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…

When Mandy Moyer ascended to the role of executive director at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, she received scores of notes and phone calls from friends and well-wishers. One such call came from Tony Piazza,…

Walter Wulf Jr., center, cuts the ribbon Thursday morning to cap a ceremony marking completion of a 20-megawatt solar field for Monarch Cement Company in Humboldt. Also on hand were representatives from Evergy, which partnered…

WESTPHALIA  — A beloved small-town tradition is making a much-anticipated comeback. After nearly a decade of retirement, Westphalia Days returns July 5.  A dedicated group of community members and a new generation of leadership have…

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…

TOPEKA — CoreCivic will know by Friday whether it will have to delay plans to begin holding Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in June at its Leavenworth facility. The city of Leavenworth in March filed…

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…

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s agriculture minister was forced to resign Wednesday because of political fallout over his recent comments that he “never had to buy rice” because he got it from supporters as a gift.…