WASHINGTON (AP) — Most U. S. adults are worried about health care becoming more expensive, according to a new AP-NORC poll, as they make decisions about next year’s health coverage and a government shutdown keeps future health costs in limbo for millions. About 6 in 10 Americans are or about a...

NEW YORK (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has a book coming out in January, touching upon everything from his swift political rise to the trauma of his home being set on fire. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Tuesday that “Where We Keep the Light: From a Life of a...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U. S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Israel on Tuesday to shore up the fragile U. S. -brokered ceasefire in Gaza that has teetered over the past few days following a burst of deadly violence and questions over how to move forward with the plan for cementing a peace it...

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares in Europe and Asia were mostly higher Tuesday, with Japan’s benchmark creeping closer to the symbolically important 50,000 level as conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi became the country’s first female prime minister. Germany's DAX edged 0. 1% lower to 24,228. 07, the...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the rarest whales on the planet has continued an encouraging trend of population growth in the wake of new efforts to protect the giants animals, according to scientists who study them. The North Atlantic right whale now numbers an estimated 384 animals, up eight to...