May 23, 2024

ATLANTA (AP) – Former President Jimmy Carter is expected to make a full recovery after having an operation Monday to remove a small mass in his liver, according to a spokeswoman. Carter Center spokeswoman Deanna Congileo called the procedure “elective” in a statement released Monday afternoon. She says the operation was completed without any issues […]

The slump in oil prices deepened Monday, pulling down the price of U.S. crude to the lowest level in more than four months. The move came as traders braced for softer demand amid an increase in the number of active rigs and signs of weakness in U.S. construction spending and manufacturing. Benchmark U.S. crude fell […]

NEW YORK (AP) – AT&T customers will save $10 a month and get a single bill for their TV and wireless services under a new package the company is offering after its $48.5 billion purchase of satellite TV company DirecTV 10 days ago. Under the new package, customers will get a single number to call […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Treasury Department estimates that it will end up borrowing $552 billion for the current budget year, the lowest total in eight years. The Treasury’s borrowing estimate covers the budget year that began last October and will end on Sept. 31. The total would represent a drop of 17.6 percent from last […]

CAPE CORAL, Fla.- A man is fighting for his life after falling into a canal and getting pinned under a lawn mower. Police and fire crews rushed to a home on Northeast 10th Place around 11:30 a.m. Monday. Officials say the man is approximately 60 years old and owns a lawn care company. Firefighters say he […]

Foxcatcher is a highly acclaimed movie that fits into the “Sports” category. The other day a friend of mine told me that as the sports guy I had to see it. “It’s the best sports movie of all-time” he said. That’s high praise so I Redboxed the sucker and… it was terrible. Like, bad to […]

KAZAN, Russia (AP) – The women are getting it done at the world swimming championships. Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden lowered her own world record in the 100-meter butterfly to win gold Monday night, and then Katinka Hosszu of Hungary erased a world mark from the high-tech suit era to claim the 200 individual medley. Earlier […]

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) – Jurors in the Colorado theater shooting trial declined to rule out the death penalty Monday as they move toward sentencing James Holmes. The decision clears the way for one last attempt from both sides to sway the jury, with gripping testimony from victims about their harm and suffering, as well as […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – House Republicans said Monday that they have the GOP votes to disapprove of the Iran nuclear deal as Democrats stepped up their support of the agreement the Obama administration and other world powers negotiated with Tehran. Since Republicans hold a commanding 246 seats in the House, it was widely expected that the […]

MIAMI (AP) – A bail hearing was postponed Monday for a Florida Keys man described by the FBI as an Islamic State sympathizer who plotted to detonate a backpack bomb at a beach. Defense Attorney Richard Della Fera said he asked for the delay so that he could review U.S. government surveillance of his client, […]