A federal panel will meet to consider the arch for final approval on Thursday, and the government said it may begin construction later that same day. Critics hope a judge will intervene last-minute.

Some Americans squeezed by high prices are relying more on their local libraries for things like books, streaming services and high-priced items like musical instruments and sewing machines.

A new Democratic majority in Congress could pressure the president to end the war in Iran. But it will be harder for them to directly affect fuel prices, which are tied to a complex international oil market.

Tuesday's dramatic midterm results have transformed the electoral map, ensuring the path to future power for Democrats and Republicans must run through the South and its diverse voting population.

The American singer-songwriter and poet visited with the American pope at the Vatican during a break between concert dates in Italy. The Vatican said the encounter was brief.

Wong was sentenced for his second conviction under a Beijing-imposed national security law, in a case that critics say reflects the crackdown on the city's once-thriving pro-democracy movement.

Voters in dozens of states considered 146 statewide ballot measures this midterm cycle, on topics spanning LGBTQ rights, wealth taxes, abortion, redistricting, guns and more.

Democrats are likely to launch investigations into Musk's influence, including his leadership of DOGE and government contracts

Democratic party leaders and political analysts spoke with Morning Edition about the results of the midterm elections, the effects of mid-decade redistricting efforts, and the next steps for the party.

Historically, most physicians who served in the House or Senate have been Republicans. In the next Congress, physicians who are Democrats made significant gains.

The vice-president's blunt assessment of Republican election defeat marked one of the sharpest breaks with a sitting president in recent memory.

The BBC spoke to voters from different states for their reaction to Democrats taking control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Most analysts are predicting an increase from 3.75% to 4%, the first increase in more than three years.

A Dublin to Rome plane has diverted and landed in northern France.

Is it symptom a health service at breaking point - or a positive way of involving the public?

Wong, 30, is among hundreds of Hongkongers detained under the controversial national security law.

England captain Harry Kane signs a new deal with Bayern Munich that runs until 2029.

The final piece in a £2bn rail project is late, with less than half of the trains tested.

Pound reaches highest level against a basket of currencies since the Brexit referendum a decade ago.

He had told his employer, an Australian restaurant, that pineapple on pizza was "offensive" to Italian culture.

IBM deal could see tech jobs shipped to India, with cuts expected before Christmas

October outage caused by bad PLC config exposed at a time maintenance work reduced resilience

Version 8 of Standard and Enterprise Plus will stay alive until October 2028

‘Pro Badges’ don’t require a test, Microsoft awards them by watching you use GitHub

Oh, the irony, as platform players fight

Agent orchestration startup gets its exit

SPONSORED FEATURE: ASUS wants to scale AI everywhere in the enterprise

Content shared with anyone who has the URL will be scanned for 'harmful content,' though the iMaker hasn't defined that term

More than two years after promising it, Apple lets developers test Siri AI app integration

Alex Karp casts military software as a force for peace while declaring a moral imperative to dominate the market

And what that could mean for physical Switch game costs.

Researchers say group may have been Kremlin-sponsored in search of diplomatic targets.

"Our calculations suggest Heisenberg significantly underestimated the materials required."

“We started listening to a lot of our lower-end customers," VMware exec says.

AMD's gaming revenue fell 40 percent in an otherwise record $13.4 billion quarter.

Tech industry in denial as US overwhelmingly votes to restrict AI, data centers.

"Data centers in space looking pretty appealing right now."

Cruz and Trump seem to have no plans to fill FCC's empty Democratic seat.

It won't win the specs race, but it will actually fit in your hand.

Techniques included laptop infections, compromised internal tooling, and fake job interviews.