U.S. & World

Veering toward a midnight Friday government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson is proposing a new plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but punts President-elect Donald Trump demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.

Amazon workers affiliated with the Teamsters union are on strike for a second day at seven of the company’s delivery hubs just days before Christmas. The Teamsters said the workers were continuing their strike on Friday after Amazon ignored a Sunday deadline the union had set for contract negotiations. The company says it doesn’t expect the strike ...

Drivers and airline passengers without reindeer and sleighs better make a dash for it: it’s beginning to look like another record for holiday travel in the U.S. The auto club AAA predicts that more than 119 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home between Saturday and New Year’s Day. The two weekends on either side of Christmas......

Debris can get into the front harness adjuster of the company’s Rava seats, making the harness loose and increasing the risk of injury in an accident.

A George Mason University freshman was arrested by the FBI and charged with distributing information about weapons of mass destruction online, after plotting a mass-casualty attack against people at the Israeli consulate in New York, according to court documents.

If the government shuts down days before Christmas, holiday travel could be hit but holiday shipping spared.

An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike will face the maximum sentence of 130 years in prison, a judge ruled Friday in the case that’s long cast a shadow over the teens’ small hometown of Delphi.

Netflix said Women’s World Cup coverage will include commentary and entertainment, as well as Netflix original documentaries in the lead-up to the tournament.

Nearly a dozen of families learned that their relatives’ bodies had been used for medical research not from a medical examiner, hospital or police officer — but from NBC News and Noticias Telemundo.

Starbucks baristas are striking in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle.

The Biden administration announced on Friday that it would forgive another $4.28 billion in student loan debt for 54,900 borrowers who work in public service.

Senior U.S. officials arrived in Damascus on Friday for the first diplomatic mission to the Syrian capital since the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad this month.

It was government shutdown season in Washington, and all through the House, many creatures were stirring — most notably Elon Musk.