The Federal Reserve is expected to lower interest rates again today, though deep divisions remain within its influential rate-setting committee. Fed Chair Jerome Powell will hold a press conference at ...

As the US doubles down on overt interventions, experts warn policymakers may be overlooking a key battlefield: prisons across the region.

The city of Chandler has spent years wrestling with the question of whether to build more data centers, just as communities around the country debate the economic and environmental tradeoffs of these ...

British photographer Mark Meth-Cohn had spent four days trekking through the Virunga mountains in Rwanda in search of gorillas when his patience and determination finally paid off.

A new pro-AI network of political action committees is releasing its first candidate ads in the 2026 midterms, as the debate around artificial intelligence ramps up ahead of the elections.

Australia now bans social media for children and teens under 16. The world-first nationwide legislation went into effect on December 10.

Children across Australia woke up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed ...

The global economy is “undergoing one of its most turbulent periods in decades,” according to a recent World Economic Forum (WEF) report, with geopolitical instability, trade realignments, and ...

Swirling underwater eddies are aggressively melting two Antarctic glaciers, a recent study found, including the one that could raise sea levels by multiple feet.

The Indianapolis Colts signed 44-year-old Philip Rivers to the practice squad on Tuesday, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press.

A new problem is threatening to worsen the affordability squeeze this winter: Natural gas prices have raced back up just as extreme cold forces Americans to crank up the heat.

For parents and campaigners who’ve long argued that incessant scrolling is damaging young minds, the start of Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s is just the beginning. Wayne ...