U.S. farmers will produce a record-breaking harvest of 4.52 billion bushels of soybeans in 2026, according to projections from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. At 60 pounds to the bushel, that is roughly 800 pounds of soybeans for every American.

Most people don’t think of themselves as soybean consumers. Few sit down to a plate ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — The group of nine had been camped out in the Idaho governor’s office for hours, begging for a meeting with Gov. Brad Little.

It was April 1, the day after Transgender Day of Visibility. It was also the day after the governor signed what the ACLU of Idaho has called the most extreme bathroom ban in the country, making it a ...Read more

The Trump administration is trying to help Americans better afford homes by cutting regulation, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner said Thursday on Bloomberg Television.

But he declined to address the effects of rising bond yields that have increased borrowing costs.

“The president made the promise when he came in – and ...Read more

A sweeping bipartisan bill that seeks to prevent catastrophic wildfires and restore fire-ravaged forests has revealed a schism in the nation’s environmental movement as some conservation advocates find themselves allied with a longtime foe: loggers.

The Fix Our Forests Act, which Congress is close to passing, aims to speed up forest ...Read more

OTTAWA, Canada — Prime Minister Mark Carney said this week’s round of U.S. trade measures against Canada will hurt some businesses but will have a “modest” impact overall — and signaled that his government isn’t planning to retaliate.

President Donald Trump’s administration escalated its trade war with Canada on Sept. 8, ...Read more

Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s planned flight to Oslo was disrupted on Tuesday by a Russian drone as he was set to depart for the funeral of King Harald, according to Norwegian and Moldovan authorities.

It wasn’t immediately clear how close a call it was for the Ukrainian president. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store told public broadcaster ...Read more

SEATTLE — Seattle business leaders asked Mayor Katie Wilson and the Seattle City Council to commit to a series of demands on public safety on Thursday, including increasing police patrols and clearing encampments in some areas.

The letter, signed by 35 local CEOs and business leaders, pointed to an August public-opinion poll of 500 registered...Read more

DENVER — A Denver district judge opened a multiday hearing Thursday to determine whether Children’s Hospital Colorado should be held in contempt of court because transgender minors still can’t receive gender-affirming care there.

Judge Ericka Englert closed the courtroom following opening statements, preventing the public from hearing ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A man was arrested this week near Kris Jenner’s home in Calabasas on suspicion of stalking. It wasn’t the reality TV star’s first brush with the alleged stalker.

Officers with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on Monday arrested the man, identified as 25-year-old Zenwilliam Robson, after he was detained by ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City students returning to class on Thursday found themselves bracing for a bold new world with limited screen time under the Department of Education’s new effort to cut down on younger children’s use of electronic devices.

While most of the debate around Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s education technology policy has so far ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Broward County judge on Tuesday dismissed a felony fleeing and eluding charge against rapper Kodak Black that stemmed from an encounter with a Broward sheriff’s deputy earlier this year.

Just after 3 p.m. Feb. 27, a BSO deputy patrolling in Pompano Beach pulled over a pink Jeep Grand Cherokee in the area of ...Read more

A Hugo woman who left a series of threatening voicemails for Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth was sentenced Thursday to three years of supervised probation.

Rachel Marie Welsch, 43, pleaded guilty in Washington County District Court to one felony count of threats of violence in July.

Judge Juanita Freeman also ordered Welsch to complete 180...Read more

Illinois is issuing its own guidance about flu, COVID-19 and RSV vaccinations for this fall – amid continuing confusion over federal vaccine recommendations.

The Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday released its guidance for this fall respiratory virus season, with recommendations including:

• Flu vaccines for everyone ages 6 ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Carlsbad declared a local emergency Wednesday to expedite repairs of coastal erosion that threatens to undermine Carlsbad Boulevard, also known as the historic Highway 101.

Early next week crews will begin placing boulders weighing 4 to 8 tons each on the beach beside the highway just north of the Encinas Creek outlet, city ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Angelenos who miss P-22, a beloved mountain lion who lived in the heart of Los Angeles for more than a decade, will be able to see him again — in bronze — as a statue is set to be unveiled at Griffith Park.

The statue, which was created by Los Angeles-based artist Adam Matano, will live at the Griffith Park Visitors Center, ...Read more

BOSTON — A two-day recount found state Sen. William Brownsberger defeated Daniel Lander, a former senior aide to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, by 35 votes, and fended off Wu’s bid to oust him from the Senate for killing her tax bill.

Brownsberger, the President pro tempore of the state Senate and a Belmont Democrat who represents parts of ...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — Two Oakland Police Department officers with the agency’s helicopter unit were arraigned Thursday on several federal charges, including conspiring to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration.

Brandon Mart and David Mac pleaded not guilty during their first appearance in an Oakland federal courtroom on the charges, which ...Read more

Thousands of Salvadoran immigrants nationwide faced uncertainty after the federal government failed to decide by a Wednesday deadline whether to extend or terminate their longtime temporary protections against deportation.

Those protections, known as temporary protected status, or TPS, allow immigrants to obtain work permits and by Thursday ...Read more