TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Some 500 migrants from Central America, Venezuela and elsewhere fought with Mexican police, National Guard and immigration officers in southern Mexico Friday in one of the first such marches this year.
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — COVID-19 hospitalization numbers have plunged to their lowest levels since the early days of the pandemic, offering a much needed break to health-care workers and patients alike following the omicron surge.
The House Budget Committee on Thursday reversed a $360 million cut to a program to improve water infrastructure, including removing lead pipes, as it completed a plan for using federal stimulus funds.
Brittani Tiefenbrunn calls herself “the luckiest teacher in the world,” and it’s easy to see why after spending a few moments with three of her HOSA -- Future Health Professional students who enjoyed success at the HOSA State Competition in Rolla, Missouri earlier this week.
The Kansas City Royals exercised their club option on Mike Matheny for the 2023 season on Thursday, eliminating any uncertainty over whether their manager will remain with the club after the coming season.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Got a dime you can spare? Coins are in short supply — again. Retailers, laundromats and other businesses that rely on coins want Americans to empty their piggy banks and look under couch cushions for extra change and “get coin moving.” A group of trade associations that represent individual businesses including banks, retail outlets, truck stops, grocery stores and more is asking the Treasury Department for more help convincing Americans to get coins back in circulation.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose again this week as the key 30-year loan rate vaulted over 4.5% and attained its highest level since the end of 2018.
A line of severe storms packing isolated tornadoes and high winds ripped across the Deep South late Wednesday — killing at least two in the Florida Panhandle, toppling trees and power lines and leaving homes and businesses damaged as the vast weather front raced across several states.
Independence police continue to search for a suspect in a fatal shooting late Tuesday at a convenience store. The shooting happened about 11 p.m.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republicanled House on Wednesday advanced a rival constitutional amendment to block a push for open primaries and ranked-choice voting.