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Congress nears funding deal with more than $100 billion in disaster aid

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders are nearing the unveiling of a spending agreement that will keep the federal government funded through March 14 and provide more than $100 billion in emergency aid to help states and local communities recover from ...

Suspect charged with killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO as an act of terrorism

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from a Pennsylvania jail. Luigi Mangione ...

Amazon investing another $10 billion in Ohio-based data centers

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Amazon Web Services will invest another $10 billion to bolster its data center infrastructure in Ohio. The company and Republican Gov. Mike DeWine announced the plan Monday. The new investment will boost the amount it has committed to spending in Ohio by the end of 2029 ...

Judge refuses to toss out bribery charge against NYC mayor

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday that he won't dismiss a bribery charge against New York Mayor Eric Adams because prosecutors described the allegations adequately in an indictment. Judge Dale E. Ho wrote in an opinion that an indictment unsealed against the Democrat in September ...

What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump?

NEW YORK (AP) — In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, big tech chiefs — including Apple's Tim Cook, OpenAI's Sam Altman, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, SoftBank's Masayoshi Son and Amazon's Jeff Bezos — have joined a parade of business and world ...