PHOENIX (AP) — Hundreds of homeless people die in the streets each year from the heat, in cities around the U.S. and the world. The ranks of homeless have swelled after the pandemic.  The dangers of being outside on hot days are not just in desert areas like Las Vegas […]

Severe weather has forced Abbott Nutrition to pause production at a Michigan baby formula factory that had just restarted. The company said late Wednesday that production for its EleCare specialty formula has stopped, but it has enough supply to meet needs until more formula can be made. Abbott says it […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve intensified its drive to tame high inflation by raising its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point — its largest hike in nearly three decades — and signaling more large rate increases to come that would raise the risk of another recession. The […]

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed legislation he sponsored to update federal regulations for the global shipping industry and help American producers export their products internationally. The Ocean Shipping Reform Act helps address supply chain challenges by prohibiting ocean carriers from […]

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Yellowstone officials are assessing the damage caused by a deluge of floodwaters that forced the evacuation of parts of the iconic national park just as the summer tourism season was ramping up. A torrent of rain combined with a rapidly melting snowpack caused Monday’s flooding, which […]

Elon Musk will address Twitter employees Thursday for the first time since the billionaire and Tesla CEO offered $44 billion to buy the social media platform. Musk reached a deal to acquire Twitter in April, but he has clashed with the company repeatedly since then over the number of bots, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. markets are tumbling before the opening bell with the S&P 500 hinting at bear territory amid seeping pessimism over stubborn, four-decade high inflation. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials are down more than 500 points, or 1.7%, while futures for the S&P have fallen 2.2%, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was told over and over again: There was no voting fraud that could have tipped the 2020 presidential election. But in the eight weeks after losing to Joe Biden, the defeated president relentlessly pushed his false claims of a rigged 2020 election. When that failed, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The costs of gas, food and other necessities jumped in May, raising inflation to a new four-decade high and giving American households no respite from rising costs. Consumer prices surged 8.6% last month from 12 months earlier, faster than April’s year-over-year surge of 8.3%. On a month-to-month […]