CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has signed two bills related to transgender rights and vetoed another, bucking trends from other Republican governors across the country who have pushed anti-transgender policies.

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(AP) —The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it hopes to weed out false or misleading animal-welfare claims on meat and poultry packaging with new guidance and testing.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve, having raised interest rates at the fastest pace in four decades, was poised Wednesday to leave them alone for the first time in 15 months to allow time to gauge the impact of its aggressive drive to tame inflation.

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