Two little girls from New Jersey have been reunited with their father after being trapped by violence in the Republic of Georgia for two weeks.

A New Jersey congressman has arrived in the Republic of Georgia in an effort to bring home two young girls stuck overseas since the conflict with Russia began.

Efforts by Waste Management Inc. to buy rival trash hauler Republic Services Inc. are getting more complicated.

Police in the Dominican Republic say that a former Olympic wrestler has been shot to death after he tried to prevent his cousin from being robbed inside an electronics store.

A couple is trying to get their two children out of the Republic of Georgia after the Russian invasion of the country trapped the girls at their grandparents’ farm.

On blistering days in Los Angeles, drive northeast on the 110, exit at Highland Park and pull into a roadside grocery called Galco’s. Then walk in and say, “I’m thirsty. Can you point me to the soda-pop aisle?”

Waste Management Inc. has raised its unsolicited buyout offer for Republic Services Inc. by about 9 percent to $6.73 billion, escalating a takeover battle among the nation’s largest trash haulers.

Waste Management Inc., the nation’s largest trash hauler, said Monday it is boosting its unsolicited buyout offer for rival Republic Services Inc. by about 9 percent to $37 per share, or $6.73 billion.

Waste Management, the nation’s largest trash hauler, is boosting its buyout offer for rival Republic Services by 9 percent to $37 per share.