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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Congressional Republicans say their plan to sell potentially hundreds of thousands of acres of federal land will generate revenue and ease growth pressures in some Western cities. Without clear details on how it will work, skeptics worry it could be a giveaway for developers and mining companies and do little to [...]
A deadly midair collision in January between a military helicopter and a commercial airliner, several additional crashes and technical problems that resulted in mass cancellations at New Jersey’s biggest airport have prompted officials to pledge a fix for the nation’s air traffic control system. Doing so, they say, would help ensure safety and prevent the [...]
SKANEATELES, N.Y. (AP) — Farmer Jeremy Brown taps the nose of a young calf. “I love the ones with the pink noses,” he says. This pink-nosed animal is just one of about 3,200 cattle at Twin Birch Dairy in Skaneateles, N.Y. In Brown’s eyes, the cows on the farm aren’t just workers: “They’re the boss, [...]
After months of pursuing a plan to convert itself into a for-profit business, OpenAI is reversing course and earlier this week said its nonprofit will continue to control the company that makes ChatGPT and other artificial-intelligence products. “We made the decision for the nonprofit to stay in control after hearing from civic leaders and having [...]
A man who admitted being “addicted to speed” behind the wheel had totaled two other cars in the year before he slammed into a minivan at 112 mph in a Seattle suburb, killing the driver and three of the five children she was transporting for a homeschool co-op. After sentencing Chase Daniel Jones last month [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — American employers added 177,000 jobs in April, according to a new federal government report. Hiring fell slightly from a revised 185,000 in March, but it is above economist projections of 135,000 jobs. The unemployment rate remained at 4.2 percent, the Labor Department reported last week. Transportation and warehousing companies added 29,000 jobs [...]
Norfolk Southern began making promises to East Palestine soon after its train derailed and caught fire in February 2023. The railroad operator said it would “make it right” after five tank cars of vinyl chloride were intentionally burned, sending up a huge black plume of smoke that spread more toxic chemicals over homes, schools and [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A closely watched inflation gauge cooled last month in a sign that prices were steadily easing. At the same time, consumers accelerated their spending, particularly on cars. This week’s report from the Commerce Department showed that consumer prices rose 2.3 percent in March from a year earlier, down from 2.5 percent in [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Consumers across the country will still be able to buy higher-ethanol blend E15 gasoline this summer, the Environmental Protection Agency announced earlier this week, saving them a little money at the pump. The emergency waiver issued by the EPA prevents retailers in most states from having to stop selling E15 gasoline [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Coal-fired power plants, long an increasingly money-losing proposition, are becoming more valuable now that the suddenly strong demand for electricity to run Big Tech’s cloud computing and artificial intelligence applications has set off a full-on sprint to find new energy sources. President Donald Trump — who has pushed for American “energy [...]