A problem with a communications system forced Germany’s railway system to halt all trains, leaving passengers stranded across the country.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance say their interim deal to end the war with Iran will deliver a financial windfall to American farmers.

Tech companies are spending big on AI, but investors might be getting nervous.

The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers.

The Justice Department has withdrawn subpoenas that sought to compel reporters at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal to testify before a grand jury.

Philanthropic donations in the U.S. rose to $617 billion in 2025, marking a 3% increase from the previous year.

The Supreme Court has ruled that ExxonMobil can sue Cuban state-owned companies in American courts over property on the island nation that was seized after Fidel Castro took power.

Andy Burnham is preparing for a Labour Party leadership contest that could make him Britain's prime minister within weeks.

President Donald Trump visited a Mack Trucks facility in Pennsylvania, for a speech meant to focusing on the economy.

Brexit fractured the European Union, and it broke British politics.

Ship traffic has picked up in the Strait of Hormuz since Iran and the U.S. signed an interim deal to end a war that's constricted global oil supplies.

Pullbacks in big technology companies sent indexes lower on Wall Street.

The top U.S. auto regulator has opened an investigation after a Tesla using an automated driving feature slammed into a Texas home at high speed and killed a 76-year-old woman standing inside.

The Senate has passed a bipartisan housing bill that aims to bring down home prices and increase supply.

World Cup tickets, flights and hotel rooms are expensive.

The Federal Reserve has for decades moved steadily from a remote, opaque government agency that shared little about what it did or why to a more transparent institution willing to explain how it makes decisions and what it thinks about the economy.

Milan Fashion Week has embraced simplicity amid economic uncertainty and geopolitical tensions.

Many homeowners hit by devastating Michigan floods had no insurance and no idea they were at risk — underscoring vulnerabilities throughout rural America as climate change causes more extreme weather.

Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan has died at the age of 100.

France is facing a grueling heat wave with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius, or 104 Fahrenheit.

U.S. stocks drifted through a mixed day of trading after oil prices eased and falling Big Tech stocks weighed on Wall Street.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced his resignation, forced out by his party after losing voter support.

China has announced sanctions on 10 American defense companies.

Qatar’s energy minister says an explosion killed at least 13 people and injured 66 at a key gas export terminal.

“Toy Story” still has a friend in moviegoers.

Officials in Russia-occupied Crimea have suspended civilian gasoline sales as Ukraine increases attacks on fuel supplies.

Rumors that Taylor Swift was planning to marry at her Rhode Island home this weekend have drawn fans, photographers and curious visitors to the seaside village of Watch Hill after a large tent appeared near her estate.

France is in the grips of a severe heat wave, leading to canceled trains, concerts and sports events.

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz has declared a state of emergency to empower the military to remove road blockades.

A founder of Ubisoft, the global gaming company behind Assassin’s Creed, has been killed in a plane crash in western France.

The head of Latin America’s top development bank has made a case to Pope Leo XIV about the potential of rare earth mining.

U.S. and Iranian negotiators are on their way to a venue in Switzerland to discuss details of their interim agreement to halt the war.

One of the few Black-owned banks in the U.S. is introducing a debit card aimed at helping single mothers who live in government subsidized housing escape poverty.

Andy Burnham is a political insider turned outsider aiming to be Britain’s next prime minister.

Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group agreed to halt the heavy fighting in southern Lebanon that had threatened to unravel an interim peace agreement between the United States and Iran.

World shares are mixed, with markets in Greater China closed for holidays.

The World Cup has been delivering thrills on the pitch, but fans have flooded social media with complaints about tickets that never arrived, orders canceled at the last minute and hours spent trying to sort out problems between FIFA’s ticketing system and outside resale platforms.

More details are emerging for a highly-anticipated hotel project next to Pearl.

A federal judge has extended his block on enforcement of an Ohio law that would require children under 16 to get parental consent to use social media apps while a legal challenge proceeds.

The death of an Indian teenager in New York's Central Park has intensified calls to ban horse-drawn carriages.

Cuba's Communist Party has approved an emergency economic package with unprecedented free-market measures.

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell this week, tracking Treasury yields that have retreated since a deal to end the war with Iran was announced.

Maritime data company Lloyd’s List Intelligence says major shipowners have begun moving vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.

The kits at the World Cup are mishmash of verve and color featuring elements of the competing nations' culture and history.

The White House says Vice President JD Vance is delaying his trip to Switzerland to lead nuclear negotiations with Iran.

Federal regulators have ordered regional grid operators to help large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and aging electric transmission system.

The Supreme Court has ruled against a broad federal ban on gun ownership by marijuana users.

The number of Americans applying for jobless aid fell modestly last week as layoffs remained in the same historically low range of recent years.

Many Lebanese from the country's south hope the U.S.-Iran deal marks the start of better times.

U.S. gas prices have fallen to just below $4 a gallon on average, bringing some relief to drivers who have seen soaring costs amid Washington’s war with Iran.

A new kind of flu vaccine is moving a step closer to the U.S. market.

The Bank of England is holding its main interest rate at 3.7% as the inflation pressures on the British economy have become more benign after the U.S. and Iran signed a deal to sign deal to end their war.

Ukraine has hit a major Moscow oil refinery for the second time in a week, disrupting hundreds of flights at the capital's airports.

Kansas City, Missouri, plans to boost security by installing facial recognition cameras on buses.

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street, taking back most of their losses from a day earlier that were driven by anticipation that the Federal Reserve will likely raise interest rates this year in an effort to fight inflation.

A major retail development on the Northwest Side has secured its first wave of retail tenants.

The U.S. Department of Labor is telling states they have to combat fraud, waste and abuse in their unemployment insurance programs.

For eight years, the United States has waged economic war on China, slapping big taxes on Chinese products before they enter America.

Shoppers stepped up their spending in May, surpassing economists’ expectations, as temperatures warmed and gasoline prices leveled off.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will leave the G7 summit without a formal meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump as the free trade agreement between the countries faces an uncertain future.

An initial agreement to end the war between the United States and Iran calls for Tehran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and would waive sanctions on the country, immediately allowing Iran to sell its oil freely.

French President Emmanuel Macron is urging the U.S. not to keep cutting-edge AI to itself, calling for global cooperation on AI regulation.

U.S. stocks dropped on speculation the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates this year to keep a lid on inflation.

The Trump administration is helping one of Elon Musk’s companies fight a civil rights lawsuit that alleges it is illegally running dozens of natural gas turbines to power a $20 billion data center in Mississippi.

The Federal Reserve kept its key rate unchanged Wednesday yet nearly half the central bank’s policymakers said they could support a rate hike later this year, an unexpectedly aggressive outcome that would disappoint President Trump and suggests heightened concerns about persistent inflation.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang — whose work helped propel artificial intelligence — is stressing in an Associated Press interview that society has no choice but to change in the advent of AI.

African and Commonwealth nations have called for a swift implementation of a landmark treaty protecting the high seas.

Over the last month, “Obsession” has sent shock waves through Hollywood.

McDonald’s is frying up some apple pies to honor America’s 250th birthday.

Nvidia is betting on artificial intelligence to revive U.S. manufacturing.

Pizza Hut's parent company is selling the 68-year-old chain for $2.7 billion.

SpaceX will move forward with its $60 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Cursor as Elon Musk’s space exploration and AI company seeks a competitive edge against rivals Anthropic and OpenAI after its Wall Street debut last week.

Iran’s top diplomat says the tentative deal to end the war with the United States would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon — a condition Israel has already rejected and that could sink the agreement.

The International Energy Agency says Southeast Asia’s power sector is too open to risks from its dependence on imports of oil and gas from a limited number of suppliers.

Oil prices sank again, while U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish near their all-time highs.

Economists and industry analysts say that even after oil starts flowing again from the Middle East, it could take awhile for the Iran war's effects on consumer prices to recede.

Paris Hilton has returned to the Utah boarding school where she said she was abused as a teenager.

Ever since Kevin Warsh was nominated by President Trump in late January to lead the Federal Reserve, a question has lingered: Will he seek to raise interest rates to tame inflation or cut them as Trump has long demanded.

Steve Harvey believes his success as an entertainer and author is a blessing from God, tied to his philanthropy.

The tentative agreement to end the war in Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz would be good news for the global economy.

Fox Corp. is buying streaming platform Roku in a cash-and-stock deal valued at approximately $22 billion.

A nationwide network of charitable foundations is encouraging its members to emphasize their positive contributions to American life.

The United States and Iran have reached an initial agreement that would extend their shaky ceasefire and lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

Stock markets rallied worldwide, and oil prices eased after the United States and Iran reached a tentative deal to get the global flow of crude going again.

Pakistan announced that the U.S. and Iran reached an agreement to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz.

Poor maintenance is often a factor when skydiving planes crash, like one did in Missouri on Sunday, and the National Transportation Safety Board has said in past investigations that weak oversight of the industry can allow problems to go unnoticed.

Basila Frocks, a landmark structure built in 1929, recently completed renovations and has since seen an explosion of business activity over the last six months.

Tyra Banks has filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix and the directors of “Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model.”.

Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day,” billed as his first popcorn movie in years, launched with $44 million in domestic theaters.

Nara Organics has recalled its organic baby formula sold at Target stores and online due to a multistate outbreak of infant botulism.

China's absence from G7 summits seems increasingly odd given its global economic influence.

OpenAI received a subpoena from several states as part of a probe into the safety of customers using its chatbot as it prepares to offer stock to the public for the first time.

Think you can ignore all the hubbub around SpaceX, Elon Musk and IPOs.

China says it firmly opposes the U.S. adding several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of military-linked companies.

Legislation in two of the nation's most populous states could force 3D printers to come equipped with technology blocking them from making guns.

AI giant Anthropic says it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administration to prevent their use by foreign nationals.

A coalition including Kalshi, Crypto.

The U.S. Justice Department has determined that Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and now first-ever trillionaire, controls a lot of different businesses.

The Treasury Department has moved to involve banks more deeply in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.