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By JENNIFER McDERMOTT The Trump administration said Wednesday it’s buying back another energy company’s U.S. offshore wind leases for four more wind projects, bringing the total amount spent on these agreements to nearly $2.6 billion. Chicago-based Invenergy has agreed to …

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN, AP Science Writer When the U.S. and Israel launched the war against Iran on Feb. 28, President Donald Trump said one of the main objectives was to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon. That has put …

By Sam Whitehead, KFF Health News The Trump administration has issued final rules on how states should ensure that millions of Medicaid enrollees prove they’re working or completing other activities, such as job training, volunteering, or being enrolled in an …

By Alan Halaly, Las Vegas Review-Journal LAS VEGAS — The reservoir that serves as Southern Nevada’s main water supply is headed for an even more painful decline than thought due to historic drought and recent water management decisions, according to …

By SAFIYAH RIDDLE The federal government on Tuesday asked a judge to halt the United States’ first reparations program that offered Black people in a small Illinois city $25,000 for 20th century race-based housing discrimination, joining an existing lawsuit that …

In James Ellroy‘s new “Red Sheet,” it’s October 1962 in Los Angeles, and in the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the city is on edge with rumors of communist sleeper cells and hit squad conspiracies. Detective Freddy Otash is …

By LORNE COOK BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte played down on Wednesday the impact of the Trump administration’s decision to cut back the number of troops and military equipment it would provide its allies should they come under …

By KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer Top artificial intelligence executives are gathering Wednesday in France against a backdrop of growing calls for tech sovereignty in Europe, fueled by concerns about American dominance in the industry. The wars in Iran and …

Disneyland faces a February deadline to retire Autopia’s gas-powered engines or close the 1955 opening day Tomorrowland attraction under a settlement agreement with the state agency that regulates air pollution in California. MiceChat reports Disneyland faces a state-mandated deadline to …

By JUSTIN KABUMBA BUNIA, Congo (AP) — A 16-month-old baby and his mother have recovered from Ebola in eastern Congo, a rare positive development as Africa’s top health body warned the outbreak of the deadly virus could become the worst …

Close, but not quite. That about sums up the Sky right now. They’ve played well against playoff-caliber teams in their last two games but lost both in the final minutes. Their injured players, Courtney Vandersloot and DiJonai Carrington, are making …

Chicago police announced Tuesday that a person of interest was taken into custody in a cross-burning in Grant Park last week — an incident that alarmed officials, faith leaders and the community. The cross was torched the afternoon of June …

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is fighting the notion his premiership is in terminal decline (Picture: Reuters) It’s hard to think of any point in the past two years when you would have envied Sir Keir Starmer. Everything has been …

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page A man who killed eight women in Long Island has been jailed for life without the …

On Tuesday, speaking at the G7 summit in France, President Donald Trump criticized Israel for attacking Lebanon while the U.S. negotiates an agreement with Iran. Trump said: “Without the US, there would be no Israel. Without me, there would be …

U.S. Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY), who lost his GOP primary to Trump-endorsed candidate Ed Gallrein, continues to push back against the President, including his demand that Congress pair an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) with the SAVE …

Hundreds of Englewood residents celebrated the groundbreaking of a long-awaited project that could help make 59th Street “the corridor to watch,” Resident Association of Greater Englewood Executive Director Asiaha Butler said. The RAGE’s $6.4 million mixed-use development — dubbed The …

Did you know that Sunday, June 21, is both Father’s Day and the Summer Solstice? I’m still feeling peeved that the stupid pandemic (remember that?) prevented me a few years ago from going to the huge annual solstice gatherings at …

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will enter the Kevin Warsh era Wednesday, as President Trump’s pick to lead the central bank oversees his first policy meeting and holds his first news conference. Yet …

The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday forecast a system moving up the Texas coast could become the season’s first tropical storm. As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. advisory, the center of what is now named Potential Tropical Cyclone One was …