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Trump refuses to sign bipartisan housing bill into law. What does that mean for homebuyers, renters? 06/24/2026 06:12pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A sprawling legislative package aimed at lowering the cost of housing and spurring more home construction won bipartisan approval from Congress this week, but it's hit a major roadblock in becoming law: President Donald Trump. The White House supported the 21st Century ROAD to H Trip.com: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 06/24/2026 06:11pm • SINGAPORE (AP) — SINGAPORE (AP) — Trip.com Group Limited (TCOM) on Wednesday reported earnings of $363 million in its first quarter. The Singapore-based company said it had profit of 53 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and stock option expense, came to 83 cents per sha From 'The Lion' to 'The Tiger': Conservative Trump allies gain ground in Latin America 06/24/2026 06:10pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Trump-endorsed outsider Abelardo de la Espriella will take the reins as Colombia's president in August, making the South American nation the latest country in Latin America to have chosen more conservative leadership. De la Espriella campaigned on a tough-on-crime approach, Rural area in Northern California jolted by its biggest quake since 1940 06/24/2026 06:07pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A rural area of Northern California experienced its strongest earthquake since 1940 on Wednesday morning, causing some injuries but no immediate reports of major damage, officials said. The epicenter of the quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6, was about 7 miles (12 kilo Agility Robotics heads to Wall Street in a $2.5B bet on staffing warehouses with humanoids 06/24/2026 06:06pm • A maker of humanlike robots that carry totes around warehouses is aiming to go public on Wall Street in a test of whether there is a market for putting AI-powered humanoid machines to work. Agility Robotics, based in Salem, Oregon, announced Wednesday a planned merger with an investment firm that wi As storms pick up, Pepco readies for storm season and shares ways to save on summer power bills 06/24/2026 06:05pm • The summer storm season has already arrived, and in some parts of the D.C. area, it’s already led to power outages. Getting the power back, especially when strong storms can lead to widespread outages, takes trained crews who can brave difficult conditions to get the juice flowing again. As Pentagon restores mandatory flu shots for all recruits as boot camp outbreak sickens nearly 300 06/24/2026 06:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Wednesday that boot camps for all the military services are once again requiring the flu vaccination for all recruits after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the shot optional for the military at the end of April. The development, confirmed to The Associated P Records: Rural Michigan ‘overlooked’ in Michigan’s $6B subsidy spending spree 06/24/2026 06:04pm • Tom Wdowik is relieved these days by waves of vacationers visiting cabins, restaurants and hotels along Lake Huron, despite worries that high gas and food prices this year could stall tourism. The region relies heavily on travel, and Wdowik wonders if he’d have less anxiety if the state spent mor Sparks hit hard as Kelsey Plum sidelined indefinitely, out at least 10 games 06/24/2026 06:00pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Sparks guard Kelsey Plum is out indefinitely with a lower left leg injury. The team said Wednesday that she'll be reevaluated in four weeks, in which she'll miss at least the next 10 games. Plum missed three games with a right ankle sprain she sustained in practice e Lake Mead’s dive team operations quietly suspended by National Park Service 06/24/2026 05:44pm • Dive team operations at Southern Nevada’s Lake Mead National Recreation Area, consistently ranked as one of America’s most deadly federal recreation sites, have quietly been suspended because of staffing shortages and unmet equipment and training needs. The temporary suspension of the team — South Dakota incumbent Republican lawmaker facing felony election fraud counts 06/24/2026 05:38pm • SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — An incumbent South Dakota legislative leader is facing two felony counts, accused of falsifying signatures to put candidates forward for state Republican Party positions without them knowing. Republican state Sen. Thomas Pischke of Dell Rapids represents a deep red distric Trump-endorsed Abelardo de la Espriella winner of Colombia’s presidential runoff election, electoral authorities declare 06/24/2026 05:37pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Trump-endorsed Abelardo de la Espriella winner of Colombia’s presidential runoff election, electoral authorities declare. England storms into Women's T20 World Cup semifinals at sweltering Lord's 06/24/2026 05:32pm • LONDON (AP) — Host England was first into the Women's Twenty20 World Cup semifinals with a group match to spare after beating the West Indies by 38 runs at sweltering Lord's on Wednesday. Both former one-time champions came to the matchup unbeaten, and Danni Wyatt-Hodge batted England out of reach Montgomery Co. jury finds man guilty in 2022 murder involving MS-13 gang members 06/24/2026 05:29pm • It's been more than three years since known members of the MS-13 gang led two men into a wooded area and shot them in Montgomery County, Maryland. One man, 20-year-old Edvin Agustin Leon, died from his wounds on Nov. 9, 2022. Another survived by pretending to be dead then crawled a quarter mile t US stocks end mixed, weighed down by more losses for tech giants 06/24/2026 05:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks wavered to a mixed close on Wall Street Wednesday as technology stocks once again weighed down the market. Declines for several influential tech heavyweights, including Microsoft, pulled the broader market lower even though most stocks in the S&P 500 gained ground. That