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Ireland and UK clean up after unprecedented Storm Éowyn brings record winds and damage

Jan. 25, 2025 05:17 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — Emergency crews began cleaning up Saturday after a storm bearing record-breaking winds left at least one person dead and more than a million without power across the island of Ireland and Scotland. Work was underway to remove hundreds of trees blocking roads and...

Capital One dealing with service disruption, mostly related to deposits

Jan. 17, 2025 09:21 AM EST

Capital One is continuing to experience a disruption to its service on Friday, with some customers frustrated that they are unable to see their deposits. As of 8:04 a.m. Eastern, there were nearly 3,400 reports of outages, according to Downdetector. That's up from around 2,100...

Italy rail asks authorities to investigate outages behind train delays

Jan. 15, 2025 09:45 AM EST

ROME (AP) — Italy’s national railroad filed a formal complaint with law enforcement authorities Wednesday alleging that power outages up and down the peninsula that have caused days of train delays were suspicious. “It can’t be a coincidence” that the outages have occurred...

Russia launches massive aerial attack against Ukraine, forcing country to introduce preventive power cuts, official says

Jan. 15, 2025 02:11 AM EST
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launches massive aerial attack against Ukraine, forcing country to introduce preventive power cuts, official says.

Hurricane-force winds cause widespread damage in Alaska's largest city

Jan. 13, 2025 17:10 PM EST

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Thousands of residents across Alaska’s largest city were still without power Monday, a day after a powerful storm brought hurricane-force winds that downed power lines, damaged trees, forced more than a dozen planes to divert, and caused a pedestrian bridge over a...

Virginia GOP Gov. Youngkin needs Democratic help to bolster his policy resume

Jan. 13, 2025 16:07 PM EST

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin urged a skeptical Democratic-controlled Legislature on Monday to work with him to roll back taxes and environmental laws in his administration's final year in office. The term-limited governor's growing national profile...