PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Commercial fishermen who hoped for a loosening of fishing regulations during President Donald Trump's administration faced a setback when a federal appeals court reinstated rules meant to protect a dwindling whale species from getting entangled in fishing gear.
The ...
By DEVNA BOSE AP Health Writer
Andrea Meneses stumbled on a direct primary care clinic because of a crisis.
Her grandmother, visiting Wisconsin from Bolivia, did not have insurance but needed to see a doctor fast. One of the grandchildren accidentally put her insulin in the freezer ...
By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press
WEST ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle — the national bird of the United States, often seen against a clear blue sky — is having a moment.
The eagles find themselves in an ...
By MARIA CHENG and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization chief asked global leaders to lean on Washington to reverse President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the U.N. health agency, insisting in a closed-door meeting with diplomats last week ...
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Sunday and predicted six more weeks of wintry weather, his top-hatted handlers announced to a raucus, record-sized crowd at Gobbler's Knob in Pennsylvania.
Phil was ...
By MICHELLE L. PRICE, CHRIS MEGERIAN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's second week in office seemed to deliver a daily dose of shock therapy for the country.
There were chaotic reminders of his first term. The White House found itself ...
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — From an ice cream parlor in California to a medical supply business in North Carolina to a T-shirt vendor outside Detroit, U.S. businesses are bracing to take a hit from the taxes President Donald Trump imposed Saturday on imports ...
By DORANY PINEDA Associated Press
DUARTE, Calif. (AP) — Not far from where Ceci Carroll lives, a rock-mining company has polluted the air with dust across the San Gabriel Valley, she said.
Now, as crews clean charred remains from the Los Angeles wildfires, she worries about a new ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The city of Minneapolis has agreed to pay $600,000 to settle a lawsuit by a woman who alleged that ex-Officer Derek Chauvin hauled her from her minivan and pinned her to the ground with his knee in January 2020, just as he did four months later when he killed George ...
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Democrats on Saturday elected Ken Martin, the party leader in Minnesota, as the national chair, turning to a low-profile Midwestern political operative to coordinate their resistance to Donald Trump's presidency.
Martin ...