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The U.S. Federal Reserve is raising the benchmark borrowing rate to a range of 2.25 percent to 2.50 percent, a move that would put it at the highest level in a decade.

The amendment stirred controversy on the island. The National Assembly said this week that eliminating a definition of matrimony was "a way of respecting all opinions."

The Port Orchard twister was extremely rare, especially for December, says the National Weather Service. No serious injuries were reported, but homes and other buildings were affected by the storm.

Police say the woman "attempted to elicit funds ... in return for protection from some form [of] potential danger." The law was scrubbed from Canada's criminal code last week.

A new report from a D.C.-based think tank offers insight into how Ohio's economy has weathered the post-recession years compared to other Midwest states. The Brookings Institution report released Wednesday, calledThe State of the Heartland Factbook 2018, looks at economic conditions in 19 mostly-Midwestern states since 2010.

The rest of the country will vote Saturday. But one journalist says that after a gunman pulled off a surprise attack in Kandahar, "there's a huge security vacuum, people are very nervous and worried."

The alert, which was "inadvertently triggered" during Honolulu Police Department training, angered residents who recalled a similar false alarm last year warning of an imminent missile attack.

Anthony Sowell, who was convicted in 2011 of killing 11 women in Cleveland, died Monday in an Ohio prison medical facility. A prison spokeswoman said the 61-year-old was admitted Jan. 21 with a terminal illness after spending close to 10 years on death row. She provided no details on his illness, other than that it was not COVID-19 related.

"Today, abortion remains safe and legal in South Carolina, and politicians' plan to restrict access to health care has failed," the region's Planned Parenthood president said following the decision.

The Justice Department charged six more members of a far-right militia group for allegedly plotting ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. At least three others were already charged from the group.