Apple turned heads when it debuted its $3,499 Vision Zero mixed-reality headset at its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday. But the new VR gear wasn’t the only exciting development to emerge from the tech company’s presentation. Apple also announced several new features it plans to roll out for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch users …

Washington — Lauding it as a “crisis averted,” President Biden addressed the nation from the Oval Office on Friday night after both chambers of Congress passed an agreement to suspend the debt ceiling and limit federal spending. The president said he will sign the bill, known as the Fiscal Responsibility …

A former limousine company manager was sentenced Wednesday to at least five years in prison for his role in a crash that killed 20 people in rural New York. Nauman Hussain, 33, was convicted of manslaughter earlier this month after prosecutors argued that he intentionally failed to properly maintain an …

Nevada lawmakers on Monday will hear a financing proposal to build a new Major League Baseball stadium in Las Vegas as Sin City prepares to be the new home of the Oakland Athletics baseball team. The Nevada Legislature is holding a public hearing for the plan — which, if passed, …

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress in a letter Monday that the U.S. government might not be able to pay the bills in just over a week — as early as June 1 — if Congress does not act to raise or suspend the debt ceiling. Her letter came as …

Shots were fired near U.S. Border Patrol agents and first responders as they were helping an injured 4-year-old boy near the U.S.-Mexico border, federal officials said Friday. The incident happened about a half-mile east of the San Ysidro border crossing in San Diego on Monday night, according to the U.S. …

The Walt Disney Co. said it is pulling out of a roughly $1 billion investment in Florida, citing “changing business conditions.” The media and entertainment giant announced the move amid a year-long feud with the state’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, after Disney publicly opposed his bill to limit instruction on …

President Biden on Wednesday honored nine public safety officers with the Medal of Valor in recognition of extraordinary acts of heroism and bravery, including officers who died in the line of duty.  Recipients of the award include five police officers, one sheriff’s deputy and three firefighters. Congress created the medal …

Pop icon Debbie Gibson, who took the music world by storm in the 1980s at the age of 16, is gearing up for her encore tour starting later this month for her album, “The Body Remembers.” As a singer, songwriter and producer, Gibson produced massive hits such as “Foolish Beat,” …

Authorities are currently trying to locate an inmate who escaped from custody in Kentucky this week. The inmate, Kyle Aaron Skaggs, is considered “armed and dangerous,” according to the Fleming County Sheriff’s Office. Skaggs broke out of custody in Lexington, the sheriff’s office said on Facebook, adding that he lived in …