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Families of those killed in the 2002 Bali bombings testify at hearing for Guantanamo detainees 01/24/2024 07:03pm • FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Relatives of some of the 202 people killed in a pair of bombings on the resort island of Bali testified Wednesday of lives wrecked and families shattered in the attacks more than 20 years ago, speaking at a U.S. sentencing hearing at Guantanamo Bay for two Malaysian men in t Is It Cheaper to Live in New Jersey or New York City? 01/24/2024 07:00pm • Many people dream of living in New York City and enjoying the nightlife and amenities it has to offer. But right across the river from NYC is good old New Jersey -- and while it's an expensive place to live in its own right, you might end up with much more square footage for your dollar. That said, How Much of My Monthly Budget Should Go to Student Loans? 01/24/2024 07:00pm • After a nearly four-year hiatus, borrowers are back to making monthly payments on their federal student loans. Finding room in your budget for those payments can be challenging, especially if you're juggling rent, groceries and other bills. While there's no set rule for how much of your budget shoul CSX 4Q profit slips but railroad keeps its trains running smoothly and predicts profitable 2024 01/24/2024 06:59pm • CSX's fourth quarter profit slipped 13%, but the railroad hauled slightly more freight and kept its trains running smoothly. The Jacksonville, Florida-based railroad said it earned $886 million, or 45 cents per share, during the quarter. That's down from $1.02 billion, or 49 cents per share, a year Experimental gene therapy allows kids with inherited deafness to hear 01/24/2024 06:31pm • Gene therapy has allowed several children born with inherited deafness to hear. A small study published Wednesday documents significantly restored hearing in five of six kids treated in China. On Tuesday, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announced similar improvements in an 11-year-old boy tr Residents of Alaska's capital dig out after snowfall for January hits near-record level for the city 01/24/2024 06:15pm • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Residents of Alaska’s capital were digging out Wednesday after back-to-back winter storms brought the city’s snowfall totals for the month to near-record levels, leaving some parked cars buried with just side-view mirrors or windshield wipers poking out of the white stuff Harrowing helicopter rescue saves woman trapped for hours atop overturned pickup in swollen creek 01/24/2024 05:36pm • A helicopter team rescued a woman Tuesday morning who was trapped for almost 15 hours atop her overturned pickup truck in rushing waters after she tried to traverse a swollen creek after recent rains in Northern California. A helicopter of California Highway Patrol Air Operations airlifted the woman Biden vetoes GOP measure that aimed to block White House policy on foreign content in EV chargers 01/24/2024 04:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday vetoed a Republican measure that would have blocked a White House waiver that allows some foreign-made content in federally funded chargers for electric vehicles. The White House said the GOP plan would actually block made-in-America requiremen Kentucky lawmakers resume debate over reopening road in the heart of the state Capitol complex 01/24/2024 02:15pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers resumed their debate Wednesday over whether to reopen a road through the heart of the Bluegrass State's Capitol complex, seeking to balance safety and public access concerns. The Senate Transportation Committee advanced a bill meant to resume vehicle traffi Collision of gas truck and car in Mongolia sets off explosions that kill 3 firefighters 01/24/2024 01:43pm • ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — A truck carrying 60 tons of liquefied natural gas and a car collided at an intersection in the Mongolian capital early Wednesday, causing a massive fireball and a series of explosions that killed three firefighters and injured 11 people, officials said. Images showed t European farmers block French roads and head to Brussels to protest wages and bureaucratic meddling 01/24/2024 12:30pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — A surge in agricultural protests from the streets of Berlin to the flanks of the Pyrenees reached the European Union's headquarters on Wednesday where farmers decried everything from petty bureaucratic meddling to the scourge of bankruptcy and worse. With the political visibility o Oahu’s historic homes offer a slice of history and a sense of place 01/24/2024 12:24pm • There’s a mountain on Oahu named for the Greek myth of Tantalus, for whom satisfaction was always just out of reach. The road up is winding, filled with switchbacks, hanging vines, and vistas where, on mild nights, couples linger in cars against the backdrop of Honolulu’s city lights. Hidden ami DC carjackings are driving up insurance rates, report indicates 01/24/2024 11:48am • The District, already with some of the highest auto insurance premiums in the country, is getting hit by rising insurance rates following a surge in carjackings and other auto thefts, according to a new report. Auto insurance policy comparison site Insurify reports D.C. residents in 2023 paid an 12-year-old arrested after stealing electric bike and car with four other suspects, DC police say 01/24/2024 10:42am • A 12-year-old boy was arrested last week after D.C. police say he stole an electric bike and then a car in September 2023. The boy was in a group with four other suspects that allegedly attacked two people before stealing their vehicles. Officials said in a Tuesday news release that the stealing Civil war turned Somalia's main soccer stadium into an army camp. Now it's hosting games again 01/24/2024 07:42am • MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A stadium in Somalia's violence-prone capital is hosting its first soccer tournament in three decades, drawing thousands of people to a facility that had been abandoned for years and later became a base for military — and even extremists — amid civil war. Somali autho