The House has passed the National Defense Authorization Act, a bill negotiated between both parties and both chambers.Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images The House on Tuesday night passed a $768 billion defense bill, negotiated between both parties and both chambers, by a vote of 363-70. The National Defense Authorization Act ...

Kellogg announced plans to permanently replace striking workers who rejected a proposed contract. The walkout started Oct. 5.Josh Funk | AP The Kellogg Company announced Tuesday that a majority of its U.S. workers have voted against a proposed five-year contract, and that the company would hire permanent replacements for the ...

President Biden walks to Marine One outside the White House on Dec. 2.Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images When President-elect Joe Biden was asked whether student loan cancellation figured into his economic recovery plan, he declared, "It should be done immediately." "[Student debt is] holding people up," Biden said on Nov. ...

An international passenger arrives near a new rapid COVID-19 testing site for arriving international passengers at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Friday in Los Angeles.Mario Tama | Getty Images The fast-spreading omicron variant of the coronavirus has now been reported in 50 countries and 19 states, said Dr. Rochelle ...

A pedestrian tries to cross a flooded Queen Street, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, in Honolulu.Marco Garcia | AP Punishing rains over the Hawaiian islands have produced gusty winds and flash flooding throughout the state, with weather warnings still in effect as of Tuesday morning. The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency said ...

Every car in Michigan that was covered by insurance as of the end of October will bring its owner $400, under a new refund plan approved by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration.Carlos Osorio | AP Michigan's attempts to lower its famously high insurance rates seem to be working: Every driver in ...

Art Montagne in Honolulu, 1940; his letter to his mom, December 1941; and the American destroyer USS Shaw exploding during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.Renee Montagne; Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images My dad's story starts two years before Pearl Harbor, on a summer day in Sioux City, ...

One of the Home Bed assist handles recalled by Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare. The company is recalling both its Bed Assist Handles and Bed Assist Rail after two deaths were reported.U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission are recalling nearly half a million ...

NASA introduced its new astronaut candidate class on Monday — the first such group in four years.Robert Markowitz | NASA-JSC NASA announced 10 astronaut candidates on Monday, selecting a group from more than 12,000 applications. The group, which includes four women, will train in hopes of being named to NASA's ...

Chabad Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn and his wife RaizyKyle Mackie | Kyle Mackie Tonight is the last night of Hanukkah, and it's been a busy week for Chabad Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn, the only ordained rabbi in the entire state of Wyoming. By the fifth night Mendelsohn had already driven about 1,000 ...