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Authorization for the largest residential flood insurance program in the country expired this week, leaving homeowners unable to access new coverage and potentially wreaking havoc on home sales in flood-prone areas. Millions of policyholders rely on the National Flood Insurance Program to secure flood coverage that is rarely part of standard homeowners policies and is [...]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States has agreed to allow South Korean workers on short-term visas or a visa waiver program to help build industrial sites in America, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said this week. The announcement came weeks after South Korea flew home more than 300 of its nationals who had been detained [...]
BAGHDAD (AP) — The American military has begun drawing down its mission in Iraq under an agreement inked with the Iraqi government last year, officials said. Washington and Baghdad agreed last year to wind down the military mission in Iraq of an American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group by September 2025, with United States [...]
The Federal Communications Commission voted this week to end discounts for library Wi-Fi hotspot lending and school bus connectivity programs, drawing criticism from lawmakers and librarians who say the moves will make it more difficult for people who are low-income or live in rural areas to access the internet. The 2-1 vote on hotspot lending [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration earlier this week said it will open 13 million acres of federal lands for coal mining and provide $625 million to recommission or modernize coal-fired power plants as President Donald Trump continues his efforts to reverse the years-long decline in the country’s coal industry. Actions by the Energy and [...]
Regardless of how smart or human-like artificial intelligence may become, no AI system will be permitted to obtain legal “personhood” in Ohio under legislation introduced last week in the General Assembly. “Person” would not include an AI system under House Bill 469, which also declares AI systems to be non-sentient entities — or those incapable [...]
President Donald Trump says he will slap a 100 percent tax on movies made outside the United States, a directive aimed at protecting a business that America already dominates. Claiming that movie production “has been stolen’’ from Hollywood and the United States, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that “I will be imposing a [...]
CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s transportation department has been pulling back grants already announced for recreational trails and bicycle lanes, telling local officials their projects fail to promote road capacity or are “hostile to motor vehicles.” The department recently sent letters to local governments in at least six states — Alabama, California, Connecticut, Illinois, [...]
The Census Bureau plans to use postal workers as census takers in at least two locations during field tests next year for the 2030 census, which will determine political power and federal funding. The statistical agency said in a notice to be published this week that it will test and assess the feasibility of using [...]
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The United States will grant $675,000 for crucial demining programs in Cambodia, the U.S. Embassy said, after a freeze on foreign assistance raised doubts about the future support for mine clearance in the Southeast Asian nation. An estimated 4 million to 6 million land mines and other unexploded munitions littered [...]