LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — At least people are 3 dead and 11 injured after UPS plane crashed in Kentucky. The governor says Tuesday those numbers are likely to grow. The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane crashed about 5:15 p.m. as it was departing for Honolulu from Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport. Video showed flames…… MORE
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 52 people dead with 13 others missing in the central Philippines, mostly in widespread flooding that trapped people on their roofs and swept away scores of cars in a hard-hit province still recovering from a recent deadly earthquake. Six people were killed in a separate…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced yet another deadly strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The strike Tuesday comes the same day an aircraft carrier began heading to the region in a new expansion of military firepower. The latest attack killed two people aboard the…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Signs of a potential end to the government shutdown are intensifying with behind-the-scenes talks. They come as the federal closure, now in its 35th day, is on track to become the longest ever, disrupting the lives of millions of Americans. Senators from both parties are quietly trying to negotiate the contours of…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — In Dick Cheney’s hands, the vice presidency became a nexus of influence and manipulation — no longer the timid office where its occupants had tended their boss’s ambitions. For George W. Bush’s vice president, bunkering in secure undisclosed locations after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks was less an inconvenience than a metaphor…… MORE