National

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Wind and solar are set to lead U.S. power generation growth for the next two years following new renewable energy instillations, Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Tuesday. U.S. solar power generation is expected to grow 75% to 286 billion kilowatt hours (kWh)in 20…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The transition toward clean energy and electric vehicles will not be interrupted regardless of who wins the 2024 U.S. presidential election, outgoing U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said on Tuesday. Kerry, speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, w…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — A Long Island architect was charged by a New York prosecutor on Tuesday with the murder of a fourth woman, six months after he was named as the prime suspect upon his arrest in the killings of three other women whose bodies were left near a beach. Rex Heuermann, 59, was formall…

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden posed a threat to public safety and cannot rely on his constitutional right to a firearm to avoid prosecution for federal gun charges, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a court filing on Tuesday. Hunter Biden’s…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s aide asked for the ambulance picking up the Pentagon chief to keep its lights and sirens off during a New Year’s Day call to 911, according to audio of call obtained by Reuters. “Can the ambulance not show up with lights…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Senate rejected a resolution on Tuesday that would have frozen security aid to Israel unless the State Department produces a report within 30 days examining whether Israel committed human rights violations in its campaign against Hamas in Gaza. Seventy-two senators v…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A bill to avert a partial U.S. government shutdown beginning this weekend cleared a first procedural hurdle in the Senate on Tuesday, as lawmakers scrambled to pass the measure through Congress before a Friday deadline. The legislation is intended to give the Democratic-major…

GENEVA (Reuters) — The U.N. human rights office on Tuesday called on the U.S. state of Alabama to halt its first planned execution of a prisoner by nitrogen gas asphyxiation this month, saying it could amount to torture and violate U.S. commitments under international law. Kenneth Smith, convicted …

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — Authorities on Monday suspended their search for possible survivors after a Cozy Mark IV plane crashed into the water near Half Moon Bay, California, Sunday night, shortly after taking off from Half Moon Bay Airport. Wreckage from the aircraft was found upside down in the wat…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — An Arctic blast gripping much of the nation caused more than 11,000 flights to be delayed or canceled Monday, and with another storm looming, the number was expected to grow. New York was spared most of the delays at the outset, but that was poised to change as a snowstorm de…