NAJU-SI, Korea, Republic Of (AP) NAJU-SI, Korea, Republic Of (AP) Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEP) on Tuesday reported earnings of $178 million in its second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Naju-Si, Korea, Republic Of-based company said it had net income of 14 cents. The electric utility posted revenue of $14.6 billion in...

After more than half a century, Leake County schools have been released from a federal order that monitored and prevented racial discrimination within the district. That means a judge will no longer oversee Leake County School District to ensure Black students get equal access to a quality education. U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Jordan approved...

WASHINGTON (AP) The House approved a resolution Wednesday holding billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress, referring the matter to the Department of Justice after he defied the Oversight Committee’s subpoenas in its investigation into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The action was swift, and without a formal vote, and now leaves it to the...

An individual, believed to be the missing 81-year-old woman, was found dead last week in Loudoun County, Virginia, authorities said.

According to a report, food insecurity is at a five-year high in the D.C. region and is nearing level seen at the height of the COVID pandemic.

WASHINGTON (AP) House holds billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas in Epstein investigation.

Opponents are going to court in hopes of blocking a controversial $50 million grant Michigan awarded in August to fund construction of a Canadian companys copper mine in the western Upper Peninsula. The money was approved by the Michigan Strategic Fund after several failed attempts by economic developers and regional lawmakers to subsidize the Copperwood...

WASHINGTON (AP) The Federal Reserve just raised the cost of money bad news for borrowers, good news for savers. The Fed increased its benchmark interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point, the first rate hike since the summer of 2023. The hike will likely make it even costlier to borrow for homes, autos and...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) Scientists have discovered a crater on the moon that’s bigger than the Roman Colosseum and is the result of a powerful impact two years ago that initially went undetected. The steep-sided hole about 728 feet (222 meters) across and up to 141 feet (43 meters) deep is the...

NEW YORK (AP) Using fossilized teeth, scientists have finally taken the T. rex’s temperature and it wasn’t too different from our own. Researchers once thought that dinosaurs were sluggish, cold-blooded creatures. Later findings challenged that, suggesting that older dinosaurs were warm-blooded and could control their body temperature. Most scientists ...

NEW YORK (AP) Annie Dillard, the Pulitzer-Prize winning author and essayist renowned for her poetic explorations of nature, love, spirituality and the art of writing in the Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, The Maytrees and numerous other works, has died. She was 81. Her literary agent, Rob McQuilkin, said Dillard died Tuesday of natural causes...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Police arrest SUV driver on suspicion of murder in bus collision that LA news helicopter was covering when it crashed.

WASHINGTON (AP) The House will vote Wednesday on a broad package of sanctions targeting Russian officials and key pillars of its economy as lawmakers look to deprive Russian President Vladimir Putin of the financial resources needed to wage the war against Ukraine. The bill is named after the late Sen. Lindsey Graham of South...

NEW YORK (AP) Across the runways this New York Fashion Week, designers reimagined spring dressing by shaking up the seasons staples of florals and pastels, opting instead for more modern and irreverent trends. From legacy brands to emerging talents, designers including Tory Burch, Ralph Lauren and Eckhaus Latta brought joy back to dressing with...

Fairfax County police have arrested a former healthcare executive accused of unlawfully recording multiple victims, including a juvenile, in the Tysons area.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) People carried bodies Wednesday as machines cleared rubble from a Gaza City building that collapsed after Israeli strikes left it unstable. Reconstruction remains stalled as Israel demands Hamas disarm, with few excavators allowed in.

NEW YORK (AP) Online behemoth Amazon said it’s increasing the starting hourly wage for its U.S. full-time operations employees like warehouse workers by $1 to $20. With the increase, the average wage will be nearly $24 an hour, with average total compensation of more than $32 an hour including the value of its benefits...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) An Islamic State group member was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for aiding the terrorist organization that took credit for a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 160 Afghans at the Kabul airport five years ago during the American militarys chaotic withdrawal from the country....

WASHINGTON (AP) The son of imprisoned former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai appealed for his fathers release at a congressional hearing in Washington on Wednesday, one week before Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit the U.S. Sebastien Lai urged his fathers release on humanitarian grounds at a hearing of the Congressional-Executive...

Savings from a utilities reform bill this year are coming, but Maryland energy regulators said they have seen rising rate requests from power companies.

Ed Sheeran’s tour of North and South America has been roiled by the decision this week to drop Macklemore as an opener because of the rapper’s onstage pro-Palestinian comments. Since then, all of Sheeran’s other supporting acts have dropped out, including a group that performs with Sheeran during part of the show. Sheeran, who is...

NEW YORK (AP) In traditional Jewish American food culture, a deli was where you went for a towering pastrami sandwich. You went somewhere else entirely to buy lox and a schmear: an ” appetizing store. The quieter, less famous sibling of the Jewish delicatessen comes straight out of the kosher laws that forbid mixing...

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Maryland State Police said they started investigating the high school teacher earlier this month.

An intersection in Loudoun County that slows the daily commute for tens of thousands of people from Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia will be transformed into a roundabout, beginning Thursday, September 16.