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Families across Australia could be bracing for a significant jump in their energy costs this winter, even as meteorologists predict milder temperatures. A new forecast suggests heating bills are set to outpace general inflation.
America's premier performing arts venue, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, is teetering on the brink of collapse, with internal documents revealing it could close its doors as early as next week due to severe financial pressures.
E-commerce giant Amazon has paused operations with cargo airline 21 Air following a dramatic runway excursion in Miami, sparking concerns over potential disruptions to its global logistics network, including services to Australia.
The Los Angeles Queens, the New York Heights, the Boston Hunters and the San Francisco Firebells take the field in Springfield, Ill., as the Women's Pro Baseball League kicks off its inaugural season.
Wisconsin Democratic candidate for governor Francesca Hong called for a moratorium on data centers. So did Ohio Republican governor hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, as data centers begin to dominate campaigns
The Senate narrowly confirmed Todd Blanche as U.S. attorney general early Saturday morning, elevating President Trump's former personal lawyer to head the Justice Department.
It's been a year since a gunman opened fire on the CDC and killed a security guard. RFK Jr. visited the CDC today to remember the victim.
A federal appeals court says above-ground construction cannot continue without approval from Congress, siding with historic preservation advocates.
Polls show most Americans think young adults today have it harder financially than past generations. A majority of parents help their grown children with expenses, even if it hurts their own finances.
Deaths and close calls while fighting wildfires have strained an already on-edge workforce. They've also raised questions about policies and priorities amid an intense wildfire season.
Plus, if you know what "TMZ" stands for, you'll get at least on question right this week!
The U.S. military is quietly reshaping its command structure across the Americas. What does that signal for the region?
For StoryCorps, we hear a conversation with an ice cream truck driver who holds the world record for the longest career as an ice cream distributor.
It's been a month since the body of Nolan Wells was found on a Mississippi island. The death of the Black teenager remains under investigation as speculations and threats circulate online.
Additional details weren't provided, but Trump said he thought his latest actions would be constitutional.
As emergency responders in Spokane take stock of the damages from devastating wildfires, there's a prevailing sense that this disaster could have been far worse.
Earlier this year ICE arrested 600 immigrants over a two week period. Most migrants had no criminal records and, since then, West Virginia has decided to not hold ICE detainees in their jails. A look
President Trump's proposed arch in Memorial Circle would intrude on dozens of nearby sites, says the National Park Service. But there's been minimal discussion of alternate locations.
It would slim regulation of the 60-year-old anti-poverty program and aim to save money. Advocates worry the changes could undermine the early education program's mission.
Addiction treatments are safe, effective — and rarely offered to patients. That's because many doctors and nurses still view people with alcohol or drug addiction with suspicion and hostility.
Puerto Rico's government will begin rationing water on Friday as the island copes with its worst drought in more than a decade.
The firm, Houston-based Burke Law Group has only two attorneys who specialize in immigration and asylum cases. Two of its founders have ties to the Trump administration.
A judge has granted the Justice Department's bid to drop a landmark case against leaders of the Oath Keepers, as former prosecutors warn about the dangers of denying the violence of Jan. 6.
El-Sayed, an epidemiologist, backs Medicare for all and decries corporate money in politics. He beat Rep. Haley Stevens, whose supporters said she would have had a better chance in the fall.
Everyone got a little bit of what they wanted in Tuesday's primary elections. It was a good night for the Democratic establishment, the progressives and Republican candidates endorsed by President Tru
U.S. missile stockpiles are dwindling amid Iran war, a look at the results from Tuesday's primary elections, FDA will soon decide whether to approve the first mRNA flu vaccine.
U.S. missile stockpiles are dwindling amid Iran war, a look at the results from Tuesday's primary elections, FDA will soon decide whether to approve the first mRNA flu vaccine.
Rates are now as bad as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick and dying. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.
For their commissioner of the future, MLS owners chose a soccer native. Berg's team is seen as one of MLS's best-run franchises, and he has embraced rule changes designed to modernize the league.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Jeanine John Taele, 38, was taking photos and video and had a 16-round magazine with ammunition in his pocket.
The major of Newark, New Jersey's has announced a death in Delaney Hall.
A unique habitat embedded in a newly conserved 78,000-acre tract of land along Maine's Magalloway {muh-GAL-uh-way} River is beloved by outdoor enthusiasts.
Judges handling thousands of lawsuits filed by those who believed they were sickened by the water at Camp Lejeune are now pushing for a plan for a mass settlement by October.
The U.S. and its partners depend on Patriot interceptors to shoot down incoming ballistic missiles. But Russia and Iran are firing their weapons at rates far higher than Patriots can be produced.
US authorities have arrested a suspected arsonist in connection with one of three devastating wildfires currently ravaging Spokane, Washington, as the city grapples with widespread destruction and mass displacement.
