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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said details will be released Monday after a weekend of talks in Switzerland.

The Trump administration wants to eliminate or weaken 47 Department of Energy regulations, including some efficiency standards for appliances. But efficiency advocates say that would be illegal.

Taiwan's military is seeking funds to retain more service people with higher pay and to lengthen compulsory national service from four months to one year as it faces a rising threat from China.

Stanley Clarke and his band 4EVER perform a locked-in set of classics from the bassist's catalog while also giving them new life.

Record snow fall in New Orleans this week disrupted the delivery of the famous king cakes to carnival events in Washington DC. this weekend.

It wasn't a given that the Strays could rein in the grandeur that its fanbase relishes to fit the modest Tiny Desk, but this set proves why it's one of the fastest-rising ensembles in any genre right now.

The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 2.3% in the final months of 2024, largely fueled by robust consumer spending. The economy ended the year 2.5% larger than it was a year earlier.

Federal employees have received a second email from the Office of Personnel Management asking them what they did last week.

With the war between Israel and Iran now in its second week, the two countries continued to trade missile attacks on Saturday, and Iran's foreign minister warned against a U.S. strike on Iran.

The chain's bankruptcy filing is the second in seven years. Its troubles include unwieldy debt, shoppers' changing habits and new tariff costs.

AOL debuted the service in 1989. Dial-up has largely been replaced by broadband internet.

Fatal overdoses from street drugs in the U.S. continue to plummet, according to the latest CDC data. Experts say the mysterious shift is saving thousands of lives.

The state-owned Sinopharm says its vaccine has a 79% efficacy rate — surpassing the widely accepted standard of 50% efficacy.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the legacy of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.The literary classic's copyright expired on the first day of 2021.

The President-elect's transition team is pushing back against the decision from Twitter, which is a reversal from the last presidential transition.

The blast could be felt for miles and damaged nearby buildings. The FBI is now leading the investigation, working with local police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

"Scientifically, it is highly likely that the immune response by this vaccine also can deal with the new virus variant," BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin said Tuesday.

Officials in Troy, N.H., are keeping the doors to their town hall locked, citing violent threats triggered by the town's police chief's attendance at last week's pro-Trump protest.

Three major changes are coming from the federal government, including new guidance to states urging them to allow anyone over 65 to get vaccinated.

We remember luminaries we lost this year in our In Memoriam program: Jimmy Heath; Lee Konitz; Càndido; Tony Allen; Annie Ross; Freddy Cole; Gary Peacock; Henry Grimes; Wallace Roney; and McCoy Tyner.