Oregon extends crab fishing restrictions to protect whales from getting caught in trap ropes
Oregon has extended rules restricting the number of crab traps in the water and how deep they can drop in the late-season months when humpback whales are more likely to swim there
2023-08-06 05:45
Profits at Warren Buffett's firm reach $36B as stocks surge and its insurance holdings perform well
Profits rebounded at Warren Buffett’s conglomerate along with the value of its $353 billion stock portfolio in the second quarter to hit $35.9 billion
2023-08-06 00:56
Recalling a wild ride with a robotaxi named Peaches as regulators mull San Francisco expansion plan
An Associated Press reporter recalls the first time he took a ride in a car without sitting in the driver’s seat
2023-08-06 00:20
Heat and wildfires put southern Europe's vital tourism earnings at risk
Greece’s resort island of Rhodes is nursing its wounds after 11 days of devastating wildfires
2023-08-05 14:49
FDA approves first postpartum depression pill
Federal health officials have approved the first pill to specifically treat depression after childbirth
2023-08-05 07:28
New offshore wind power project proposed for New Jersey Shore, but this one's far out to sea
A German wind energy developer and a New York utility want to build another wind farm off the New Jersey coast
2023-08-05 04:48
U.S. publishing executive dies in a boat crash off Italy's Amalfi Coast
An U.S. publishing executive has died in a boating accident off Italy’s Amalfi Coast
2023-08-05 04:45
Taiwanese microchip company agrees to more oversight of its Arizona plant construction
A Taiwanese microchip manufacturer building its first U.S. plant in Arizona has agreed to more scrutiny from the state when it comes to the safety of construction workers
2023-08-05 03:25
Joe Biden's 'Buy America' policy on infrastructure projects leads to factory jobs in Wisconsin
Efforts by the Biden administration have been helping create new factory jobs as part of a push to bring high-speed internet to the whole country
2023-08-05 03:17
Power at the gas pump: Oregon lets drivers fuel their own cars, lifting decades-old self-serve ban
Oregon has ended a decades-old ban on self-serve gasoline
2023-08-05 02:47
Icahn Enterprises halves quarterly dividend months after short-selling report, shares plunge
Months into the fallout from a damning short-selling report, shares for corporate raider and activist investor Carl Icahn’s conglomerate Icahn Enterprises plunged Friday after the firm halved its quarterly dividend
2023-08-05 02:19
The UN cut their food aid this summer. These Palestinians now struggle to find their next meal
Thousands of families in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are struggling with deep food insecurity two months after being cut from the United Nations’ main food assistance program
2023-08-05 00:57