NEW YORK (AP) — The Long Island Rail Road, North America's largest commuter rail system, was shut down Saturday after unionized workers went on strike for the first time in three decades. The railroad, which serves New York City and its eastern suburbs, ceased operations just after ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Thousands of people rallied Saturday in the city considered the crucible of the modern Civil Rights Movement to push back against conservative states' efforts to dismantle congressional districts that helped secure Black political representation. The gathering in ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Senior citizens of Belmont County enjoyed a “Fiesta For Your Mind” luncheon at the senior center in St. Clairsville on Friday. Before chowing down on tacos, the seniors learned about suicide prevention and awareness from Sandy Williams, founder of Jerry’s Walk–Illuminating Suicide Awareness, an event named after her father, Jerry Williams, who died by suicide in 2011. For the past 10 years, Williams has held the walk to raise money to fund programming that teaches people about the signs and symptoms of depression and suicide and to dispel the stigma of ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and Nigerian forces killed a leader of the Islamic State group in Nigeria in a mission carried out Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump said. Trump announced the joint operation in Africa's most populous country in a late-night social media post. He said Abu Bakr ...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed the leader of Hamas' military wing who was one of the last surviving architects of the attacks that triggered the war in late 2023, the Israeli military said Saturday. Hamas confirmed the death. Izz al-Din al-Haddad was killed on ...
PEA RIDGE, Ark. (AP) — Walmart and Amazon are racing to speed up online order deliveries in rural areas of the U.S., a rich source of untapped sales that major retailers long wrote off as too sparsely inhabited, too remote or too impoverished to serve profitably. Walmart has a running ...
