By MATT OTT Updated 9:47 AM CDT, July 29, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ view of the U.S. economy improved this month, but Americans remain concerned about the impact of tariffs on their economic futures. The Conference Board said Tuesday that…
By PAUL WISEMAN Updated 10:01 AM CDT, July 29, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers posted 7.4 million job vacancies last month, a sign that the American job market continues to cool. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that job openings in June…
By PHILIP MARCELO, ERIC TUCKER and MIKE BALSAMO Updated 9:51 AM CDT, July 29, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — A gunman who killed four people at a Manhattan office building before killing himself claimed in a note to have a brain disease linked to contact sports…
By CHRISTINA LARSON Updated 8:56 AM CDT, July 25, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s almost time for summer’s meteor shower duet. The Southern Delta Aquariid and the Alpha Capricornid meteor showers peak at the same time — in the early morning of July 30.…
By KELVIN CHAN Updated 7:08 AM CDT, July 28, 2025 LONDON (AP) — Chinese online retailer Temu was accused by European Union watchdogs on Monday of failing to prevent the sale of illegal products on its platform. The preliminary findings follow…
By WILL WEISSERT Updated 11:20 PM CDT, July 27, 2025 EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — The United States and the European Union agreed on Sunday to a trade framework setting a 15% tariff on most goods, staving off — at least for now —…
By JUAN A. LOZANO Updated 2:11 PM CDT, July 28, 2025 HOUSTON (AP) — Leaders of the county where 19 students and two teachers were killed in the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, voted Monday to release records related…
By DAVID KLEPPER Updated 6:17 AM CDT, July 28, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The phone rings. It’s the secretary of state calling. Or is it? For Washington insiders, seeing and hearing is no longer believing, thanks to a spate of recent…
By PATRICK WHITTLE Updated 11:34 AM CDT, July 28, 2025 PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine congressman and several commercial fishing groups are getting behind a push to delay rules designed to protect a vanishing species of whale for 10 years.…
By WILL WEISSERT Updated 10:21 AM CDT, July 28, 2025 EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he is giving Russian President Vladimir Putin 10 to 12 days to stop the killing in Ukraine, shortening a 50-day deadline he had…
By MINGSON LAU, JEFF MARTIN and ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 5:20 AM CDT, July 28, 2025 Passengers slid down an emergency slide of a smoking jet at Denver International Airport due to a possible problem with the plane’s landing gear, authorities said. American Airlines Flight…
By ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 12:15 PM CDT, July 28, 2025 RENO, Nev. (AP) — A gunman who opened fire just outside a casino in Reno, Nevada, shot multiple people Monday morning before being taken into custody, police said. The conditions of…
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 10:25 AM CDT, July 28, 2025 A federal judge on Monday ruled Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding as the nation’s largest abortion provider fights President Donald Trump’s administration over…
By JACK BROOK Updated 1:47 PM CDT, July 24, 2025 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The stench of trash and residue of bad decisions in one of America’s favorite party hotspots is being scrubbed away, thanks to a change in garbage collectors…
By MARGERY A. BECK Updated 1:37 PM CDT, July 24, 2025 A baby born at only 21 weeks of gestation last July in Iowa City, Iowa, has just celebrated his first birthday, and among his gifts is a Guinness world record…
By ALEXA ST. JOHN Updated 3:36 PM CDT, July 24, 2025 President Donald Trump’s plan to boost artificial intelligence and build data centers across the U.S. could speed up a building boom that was already expected to strain the nation’s ability to power it.…
NEW YORK (AP) — About 3.6 million hoses are under recall across the U.S. because hundreds have burst while being used, resulting in at least 29 injuries, including reports of temporarily impaired hearing. The recall covers a range of HydroTech-branded,…
By WILL WEISSERT Updated 4:08 PM CDT, July 24, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order mandating that federal authorities clarify whether college athletes can be considered employees of the schools they play for — attempting to…
By TOM MURPHY Updated 1:31 PM CDT, July 24, 2025 UnitedHealth Group says it is cooperating with federal criminal and civil investigations involving its market-leading Medicare business. The health care giant said Thursday that it had contacted the Department of Justice…
By MATT OTT Updated 7:47 AM CDT, July 24, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing for jobless aid fell for the sixth straight week, hitting the lowest level since mid-April. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims…
By MIKE STOBBE Updated 10:26 AM CDT, July 24, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — The fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman, new federal data released Thursday shows. The U.S. was…
By DAVID FISCHER Updated 11:05 PM CDT, July 23, 2025 FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A man charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump last year at his Florida golf course will return to court Thursday to once again explain why he…
By MARK KENNEDY Updated 1:05 PM CDT, July 24, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Two-time Grammy Award-winning musician Chuck Mangione, who achieved international success in 1977 with his jazz-flavored single “Feels So Good” and later became a voice actor on the animated TV…
By MATT OTT and THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 8:53 AM CDT, July 24, 2025 Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern confirmed Thursday that they are in merger talks that would create a single U.S railroad with service stretching from the East to the West…