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Home Depot Inc. expects a key sales metric to return to growth this year, though the retailer cautioned that housing demand won’t change significantly in the near term.

MaxAmps Lithium Batteries used the warehouse to assemble batteries for drones, vehicles and robotics. 

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday refused to address whether the Trump administration’s choice to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is “underqualified” for the position, as concerns proliferated in Washington following last week’s firing of the military’s top officer and six other senior Pentagon leaders.

Real estate losses from the Palisades and Eaton fires could top $30 billion, and government agencies that receive revenue from taxes stand to lose $61 million or more annually while homes are being rebuilt, a Times analysis shows.

Tesla Inc.’s sales plunged 45% last month across Europe, where rival carmakers saw a surge in electric-vehicle demand.

PayPal Holdings Inc. predicted growth in earnings and transaction margins in coming years, as its new leadership continues to streamline the sprawling business.

Spring is just around the corner. It’s a time of brightening skies, lengthening days, new blooms – and potential meteorological chaos.

Amid the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back DEI initiatives across the federal government, many companies have dropped their diversity, equity and inclusion commitments, from Disney and Google to Amazon. Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines, which is a federal contractor, is threading a needle: It’s promoting its DEI initiatives as merit-based “people initiatives” that are core to its business, which operates on six continents.

Israel wants to extend the Gaza ceasefire when it expires this weekend so as many hostages as possible can be freed — while starting to amass troops for a return to war if required.

For the first time in over 26 years, three tropical cyclones are active simultaneously in the South Pacific.

Republicans’ push to enact President Donald Trump’s tax, immigration, national defense and energy agenda is at risk of faltering, lawmakers say, as House Speaker Mike Johnson attempts to coax his slim majority into an agreement that still may be far away.

A plan backed by Gov. Bob Ferguson to provide free meals to all school children appears to be fading as many lawmakers say they favor boosting other education needs instead.

From 1975: Job prospects in Spokane for 1975 were “rather discouraging,” officials said.

Post Falls police are looking for the man they believe shot and killed his ex-girlfriend’s new partner on Sunday, according to a news release from the agency.

WASHINGTON – A federal judge cleared the way Monday for the White House to continue barring The Associated Press from covering news events with President Donald Trump, extending a legal fight over freedom of speech and press access.