Search WREG.com

SEASIDE PARK, N.J. (AP) — As dead whales continue to wash ashore on the U.S. East Coast — and particularly the Jersey Shore — officials and academics are planning a wide array of monitoring and research aimed at preventing or minimizing harm to whales and other marine life during construction and operation of offshore wind […]

The United States and South Korea have decided to extend military exercises in response to a recent spate of missile launches from North Korea, offering stern warnings for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un should he hold a nuclear test, officials announced Thursday.  The decision to extend the Vigilant Storm joint military air drills comes after Pyongyang late […]

BOSTON (AP) — Three major medical associations have asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate and prosecute people who are threatening violence against children’s hospitals and physicians that provide gender-affirming health care. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association and the Children’s Hospital Association wrote to Garland on Monday. Their demands come amid […]

Senate Democrats finally broke the logjam in the Senate Judiciary Committee this past week by advancing seven judicial nominees for confirmation votes. It was the first time since mid-February that judicial nominees were advanced to the full Senate and only happened with GOP help, giving Democrats some hope the panel can operate effectively in the […]

Clashes over electric vehicle policies are exacerbating tensions between the Biden administration and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a key swing vote in the Senate.  For months, Manchin has fumed about the Treasury Department’s interpretation of electric vehicle (EV) tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) — the Democrats’ climate, tax and health care bill.  In recent weeks, the senator, who […]

In the “follow-home” robberies, suspects target people wearing jewelry or driving luxury vehicles throughout the city.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired artillery shells near its sea boundaries with South Korea late Tuesday, a day after the South began annual military drills to better deal with North Korean provocations. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement early Wednesday that North Korea fired about 100 shells off […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — With tensions spiking in the Middle East, U.S. forces in the region are facing increasing threats as a Navy warship shot down missiles appearing to head toward Israel Thursday and American bases in Iraq and Syria were repeatedly targeted by drone attacks. Later, a U.S. official said there had been a rocket […]

Senate Democrats are giving marijuana banking legislation another look only weeks after it hit a wall with Republicans and was not attached to a year-end spending package. A handful of Senate Democrats met with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday to “ponder the path” to passage this Congress, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said, […]

MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Survivors of one of the devastating tornadoes that cut a long path of destruction through the Midwest and South are grappling with ruins all around them in Mayfield, Kentucky. Mayfield has 10,000 residents, and it was one of the worst-hit towns in the unusual mid-December spate of twisters. Hundreds of buildings […]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing in a small boat on a remote Alaska island in the Bering Sea, Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s office said Thursday. Karina Borger, a Murkowski spokesperson, by email said the […]