2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (244+ words) Fire and heat risks persist across parts of the western U.S. from North Dakota to California. There are red flag fire warnings in Idaho, Wyoming and Montana, plus North and South Dakota. There is also a fire weather watch up across…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (333+ words) A federal judge has ruled that J.M. Smucker can proceed with a lawsuit against Trader Joe’s over frozen sandwiches that Smucker claims are too similar to its Uncrustables. Smucker sued Trader Joe’s in federal court in Ohio last fall, claiming Trader…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (278+ words) Hurricane Lowell passed west of Hawaii, where heavy rains may cause hundreds of millions of dollars of damage. Lowell, with top winds of 105 miles (169 kilometers) per hour, edged west of Kauai but is still dropping heavy rain, as well as…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (186+ words) The newspapers, based in Seattle and Long Island, New York, said the companies’ AI products can reproduce passages from their reporting, closely paraphrase articles and provide users with answers that reduce the need to visit their websites or buy subscriptions....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (306+ words) Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to pay up to $16.7 billion to settle a landmark social media case with multiple U.S. states, according to a court filing Wednesday. The deal requires the company to put new guardrails on its platforms such as…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (263+ words) The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado touched down at Long Island’s Atlantic Beach on Thursday evening amid powerful storms in the New York City area. No serious injuries were reported, but the tornado forced the temporary closing of…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (994+ words) Daniel Ilg started out in the freight brokerage industry at 14 years old, learning from his dad how to match trucking companies with loads of goods that needed to move around the country. About two decades later, now running the business…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (791+ words) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pitching a plan to help shield local police officers who make immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty misconduct. Under the plan, officers would purchase insurance covering up to $500,000 in…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1091+ words) As traumatic injuries and deaths surge among children involved in crashes on e-bikes and other electrified vehicles, one California prosecutor is cracking down by pursuing criminal charges against some of the young riders’ parents. It is just one way officials…...