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As the nation’s aging roads fall further behind on much-needed repairs, cities and states are turning to artificial intelligence to spot the worst hazards and decide which fixes should come first. Hawaii officials, for example, are giving away 1,000 dashboard cameras as they try to reverse a recent spike in traffic fatalities. The cameras will [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Many utilities say they’ll need two or three times more electricity within a few years to power massive new data centers that are feeding a fast-growing artificial-intelligence economy. The challenges — some say the impossibility — of building new power plants to meet that demand so quickly has set off alarm [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of foreign students enrolled at American colleges has only declined 1 percent this school year, according to a new report compared with last year, according to a survey from the Institute of International Education. That figure, however, is propped up by large numbers of students who stayed in the United [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump last week announced that he was scrapping American tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and a broad swath of other commodities, a dramatic move that comes amid mounting pressure on his administration to better combat high consumer prices. Trump’s retreat from his signature tariff policy on many staples key [...]
Americans will be allowed to contribute more of their money to 401(k) and similar retirement saving plans starting next year. The IRS last week said the maximum contribution that an individual can make in 2026 to a 401(k), 403(b) and most 457 plans will be $24,500. That’s up from $23,500 this year. People aged 50 [...]
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Trump administration last week said it is rescinding federal rules that were aimed at protecting from future oil and gas leasing vast swaths of a petroleum reserve in Alaska that provide key habitat for migrating birds, caribou and other wildlife. The U.S. Interior Department said the final rule would be [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has announced that it has reached trade frameworks with Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador and Guatemala. The frameworks are about increasing the ability of American firms to sell industrial and agricultural products in these countries, according to a senior administration official who insisted on anonymity as a condition for briefing [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Military advocates are warning of long-lasting effects to National Guard troops and their readiness in the wake of the recent federal government shutdown while the military services are grappling with an inability to fully discharge active-duty service members. “The shutdown has been uniquely hard on the 433,000 Army and Air National Guardsmen,” [...]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The U.S. Mint in Philadelphia struck its last circulating penny this week after the president canceled the one-cent coin as the cost of making them became more than their value. President Donald Trump has ordered its demise as costs climb to nearly four cents per penny and the one-cent valuation becomes somewhat [...]
Voter anger over the cost of living is hurtling forward into next year’s midterm elections, when pivotal contests will be decided by communities that are home to fast-rising electric bills or fights over who’s footing the bill to power Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers. Electricity costs were a key issue in last week’s elections for [...]