President Mahmoud Abbas, says relations with Israel have gotten so bad that Palestinian leaders cannot go on with business as usual. But even if they are serious this time around, they have few...

Wall Street opened the week with heavy losses that put the benchmark S&P; 500 at a level considered to be a so-called bear market. Rising interest rates, high inflation, the war in Ukraine and a slowdown in China’s economy have led investors to reconsider what they’re willing to pay for a wide...

One of the more reliable warning signals for an economic recession is shining alarmingly brighter. The “yield curve” is watched for clues on how the bond market feels about the long-term outlook for the U.S. economy. On Tuesday, a closely followed part of the yield curve lit up again for the...

Adam Laxalt is one of Nevada's most prominent Republicans, someone who has already won statewide office and attracted support from both former President Donald Trump and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. Yet in the final weeks before Tuesday's U.S. Senate primary, Nevada's former...

Paul LePage, the Republican whose two terms as Maine's governor were dominated by his offensive rhetoric and combative leadership, is seeking a political comeback. With no opposition, LePage will coast to the Republican nomination for governor on Tuesday, setting up a fierce general election...

A torrent of rain combined with a rapidly melting snowpack caused a deluge of flooding that forced the evacuation of some parts of Yellowstone National Park, cutting off electricity and forcing Yellowstone officials to close all entrances indefinitely, just as the summer tourist season was...

Authorities in Broward County are searching for two men who attempted to rob a gas station. It happened at approximately 5 a.m. Monday along State Road 7 just south of Holmberg Road. One of the men went to the store clerk and demanded money while flashing a gun, police said. Both men were...

A Lauderdale Lakes man faced a judge Monday in connection to a violent attack in Miami Beach. Joel Blackwood, 28, is facing charges of aggravated battery and armed kidnapping. According to police, Blackwood grabbed a woman at knifepoint and attempted to drag her away by the arms. It happened...

Investigators are continuing to search for the body of a missing woman that officers believe was murdered. That woman’s husband is behind bars, charged with her killing. Irene Lanning Xeniti left a lasting impression on everyone she met. “She is the sweetest lady ever,” said friend Leigh...

The Air Force has concluded that air crew members acted appropriately and were not at fault for some tragic deaths during the chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan last year, when desperate Afghans clung to a military plane as it was taking off and fell to their deaths or were caught in the...

It’s a Jack and Coke with no bartender required. Coca-Cola Co. said Monday it’s partnering with Brown-Forman Corp., the maker of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey, to sell premixed cocktails. The canned Jack and Coke will be sold globally after a launch in Mexico late this year. A zero-sugar...

The Navy has issued letters of censure to three Marine and two Navy officers in connection with the sinking of an amphibious assault vehicle off the Southern California coast in 2020 that killed eight Marines and a sailor. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, in a statement Monday, faulted the...

A very special day on South Beach as children who need assistance breathing got the chance to spend a day in the sand and in the water. It’s all part of the Ventilation Assisted Children’s Center camp or VACC, which provides ventilator patients at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital with a fun week of...

Massive floodwaters ravaged Yellowstone National Park and nearby communities Monday, washing out roads and bridges, cutting off electricity and forcing visitors to evacuate parts of the iconic park at the height of summer tourist season. All entrances to Yellowstone were closed due to the...

More than 100 million Americans are being warned to stay indoors if possible as high temperatures and humidity settle in over states stretching through parts of the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes and east to the Carolinas. The National Weather Service Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland...

A Ukrainian family battling back after the Russian invasion is thanking a couple from Wilton Manors for helping them find a new home. Dasha Shareyko and her mother Vita still remember the day. “She just looked at me and said it’s war,” Shareyko said. They could hear bombings from their home...

A Tennessee woman charged in the weekend hit and run in Doral is now facing two additional charges, as witnesses refute her account of why she hit two people and drove away Saturday night. Danlesha Hall is now charged with two counts of aggravated battery, accused of running over a woman and...

Threatening words were graffitied on a pregnancy center in Hollywood and surveillance video captured the alleged vandals before and after they went into action. Video caught them walking towards the building right before the incident and then exiting a short time later. It happened the night...

Fatal drug overdoses rose nearly 15% in Kentucky last year, surpassing 2,000 deaths as the increased use of fentanyl — a powerful synthetic opioid — resulted in a record death toll in the state, according to a report released Monday. The report showed that 2,250 Kentuckians died from drug...

A man once briefly married to Britney Spears was charged Monday with felony stalking after showing up at the pop star's wedding to longtime boyfriend Sam Asghari. Jason Alexander was also charged with misdemeanor counts of trespassing, vandalism and battery, Ventura County court records show...