Americans turn cautious and retail sales slide after a spring spending surge to beat tariffs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retail sales fell sharply in May as consumers pulled back after a sharp increase in spending in March to get ahead of
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Flash flooding kills 5 in West Virginia, rescue teams searching for missing people
Flash flooding caused by torrential rains killed five people in northern West Virginia and rescue crews were searching for three other people who were missing
Anti-Trump demonstrators crowd streets, parks and plazas across the US. Organizers say millions came
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Masses of demonstrators packed into streets, parks and plazas across the U.S. on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump, marching through downtowns
A truck driver is convicted in the fatal shooting of an Amish woman in her Pennsylvania home
MEADVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A jury convicted a 53-year-old truck driver Thursday of shooting to death a pregnant Amish woman inside her rural Pennsylvania home
Truck units of Toyota and Daimler reach merger deal, first announced two years ago
TOKYO (AP) — The truck divisions of Japan’s Toyota and Daimler of Germany have agreed to merge to form “a new strong Japanese truck powerhouse”
Barbara weakens to a tropical storm as it heads to cooler waters off the coast of Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Barbara gradually weakened Tuesday as it continued heading northwest away from land after earlier strengthening to a hurricane. The
Ed the runaway zebra captured in Tennessee – the wild capture caught on camera
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — A runaway pet zebra that was on the loose for more than a week in Tennessee and became an internet sensation
At least 2 people killed as storms push through South
Two people were killed by falling trees and tens of thousands were left without power as severe storms rolled through the South over the weekend.
Trump deploying California National Guard over governor’s objections to LA to quell protests
PARAMOUNT, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops over the governor’s objections to Los Angeles where protests Saturday led
Trump and Musk break up, and Washington holds its breath
WASHINGTON (AP) — Maybe it was always going to end this way, with two billionaires angrily posting about each other on social media, fingers flying
Crews clean up 2,000-gallon diesel fuel spill in Baltimore’s harbor
BALTIMORE (AP) — Crews were working Thursday morning to contain and clean up a 2,000-gallon (7,570-liter) diesel fuel spill in Baltimore’s harbor, according to state
Inflation data threatened by government hiring freeze as tariffs loom
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Department has cut back on the inflation data it collects because of the Trump administration’s government hiring freeze, raising concerns
1 dead after severe weather tears through central US, including flooding in Texas and Kansas
DALLAS (AP) — One person has died after severe weather tore through parts of the central U.S., including heavy rain in Dallas, a tornado that
Motorcyclists strike gator on one of Florida’s busiest highways
ORANGE CITY, Fla. (AP) — Two motorcyclists hit a 6-foot alligator in the middle of one of Florida’s busiest highways, sending both bikers to the
US growth likely to slow to 1.6% this year, hobbled by Trump’s trade wars, OECD says
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. economic growth will slow to 1.6% this year from 2.8% last year as President Donald Trump’s erratic trade wars disrupt global
Thousands evacuated in 3 provinces as Canadian wildfires threaten air quality into some US states
FLIN FLON, Manitoba (AP) — More than 25,000 residents in three provinces have been evacuated as dozens of wildfires remained active Sunday and diminished air
Trump’s big plans on trade and more run up against laws of political gravity, separation of powers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Once again, President Donald Trump’s biggest policy plans were stopped in their tracks. On Wednesday, an obscure but powerful court in New
What happens to Trump’s tariffs now that a court has knocked them down?
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products. Now a federal
Get ready for several years of killer heat, top weather forecasters warn
WASHINGTON (AP) — Get ready for several years of even more record-breaking heat that pushes Earth to more deadly, fiery and uncomfortable extremes, two of
US consumer confidence rebounds after five straight months of declines amid tariff anxiety
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ views of the economy improved in May after five straight months of declines sent consumer confidence to its lowest level since