The Biden administration says $33 million in infrastructure money will be used to clean up some 277 of an estimated 15,000 abandoned oil and gas wells on federal landPowered by WPeMatico

Democrat Antonio Delgado has been sworn in as New York’s lieutenant governor, becoming the state’s first person of Latino heritage to serve in statewide officePowered by WPeMatico

Firefighters say they have rescued an abandoned newborn elk calf from the ashes of the nation’s largest wildfire as calving season approaches its peak in early June and fires rage across the American SouthwestPowered by WPeMatico

The Congressional Budget Office says that high inflation will persist into next yearPowered by WPeMatico

It’s become a common sight: jubilant Starbucks workers celebrating after successful votes to unionize at dozens of U.S. storesPowered by WPeMatico

Twitter’s regularly scheduled shareholder meeting Wednesday didn't include a vote on Tesla billionaire Elon Musk’s $44 billion bid for the social platformPowered by WPeMatico

Arizona police say two women were arrested after about 500,000 fentanyl pills were found in an SUV pulled over for speedingPowered by WPeMatico

South Korea says one of the three weapons North Korea test-launched into the sea was a suspected intercontinental ballistic missilePowered by WPeMatico

A poll finds that public approval of the Supreme Court has fallen following the leak of a draft opinion that would overturn the Roe vPowered by WPeMatico

Attorneys for the state of West Virginia and two remaining pharmaceutical manufacturers have reached a tentative $161.5 million settlementPowered by WPeMatico

In the choppy, cold waters of Alaska’s Resurrection Bay, oceanographers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks have been conducting tests this spring with a drone that goes underwaterPowered by WPeMatico

Pastor Doug Swimmer of The Potter's House Church Of Uvalde spoke to "Good Morning America" about finding light in darkness after the fatal school shooting.Powered by WPeMatico

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The Japanese yen has weakened, trading recently at 20-year lows of 130 yen to the U.S. dollar, just when prices of oil and other goods are surgingPowered by WPeMatico

President Joe Biden will address Americans in the terrible wake of Tuesday's shooting at a Texas elementary school that left at least 14 young children dead.Powered by WPeMatico

The suspect in the shooting at a Texas elementary school is also dead, the governor said.Powered by WPeMatico

Vice President Kamala Harris discussed the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, ahead of a pre-scheduled gala appearance Tuesday evening.Powered by WPeMatico

Multiple people are dead after an "active shooter" incident at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.Powered by WPeMatico

Cherelle Griner, the wife of WNBA superstar Brittney Griner, who has been detained in Russia, spoke for the first time in an exclusive interview with "GMA."Powered by WPeMatico

South Korea says North Korea has fired three ballistic missiles toward the seaPowered by WPeMatico

A court ruled the state attorney general can pursue a civil lawsuit that accused Exxon Mobil of misleading investors about its products and their impact on the climate.Powered by WPeMatico

The lawsuit against Oxford Community School District and administratorsPowered by WPeMatico

The Southern Baptist Convention president Ed Litton spoke with ABC News Live about the sexual abuse investigations into denomination leadership.Powered by WPeMatico

A blue-ribbon commission has recommended new names for nine bases named after Confederate leaders with Fort Bragg to be renamed Fort Liberty.Powered by WPeMatico

This would be the seventh consecutive above-average hurricane season.Powered by WPeMatico

This would be the seventh consecutive above-average hurricane season.Powered by WPeMatico

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The settlement for victims of the catastrophic collapse is now $1,004,600,000.Powered by WPeMatico

The settlement for victims of the catastrophic collapse is now $1,004,600,000.Powered by WPeMatico

The U.S. will close the last avenue for Russia to pay back its billions in debt to international investors on Wednesday, making a Russian default on its debts for the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution all but inevitablePowered by WPeMatico

Surges in COVID-19 cases are causing disruptions in many parts of the U.S., but as the school year wraps up and Americans prepare for their summer vacations, many people have returned to their pre-pandemic routinesPowered by WPeMatico

Airbnb Inc. says it will stop representing short-term rental properties in China and focus its business in the country on serving Chinese tourists looking for lodgings abroadPowered by WPeMatico

Scientists will set about 1,000 traps in Whatcom County this year in their quest to wipe out the Asian giant hornet in Washington statePowered by WPeMatico

The Indiana Legislature quashed the governor's veto of the bill that bans transgender girls from participating in girls' sports in K-12 schools.Powered by WPeMatico

The Indiana Legislature quashed the governor's veto of the bill that bans transgender girls from participating in girls' sports in K-12 schools.Powered by WPeMatico

Andrew Abdullah, 25, has been previously arrested more than a dozen times.Powered by WPeMatico

Andrew Abdullah, 25, has been previously arrested more than a dozen times.Powered by WPeMatico

The U.S. Attorney's office in Massachusetts revealed new money laundering conspiracy charges on Tuesday aimed at taking down Colombian drug traffickers.Powered by WPeMatico

The U.S. Attorney's office in Massachusetts revealed new money laundering conspiracy charges on Tuesday aimed at taking down Colombian drug traffickers.Powered by WPeMatico

Workers remove the last public payphone operating on the streets of New York City. Mass adoption of cellphones has rendered the once-ubiquitous installations obsolete.Powered by WPeMatico