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Where does your weather forecast come from?

Whether you get your forecast from an app on your phone, a website or a meteorologist on TV, most of the underlying information comes from the federal government.

Zach Huber, left, and Marsha Hill work together in the small business and nonprofit workspace at the Toledo Lucas County Public Library in Toledo, Ohio on Oct. 3, 2024. Huber was assisting Hill with creating her website for her nonprofit, Families For Fitness.

Where manufacturing jobs have shrunk, a library is giving a leg up to entrepreneurs

The public library in Toledo, Ohio, is one of a number across the U.S. that have become entrepreneurial hubs. Business-specialist librarians are helping aspiring small-business owners and nonprofits for free.

A Pentagon inspector general announces investigation into Hegseth's use of Signal

The announcement comes after lawmakers voiced concern about whether top national security officials discussed classified information on Signal about a military strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Steve Witkoff, U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, pictured in the Oval Office earlier this month. He has been involved in negotiations over the Israel-Hamas war and Russian-Ukraine war.

Who is the American playing a key role in the U.S.-Russia talks about Ukraine?

A real estate developer-turned-Middle East envoy, Witkoff has been credited with helping broker the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and free an American from Russian prison. Here's what to know about him.

Here's the 2025 list of most endangered historic places in the U.S.

This year, the annual list from the National Trust for Historic Preservation includes a mysterious castle, flooded communities in Florida and North Carolina, historic hotels and a gigantic turtle.

A shopper leaves the Big Lots store on Dec. 4, 2012 in Berlin, Vt.

Big Lots says it is having going-out-of-business sales as it seeks a new buyer

The national discount retailer says that a previously announced deal to sell itself to a private-equity group fell through.

Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't

In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS. They say he can't. PBS chief Paula Kerger calls it "blatantly unlawful".

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 20: Cleo Sol attends the Moncler Presents: The Art of Genius at Olympia London on February 20, 2023 in London, England.

Cleo Sol will see you now

The New York City debut from the British soul singer counters the prevailing narrative around her. As she guided fans in spiritual healing, she did it as she has her whole career: on her own terms.

Flames from the Palisades Fire burn a building on Sunset Boulevard amid a powerful windstorm on Jan. 8 in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

Billy Crystal, Paris Hilton, other celebrities share LA fire experiences, resources

The California wildfires are burning in the middle of what's usually a busy awards season in Hollywood, home to many celebrities.

Marine biology professor Jen Smith holds a pressed cutting of a seaweed called asparagopsis, which can stop methane production in cows. Oct 10, 2024. San Diego County, Calif.

Business farms a seaweed that will limit methane emissions from cows

A seaweed called asparagopsis can block the production of methane in a cow’s stomach.

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