The 2024 wildfire season is right around the corner, and although AccuWeather meteorologists are not expecting a record-shattering season, it may still bring air quality risks similar to what was experienced last year.

April 24 (UPI) -- The Biden administration has adopted a final rule extending overtime pay protections to millions of salaried workers, effective July 1. Those workers will make more money for working over 40 hours a week.

April 23 (UPI) -- It has been less than a year since the U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan.

April 24 (UPI) -- Tesla blamed a sharp drop in profit in the first quarter on global supply issues, an attack on its European battery plant and competition from hybrid vehicles.

April 24 (UPI) -- The United Nations is calling for an independent investigation into reports of mass graves found at two hospitals in Gaza that had been besieged by Israeli forces.

April 23 (UPI) -- Citing a desire to keep the U.S. House of Representatives under Republican control, former U.S. Rep. George Santos on Tuesday dropped his independent bid for New York's 1st District House seat.

April 23 (UPI) -- Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday to arm teachers with guns. The bill, which now heads to the governor's desk, comes one year after a mass shooting at a Nashville elementary school killed six people.

April 23 (UPI) -- A Russian court has rejected Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's latest appeal over his detainment at a Moscow prison, as he awaits trial in an espionage case that he and the United States claim is false.

April 23 (UPI) -- A deadlocked jury on Monday forced a mistrial in the murder trial of Nogales-area rancher George Alan Kelly, who shot and killed an unarmed migrant on his property.

April 23 (UPI) -- A third proposed increase in U.S. Postal Service stamp prices in about a year would have a "disparate impact" on seniors and others already affected by inflation, a U.S. representative says.