By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer A little more than a year ago, Ryan Sprankle welcomed President Donald Trump to one of the three grocery stores his family owns near Pittsburgh. Trump was on the campaign trail; they talked about high grocery prices, and the Republican nominee picked up ...
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The longest government shutdown in history could conclude as soon as Wednesday, Day 43, with almost no one happy with the final result. Democrats didn't get the heath insurance provisions they demanded added to the spending deal. And ...
By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press Electricity demand will rise much faster than overall energy growth in the coming decades, underscoring the need for diversified energy sources, according to an analysis released Wednesday. The report by the International Energy Agency said renewable ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Space weather forecasters issued an alert on Tuesday for incoming severe solar storms that could produce colorful northern lights and temporarily disrupt communications. In the past few days, the sun has burped out several bursts of energy called coronal mass ejections that ...
NEW YORK (AP) — John F. Kennedy's grandson Jack Schlossberg is running for the U.S. House next year, announcing Tuesday that he's seeking a key New York seat set to be vacated by longtime Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler. "This district should have a representative who can harness the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A former aide to two New York governors is set to go on trial Wednesday on charges she sold her influence to the Chinese government and illegally profited from the state's bulk purchase of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Linda Sun and her husband, Chris Hu, were ...
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — When Jim Sanborn was commissioned to create a sculpture at CIA headquarters, he wanted to do something that to spoke to its world of spies and secret codes. The result was a 10-foot-tall, S-shaped copper screen called "Kryptos" that ...
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press The first major cold spell of the season plunged parts of the southeastern U.S. into record-low temperatures Tuesday, delivering a shock for 18 million people under a freeze warning across Alabama, Florida and Georgia. Meanwhile, several inches of snow ...
By MEG KINNARD and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday he is stunned by eight senators' decision to break with Democrats and end the government shutdown and warned they are not alarmed enough about President Donald Trump's ...
By CLAIRE SAVAGE The Associated Press A Virginia transportation security officer is accusing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of sex discrimination over a policy that bars transgender officers from performing security screening pat-downs, according to a federal lawsuit. The ...
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three paintings from famously chill public television legend Bob Ross sold Tuesday for more than $600,000 at auction. The paintings were the first of 30 Ross works being sold to benefit public TV stations hurt by cuts in federal ...
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Calling America's absence from key United Nations climate negotiations "doubling down on stupid," California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday the United States risks being left behind as an economic power. Newsom, a Democrat eyeing ...
By JOHN HANNA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay a little more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaper in August 2023 that sparked an outcry over press freedom. Marion ...
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump boasts that his tariffs protect American industries, lure factories to the United States, raise money for the federal government and give him diplomatic leverage. Now, he's claiming they can finance a windfall ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In Southern California, where police pursuits are common, this was one for the books. A suspect in an allegedly stolen minivan led authorities on a two-hour, 170-mile (274-kilometer) chase through four counties Monday that ended with her escaping into Mexico, officials ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday named a longtime regulator of cancer medicines to lead the agency's drug center, replacing the former drug director who was recently ousted after an ethics complaint. Dr. Richard Pazdur, a 26-year veteran of the agency, will ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday and carried the market back to where it was before last week's swoon. The S&P 500 added 0.2% after erasing a loss taken during the morning. It's been bouncing around lately, coming off Monday's vigorous rebound following its first losing ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge on Monday rejected a new congressional map drawn by Republican lawmakers and adopted an alternate proposal creating a Democratic-leaning district ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Republicans hold all four of Utah's U.S. House seats and had advanced a ...
Air travelers should expect worsening cancellations and delays this week even if the government shutdown ends, as the Federal Aviation Administration rolls out deeper cuts to flights at 40 major U.S. airports, officials said Monday. The fourth day of the flight restrictions saw airlines scrap ...
Airlines have canceled more than 9,000 flights across the U.S. since the Federal Aviation Administration ordered flight cuts last week to ease demand on control towers, which are short-staffed during the federal government shutdown. Although the government appears set to reopen in the coming ...