SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The United States will deploy biometric technologies in partnership with Chile to control migration and disrupt criminal networks, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said last week during a visit to the South American nation. “This arrangement is going to serve as a bridge to help Chile and the United States work [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The U.S. Treasury is seeking to recoup COVID-19 pandemic relief funds from hundreds of local governments that received millions of dollars but never complied with requirements to report how they used the money. The federal government distributed $350 billion to state, local, territorial and tribal governments as part of the American [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge ticked higher last month in a sign that President Donald Trump’s broad-based tariffs are starting to lift prices for many goods. Prices rose 2.6 percent in June compared with a year ago, the Commerce Department said, up from an annual pace of 2.4 percent in May. [...]
MINNEAPOLIS — In a period when retail beef prices are at an all-time high and consumers are still willing to pay, South Dakota rancher Calli Williams would love to cash in. Yet it’s not so simple. Williams and her husband, Tate, raise about 70 cow-calf pairs near Letcher in southeastern South Dakota, roughly 18 miles [...]
Meta easily beat Wall Street’s expectations for the second quarter, helped by higher advertising revenue and a growing user base on its flagship social media platforms. The money is helping to fund the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company’s massive investments in AI development and hiring top talent at eye-popping compensation levels. “Not only has Meta made [...]
Recently published research from the Ohio State University College of Public Health suggests a correlation between living longer and calling the Atlantic, Pacific or Gulf coast home. In its analysis of population data of more than 66,000 census tracts throughout the United States, the research team compared the data, which included life expectancy, based on [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits inched up modestly as businesses continue to retain staff despite economic uncertainty around U.S. trade policy. The Labor Department reported that jobless claims for the week ending July 26 ticked up by 1,000 to 218,000, less than the 225,000 new applications analysts forecast. It [...]
If you read the typical 2025 mass layoff notice from a tech industry CEO, you might think that artificial intelligence cost workers their jobs. The reality is more complicated, with companies trying to signal to Wall Street that they’re making themselves more efficient as they prepare for broader changes wrought by AI. A new report [...]
CVS Health topped Wall Street expectations for the second quarter and hiked its full-year forecast again, as the health-care giant continued to rally under new management from a forgettable 2024. The company said it filled more prescriptions at its drugstores and an improving health insurance business fueled its quarterly performance. CVS Health now expects adjusted [...]