Party City CEO announces chain is halting operations, all employees laid off
1 of 2 | Pedestrians walk by a Party City retail store in New York City on Friday. The CEO of the New Jersey-based chain…
U.S. holds first meeting with rebels in charge of Syria
WASHINGTON — Senior U.S. diplomats traveled to Damascus Friday and held a first-ever meeting with the rebels who toppled longtime dictator Bashar Assad. Washington officially regards…
What are the implications of Israel’s attacks on Yemen? | TV Shows
Houthi forces carry out attacks on Israel since start of its war on Gaza.Israel has carried out air strikes on Yemen, and Houthi forces there…
THE CALIFORNIA PRIMARY : Race for Senate Shifting Out of Low Gear
Now that the primary is over, the Senate race is shifting out of low gear as Republican Sen. Pete Wilson campaigns with growing confidence on…
US Congress debates last-minute spending bill to avert government shutdown | Donald Trump News
The United States is bracing for a government shutdown, as members of Congress race to negotiate a last-minute budget deal that would keep federal services…
Trump adds Europe to U.S. trade partners he threatens with tariffs
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday added the 27 countries that make up the European Union to the list of trade partners…
Elon Musk says only far-right AfD party ‘can save Germany’
1 of 2 | Protesters are shown demonstrating against the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany in Hanover, Germany, on Dec. 2, 2017. American billionaire Elon…
Democratic governors once blasted Trump. Now they aim to work with him
ALBANY, N.Y. — They warned about him. Now they’ll have to work with him.A handful of prominent Democratic governors are quickly adjusting their approach to President-elect…
At I-25 checkpoint, border agents discover 37 migrants hiding in tractor trailer
Dec. 20 (UPI) -- This past weekend, during a routine inspection at an Interstate 25 checkpoint in New Mexico, U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered and…
Canada’s Trudeau reshuffles his Cabinet as resignation calls mount
TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chances of staying in power have become more tenuous after the opposition party that backed his government for years…
‘The only remaining colonialist country is Israel’: Gideon Levy | TV Shows
What’s Netanyahu’s endgame in Syria? Marc Lamont Hill discusses it with author and columnist Gideon Levy.Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Israel has conducted air…
Trump: Put debt ceiling increase in budget or let government shut down
WASHINGTON — Hours before the start of a federal government shutdown, President-elect Donald Trump doubled down Friday on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be…
CFPB sues Zelle operator, major banks over failure to counter fraud
1 of 3 | Three of the largest U.S. banks including JPMorgan Chanse, rushed the Zelle digital payment system to market “without implementing effective consumer…
House Speaker Mike Johnson: ‘We have a plan’ after government funding bill fails
1 of 3 | Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to press while house members vote on his spending bill to avoid a…
Trump threatens tariffs if EU doesn’t buy more oil and gas from US | International Trade News
EU spokesman says 27-nation bloc, which already buys most US oil and gas exports, open to talks with president-elect.Donald Trump has threatened to levy tariffs…
Supreme Court hears free-speech case involving cheerleader
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear its most important case in decades on the 1st Amendment rights of students, and ultimately is expected…
Malaysia agrees to launch new search for missing MH370 plane
The Malaysian government is authorizing $70 million to begin a new search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370, which disappeared on March 8, 2014. File Photo…
LAPD reviews scores of bomb threats a year. Did deputy mayor send one?
At Los Angeles International Airport last spring, a dispatcher received an anonymous call suggesting that a Spirit Airlines flight to Las Vegas was “going to…
Watch: Google Doodle video spotlights most searched-for topics of 2024
Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Friday's Google Doodle included a 4-minute video revealing some of the website's most searched-for topics of 2024. Subjects included the rise…
How fighting housing nearly bankrupted one of America’s richest towns
PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif. — On a Sunday afternoon a few years ago, about a dozen neighbors held a meeting with Craig Hughes, who was then the…