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Fed leaves interest rate unchanged but with 3 dissents as Warsh praises 'good family fight'

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, although three officials dissented in favor of higher rates as the central bank wrestles with how to dea...

Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about h...

The Latest: Senate plans vote to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID-19 questions

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemi...

Wisconsin judge says voters who have returned absentee ballot for state primary cannot get a new one

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters who have already returned their absentee ballots for the state's primary are not allowed to void those and request a new one, a judge ruled Wednesday. T...

'She killed the kids!' 911 call from Lindsay Clancy's husband brings tears to the courtroom

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lindsay Clancy sobbed in court Wednesday as jurors listened to the anguished 911 call her husband made after returning from an errand to find she’d strangled their thr...

Oil prices jump following fighting with Iran, Wall Street swings after the Fed holds rates steady

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices got back to jumping on Wednesday, while the U.S. stock market flipped between losses and small gains after the Federal Reserve opted not to raise interest rates. ...

Iran launches renewed missile attacks as US and Saudis strike Tehran-backed militias in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran launched a barrage of missiles at American forces in the Middle East on Wednesday as the U.S. partnered with Saudi Arabia to strike Tehran-backed militias in neighboring ...

Lindsey Graham returns home one last time for his funeral in South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Lindsey Graham returned for the last time Wednesday to South Carolina, where powerful friends remembered him as someone who never stopped working for the state he ...

'Once' Oscar winner and Irish musician Glen Hansard dies in motorcycle crash

LONDON (AP) — Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, who won an Academy Award for the 2007 film “Once,” died in a motorcycle crash on the outskirts of Dublin early Wednesday, his management s...

Southern Europe burns as 3 firefighters die and France battles blaze 4 times the size of Paris

LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — An uncontained wildfire four times the size of Paris threatened to surge again in southwest France on Wednesday — as three firefighters died in Greece and crew...

'Pleading the Fifth' invokes a constitutional amendment that has a long history in US society

NEW YORK (AP) — It was important enough to the framers of the U.S. Constitution to be included in the first 10 amendments known as the Bill of Rights — that no person “shall be compelled in ...

Jared Leto denies sexual assault allegations described in BBC documentary

Four women have accused Jared Leto of sexual misconduct when they were teenagers, to which the actor and musician responded Wednesday that he has “never sexually assaulted anyone.” “I have n...
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