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President Donald Trump announced early last year an end to penny production, saying it was wasteful. It cost 3.7 cents to make each 1-cent coin in 2024, according to the U.S. Mint. The move led to a shortage of pennies in cash registers last summer, forcing consumers and businesses to confront a penniless future in …
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have damaged at least four cultural and historical sites, including palaces and an ancient mosque, raising alarms about the impact of the widening war on protected landmarks that are important to Iranian identity and world history. The speed and extent of the damage have so …
HAVANA (AP) — Several dozen people stood in circle in a room at a Havana psychiatric hospital, their hands held together as they chanted in unison, vowing to rid their bodies from “the toxins that enslave.” The collective plea to reclaim their freedom for just the next 24 hours was the first step of a …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday opened a new trade investigation into manufacturing in foreign countries — an effort that comes after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s previous use of tariffs by declaring an economic emergency. Trump and his team have made clear that they’re seeking to replace the hundreds …
Senators are venting their frustrations about the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security as travelers endure long lines at airports
The WNBA and its players’ union are meeting again for a second lengthy negotiating session over a new new collective bargaining agreement
BEIJING, March 12 (Reuters) – China is expected to pass a law on a “shared” national identity among the country’s 55 ethnic minority groups on Thursday, a move critics say will further erode the identity of people who are not majority Han Chinese and risk making anyone challenging that “unity” a separatist punishable by law. …
WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) – A federal judge in Maryland issued a temporary restraining order on Wednesday to halt construction work on an immigration detention center after the state had sued citing environmental concerns. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown had argued that President Donald Trump’s administration had not conducted a proper environmental review or received …
The price of a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, has topped $100 a barrel again just days after it spiked near $120
President Donald Trump spent Wednesday on the campaign trail in Ohio and northern Kentucky. It was a full day on the road as Trump attempted to project economic and political strength even as the war in Iran has scrambled financial markets and hurt his poll numbers. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo …