The onslaught of rain and snow after three years of punishing drought appears akin to other major storms that have struck California every decade or more since experts began keeping records.
US has hit the debt ceiling – here’s what that means
The debt limit sets up a fight between the White House and House Republicans
Locked up, stripped and tortured: Iran’s protesters reveal the price they pay for defiance
One woman tells Borzou Daragahi that she, her mother and her sisters were held in prison for weeks. Once released on bail, they hired a smuggler to take them across the border to Iraq
Kazakh president dissolves parliament, calls March elections
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has promised reforms, including limiting his own power and strengthening parliament’s.
Ashley Roberts ‘didn’t feel safe’ after being targeted by stalker, court hears
Lewis Langley, of Thornton Heath, south London, denies stalking the former Strictly Come Dancing star.
Excess US truckload capacity to bring contract rates back down to earth
Lower rates and abundant capacity should promote stability in the truckload market in 2023, but any semblance of normality is conditional, at best, until the broader US economy is on a more stable footing.
Yellen says Treasury is taking extraordinary measures to avoid default as U.S. hits debt limit
Yellen previously said she believes the U.S. government can keep paying its bills until at least early June by deploying extraordinary measures.
Russia, China to Hold Naval Drills Off South Africa
Russia and China will conduct naval drills in the Indian Ocean off the coast of South Africa next month.
Russian invaders have destroyed almost 80% of largest national park in Donetsk Oblast
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Alec Baldwin to be charged with manslaughter in shooting
Prosecutors announced that actor Alec Baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer who was killed on a New Mexico movie set.