BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� China’s state security agency says it is cracking down on alleged smuggling of rare earths minerals that it says threaten national security, just weeks after Beijing and Washington agreed to make it easier for American firms to obtain from China those materials, which are critical for manufacturing and computer chip production. In […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� From crypto coins to bibles, overseas development deals to an upcoming line of cellphones, President Donald Trump’s family businesses have raked in hundreds of millions of dollars since his election. That flood of money 鈥� from billionaires, foreign governments and cryptocurrency tycoons, often with interests before the federal government 鈥� has permitted […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Republican elected officials are promoting their recently passed tax and spending bill as a win for working Americans, but a new survey shows that Americans broadly see it as a win for the wealthy. About two-thirds of U.S. adults expect the new tax law will help the rich, according to the poll […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Former Missouri congressman Billy Long will be ceremonially sworn in as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service on Friday, taking over a beleaguered agency that he once sought to abolish and that has since been beset with steep staffing cuts and leadership turnover. Long won confirmation in a 53-44 Senate vote last […]
TOKYO (AP) 鈥� A Nagasaki cathedral has blessed the final piece to complete its restoration nearly 80 years after being destroyed by the second U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Japan: a reproduction of its lost bell restored by a group of Americans. The new bell was blessed and named 鈥淪t. Kateri Bell of Hope,鈥� by […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) 鈥� Asian countries are offering to buy more U.S. liquefied natural gas in negotiations with the Trump administration as a way to alleviate tensions over U.S. trade deficits and forestall higher tariffs. Analysts warn that strategy could undermine those countries’ long-term climate ambitions and energy security. Buying more U.S. LNG has topped […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) 鈥� Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday after Wall Street rose to records following better-than-expected updates on the economy and a mixed set of profit reports from big U.S. companies. Japan鈥檚 Nikkei 225 edged 0.1% lower to 39,854.28 as traders stayed on the sidelines ahead of an election for the upper […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Trump administration insists it hasn鈥檛 wavered in its duty to protect the civil rights of America鈥檚 children even as it dismantles the Education Department. Yet its own data shows the agency has resolved far fewer civil rights cases than in past years despite families filing more complaints. The Education Department鈥檚 civil […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� House Republicans were grasping late Thursday to formulate a response to the Trump administration’s handling of records in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case, ultimately putting forward a resolution that carries no legal weight but nodded to the growing demand for greater transparency. The House resolution, which could potentially be voted on […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) 鈥� The United Nations chief said Thursday that he would have liked more results from his meetings with the rival leaders of divided Cyprus, while the Turkish Cypriot leader said he was 鈥渧ery, very upset鈥� that there was no agreement on opening four new border crossings. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the meetings […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) 鈥� Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in merger talks to create the largest railroad in North America that would connect the East and West Coasts. The merger discussions began during the first quarter of this year, according to a person familiar with the talks who isn’t authorized to discuss them publicly. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump is granting two years of regulatory relief to coal-fired power plants, chemical manufacturers and other polluting industries as he seeks to reverse Biden-era regulations he considers overly burdensome. Trump issued a series of proclamations late Thursday exempting a range of industries that he calls vital to national security. The […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� A top Federal Reserve official said late Thursday that the central bank should cut its key interest rate later this month, carving out a different view than that of Chair Jerome Powell, who has been harshly criticized by the White House for delaying rate cuts. Christopher Waller, a member of the Fed’s […]
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) 鈥� A man who is suspected in the disappearance of his then-girlfriend in the 1980s and was recently extradited from California to Oregon has been arraigned on a murder charge stemming from the cold case. Mark Sanfratello, 72, was arraigned Wednesday in Josephine County Circuit Court in southern Oregon after a […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) 鈥� A former Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a motorist during a traffic stop was sentenced and granted parole Thursday by a judge, eliciting condemnations from the city’s district attorney and the victim’s family. Judge Glenn Bronson sentenced Mark Dial to 9 1/2 months in jail, and immediately granted Dial parole […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The State Department is pulling back from commenting on or criticizing elections overseas unless there is a clear and compelling U.S. foreign policy interest in doing so. In new guidance issued Thursday to all U.S. embassies and consulates abroad, the department said that those outposts should refrain from issuing statements that invoke […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) 鈥� Lauren Adams, general manager for KUCB public radio in Unalaska, Alaska, didn’t have much time to reflect on Congress, 4,000 miles away, stripping federal funding for public media this week. She’s been too busy working. Sirens blared in the Aleutian Islands community Wednesday warning of a potential tsunami, with a voice […]
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� When limits on liquids were introduced at TSA checkpoints across the country in 2006, bins overflowed with bottled water, toothpaste, shaving cream and so much more. Nearly two decades later, travelers are much more accustomed to the 鈥�3-1-1鈥� regulations” governing the size of the liquids they’re flying with, but scenes of […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) 鈥� The wife of a Louisiana police chief, who earlier this week was charged for his alleged role in a mass immigration visa fraud scheme, has also been arrested, state police said Thursday. Alison Doyle, a former employee of the small city of Oakdale, has been charged with two counts of […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� A 22-year-old man suspected in the shooting deaths of a longtime music supervisor for 鈥淎merican Idol” and her husband at their home in Los Angeles was charged with two counts of murder Thursday. Police said officers conducting a welfare check Monday at a gated house in the Encino neighborhood found the […]
OpenAI should continue to be controlled by a nonprofit because the artificial intelligence technology it is developing is 鈥渢oo consequential鈥� to be governed by a corporation alone. That is the message from an advisory board convened by OpenAI to give it recommendations about its nonprofit structure 鈥� delivered in a report released Thursday, along with […]
ATLANTA (AP) 鈥� A Republican candidate for Georgia governor asked a state ethics body Thursday to determine whether his GOP rival illegally lent $10 million to a campaign committee to evade restrictions under state campaign finance law. Attorney General Chris Carr鈥檚 campaign lawyer asked the Georgia Ethics Commission for a Lt. Gov. Burt Jones was […]
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The State Department says its destruction of 500 metric tons of emergency food aid that was stored in a warehouse in the Middle East was required because it had expired and that the move will not affect the distribution of similar assistance moving forward. The high energy biscuits 鈥� used primarily to […]
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) 鈥� Wednesday鈥檚 magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years 鈥� including one that shook communities almost exactly two years earlier. Officials said Thursday they had received no reports of injuries or major damage from […]
