By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and PAUL WISEMAN AP Business Writers Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has overturned decades of U.S. trade policy — building a wall of tariffs around what used to be a wide open economy. His double-digit taxes on imports ...
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press After the crystal ball drops on New Year's Eve in New York City, it will rise again, sparkling in red, white and blue to usher in 2026 and kick off months of celebrations for the nation's upcoming 250th birthday. The patriotic touches at this year's Times ...
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The developers of a Virginia offshore wind project are asking a federal judge to block a Trump administration order that halted construction of their project, along with four others, over national security concerns. Dominion Energy Virginia said in its lawsuit filed late ...
By MINGSON LAU, MARC LEVY AND MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) — Rescuers braved shooting flames, falling debris and the threat of more explosions to evacuate dozens of nursing home residents after a blast ripped through a Pennsylvania facility, killing a resident and an ...
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press A Delaware state trooper who was shot to death at a DMV office was described Thursday as dependable and professional on the job and steady and kind at home. Cpl. Matthew "Ty" Snook, 34, of Hockessin, Delaware, was working an overtime assignment at a DMV ...
The Associated Press GLEN BURNIE, Md. (AP) — Federal immigration agents shot at a moving vehicle on Wednesday morning during an enforcement and removal action, striking one person and injuring another, officials said. A spokesperson for the Anne Arundel County Police Department said ...
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Telluride, one of the best-known ski resorts in the Western U.S., plans to close in the coming days due to a labor dispute between its owner and the ski patrol union. The Telluride Professional Ski Patrol Association voted ...
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A federal judge's ruling has cleared the way for Hawaii to include cruise ship passengers in a new tourist tax to help cope with climate change, a levy set to go into effect at the start of 2026. U.S. District Judge Jill A. Otake ...
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump marked Christmas Eve by quizzing children calling in about what presents they were excited about receiving, while promising to not let a "bad Santa" infiltrate the country and even suggesting that a ...
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Days after Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge to immediately free her from a 20-year prison sentence, the public release of grand jury transcripts from her sex trafficking case returned the spotlight to victims whose ...
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) — Like many retirement communities, The Terraces serves as a tranquil refuge for a nucleus of older people who no longer can travel to faraway places or engage in bold adventures. But they can still be thrust back to their ...
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and MENGSHIN LIN Associated Press KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Throngs of feral cats emerge from the shade of parked trucks and bushes as soon as the familiar Subaru Forester pulls into a dump on Hawaii's Big Island. They run after the vehicle to a certain meal ...
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. (AP) — Graphite mines in the United States largely closed down seven decades ago. Mining the ubiquitous mineral found in everything from nuclear reactors to pencils seemed to make little sense when it could be imported inexpensively from ...
By The Associated Press As 2025 wraps up, The Associated Press has curated a list of memorable stories and enjoyable reads published this year that you may have missed in the flurry of news and the busyness of living. There are storybook endings and heartbreak. Some are stranger than ...
A man accused of fatally shooting a Delaware State Police trooper at a DMV office allowed customers to leave and then fired at approaching officers before being killed, investigators said Friday. State Police Cpl. Matthew Snook was working an overtime assignment at the New Castle DMV reception ...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that he will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida over the weekend. Zelenskyy told journalists that the two leaders will discuss security guarantees for Ukraine during Sunday's talks, and that the 20-point ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks moved slightly lower in afternoon Friday trading as investors returned from the Christmas holiday in extremely light trading. The S&P 500 index was down 0.1% as of 2:30 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite was up ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Cuban immigrant who had built a new life working at a Kentucky scrapyard died on Christmas Day from severe burns suffered in last month's UPS cargo plane crash, raising the death toll to 15, officials said. Alain Rodriguez Colina was on the ground when the plane, ...
BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) — Rescuers braved shooting flames, falling debris and the threat of more explosions to evacuate dozens of nursing home residents after a blast ripped through a Pennsylvania facility, killing a resident and an employee, and setting off a frantic search of the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House has been charged in a complaint with federal firearms charges in connection with the ambush on November 26 that fatally wounded one of the West Virginia National Guard members and seriously injured the ...