Jake Bleiberg

Associated Press

This photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity shows a Tiehm's buckwheat plant near the site of a proposed lithium mine in Nevada, May 22, 2020.

U.S. Advances Review of Nevada Lithium Mine Amid Concerns Over Endangered Wildflower

April 23, 2024

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during the AmCham China Fireside Chat held at the Baiyun International Conference Center (BICC) in southern China's Guangdong province, Friday, April 5, 2024.

Thai Plastics Firm Will Pay $20 Million to Settle with U.S. Over Iran Sanctions Violations

April 22, 2024

This July 8, 2004, photo provided by the United States Geological Survey shows Fish Creek through the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, managed by the Bureau of Land Management on Alaska's North Slope.

Biden Administration Restricts Oil and Gas Leasing in 13 Million Acres of Alaska's Petroleum Reserve

April 19, 2024

EPA sign outside the Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center, Cincinnati, Feb. 17, 2023.

EPA Designates 2 'Forever Chemicals' as Hazardous Substances

April 19, 2024

The sign for Tyler Technologies is seen outside the company's offices.

Hacked Software Provider Won't Say if Ransomware Involved

But it did say that none of its products are involved in managing elections.

September 25, 2020

This photo provided by the U.S. Department of Justice shows AR-15 lower receivers, which federal agents have seized, including these unfinished ones taken in 2014 in California, for firearms investigations nationwide. For decades, the federal government has treated the mechanism called the lower receiver as the essential piece of the semiautomatic rifle, which has been used in some of the nation's deadliest mass shootings. But some defense attorneys have recently argued that the part alone does not meet the definition in the law.

AR-15 Design Feature Could Derail Charges

Some judges have ruled that a lower receiver alone cannot be considered a gun.

January 14, 2020