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 ...

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said a white powder sent to his office on Oct. 15 was nontoxic and a failed attempt ...

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

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 ...

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

Australia on Saturday confirmed its first case of H5N1 bird flu on the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island, with the deadly virus found in the remote territory's vulnerable elephant seal population.

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

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