2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (315+ words) WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump gave sizable holiday gifts to four White House aides, according to new financial disclosures released by the administration. A White House official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity,…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (431+ words) A group of former Amazon warehouse employees is suing the company for systemically discriminating against pregnant workers, accusing the company of denying them basic accommodations and penalizing some who took breaks to pump milk or time off for hospital visits....

3+ day, 47+ min ago   (803+ words) QUITO, Ecuador -- Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave new clarity Wednesday on the U.S. approach toward combating drug trafficking in Latin American waters, saying the Trump administration is now focused on working with allied countries and aligning with their laws but…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1005+ words) NEW YORK — Sal Argano got lucky. When the World Trade Center was struck by hijacked jets on Sept. 11, 2001, the New York City firefighter was in Brooklyn, on loan to another station, rather than at his usual post at the small…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (494+ words) An Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors are not acting responsibly in AI development, echoing concerns raised inside and outside of the industry about the technology's potential to…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (750+ words) KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy chided the international community Wednesday for not taking a tougher stance against Russia over its escalating bombardment of civilian areas of Ukraine. At the end of August, Russia launched a week of nighttime and…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (735+ words) HONG KONG — Hong Kong 's first post-colonial leader, Tung Chee-hwa, who struggled to cope with an Asian financial crisis and growing protests for democracy in the early years under Chinese rule, died Tuesday at age 89. His office said in a…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (774+ words) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A federal judge in Missouri on Tuesday temporarily blocked the state from using its old congressional districts in the November election, after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to get involved in the twisting and confusing legal battle....

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (616+ words) WASHINGTON — Lonnie Bunch is stepping down from the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution following a tumultuous year in which President Donald Trump tried to remake the portrayal of U.S. history by the Smithsonian museums and other cultural entities. Bunch said…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1200+ words) NEW YORK -- When the planes crashed and the buildings fell on that sunny September morning 25 years ago, the shock waves of dismay and grief went far past downtown New York City, rural western Pennsylvania and just outside Washington, D.C. They radiated…...