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School newspapers thousands of miles apart team up to heal from wildfires

After a wildfire decimated a California high schools newsroom, one of the first offers of help that its journalism adviser received came from the other side of the country

17 May 2025 3:57 am
Angler fishing in Lake Michigan fog discovers remains of abandoned tugboat J.C. Ames

A Wisconsin angler fishing in the fog this week discovered the wreck of an abandoned tugboat in Lake Michigan

17 May 2025 3:52 am
A Texas suburb that saw its population jump by a third is the fastest-growing city in the US

The fastest-growing city in the U.S. last year was a Dallas suburb that saw its population jump by nearly a third

17 May 2025 3:52 am
Board stops California toxic waste regulators from weakening a hazardous waste rule

The board that oversees Californias toxic substances agency unanimously voted Thursday to remove a controversial proposal that would have weakened a state hazardous waste disposal rule

17 May 2025 3:36 am
DHS asks for 20,000 National Guard troops for immigration roundups, Pentagon reviewing request

The Department of Homeland Security has asked for 20,000 National Guard troops to assist with immigration roundups across the country, and the Pentagon is reviewing the unusual request, a U.S. official confirmed to The Associated Press

17 May 2025 3:28 am
Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume quick deportations of Venezuelans under 18th century law

The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administrations appeal to quickly resume deportations of Venezuelans under an 18th century wartime law

17 May 2025 1:44 am
Florida airport closes after vehicle catches fire in parking garage, officials say

Officials say a Florida airport was closed after a vehicle caught fire in a parking garage

17 May 2025 1:27 am
Truck driver found guilty on lesser charges in bus crash that killed 6 on school trip

A truck driver who triggered a deadly chain-reaction crash with a charter bus carrying Ohio high school band students was convicted of vehicular homicide but cleared on more serious charges

17 May 2025 12:15 am
Army to place metal plates on DC streets to protect them during June parade

The Army will place large metal plating at key points on Washington's streets

17 May 2025 12:03 am
Board of Florida's only public HBCU picks a lobbyist with ties to DeSantis as its next president

The board of Floridas only public historically Black university has chosen a lobbyist with ties to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to be the schools next president, alarming students, faculty and alumni who are outraged by the governors efforts to rest...

16 May 2025 11:20 pm
Humanities groups sue Trump administration to reverse local funding cuts

A humanities federation and a state council have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to reverse local funding cuts made by Trump adviser Elon Musks Department of Government Efficiency and the National Endowment for the Humanities

16 May 2025 10:21 pm
Severe thunderstorms down trees, knock out power to thousands across parts of Great Lakes region

Storms accompanied by deep, booming thunder, lightning displays and powerful winds swept through parts of Wisconsin, Illinois, northern Indiana and Michigan overnight leaving scores of trees down and thousands of homes without power

16 May 2025 8:43 pm
South Carolina man convicted of murdering two people gets a June execution date

An inmate sentenced to death twice in two South Carolina killings has been scheduled to be executed on June 13

16 May 2025 8:42 pm
Fire destroys a sprawling mansion on a former Louisiana sugar plantation

Authorities say a fire has destroyed a sprawling mansion on a former Louisiana sugar plantation

16 May 2025 8:20 pm
Judge OKs Iowa limits on K-6 gender identity, sexual orientation teaching but not elective programs

Iowa can continue to restrict instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in schools up through the sixth grade

16 May 2025 7:36 pm
US stocks drift as Wall Street heads for the finish of a big winning week

U.S. stocks are drifting as Wall Street heads toward the finish of a strong, potentially perfect week

16 May 2025 7:28 pm
US wants to withhold details in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. Judge will hear arguments

A federal judge in Maryland will hear arguments over whether the Trump administration can invoke the state secrets privilege in the court case involving Kilmar Abrego Garcia

16 May 2025 11:12 am
Trump's Mideast trip splashes out on deals and diplomacy but is unusually quiet on human rights

Human rights received far less mention on President Donald Trump's trip to the Middle East this week than is usual for presidential visits to autocratic countries

16 May 2025 10:56 am
Utah Supreme Court orders new trial for man on death row after police misconduct surfaces

The Utah Supreme Court has ruled that numerous constitutional violations during the trial and sentencing of a man who spent decades on death row merit a new trial

16 May 2025 3:35 am
Former MLB shortstop Rafael Furcal faces felony charges in South Florida, police say

Authorities say former major league shortstop Rafael Furcal is facing felony charges in South Florida

16 May 2025 3:33 am
Drunken driver sentenced to 25 years for birthday party crash that killed 2 kids

A drunken driver who crashed her SUV into a birthday party at a Michigan boat club has been sentenced to at least 25 years in prison

16 May 2025 3:12 am
Seattle judge rescinds order directing Trump administration to admit 12,000 refugees

A judge has rescinded an order that would have required the Trump administration to admit some 12,000 refugees into the United States

16 May 2025 2:56 am
National Guard helicopter crew landed on Montana ranch and trespassed to take antlers, citations say

Three Montana Army National Guard members face trespassing charges after authorities say they landed a Black Hawk helicopter in a mountain pasture on a private ranch to take elk antlers before flying away

16 May 2025 2:55 am
Challengers argue Georgia's new maps still harm Black voters

Challengers tell a federal appeals court that Georgia lawmakers havent done enough to end illegal harms to Black voters

16 May 2025 2:48 am
Walz contrasts Minnesota's bipartisan budget breakthrough with Washington's deep divisions

Gov. Tim Walz and leaders of the Minnesota Legislature have announced a hard-fought budget deal

16 May 2025 2:47 am
Florida appeals court strikes down law letting minors get an abortion without parents' consent

A Florida appeals court has ruled that a state law that allows minors to get an abortion without their parents consent is unconstitutional

16 May 2025 2:40 am
Police charge man with murder after 4 people found dead in Georgia home

Police in central Georgia have charged a man with murder in the killings of three adults and a 2-year-old child found dead in a mobile home last month

16 May 2025 2:22 am
New York ends paper routes for younger kids, but the job has mostly faded away for teens

New York's recently approved budget makes clear that paper routes are not allowed for anyone under 14 years old

16 May 2025 2:07 am
FACT FOCUS: Trump claims the US is the only country with birthright citizenship. It's not

Not long before the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether to allow President Donald Trumps restrictions on birthright citizenship to take effect, he falsely claimed on Truth Social that the United States is the only country that offers such a right

16 May 2025 1:52 am
Trump's 'beautiful' bill spans 1,116 pages. Here's what's inside it

Republicans continue to make progress on President Donald Trumps big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security, though considerable divisions remain as Speaker Mike Johnson attempts to bridge the differences in his conference

16 May 2025 1:52 am
Space Force, governors at odds over plans to pull talent from National Guard units

The head of the U.S. Space Force is moving ahead with plans to pull talent from National Guard units to help build up the still new military service but several governors remain opposed and argue it tramples on their rights to retain control over the...

16 May 2025 1:22 am
Weinstein's office kept a list of women 'friends of Harvey,' an ex-aide testifies

Harvey Weinsteins assistants kept a list of female friends of Harvey to invite to events and sometimes considered them a special category for guest lists

16 May 2025 1:20 am
Grand jury indicts Florida State student accused in mass shooting on campus

A grand jury has indicted a Florida State University student on murder charges for the killings of two people and the wounding of six others in a mass shooting on campus last month

16 May 2025 1:20 am
NYU denies diploma to student who criticized Israel in commencement speech

New York University said it would withhold the diploma of a student who used a graduation speech to condemn Israels attacks on Palestinians

16 May 2025 1:12 am
Air traffic controllers in Denver scramble to use backups after losing comms Monday

Air traffic controllers in Denver had to scramble to use backup frequencies after their main communications lines went down for 90 seconds earlier this week in the latest Federal Aviation Administration equipment failure

16 May 2025 1:12 am
DeSantis signs bill making Florida second state to ban fluoride from its water system

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a measure that prohibits local governments from adding fluoride to water systems

15 May 2025 11:37 pm
Brain-dead woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban, family says

A hospital is using a breathing tube and other measures to keep a brain-dead Georgia woman's body functioning because she is pregnant

15 May 2025 11:26 pm
Sole survivor of a 400-foot rock climbing fall told 911 dispatcher he could 'hardly breathe'

A rock climber who drove for help after surviving a long fall that killed his three companions told a 911 dispatcher he could hardly breathe.

15 May 2025 11:23 pm
New Jersey Transit issues warning for riders ahead of potential rail strike

New Jersey Transit is urging riders to reach their destinations or risk being stranded

15 May 2025 8:17 pm
4 dead in fiery highway crash in New York City suburb

Police say four people were killed when a van crossed over a highway median north of New York City and crashed into an oncoming car

15 May 2025 8:11 pm
Older people in crosshairs as government restarts Social Security garnishment on student loans

As the Trump administration resumes collections on defaulted student loans, hundreds of thousands of older Americans with decades-old debts are now at risk of having their Social Security checks garnished

15 May 2025 8:00 pm
The Latest: Cassie is being cross-examined after exposing Diddy's violence

The R&B singer Cassie is beiong cross-examined Thursday after two days of testimony recounting tumultuous details of life with her ex-boyfriend, Sean Diddy Combs

15 May 2025 8:00 pm
The Latest: Supreme Court hears arguments in case over Trumps birthright citizenship order

The Supreme Court is hearing its first set of Trump-related arguments in the second Trump presidency

15 May 2025 7:52 pm
Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan pleads not guilty to helping a man evade federal immigration agents

Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan pleads not guilty to helping a man evade federal immigration agents

15 May 2025 7:52 pm
Potential US semiconductor manufacturing boom complicated by Trump's economic policies

Before America First became the Trump administrations mandate for foreign policy and trade, one sector was already working to bring business back to the United States: the semiconductor industry

15 May 2025 7:49 pm
Florida set to execute suspected serial killer once eyed for possible link to the OJ Simpson case

A suspected serial killer once scrutinized for a possible link to the O.J. Simpson case that riveted the nation in the 1990s is facing execution for a murder

15 May 2025 7:44 pm
New US ambassador, former senator and business executive David Perdue, arrives in China

The new U.S. ambassador to China, former senator and business executive David Perdue, has arrived in Beijing just days after China and the U.S. agreed to a temporary break in their damaging tariff war

15 May 2025 7:28 pm
What to know about the Supreme Court arguments in the birthright citizenship case

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in its first case stemming from the flurry of actions marking the start of President Donald Trumps second term

15 May 2025 6:48 pm
Harvard's 'cheap' copy of the Magna Carta turned out be extremely rare

Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30

15 May 2025 12:18 pm