Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record

Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday in Jamaica as a fearsome Category 5 storm. The most powerful hurricane to lash the island since...

With food stamps set to dry up Nov. 1, SNAP recipients say they fear what’s next

Roughly 42 million Americans rely on food stamps that arrive every month on their electronic benefit transfer cards. On Nov. 1,...

Amazon cutting 14,000 jobs as the retailing giant embraces AI

Amazon on Tuesday said it is cutting 14,000 corporate jobs as the retailing giant relies more on artificial intelligence and moves...

Expedition to locate Amelia Earhart’s plane delayed by permit approval process, weather

An expedition to try to locate Amelia Earhart’s plane on a remote island in the Pacific has been delayed until next...

Plane carrying foreign tourists crashes en route to popular reserve in Kenya, killing 11 people

A plane crash killed 11 people, mostly foreign tourists, in Kenya’s coastal region of Kwale early Tuesday while en route to...

“Fertility tourism” booming as U.S. couples seek affordable treatments abroad

After two years of trying to get pregnant, Maggie Quinn and Ricardo Escobar faced a financial obstacle they hadn’t expected: the...

PayPal signs deal with OpenAI to embed payment system into ChatGPT

ChatGPT users will soon have a new way to buy products using the generative artificial intelligence bot, thanks to a partnership...

U.S. strikes 4 more alleged drug boats in the Pacific, killing 14 and leaving 1 survivor

Washington — The U.S. military on Monday struck four more vessels that were allegedly trafficking narcotics in the eastern Pacific Ocean,...

He had everything he wanted by 30, but still felt ‘miserable’—his life changed when he started focusing on 5 things

In the CNBC Make It Book Club pick “The 5 Types of Wealth,” author Sahil Bloom expands our definition of wealth...

More Americans seek affordable fertility care abroad

In “Facing Fertility,” Nikki Battiste meets a Florida couple who traveled to Colombia for fertility care at a fraction of U.S....