Air traffic controller shortages lead to broader US flight delays as shutdown nears one-month mark
Travel delays were adding up at airports across the U.S. on Friday as the government shutdown drags on,…
Judges order the Trump administration to use emergency reserves for SNAP payments
BOSTON (AP) — Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue…
FBI director says multiple people arrested in Michigan in Halloween weekend attack plot
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Multiple people who had been allegedly plotting a violent attack over the Halloween weekend…
Advocates sue federal authorities over conditions at Chicago-area ICE facility
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois advocates sued federal authorities Friday over alleged “inhumane” conditions at a Chicago-area immigration facility.…
Black vultures, a scourge to newborn or sick cattle, move north in warming climate
EMINENCE, Ky. (AP) — Allan Bryant scans the sky as he watches over a minutes-old calf huddled under…
Shutdown offers schools glimpse of Education Department closure
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown has been a source of anxiety for school leaders wondering how long…
NASA takes one step closer to launching quiet supersonic jets
A supersonic jet plane designed to make very little noise took flight for the first time this week,…
Banks and retailers run short on pennies as the US Mint stops making them
NEW YORK — The United States is running out of pennies. President Donald Trump’s decision to stop producing…
National Guard unit told to create forces trained in unrest
WASHINGTON (AP) — Military leaders have ordered the National Guard in every state to develop a “quick reaction…
International Space Station marks quarter-century of people living in orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It’s an unprecedented space streak: 25 years of people living off-planet without even…
Lobster population plummets 34% in New England, regulators warn of overfishing
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A new report says America’s lobsters, which have been in decline since 2018, are…
Agreement between Trump and Xi turns back the clock
BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — Three-digit tariffs are off the table, but import duties on each other are…