BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Interior Secretary Doug Burgum earlier this week proposed canceling a public-land management rule that allows for the leasing of public land for conservation as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to open more taxpayer-owned tracts to drilling, logging, mining and grazing. The rule was a part of efforts under former President Joe [...]
ISLAMABAD (AP) — An American metals company this week signed a $500 million investment deal with Pakistan. Pakistan’s Frontier Works Organization — which is the country’s largest miner of critical minerals — signed a memorandum of understanding with Missouri-based U.S. Strategic Metals for collaboration plans that include setting up a poly-metallic refinery in Pakistan. The [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge this week skewered a $1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company Anthropic and authors who allege nearly half a million books had been illegally pirated to train chatbots, raising the specter that the case could still end up going to trial. After spending nearly an hour mostly lambasting [...]
Ford is recalling almost 1.5 million vehicles in the United States because the rear view camera may show a blank or distorted image on the center display screen while the vehicle is in reverse, which can reduce or distort the driver’s view of what’s behind the car and increase the risk of a crash. The [...]
BEIJING (AP) — Many American companies operating in China have said they expect their sales to take a hit this year from President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the ones that China has imposed in response, according to an annual survey released this week by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. Nearly two-thirds of the [...]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Organizers of the Salt Lake City 2034 Winter Games earlier this week announced a fundraising effort that they say is the largest philanthropic campaign supporting a host city in Olympic and Paralympic history. The initiative, branded as Podium34, has raised more than $200 million and will fund community engagement programs [...]
Ohio crop farmers started this year’s growing season dealing with an abnormally wet spring that has been followed by an unusually dry spell leading up to harvest time. As a result, the quality and quantity of some crops could be reduced, according to agriculture researchers. The April through July timeframe was the eighth-wettest such period [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s job market was weaker in 2024 and early this year than originally reported, adding to concerns about the health of the nation’s economy. Employers added 911,000 fewer jobs than originally reported in the year that ended in March 2025, the Labor Department reported earlier this week. The department issues the [...]
TYLERTOWN, Miss. (AP) — As an ominous storm approached Buddy Anthony’s new home, he took shelter in his Ford F-250 pickup parked under a nearby carport. Seconds later, a tornado tore apart the one-story brick house and damaged the truck while lifting it partly in the air. Anthony emerged unhurt, but he had to replace [...]
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Nothing makes Brad Lancaster happier than a monsoon downpour. The tall 58-year-old jumped like a kid in the puddles on the sidewalk one recent August afternoon after a half inch of rain suddenly fell in Tucson, Ariz., during an especially dry summer. “Sweet!” Lancaster exclaimed, beaming when he saw how the [...]