WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder, a pioneer for women’s and family rights in Congress, has died. She was 82.
Schroeder’s former press secretary, Andrea Camp, said Schroeder suffered a stroke recently and died Monday...
March 14, 2023 8:34 am / no comments
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis marks the 10th anniversary of his election as pope on Monday. During that decade, several historic occasions, as well as several unplanned events, helped define the contours and priorities of history’s...
March 13, 2023 9:03 am / no comments
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oil giant Saudi Aramco reported Sunday earning $161 billion last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists.
The...
March 13, 2023 8:42 am / no comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is approving the controversial major Willow oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope, according to two people familiar with the decision.
The decision being announced Monday is...
March 13, 2023 8:34 am / no comments
NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday told U.S. residents the nation’s financial systems are sound, following the swift and stunning collapse of two banks that prompted fears of a broader upheaval.
“American can have confidence...
March 13, 2023 8:30 am / no comments
The National Weather Service in Bismarck, reminds you to don’t forget – we spring forward this upcoming Sunday March 12th!
This is a good reminder to check and change batteries in your smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors,...
March 11, 2023 9:01 pm / no comments
Brussels (AP) — The humble egg has become a star performer for all the wrong reasons as inflation has hit households across the European Union extremely hard over the year.
The EU’s statistical agency Eurostat announced Friday that...
March 10, 2023 10:44 am / no comments
Washington (AP) — The House voted unanimously on Friday to declassify U.S. intelligence information about the origins of COVID-19, a sweeping show of bipartisan support near the third anniversary of the start of the deadly pandemic.
The...
March 10, 2023 10:39 am / no comments
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed Friday to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after seven years of tensions. The major diplomatic breakthrough negotiated with China lowers the chance...
March 10, 2023 10:32 am / no comments
Hamburg, Germany (AP) — A gunman stormed a service at his former Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation in Hamburg, killing six people before taking his own life after police arrived, authorities in the German port city said Friday.
Police...
March 10, 2023 10:17 am / no comments