WASHINGTON, Oct 16 - US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is waiving many sanctions, restrictions and duties days ...

Anthropic representatives have quietly pitched Capitol Hill lawmakers on a draft bill to regulate frontier AI safety and ...

Thousands of US air traffic controllers will get a 2.8% pay raise retroactive to January 1 under a deal announced by the ...

A wildfire burning in Orange County has spurred evacuation orders on Friday, Oct. 16. It's among the blazes that have ignited ...

US President Donald Trump made a joke about the popularity of the name Mohammad in the Muslim world as he mocked Iran's ...

High temperatures across the Central Valley, including Merced County, are expected to rise, Sean Macaday, The Sacramento ...

Applegate Zoo is mourning Windfall, a 23-year-old American black bear who was euthanized after facing significant health and ...

Russia is establishing a "security zone" inside Ukraine along their border, which will be non-negotiable in any future talks ...

Hurricane Trudy rapidly intensified on Friday, carrying maximum winds near 120 mph (195 kph), and is expected to approach ...

Pope Leo will appear in public on Sunday for the first time since undergoing lung cancer surgery as the 71-year-old pontiff ...

Gustine High’s Avery Etheridge received the most votes in the Sun-Star poll for Merced County’s Player of the Week for Week 7 ...

The US budget deficit rose by $217 billion to $1.99 trillion in the 2026 fiscal year, fueled in part by tariff refunds and ...