President Obama's already shortened trip to Asia was canceled Thursday, the White House calling it a casualty of the government shutdown. The White House said Obama personally called the leaders of Indonesia and Brunei to deliver the news.
Read More »Sharp Words Over Shutdown When Lawmaker Visits WWII Memorial
Texas Republican Rep. Randy Neugebauer told a Park Service ranger she should be ashamed for carrying out orders that the World War II Memorial, like other national parks and monuments, be closed. That led to a tense exchange with a passerby, who said it's lawmakers who are to blame. See the video.
Read More »How Do You Get Paid $400,000 At Carnegie Hall? Be A Stagehand
The famed hall's five full-time stagehands are on strike, and that's already forced the cancellation of one gala. Tax records show their average total compensation is more than $400,000 each a year. The dispute is over whether they'll also be working in the hall's new Education Wing.
Read More »Treasury: New Debt Ceiling Fight Could Derail Economy
In a report, the department warns that a default could do damage to the economy to rival the Great Recession.
Read More »Tropical Storm Karen Heading For U.S. Gulf Coast
Oil and natural gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico have already been evacuated in anticipation of the storm, which is expected to make landfall as early as Saturday.
Read More »Weapons Inspectors Report Progress In Syria
The international team says it hopes to begin onsite inspections and the initial disabling of equipment within a week.
Read More »On Day 3 Of Shutdown, It’s Deja Vu All Over Again
The partial shutdown continues. The two sides haven't publicly shifted their positions. So once again we turn to that sage of the baseball diamond, Yogi Berra, for the best line on the news that keeps repeating.
Read More »Dozens Dead, More Feared Lost, After Shipwreck Off Sicily
A ship packed with African migrants trying to reach Italy apparently caught fire before sinking. It's thought there were about 500 people on board. The vessel had set off from Libya, authorities say.
Read More »Jobless Claims Stay Near Six-Year Low
A scant increase last week is another sign that the labor market is on the mend, economists say. There were 308,000 first-time claims for unemployment insurance, up 1,000 from the week before.
Read More »Tesla’s Stock Gets Burned After Car Fire And Downgrading
Twin challenges — a shift in opinion about the stock by an influential research firm and a YouTube clip of a fire that destroyed a Tesla Model S — seem to have shaken investors a bit.
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