NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s global tariffs were deemed illegal and blocked by the U.S. trade court, dealing a major blow to a pillar of the Republican’s economic agenda. The ruling can now be…

U.S. health officials are terminating a $590 million contract with Moderna Inc. to develop vaccines for bird flu, a major setback for the company that’s also facing additional government scrutiny over immunizations. Moderna said in…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Planned Parenthood halted abortions in Missouri on Tuesday after the state’s top court ordered new rulings in the tumultuous legal saga over a ban that voters struck down last November.…

NPR and three of its member stations filed suit in federal court Tuesday against President Donald Trump’s White House over the president’s executive order to block funding for public media. Trump’s order called for an…

President Donald Trump said he would be pardoning a former Virginia sheriff facing a 10-year prison sentence after being convicted of bribery and fraud charges. Scott Jenkins and his family “have been dragged through HELL…

WASHINGTON (AP) — With warmer than normal ocean waters, forecasters are expecting yet another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic. But they don’t think it will be as chaotic as 2024, the third-costliest season…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government advisers were meeting Thursday to decide if COVID-19 vaccines need updating to improve protection this fall and winter — even as a new Trump administration policy has thrown into question who…

A special section inserted into the Sunday Chicago Sun-Times featured page upon page of fun summer activities, including a list of 15 books to bring along while lounging by the pool or relaxing in a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out, a Treasury Department official confirmed Thursday. An immediate annual savings…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that U.S. officials must retain custody and control of migrants apparently removed to South Sudan in case he orders their removals were unlawful. U.S. District Judge Brian…