Homeless provider ‘committed to resolving this misunderstanding’

National Guard, state employees asked to volunteer amid COVID surge

DALLAS — Some flights to and from the U.S. were canceled on Wednesday even after AT&T and Verizon scaled back the rollout of high-speed wireless service that could interfere with aircraft technology that measures altitude. International carriers that rely heavily on the wide-body Boeing 777, and other Boeing aircraft, canceled early flights or switched to […]

A wildfire in a central Texas state park is no longer growing and no injuries were reported after the blaze, suspected to have been caused by a prescribed burn, charred 1.2 square miles (3.2 square kilometers) in the city of Bastrop, officials said Wednesday. Texas A&M Forest Service spokesperson Kari Hines said no homes have […]

Five philanthropies plan to spend more than $20 million to bolster news coverage in Houston and create what they say will be one of the largest local nonprofit news organizations in the country. The newsroom is anticipated to launch later this year or early 2023 on multiple platforms, the donors said Wednesday in a news […]

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson defied calls to resign in a feisty performance Wednesday in Parliament — but it may be too little to prevent a push by his Conservative Party’s lawmakers to oust him over a series of lockdown-flouting government parties. Pressure on the prime minister grew as one Conservative lawmaker defected […]

Enhanced measures will be in effect for two weeks starting on Wednesday

TOKYO — Asian shares fell in cautious trading on Wednesday after stocks on Wall Street sank to a new low for the year. Tokyo, Shanghai, Seoul and Sydney were lower while Hong Kong edged higher. Technology shares led the decline Tuesday on Wall Street. Increasing coronavirus infections in Asia, linked to the spread of omicron, […]

From somewhere north of Pittsburgh, Warren Schaeffer showed up on a Tuesday Zoom call wearing a tobo …

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Emergency management officials on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota have a new building, but they have been operating out of an old jail that’s set to be torn down. That’s because the new building near a small airport doesn’t have water and sewer connected, said Lislie Mesteth, who runs the […]