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Dow Jones Agrees to Murdoch Takeover

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that its parent company has agreed to be purchased by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. This evening, the board of directors of Dow Jones & Co. will vote on whether to accept the $5 billion offer Murdoch made three months ago.

Bush Announces Moves To Steady Banking Sector

President Bush announced a $250 billion plan Tuesday in which the government will buy shares in the nation's banks. He vows that a massive purchase of stock in nine major U.S. banks will benefit the economy "by stabilizing the financial system." The president said the steps are not intended to take over the free market.

Florida State coach Mike Norvell watches during the second half of the team's Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football game against Louisville on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, in Charlotte, N.C.

Undefeated Florida State is left out of 4-team College Football Playoff

It's Michigan vs. Alabama and Washington vs. Texas for the final season of the four-team college football playoff format, before the tournament grows to a field of 12 next year.

Police and FBI agents continue their investigation of the shooting at Tops market on Sunday in Buffalo, N.Y. A gunman opened fire at the store killing ten people and wounding another three on Saturday.

The Buffalo suspect bought a rifle months after cops ordered a psychiatric evaluation

In June 2021, New York police sent the suspect to a hospital for an evaluation after he made a threat at his school. Then, he fell off of law enforcement's radar and bought a rifle earlier this year.

Former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff arrives for his sentence hearing at the Miami Federal Court house in Miami, Fla., on Wednesday.

Abramoff Sentenced to Five Years in Fraud Case

Disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and a former business partner were sentenced Wednesday to five years and 10 months in prison for fraud related to their 2000 purchase of the SunCruz Casinos gambling fleet.

Her Daughter Was Taken By ISIS 6 Years Ago. Now She May Have Found Her

A Yazidi mother who was separated from her daughter in the ISIS genocide believes she's found her. But she's awaiting confirmation from a DNA test.

Advocates rally outside the Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. Justices have struck down three versions of Republican-drawn state legislative maps for being unconstitutional.

With 6 weeks until Ohio's primary, many voting districts still haven't been decided

The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected legislative maps three times. With weeks to go until the primary, voters don't know who their candidates are and candidates don't know where their districts are.

Flowering medicinal marijuana plants in 2016 at Tweed INC in Smith Falls, Ontario.

Canada's Government Introduces Bill To Legalize Recreational Marijuana

The government of Canada has introduced legislation to allow adults to possess, share and purchase marijuana, while also strengthening penalties for those who give or sell the products to youth.

The exterior of the South Carolina Supreme Court building in Columbia, S.C. where Aug. 9, 2023, justices overturned the murder conviction of Carmie Nelson of Summerville calling autopsy photos presented at trial prejudicial.

SC's 6-week abortion ban upheld by all-male Supreme Court

The new all-male S.C. Supreme Court has upheld the state's six-week abortion ban roughly eight months after ruling a previous and similar ban unconstitutional.

An aerial view of a combine harvesting corn in a field near Jarrettsville, Md. A new study ties an estimated 4,300 premature deaths a year to the air pollution caused by corn production in the U.S.

Growing Corn Is A Major Contributor To Air Pollution, Study Finds

A study ties an estimated 4,300 premature deaths a year to the air pollution caused by corn production in the U.S. In some regions, the per-bushel health costs exceed the corn's market price.

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