New York governor says she has reached a deal to legalize medically assisted suicideAP News• Dec 17, 2025 08:04 amALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that she has reached a deal with state legislative…
Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidiesAP News• Dec 17, 2025 08:22 amFour centrist Republicans have broken with their party’s leadership over health care. They’ve signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will…
Senate voting on $901 billion defense bill that pushes Hegseth for boat strike videoAP News• Dec 17, 2025 07:41 amWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is nearing final passage Wednesday of an annual military policy bill that will authorize $901…
Search goes on for suspect in fatal shooting of MIT professor who was fatally shot at his homeAP News• Dec 17, 2025 07:10 amBROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Police intensified their search Wednesday for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a professor at…
Chevrolet Traverse vs Ford ExplorerAP News• Dec 17, 2025 06:56 amChevrolet versus Ford. Regardless of the vehicle type, car shoppers often find themselves comparing choices from these iconic American brands.…
The Latest: 4 Republicans join Democrats on extending ACA subsidies, defying Speaker JohnsonAP News• Dec 17, 2025 08:18 amFour centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a…
Trump is previewing his 2026 agenda in an address to the nation as his popularity wanesAP News• Dec 17, 2025 06:03 amWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump intends to preview his agenda for next year and beyond in a live speech…
Founder of bankrupt subprime auto lender Tricolor Holdings is charged with fraudAP News• Dec 17, 2025 08:54 amNEW YORK (AP) — The founder of Tricolor Holdings led other top executives of the subprime auto lender on a…
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos are awarding $5 million to a leader in neurodiversity educationAP News• Dec 17, 2025 05:55 amNEW YORK (AP) — Mega billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, former news anchor Lauren Sánchez Bezos, are…
What Americans think about giving cash as holiday gifts, according to a new AP-NORC pollAP News• Dec 17, 2025 08:52 amA new AP-NORC poll finds that most U.S. adults are on board with giving cash or gift cards as holiday…
China exploits US-funded research on nuclear technology, a congressional report saysAP News• Dec 17, 2025 03:50 amWASHINGTON (AP) — China is exploiting partnerships with U.S. researchers funded by the Department of Energy to provide the Chinese…
Jack Smith tells lawmakers his team developed ‘proof beyond a reasonable doubt’ against TrumpAP News• Dec 17, 2025 07:57 amFormer Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has told lawmakers in a closed-door interview his team “developed proof beyond a…
Louvre workers vote to extend a strike as the museum partially reopensAP News• Dec 17, 2025 07:19 amEmployees at the Louvre Museum have voted to extend a strike that has disrupted operations at the world’s most visited…
Japan’s exports rise 6% in November as shipments to the US bounce backAP News• Dec 16, 2025 10:50 pmBANGKOK (AP) — Japan’s exports climbed 6% in November from a year earlier, with shipments to the United States rising…
Haunted house and invisible demons: Tennessee Williams’ early radio play ‘The Strangers’ publishesAP News• Dec 17, 2025 04:13 amNEW YORK (AP) — Long before the rise of podcast dramas, listeners worldwide tuned in to the audio-only narratives of…
Georgia Senate committee questions Fani Willis over Trump prosecutionAP News• Dec 17, 2025 08:15 amATLANTA (AP) — After more than a year of legal maneuvering, Fani Willis is facing questions Wednesday from a Georgia…
Trump will witness the dignified transfer for 2 National Guard members killed in SyriaAP News• Dec 17, 2025 07:52 amPresident Donald Trump is going to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to witness the dignified transfer for two Iowa…
Investigators release additional video of possible Brown gunman as search continuesAP News• Dec 16, 2025 10:03 pmPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Authorities have asked the public for any footage they might have of the gunman who fatally…
Norman Podhoretz, contentious and influential neo-conservative, has diedAP News• Dec 16, 2025 10:01 pmNEW YORK (AP) — Norman Podhoretz, the boastful, hard-line editor and author whose books, essays and stewardship of Commentary magazine…
Photos reveal impact of U.S. aid cuts on Rohingya children in camps in BangladeshAP News• Dec 16, 2025 09:58 pmUKHIYA, Bangladesh (AP) — Deep cuts to foreign aid by U.S. President Donald Trump this year, compounded by reductions from…
Takeaways from the AP’s report on the impact of aid cuts on Rohingya children in BangladeshAP News• Dec 16, 2025 09:56 pmSevere foreign aid cuts imposed this year by U.S. President Donald Trump, along with funding reductions from other countries, shuttered…
Trafficked, exploited, married off: Rohingya children’s lives crushed by foreign aid cutsAP News• Dec 16, 2025 10:55 pmSevere foreign aid cuts imposed this year by U.S. President Donald Trump, along with funding reductions from other countries, shuttered…
More drops for AI stocks drag Wall Street toward a 4th straight lossAP News• Dec 17, 2025 08:50 amMore drops for AI stocks are dragging the U.S. market lower, and Wall Street is heading toward a fourth straight…
FCC leader Brendan Carr faces Senate questioning for first time since Kimmel controversyAP News• Dec 17, 2025 08:20 amWASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr faced Senate questioning Wednesday for the first time since he pressured…
2 big rail unions oppose $85B Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger over safety and cost concernsAP News• Dec 17, 2025 07:36 amOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost the support…
Jared Kushner pulls out of Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros. DiscoveryAP News• Dec 16, 2025 07:50 pmA private equity firm owned by Jared Kushner says it’s no longer backing Paramount’s hostile acquisition bid for Warner Bros.…
Costa Rica’s congress blocks effort to prosecute president for election interferenceAP News• Dec 16, 2025 07:05 pmSAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica’s legislature on Tuesday blocked an effort by the country’s electoral authority to…
Federal judge says he’s inclined to deny preservationists’ request to halt Trump’s ballroom projectAP News• Dec 16, 2025 07:00 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday he’s leaning toward denying a preservationist group’s request to temporarily halt President…
Trump orders blockade of ‘sanctioned oil tankers’ into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on MaduroAP News• Dec 16, 2025 08:50 pmPresident Donald Trump says he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on…
Woman charged after Mississippi Walmart shoppers say they found razor blades in loaves of breadAP News• Dec 17, 2025 05:50 amA woman who allegedly pushed razor blades into loaves of bread at two Biloxi, Mississippi, Walmart stores was arrested on…
Border Patrol official who is the face of Trump’s crackdown back in Chicago amid immigration raidsAP News• Dec 16, 2025 05:12 pmSenior Border Patrol official Greg Bovino has returned to the Chicago area, about a month after leaving to lead immigration…
US-Apple-Books-Top-10AP News• Dec 16, 2025 03:45 pmTop Paid Books (US Bestseller List) 1. Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid (Carina Press) 2. The Long Game by Rachel…
Last US cents sold at auction for a sum of $16.76 million were worth a pretty pennyAP News• Dec 16, 2025 03:50 pmTo those who argue that the U.S. penny had no value: some coin collectors beg to differ. In fact, they…
House Speaker Johnson rebuffs efforts to extend health care subsidies, pushing ahead with GOP planAP News• Dec 16, 2025 02:30 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders are determined to push ahead with a GOP health care bill that excludes efforts…
Maryland to consider slavery reparations after Gov. Wes Moore’s veto is overriddenAP News• Dec 16, 2025 02:49 pmMaryland will create a commission to study potential slavery reparations in the state, after lawmakers overrode a veto by Democratic…
How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday, 12/16/2025AP News• Dec 16, 2025 01:55 pmU.S. stocks drifted lower following mixed data on the economy’s strength. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% Tuesday and remains a…
Takeaways: Susie Wiles pulls back the curtain on the Trump administration in revealing interviewsAP News• Dec 16, 2025 03:13 pmWhite House chief of staff Susie Wiles offered an unusually candid look inside President Donald Trump’s administration in a series…
FAA head vows to maintain safety measures implemented after tragic DC plane crashAP News• Dec 16, 2025 04:50 pmThe head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday he won’t forget the 67 people who died when an airliner…
The US labels another Latin American cartel a terrorist group as the anti-drug war escalatesAP News• Dec 16, 2025 01:12 pmBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday designated another Latin American drug cartel as a foreign terrorist organization,…
16 states sue Trump administration again over billions in withheld electric vehicle charging fundsAP News• Dec 16, 2025 01:52 pmDETROIT (AP) — Sixteen states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration for what they say is…
Texas sues utility company to recover damages from historic wildfire sparked by downed power linesAP News• Dec 16, 2025 12:52 pmAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has sued the utility company whose downed power lines sparked the largest wildfire in state…
An MIT professor was fatally shot at his home and police launched a homicide investigationAP News• Dec 17, 2025 02:50 amBROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home near Boston,…
Trump will go to Delaware for the dignified transfer of the 2 National Guard members killed in SyriaAP News• Dec 16, 2025 01:08 pmPresident Donald Trump will go to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday for a dignified transfer for the…