Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed Sunday to deepen cooperation in space, defense, energy and business, expanding strategic ties between the two countries as Canada looks beyond the United States for new economic and security partners. Carney said the countries will task their space agencies and defense ministries to develop and share
A six-figure annual salary used to be a milestone for career success and financial security, but it isn’t what it used to be. The era of elevated inflation that began during the COVID pandemic has eroded the value of $100,000 to the point that Americans earning that much are hunting for bargains like everyone else.
EDINBURG, Texas — Quinten Martinez, pumping gas under a hot South Texas sun, remembers a time when fueling up didn’t require difficult decisions. “Is it going to be groceries this week?” asked the 28-year-old Amazon delivery driver as he watched the numbers tick higher. “Is it gonna be getting gas in our tank to go
The measure was a final legacy item for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a close ally and friend of the president who had just returned from Ukraine when he unexpectedly died in July. In the works for more than a year, the bill passed with large bipartisan margins: 86-11 in the Senateand 262-159 in the House. It’s meant
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama is set to execute a man Thursday night via lethal injection, three months after a judge’s ruling blocked the state from putting him to death with nitrogen gas. Jeffery Lee, 49, is scheduled to receive an injection beginning at 6 p.m. at south Alabama’s William C. Holman Correctional Facility for killing
Rules aimed at limiting pollution from coal and gas power plants are being scrapped, the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced. The agency also said it would take steps to prevent future administrations from regulating power plant emissions. The EPA said that getting rid of the majority of the climate rules
