US moves to advance prisoner swap deal with Iran and release $6 billion in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has cleared the way for the release of five American citizens detained in Iran by issuing a blanket...
Oil prices creep higher, raise inflation concerns
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are creeping higher and raising concerns about the impact on inflation’s cooling trajectory, consumers’ wallets and the Federal...
South Dakota panel denies application for CO2 pipeline; Summit to refile for permit
South Dakota regulators on Monday rejected a permit application for a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline through the state, dealing a fresh setback to the...
Cybersecurity ‘issue’ prompts computer shutdowns at MGM Resorts properties across US
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A “cybersecurity issue” led to the shutdown of some casino and hotel computer systems at MGM Resorts International properties across...
Sheriff in New Mexico’s most populous county rejects governor’s gun ban, calling it unconstitutional
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The sheriff in New Mexico’s largest metro area vowed Monday not to enforce an emergency order by the governor to...
US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year — and there’s still...
The deadly firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia's watery storm surge helped push the United States to a record for the number of weather...
US approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge...
Sarah Burton, who designed Kate’s royal wedding dress, to step down from Alexander McQueen
LONDON (AP) — The fashion designer who created the wedding dress of Kate, the Princess of Wales, is stepping down as creative director at...
US and UK holding UN screening of documentary on Russia’s siege of Ukrainian city...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Britain have invited ambassadors, journalists and representatives of a broad spectrum of society to a U.N....
Balzan Prizes recognize achievements in study of human evolution, black holes with $840,000 awards
MILAN (AP) — An American literary historian, a French paleoanthropologist, a Danish evolutionary geneticist and a German-Dutch astrophysicist have been named the winners of...