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A U.S. Postal Service employee is shown loading parcels outside a post office in Wheeling, Ill., on Jan. 29, 2024.

USPS flip-flops on Hong Kong-China packages, lifting a ban imposed a day earlier

The U.S. postal service is reversing course a day after it said it would not accept packages from China and Hong Kong. The ban came after the U.S. imposed an additional 10% tariff on Chinese goods.

Juan and Marian, father and stepmother of Carlos, who was taken into custody by law enforcement and immigration officers a week after President Trump took office, stand for a portrait in Cedar Park, Texas, on Jan. 29, 2025.

ICE has arrested scores of migrants in the U.S. who have no criminal records

The Trump administration says it has already arrested thousands of immigrants in the U.S. without legal status. Officials say some have committed heinous crimes, but many don't have criminal records.

Last week, the National Cryptologic Museum in Fort Meade, Md., papered over plaques devoted to women and people of color who served the National Security Agency. The museum uncovered the exhibits on Sunday amid an uproar from former NSA staffers.

NSA museum covered plaques honoring women and people of color, provoking an uproar

Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.

When OpenAI announced its latest ChatGPT last week, the AI voice it used in its demo was quickly compared to Scarlett Johansson's voice in the 2013 sci-fi film "Her," but now the company says it is pulling the voice.

Scarlett Johansson says she is 'shocked, angered' over new ChatGPT voice

Johansson says she was approached multiple times by OpenAI to be the voice of ChatGPT, and that she declined. Then the company released a voice assistant that sounded uncannily like her.

Icebergs are photographed from the window of an airplane carrying NASA scientists as they fly on a mission to track melting ice in eastern Greenland on Aug. 14, 2019.

Greenland bans foreign political donations as Trump seeks the island

The bill is aimed at protecting "Greenland's political integrity" and will take effect immediately, according to a translation of a parliamentary document in Danish outlining the measure.

The Aga Khan addresses an audience about the challenges to a pluralistic society on Nov. 12, 2015, at the Memorial Church on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass.

The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims and a philanthropist, dies at 88

Considered by followers to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV was a student when his grandfather picked him to lead the Shia Ismaili Muslim diaspora.

A Waffle House sign is shown in Indianapolis Feb. 19, 2024.

Waffle House is passing along the sky high cost of eggs to diners

Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing U.S. egg prices to more than double their cost in the summer of 2023. And there may be no relief in sight

Trees sway in high winds as the Eaton Fire burns structures in Altadena, on Jan. 8, 2025.

State Farm requests more rate hikes for California insurance coverage

State Farm Insurance is calling the Los Angeles wildfires the costliest disaster in its history of doing business. The company is requesting an emergency rate increase on all customers.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta addresses the public about the state's schools being a 'safe place for all' at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento, CA on February 4, 2025.

California attorney general doubles down on the message: The state's schools are a 'safe place for all'

California Attorney General Rob Bonta responds again to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security directive expanding immigration enforcement to include schools.

Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing to be the next U.S. attorney general on Jan. 15.

Senate votes to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general

Bondi was confirmed by a vote of 54-46, and will now take the reins at the Justice Department at a moment when it is facing questions about the risk of political influence at the department.

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