Two days of talks between U.S., Russian and Ukrainian negotiators aimed at finding a path to end the four-year war wrapped up in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, hours as Kyiv came under a massive Russian air attack.

Saturday’s discussions ran for about three hours. The Ukrainian delegation is expected to brief President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who’s ...Read more

The U.S. is in talks with Chevron Corp., other crude producers and the world’s biggest oilfield service providers about a plan to quickly revive output in Venezuela at a fraction of the estimated $100 billion cost for a complete rebuilding.

Oilfield contractors such as SLB Ltd., Baker Hughes Co. and Halliburton Co. would focus their initial ...Read more

President Donald Trump threatened Canada with 100% tariffs against all its exports to the U.S. if it makes a trade deal with China, escalating tensions between the U.S. and its northern neighbor.

Trump, referring to Prime Minister Mark Carney as “Governor Carney,” said the Canadian leader was “sorely mistaken” for opening up his country...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — When Yvonne St Cyr — an Idaho woman who participated in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol after Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss — appeared before U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington, D.C., he told her just before sentencing that she had “little or no respect” for the law, the country’s democratic systems...Read more

The first Pepsi Challenge tour in 50 years didn’t feature regular or even Diet Pepsi. Instead, the blind taste-test showdown last year pitted Pepsi Zero Sugar against Coca-Cola Zero Sugar.

At the Super Bowl next month, it’s Zero Sugar that will star in the beverage company’s Pepsi commercial, not the original formula. PepsiCo Inc. is ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Thieves have tried to break into Taylor Minatogawa's business five times in the last two months, distressing him so much he's spent at least a dozen nights inside his shop keeping guard.

A hooded suspect with a baseball bat surprised one of his employees at the door of the Gardena shop during one unsuccessful attempt. In another...Read more

Ukraine’s capital Kyiv suffered a massive drone and missile attack overnight as talks continued between U.S., Russian and Ukrainian representatives in the United Arab Emirates aimed at finding a path toward peace.

At least one person was killed in the assault and four were injured as strikes and falling debris sparked fires across multiple ...Read more

A 17-year-old who expressed interest in joining ISIS has pleaded guilty to trying to kill one New Jersey police officer and attacking backup police with a knife.

Fasihullah Safar, of Alexandria, Virginia, will be sentenced as an adult on charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault, aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer and motor ...Read more

NEW YORK — A U.S. judge said the federal murder trial of Luigi Mangione over the killing of UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive Brian Thompson will start Sept. 8 with jury selection.

U.S. District Court Judge Margaret Garnett said the timing after jury selection will depend on whether she lets prosecutors pursue the death penalty. If she ...Read more

Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to Haiti Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé on Friday, giving him his support amid efforts by the transitional presidential council to oust him.

“Secretary Rubio emphasized the importance of his continued tenure as Haiti’s prime minister to combat terrorist gangs,” State Department spokesperson ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Six activists barricaded themselves in the City Hall offices of Mayor Todd Gloria on Friday, a standoff that continued until they were arrested.

The protesters, who were in the waiting area outside of the office, were arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor trespassing, said San Diego police Capt. Ryan Hallahan.

According to local ...Read more

U.S. transportation safety investigators are probing a series of incidents in which self-driving cars operated by Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo unit drove improperly near parked school buses in Austin, Texas.

The National Transportation Safety Board will “examine the interaction between Waymo vehicles and school buses stopped for loading and ...Read more

Snow and dangerously bitter cold are expanding across the U.S. Great Plains as the country’s largest winter storm prompts cascading travel disruptions and threatens widespread power outages.

The storm is expected to span almost 1,500 miles, bringing heavy snow, crippling ice and subzero wind chill to some of the nation’s biggest cities. ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A San Jose doctor suing a Thai restaurant in Los Gatos over claims its Dragon Balls appetizer was so spicy it burned her internally has received a delay in the trial, citing her need to attend a wedding in Vietnam.

“It would be difficult and distracting for me to have a trial starting the day after I return from overseas,...Read more

NEW YORK — Kaz Daughtry, a top official in ex-Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, is slated to join the Department Homeland Security as a law enforcement liaison, the Department of Homeland Security told The New York Daily News.

Daughtry, who served as Adams’ deputy mayor for public safety and was one of Adams’ closest allies in the ...Read more

The Venezuelan regime is rejecting as “fake” a report by the British newspaper The Guardian that reported that acting President Delcy Rodríguez had privately pledged cooperation to the Trump administration ahead of the U.S. military operation that captured strongman Nicolás Maduro earlier this month.

On the official X account of ...Read more