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Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

‘Read this e-mail immediately’: CDC tells about 180 fired employees to come back to work

The CDC says about 180 employees who were laid off two weeks ago can come back to work.
1 year ago
MICHAEL PHILLIS and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press

After a month of Trump’s pro-oil and gas moves, Dems target his energy emergency

On Trump's first day, he signed an energy emergency declaration. Democrats tried and failed to terminate that declaration on Wednesday with a resolution in the Senate.
1 year ago
Zeke Miller and Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

Trump promises to keep up ‘swift and unrelenting action’ in speech to Congress

President Donald Trump will stand before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday to give an accounting of his first weeks in office.
1 year ago
FILE - Custodian Ray Keen inspects a clock face before changing the time on the 100-year-old clock ...
LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer

How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health — and how to prepare

Most of America "springs forward" Sunday for daylight saving time, potentially leading to sleep-related health impacts.
1 year ago
MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years who inspired ‘Jolene,’ dies at 82

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's husband of nearly 60 years, has died. The country music superstar says Dean died Monday in Nashville, Tennessee.
1 year ago
Josh Boak, Zeke Miller and Rob Gillies, Associated Press

Trump says 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports will start Tuesday, with ‘no room’ for delay

President Donald Trump said Monday that 25% taxes on imports from Mexico and Canada would start Tuesday.
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Kentucky flood relief...
Eric Cabrera

Local Red Cross leader helps with Kentucky flood relief

The Salt Lake Chapter of the American Red Cross arrived in Kentucky on Monday to assist in flood relief efforts.
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Katy Frank, left, a former computer scientist at the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab, w...
SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer

NOAA firings risk lives and economy, former agency heads warn

Former heads of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration are warning of the consequences of recent NOAA firings.
1 year ago
LEANNE ITALIE and BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press

Oscars 2025: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo channel “Wicked” characters

Bold reds, classic black and pops of pink took over the Oscars red carpet Sunday.
1 year ago
Susannah Burley, founding director of SOUL (Sustaining Our Urban Landscape), uses a map on the grou...
DORANY PINEDA Associated Press

Anti-DEI push revokes funding that was helping plant trees in underserved neighborhoods

Efforts to plant trees in underserved neighborhoods have been set back by the Trump administration's recent anti-DEI actions.
1 year ago
Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick speaks in the Oval Office of the White House after Presid...
JOSH BOAK, Associated Press

The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic product.
1 year ago
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, greets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Down...
BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press

UK pledges export financing for air defense as world leaders discuss ending war in Ukraine

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Britain, France and Ukraine have agreed to work on a ceasefire plan to present to the United States.
1 year ago
ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE, Associated Press

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo launches political comeback with a run for New York City mayor

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he is running for mayor of New York City.
1 year ago
Colorado Rep. Brittany Pettersen said she "was not given the opportunity to vote remotely" when she...
Kennedy Camarena

Congresswoman brings 4-week-old to U.S. Capitol in order to vote on budget bill

A congresswoman brought her baby with her to the House floor on Tuesday after she says she was denied the opportunity to cast a vote remotely.
1 year ago
A California boat captain has captured rare video of a super pod of more than 2,000 dolphins breach...
Janie Har, Associated Press

Rare video captures super pod of 2,000 dolphins off California coast

Evan Brodsky was about a dozen miles from Monterey Bay when his crew encountered a mass of northern right whale dolphins and their babies.
1 year ago
Hillel Italie, AP National Writer

Gene Hackman, prolific Oscar-winning actor, found dead at home at 95 years old

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman has been found dead at his home. He was 95.
1 year ago
iPhone 16s in an Apple Store in Pittsburgh on Jan. 12, 2025....
Associated Press

Apple to fix iPhone dictation glitch that suggests replacing the word ‘racist’ with ‘Trump’

Apple is working on fixing a bug causing some iPhones that briefly suggests the word "Trump" when a word with an R consonant is spoken.
1 year ago
Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking and Matt Brown, Associated Press

House GOP pushes budget resolution to passage

House Republicans sent a GOP budget blueprint to passage Tuesday, a step toward delivering $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $2 trillion in spending cuts.
1 year ago
Laurie Kellman, Associated Press

White House says it ‘will determine’ which news outlets cover Trump, rotating traditional ones

The White House says its officials "will determine" which news outlets cover President Donald Trump.
1 year ago
Gene Johnson, Associated Press

Federal judge blocks Trump’s effort to halt refugee admissions system

The ruling came Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by refugee aid groups, who argued Trump’s executive order ran afoul of the system Congress created for moving refugees into the U.S.
1 year ago
FILE - A woman applies lip balm in Long Pond, Pa., Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, Fi...
ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer

Does lip balm help chapped lips? Here’s what to know

A tube of lip balm may seem like the perfect antidote to dry, cracked lips. But do these over-the-counter products soothe flaking or can they make it worse?
1 year ago
ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer

Fabric and craft retailer Joann to go out of business and close all of its stores

Fabric and crafts retailer Joann Inc. is going out of business and shuttering all its stores.
1 year ago
Rebecca Boone and Martha Bellisle, Associated Press

Chaos ensued at Idaho town hall after woman was forcibly removed for shouting at speakers

Video from the Idaho town hall went viral, showing Teresa Borrenpohl being wrestled to the ground.
1 year ago
JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer

Kamala Harris receives prestigious NAACP award

Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage with a sobering message, urging people to stay resilient and hold onto their faith.
1 year ago