In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings. It’s only here and in northern Mexico that the bluish-green peyote plant can be ...
Greek traffic police are warning drivers in areas with ice and snow to use snow chains after long traffic jams were reported near some ski resorts because of cars stuck on the roads. Police on Thursda ...
As a Democrat who immersed himself in political news during the presidential campaign, Ziad Aunallah has much in common with many Americans since the election. He’s tuned out. “People are mentally ...
The crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan has killed 38 of 67 people on board. Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 was en route from Azerbaijani capital Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the ...
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish migration rights group says more than 10,000 migrants died in 2024 trying to reach Spain by sea. Tens of thousands of migrants left West Africa in 2024 for the Canary Islands, ...
Turkey’s central bank has lowered its key interest rate by 2.5 percentage points to 47.5%, carrying out its first rate cut in nearly two years as it tries to control soaring inflation. Citing slowing ...
Some churches held Christmas Day services today across the Coachella Valley. One of those churches: St. Margaret's Episcopal ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of workers are facing an unsettling reality heading into 2025. After years of working from the comfort of home, they’re being told it’s time to return to the office full-time ...
CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. — The Cathedral City Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Avenida Juarez and 30th Avenue on Christmas night. Smoke was visible from the building, and multiple ...
NEW YORK (AP) — What a wonderful year 2024 has been for investors. U.S. stocks ripped higher and carried the S&P 500 to records as the economy kept growing and the Federal Reserve began cutting ...
China says its economy grew a bit more in 2023 than earlier thought, according to an economic census conducted every five years. The government said the revision would not affect its expectations for ...
Russia’s top security agency says that it has arrested several suspects accused of involvement in an alleged Ukrainian plot to assassinate senior military officers. The annoucnement on Thursday ...