By upi.com | | 9/12/2024 2:11 PM

The White House on Thursday marked the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act that President Joe Biden wrote as a U.S. senator with new actions to reinforce efforts to protect women. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 9/12/2024 2:07 PM

Key Biden Administration personnel met with leaders of the biggest technology companies at the White House on Thursday to discuss new infrastructure needed to support artificial intelligence, sources said. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 9/12/2024 2:00 PM

The Treasury Department announced Thursday sanctions on 16 officials aligned with Venezuela's embattled President Nicolas Maduro for obstructing the country's presidential election while violating civil and human rights ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 9/12/2024 12:04 PM

A New York grand jury on Thursday indicted Harvey Weinstein on new charges, months after his original conviction on rape charges in the state. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 9/12/2024 11:11 AM

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday student loan servicing company Navient will be banned from servicing federal direct loans and must pay $120 million for what the agency called years of abuse. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 9/12/2024 11:01 AM

Jon Bon Jovi helped talk a woman off a ledge on Tuesday. She had climbed over the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge's guardrail and was leaning against it when the musician and his production assistant approached her. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 9/12/2024 10:46 AM

Wholesale prices for goods around the country in August grew 0.2% in August, matching Wall Street expectations. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 9/12/2024 9:22 AM

More than 33,000 union Boeing workers start voting Thursday on a tentative contract deal that includes a 25% raise over four years. If workers reject the deal a strike could start Friday at 12:01 a.m. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 9/12/2024 8:27 AM

Norfolk Southern removed CEO Alan Shaw and legal head Nabanita Nag after a preliminary investigation found that they were involved in a relationship that violated company policy. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 9/12/2024 2:29 AM

Federal authorities are increasing security for January's certification of the electoral vote in Washington, after a mob of former President Donald Trump's supporters attempted an insurrection during the last ceremony. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 9/11/2024 10:50 PM

A Philadelphia police officer who has been hospitalized since being shot during a traffic stop more than 80 days ago has died, city authorities and officials announced Wednesday. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 9/11/2024 9:29 PM

Three former Memphis police officers facing charges for their roles in Tyre Nichols' beating death in January 2023 "stood by his dying body and laughed," a federal prosecutor said Wednesday. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 9/11/2024 6:37 PM

Jim Sasser, who represented Tennessee for 18 years as a Democrat in the U.S. Senate and was the ambassador to China, died early Tuesday evening at his home in Chapel Hill, N.C. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 9/11/2024 5:23 PM

Eight U.S. senators on Tuesday urged the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to undertake an antitrust investigation of the providers of generative AI content. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 9/11/2024 5:12 PM

Singer and actor Justin Timberlake is expected to plead guilty to a traffic offense to end the drunk driving case against him in Sag Harbor, N.Y. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 9/11/2024 4:19 PM

Trump Media shares took a dive Wednesday, down 10.52% to $16.65 per share as of late afternoon following Donald Trump's Tuesday night presidential debate with Kamala Harris. It had risen prior to the debate. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 9/11/2024 3:41 PM

A Pakistani national was indicted Tuesday for allegedly attempting to commit an act of terrorism across national boundaries and murder-for-hire targeting former President Donald Trump and others. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 9/11/2024 3:35 PM

The BurgerFi restaurant chain and its subsidiary join a number of other companies who this year have filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 9/11/2024 2:18 PM

The Interior Department announced on Tuesday that they will give more than $46.2 million in grants to conserve or restore 91,425 acres of wetland and upland habitat for waterfowl, shorebirds and other birds in 17 states. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 9/11/2024 2:14 PM

The spread of listeria in the United States. out of Boars Head's facility in Virginia, which has killed several and hospitalized dozens, first showed an "imminent" threat two years before the outbreak, reports say. ... Read full Story