Wednesday was Black Women's Equal Pay Day, a day meant to raise awareness about the wage gap Black women experience.
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter was laid to rest in Plains, Georgia. It's Wednesday's news.
Though stage 4 breast cancer has spread to her bones, Shannen Doherty says her best days are still ahead.
President Joe Biden took his economic message to the district of Rep. Lauren Boebert on Wednesday to highlight clean-energy projects she opposed.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived on Thursday in Tel Aviv where he was expected to meet with Israeli leaders to discuss extending Israel's temporary truce with Hamas militants and boosting humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. Blinken, making his third trip to the region since the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, is also expected to visit the occupied West Bank, where he will likely meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a Palestinian official said. "Looking at the next couple of days, we’ll be focused on...doing what we can to extend the pause so that we continue to get more hostages out and more humanitarian assistance in," Blinken said at a news conference in Brussels on Wednesday.
A senior general orders an investigation at a top U.S. military facility tasked with defending the homeland from threats from Russia and China after reporting from USA TODAY revealed the presence of a bar.
It's a holiday tradition that has yielded a Christmas tree full of family memories.
Russia's armed forces have focused on eastern Donetsk region after failing at the outset of the 21-month-old conflict to advance on Kyiv. Ukraine regained large chunks of territory a year ago, but a new counteroffensive launched in June has made only incremental gains in the east and south. Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces had captured Khromove, a village on the western approaches to Bakhmut, seized in May by Russian forces after months of heavy fighting reduced it to ruins.
The US Justice Department unveiled charges on Wednesday against a man they say planned to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader on American soil earlier this year under the direction of an Indian official.Gupta, 52, has been charged "in connection with his participation in a foiled plot to assassinate a US citizen" of Indian origin in New York, the Justice Department said.
The indictment marks a rare instance of criminally prosecuting people connected to the vote canvassing being dragged out last year in six Arizona counties.
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against a man they said was "recruited" by an Indian government employee to assassinate a Sikh activist in New York City.
Pennsylvania is trying anew to help voters using mail-in ballots in the battleground state avoid mistakes that might get their ballot thrown out in 2024's presidential election and beyond. In a new directive Wednesday, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration asked counties to start using a standard set of instructions to explain how to complete mail-in ballots, among other steps. Shapiro's top election official, Secretary of State Al Schmidt, said some counties already use these methods.
An Illinois firearms retailer and a national gun rights group on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a second time to block a Democratic-backed state ban on assault-style rifles and large capacity magazines enacted after a deadly mass shooting in Chicago's Highland Park suburb in 2022. The National Association for Gun Rights, Robert Bevis and his firearms store, Law Weapons & Supply, made the request after a lower court denied their bid for a preliminary injunction against the ban, as well as a similar ban enacted by another Chicago suburb, Naperville.
Taylor Swift released "You're Losing Me" on streaming services including Spotify and Apple Music, which fans think was inspired by her breakup with Joe Alwyn.
Ten Israelis, two Russian citizens and four Thais have been handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza, according to the Israeli military
This is the 101st tree lighting for the National Christmas Tree, a tradition dating back under President Calvin Coolidge.
Kamala Harris will be the highest-ranking U.S. representative of the dozens of lawmakers and agency officials participating in the nearly two-week negotiations.
(Reuters) -Salesforce raised its annual profit forecast and its third-quarter results beat Wall Street targets on Wednesday, benefiting from a strong demand for its cloud and business products in an uncertain economy. Its shares rose 7% after the bell as it also forecast fourth-quarter revenue and profit above expectations, raising optimism that tech spending is picking up pace in the second half as inflation cools. The company now expects full-year adjusted profit between $8.18 and $8.19 per share compared with $8.04 to $8.06 it had forecast earlier.
Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager have released their first holiday song called "A Carefree Christmas" to get everyone in the spirit this year.
Vivek Ramaswamy’s national political director is leaving his campaign this week to join former President Donald Trump’s re-election effort.
US Vice President Kamala Harris will attend the UN climate summit beginning in Dubai this week, the White House said Wednesday, after President Joe Biden faced pushback for not going."The President asked Vice President Harris to attend the COP28 Leaders Summit on his behalf to showcase US global leadership on climate at home and abroad," the White House said in a statement.
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