How a US blockade on Iran has sanctioned ships turning around

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The U.S. Navy is imposing a sea blockade against Iran — the latest escalation in the war that has seen the flow of key energy supplies choked off at the Strait of Hormuz.

Popular NYC SantaCon charity fundraiser was more con than Claus, authorities say

NEW YORK (AP) — A popular SantaCon charity fundraiser that floods New York City with thousands of inebriated young people in red and white Santa costumes every holiday season was true to its name: a con, federal

The data center boom meets resistance in Maine as lawmakers pass a yearlong moratorium

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine is set to impose the nation’s first statewide moratorium on energy-hungry data centers in a sign of growing political opposition to tech giants’ massive structures that have stoked fears about blackouts, rising

Lawyer says guards beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Guards severely beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at a state-run immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades this month, according to a lawyer for two detainees. The guards targeted Katherine

University of Michigan’s next president has brain cancer so won’t take job

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The next president at the University of Michigan said Wednesday he can’t take the job because of brain cancer. Kent Syverud, chancellor at Syracuse University, said he received the diagnosis after not

Tax enforcement weakened after Trump job cuts, IRS data shows

By Jacob Bogage WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) – The Trump administration dramatically reduced efforts to pursue tax cheats in 2025, government data shows, shedding tens of thousands of employees at the Internal Revenue Service, including those charged

Trump threatens to fire Powell if the Fed Chair remains with central bank after his term ends

Federal prosecutors made an unannounced visit this week to a construction site at Federal Reserve headquarters that is the focus of an investigation into a $2.5 billion renovation project, according to two people familiar with the visit.

Typhoon flipped over cars and ripped away roofs on US islands in the Pacific Ocean

The super typhoon in the Pacific Ocean that hammered the Northern Mariana Islands, flipped over cars, toppled utility poles and ripped away tin roofs. So far, there have been no reports of deaths. Authorities were just beginning

As energy costs rise, some states back off ambitious climate goals

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Seven years ago, New York lawmakers set ambitious goals for slashing greenhouse gas emissions with clarion calls about saving the future. Now, with slow progress made and political realities shifting, Gov. Kathy Hochul

FDA to weigh easing limits on unproven peptides favored by RFK Jr. and other MAHA figures

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration will hold a meeting this summer to consider easing restrictions on more than a half dozen peptide injections, a group of unapproved therapies that have become popular among wellness