President Donald Trump said Thursday he will nominate a top economic adviser to the Federal Reserve’s board of governors for four months, temporarily filling a vacancy while continuing his search for a longer-term appointment
Vance, UK foreign secretary will meet before US vice president’s vacation
U.S. Vice President JD Vance is expected to meet with U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy at a stately home south of London before heading off on a family vacation in the English countryside
Ailing bull moose on Adirondack mountain hiking trail in New York put down
A bull moose that forced the closure of an Adirondack hiking trail this summer has been euthanized because of deteriorating health
Trump’s broad tariffs go into effect, just as economic pain is surfacing
Global financial markets have taken President Donald Trump's tariff adjustments in stride, with Asian and European shares and U.S. futures mostly higher
Iowa shooting, explosion and fire leave 2 dead and 1 critically injured
Authorities say a shooting and subsequent explosion and fire in a house in western Iowa left two people dead and a third critically injured
Senior FBI official who resisted Trump administration demands has been pushed out, AP sources say
A senior FBI official who served as acting director in the first weeks of the Trump administration and resisted demands to turn over the names of agents who participated in the Jan. 6 investigations is being forced out of the bureau
Officials plan to seek the death penalty for a Tennessee man charged with killing 4
Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against a Tennessee man charged with killing the parents, grandmother and uncle of an infant found abandoned in a home’s front yard
Food banks have long prevented emissions. Now they’re getting into the carbon credit business.
Eight to 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions come from food wasted somewhere along its journey from farm to table. When that organic waste ends up in a landfill, it emits methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, as it slowly decomposes. Food banks can help prevent food waste from occurring...
After Texas’ catastrophic floods, families face a daunting question: Rebuild or let go?
Brian Keeper doesn’t remember exactly when his family began spending holidays in Hunt, Texas, an unincorporated town on the banks of the Guadalupe River where they’d camp, swim, and fish. Sometimes they caught so many perch, bass, and catfish that it felt like his mother had the grill going all...
Who’s who at the plastics treaty talks, from delegates to lobbyists
As delegates from around the world have negotiated a global plastics treaty over five sessions since 2022, alliances have emerged among nations, across civil society, and throughout the private sector. Some countries have banded together in support of an “ambitious” agreement that prioritizes reducing plastic production; others have stood firm...