America’s official mammal, the bison, gets a bronze tribute for the country’s 250th birthdayAP News• Mar 21, 2026 10:07 pmKEARNEY, Mo. (AP) — The national mammal of the United States is getting in on America’s 250th birthday celebration. Three…
Trump’s EPA is paving the way for haze to return to national parks, conservationists warnAP News• Mar 21, 2026 10:04 pmMADISON, Wis. (AP) — A year ago, federal environmental regulators told West Virginia officials that their plan to clear sulfur…
Six people injured after floor collapses at New Hampshire wedding venueAP News• Mar 21, 2026 10:54 pmSix people were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries after a floor collapsed at a wedding venue in Tamworth,…
Detained immigrant children still face concerning conditions at Texas facility, lawyers sayAP News• Mar 21, 2026 07:00 pmNearly 600 immigrant children were held in a Texas family detention center in recent months without enough food, medical care…
ICE officers soon will help with airport security unless Democrats end shutdown, Trump saysAP News• Mar 21, 2026 04:03 pmPresident Donald Trump says he’ll order federal immigration officers to take a role soon in airport security unless Democrats agree…
Senate blocks amendment on transgender athletes during weekend session on voting billAP News• Mar 21, 2026 02:04 pmThe Senate has blocked a proposal that would ban transgender athletes from playing in women’s sports. It’s one of President…
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, diesAP News• Mar 21, 2026 05:59 pmRobert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation’s premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after…
For airline travelers, the shutdown answer is simple: Pay TSA officersAP News• Mar 21, 2026 02:57 pmAirline passengers are saying that Transportation Security Administration workers need to get paid. At Atlanta’s mammoth airport, travelers are arriving…
Trump’s mixed messages on Iran: ‘Winding down’ the war and easing sanctions but adding more troopsAP News• Mar 21, 2026 06:53 pmPresident Donald Trump is sending mixed messages about the U.S. war with Iran, and that’s raising even more questions about…
Congress looks for Trump’s exit plan as the Iran war drags onAP News• Mar 21, 2026 06:57 amPresident Donald Trump took the United States to war without a vote of support from Congress. Now, lawmakers are increasingly…
Tom Kean Jr.’s political roots date to 1776. Is that enough to protect the Republican’s House seat?AP News• Mar 21, 2026 05:21 amLEBANON, N.J. (AP) — Tom Kean Jr.’s political pedigree dates to 1776, when one of his ancestors became New Jersey’s…
Big money flows into state attorney general races as legal battles shape American politicsAP News• Mar 21, 2026 05:18 amThere are races in 30 states this year for attorney general, and groups that support those candidates prepared for the…
It’s not just vaccines — parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newbornsAP News• Mar 21, 2026 08:57 amDoctors across the nation are alarmed that skepticism fueled by rising anti-science sentiment and medical mistrust is increasingly reaching beyond…
Hawaii’s worst flooding in 20 years threatens dam, prompts evacuations, as more rain loomsAP News• Mar 21, 2026 10:00 pmHawaii has been suffering its worst flooding in more than 20 years. Heavy rains fell on soil already saturated by…
Secretive deal leaves deportees from the US stuck in Equatorial Guinea with ‘no more hope’AP News• Mar 20, 2026 11:00 pmDAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When a U.S. immigration judge told a 28-year old refugee from East Africa that he was…
The Latest: Israel intensifying attacks, Iran shows defiance as its nuclear site hitAP News• Mar 21, 2026 07:50 pmIran has struck two communities near Israel’s main nuclear research center, leaving buildings shattered and dozens injured, hours after Tehran’s…
Judge orders Voice of America be put back together again. What are the chances that will happen?AP News• Mar 20, 2026 09:17 pmNEW YORK (AP) — In a strongly worded decision this week, a federal judge ordered that the Voice of America…
Police video of Justin Timberlake’s 2024 drunken driving arrest releasedAP News• Mar 20, 2026 08:01 pmPolice have released body camera footage from Justin Timberlake’s drunken driving arrest in New York’s Hamptons in 2024. The release…
Cuba refuses to let US Embassy in Havana import diesel for its generatorsAP News• Mar 20, 2026 07:57 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — The Cuban government has refused a request by the U.S. Embassy in Havana to allow it to…
A US strike on a suspected drug boat off Costa Rica leaves 2 dead, 1 critically hurtAP News• Mar 20, 2026 05:29 pmSAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — A U.S. strike on a boat suspected of transporting illegal drugs along Costa Rica’s…
Chicago Transit Authority lawsuit targets federal construction funding halted last fallAP News• Mar 20, 2026 04:35 pmSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Transit Authority on Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking restoration of $2 billion in…
Timeline of events since Breonna Taylor’s shooting death by policeAP News• Mar 20, 2026 05:20 pmLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Here is a timeline of events that began with the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black…
Departed counterterrorism official who resigned over Iran war denies leaking classified documentsAP News• Mar 20, 2026 04:25 pmJoe Kent, the former counterterrorism director who resigned this week in protest of the Iran war, on Friday denied allegations…
Thunder won’t visit the White House during trip to nation’s capital, a spokesperson saysAP News• Mar 20, 2026 04:25 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — The reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder will not visit the White House during their road trip…
A Georgia appeals court rules Fulton County can reject GOP election board picksAP News• Mar 20, 2026 04:21 pmATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia appeals court ruled on Friday that the state’s largest county doesn’t have to appoint two…
Student loans are headed to the Treasury Department. Here’s what to know if you have student debtAP News• Mar 20, 2026 03:43 pmNEW YORK (AP) — The Treasury Department will take over the management of student loans whose borrowers are in default,…
Missouri judge strikes ballot summary for Trump-backed congressional redistricting planAP News• Mar 20, 2026 04:20 pmJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — If Missouri voters get to decide whether to adopt new U.S. House districts backed by…
Jury finds Elon Musk misled investors during Twitter purchase, absolves him of some fraud claimsAP News• Mar 20, 2026 08:56 pmSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury has found Elon Musk liable for defrauding investors by deliberately driving down Twitter’s stock…
US to set up 12 regional disaster response hubs as it consolidates emergency humanitarian aidAP News• Mar 20, 2026 02:42 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is setting up 12 regional hubs to coordinate disaster and emergency humanitarian responses under…
Judge sides with New York Times in challenge to policy limiting reporters’ access to PentagonAP News• Mar 20, 2026 04:59 pmA federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters’ access to the Pentagon, ruling…
Reality TV star Joseph Duggar waives extradition and will face a child molestation charge in FloridaAP News• Mar 20, 2026 07:54 pmFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Former reality TV star Joseph Duggar on Friday waived his right to an extradition hearing…
How major US stock indexes fared Friday 3/20/2026AP News• Mar 20, 2026 02:17 pmAnother climb for oil prices sent the U.S. stock market sharply lower, as hopes collapsed for a possible cut to…
Bill to fund Homeland Security fails again as concern grows about airport linesAP News• Mar 20, 2026 04:54 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security failed to advance Friday in the Senate amid…
Trump officials announce 10-gigawatt data center, gas plants for former Ohio uranium siteAP News• Mar 20, 2026 03:56 pmPIKETON, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday announced a public-private partnership to develop a major data…
TSA officers are quitting as a funding standoff forces them to staff airports without payAP News• Mar 20, 2026 04:54 pmEviction notices. Vehicle repossessions. Empty refrigerators and overdrawn bank accounts. Union leaders and federal officials say these are just some…
Former pro wrestler Ted DiBiase Jr. acquitted in Mississippi welfare scandalAP News• Mar 20, 2026 02:12 pmJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former professional wrestler accused of misspending millions of welfare dollars in part of Mississippi’s largest…
Graphics show the scale of extreme heat hitting the USAP News• Mar 21, 2026 06:53 amA burst of unusual March heat is hitting the United States this week and into next, busting previous monthly heat…
One teen protester detained over scuffle with Pennsylvania police chief enters probation programAP News• Mar 20, 2026 12:25 pmPHILADELPHIA (AP) — The first of five high school protesters detained for days in Pennsylvania after a scuffle with an…
Feds move to dismiss charges against officers accused of falsifying warrant in Breonna Taylor raidAP News• Mar 20, 2026 02:34 pmFederal prosecutors have asked a judge to drop the charges against two Louisville officers tied to the 2020 raid that…
230 people are rescued as flash flooding hits Hawaii and officials warn 120-year-old dam could failAP News• Mar 20, 2026 09:50 pmMore than 200 people were rescued Friday as heavy rains pummeled the Hawaiian island of Oahu and triggered the worst…
Boston transit police say man threatened to stab bus driver before struggle with officersAP News• Mar 20, 2026 12:14 pmBOSTON (AP) — A man wielding a butcher knife tried to slash tires and threatened to stab a bus driver…
DEA names Colombian president ‘priority target’ as US prosecutors probe ties to drug traffickersAP News• Mar 20, 2026 09:10 pmColombian President Gustavo Petro has been designated a “priority target” by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as federal prosecutors in…
Georgia suspends fuel tax, but other states may not followAP News• Mar 20, 2026 12:03 pmATLANTA (AP) — Georgia on Friday become the first state in the U.S. to suspend fuel taxes after the war…