By JULIA FRANKEL, Associated Press TEL AVIV (AP) — Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme. Get on up, Israel, it’s bobsled time! FILE- Adam Edelman and Regnars Kirejevs, of Israel, compete in their second run during the two-man bobsled at the bobsledding world championships, Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree…
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By Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline.org When Rachel Marshall was growing up in Virginia, her parents kept a magnet on the refrigerator from a national homeschooling advocacy group, with a phone number to call if local school officials tried to interfere with their decision to educate their children at home. “You tell [the organization] the state’s…
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By STAN CHOE, Associated Press Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A sharp drop for Google’s parent company is dragging the U.S. stock market lower on Thursday, while prices for bitcoin, silver and gold weaken. Yields are also sinking in the bond market following discouraging news on the U.S. job market. Related Articles Asked on…
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By PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings fell to the lowest level in more than five years, another sign that the American labor market remains sluggish. Related Articles Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter crash kills pilot and trooper during shooter response US applications for jobless benefits jump by…
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California is hosting back-to-back Super Bowls, with the championship football game played in the Bay Area in 2026 and Los Angeles in 2027. The Golden State will be home to 14 of the 104 World Cup soccer matches this summer. And in 2028, Los Angeles will host the Olympic Summer Games. It’s quite the sports-hosting…
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Micky Dolenz is the last of the Monkees – Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork and Davey Jones all are gone – but when he steps on stage to perform, he says he’s never really alone. “It’s weird. In a way, they’re still here,” Dolenz says on a recent call to talk about 60 Years of the…
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The always popular Flower Festival is now opening daily at the Asian Garden Mall for shopping ahead of the Lunar New Year. It is traditional among Asian communities to buy flowers and plants to decorate homes and as gifts for the holiday. Thuyai Troung tends to flowers at her stand at the Flower Festival at…
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is taking direct aim at the financial lifelines of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels, targeting money brokers who prosecutors say have adapted to intensified enforcement by increasingly routing drug profits through cryptocurrency from American cities to cartel leaders in Mexico. Related Articles US…
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By MATT OTT, Associated Press Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped last week but remains in the same historically low range of the past few years. Related Articles Justice Department steps up pressure on cartels’ financial networks as launderers turn to crypto US and Russia agree to…
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter responding to assist officers with an active shooter situation crashed, killing both the pilot and a trooper who was a paramedic on board, authorities said. Related Articles Justice Department steps up pressure on cartels’ financial networks as launderers turn to crypto US and Russia…
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