Congress moves to raise retirement age for Capitol Police as threats against lawmakers mountAP News• May 14, 2026 06:13 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is working to increase the retirement age for U.S. Capitol Police officers as the number of…
Utah officer accused of shooting unarmed man faces manslaughter chargeAP News• May 14, 2026 05:20 pmProsecutors on Thursday charged a Salt Lake City-area police officer with manslaughter, alleging he violated police department policy and law…
Lawyers urge judge to block Trump order that would create eligible voter list, limit mail ballotsAP News• May 14, 2026 04:20 pmVoting rights groups are arguing that a federal judge should stop President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail voting because…
Supreme Court clears way for Texas to carry out 600th execution since 1982AP News• May 14, 2026 05:20 pmHUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who experts for both prosecutors and defense attorneys have said is intellectually disabled…
Rep. Chuck Edwards faces House ethics investigation over harassment allegationsAP News• May 14, 2026 03:22 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee announced Thursday it is investigating Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina over…
US Rep. Max Miller sues his ex-wife for defamation in escalation of long-running divorce feudAP News• May 14, 2026 03:21 pmCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The bitter divorce between an Ohio congressman and his former wife, the daughter of one of…
US agents arrest tourist after video shows a rock hurled at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal’s headAP News• May 14, 2026 05:17 pmSEATTLE (AP) — A tourist from Washington state is facing federal charges after a witness recorded what prosecutors say was…
Jury awards $49.5M to the family of a woman killed in 2019 Boeing Max crashAP News• May 14, 2026 03:13 pmA federal jury has awarded $49.5 million to the family of a 24-year-old global nonprofit worker killed in the 2019…
Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays outAP News• May 14, 2026 06:19 pmThe Supreme Court has preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court…
A timeline of events in the death penalty case of Richard GlossipAP News• May 14, 2026 04:17 pmOn Thursday, former death row inmate Richard Glossip was freed from jail hours after he was granted bond by an…
Teen was among 6 people from Honduras and Mexico who died in hot Texas shipping containerAP News• May 14, 2026 04:16 pmSix people who were found dead in a rail yard shipping container in Laredo, Texas, were from Honduras and Mexico…
What to know about a Tennessee man known for making racist videos now charged with attempted murderAP News• May 14, 2026 02:25 pmA Tennessee man who goes by the moniker Chud the Builder and is known for posting racist videos is charged…
Justice Department accuses Yale medical school of illegally using race in admissionsAP News• May 14, 2026 04:15 pmThe Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University of illegally considering race in admissions to its medical school — the…
How major US stock indexes fared Thursday 5/14/2026AP News• May 14, 2026 02:15 pmThe U.S. stock market rose to more records after Cisco Systems joined the parade of companies reporting fatter profits for…
From Cisco to Block, more companies are pointing to AI when unveiling job cutsAP News• May 14, 2026 02:14 pmNEW YORK (AP) — Layoffs have been piling up recently, especially in the tech world. And the words “artificial intelligence”…
Trump administration aims to roll back limits on toxic wastewater from coal-fired power plantsAP News• May 14, 2026 04:10 pmHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moved Thursday to roll back limits that require coal-fired power plants…
Clarence Carter, soul singer known for ‘Patches’ and ‘Strokin’,’ dies at 90AP News• May 14, 2026 12:20 pmNEW YORK (AP) — Clarence Carter, the blues and soul musician and singer-songwriter with the raspy, emotional vocals whose hits…
Emails show FBI Director Kash Patel’s Hawaii trip included ‘VIP snorkel’ at a Pearl Harbor memorialAP News• May 14, 2026 06:13 pmGovernment emails obtained by The Associated Press show that FBI Director Kash Patel went on a “VIP snorkel” session last…
Man accused of wounding 2 drivers in Cambridge shooting pleads not guiltyAP News• May 14, 2026 02:23 pmBOSTON (AP) — A man accused of wounding two drivers when he fired at least 70 rounds from an assault-style…
Trump administration pledges $1.8 billion more for UN humanitarian aidAP News• May 14, 2026 12:18 pmUNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday announced $1.8 billion in additional funding for U.N. humanitarian aid, saying…
Law firms urge appeals court to keep blocking Trump’s sanctions against themAP News• May 14, 2026 11:18 amWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s efforts to sanction some of the nation’s most prestigious law firms “strike at the…
Federal judge orders Trump administration to bring back a Colombian woman who was deported to CongoAP News• May 14, 2026 03:16 pmA federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to bring a Colombian woman back to the U.S. from Congo, after…
US-Best-Sellers-Books-PWAP News• May 14, 2026 10:35 amHARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Fury Bound” by Sable Sorensen (Requited) 2. “26 Beauties” by James Patterson (Little, Brown) 3. “Yesteryear” by…
US Border Patrol chief Michael Banks is resigning, in latest DHS leadership changeAP News• May 14, 2026 11:17 amWASHINGTON (AP) — The head of U.S. Border Patrol, the agency tasked with securing the nation’s frontiers and increasingly tapped…
Former Oklahoma death row prisoner freed from jail as he awaits retrial in 1997 killingAP News• May 14, 2026 06:12 pmAn Oklahoma man who has narrowly avoided execution three separate times could walk free from a county jail after a…
Small medical plane crashes in New Mexico mountains, killing all 4 people aboardAP News• May 14, 2026 01:13 pmA small medical plane crashed in a mountain range outside Ruidoso, New Mexico, before dawn Thursday, killing all four people…
Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI make their final case in a trial that could shape AI’s futureAP News• May 14, 2026 03:12 pmLawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI made their final arguments Thursday in the landmark trial whose outcome could shape the…
Senators vote to withhold their own pay during future government shutdownsAP News• May 14, 2026 09:20 amSenators have unanimously approved a resolution to withhold their pay during government shutdowns. Lawmakers said the measure approved Thursday would…
Average US long-term mortgage rate eases to 6.36% in first drop after two straight weekly increasesAP News• May 14, 2026 11:12 amThe average long-term U.S. mortgage rate edged lower after rising the previous two weeks. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage…
Judge blocks Trump administration’s demand for Rhode Island hospital’s records of transgender kidsAP News• May 14, 2026 10:30 amPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s sweeping demands for confidential transgender patient information from…
This court became a symbol of Trump’s immigration crackdown. Now it’s at the center of a House raceAP News• May 14, 2026 12:27 pmNEW YORK (AP) — A federal immigration court in Lower Manhattan has come to represent the Trump administration’s deportation campaign…
Louisiana senators pass new US House map while South Carolina plans for extra redistricting workAP News• May 14, 2026 05:17 pmState senators in Louisiana have passed a new congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the previous one.…
Trump has hindered offshore wind while China and other countries invest heavilyAP News• May 14, 2026 12:10 pmPresident Donald Trump is stopping offshore wind projects in the United States, just as the industry was poised to grow…
In an era when workers are returning to offices, here’s how Dropbox is making remote jobs workAP News• May 14, 2026 08:13 amNEW YORK (AP) — Many companies ended remote work arrangements that began during the coronavirus pandemic despite resistance from employees…
Supreme Court revives suit against major logistics company with potentially big effects on industryAP News• May 14, 2026 11:11 amWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a man to sue a major logistics company after he lost…
In new lawsuit, Justice Department challenges efforts to sanction Trump administration lawyersAP News• May 14, 2026 06:11 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is challenging efforts to sanction attorneys from the first and second Trump administrations, asserting…
Retail sales growth slowed in April from March as higher gas cost leaves less room for nonessentialsAP News• May 14, 2026 09:13 amShoppers tempered their spending in April as higher gas prices fueled by the Iran war meant less money left over…
US filings for jobless benefits hits 211,000 as the war in Iran drags on, clouding economic forecastAP News• May 14, 2026 06:13 amWASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing for jobless aid rose last week but remains historically low despite the…
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft buzzing Mars on its way to a rare metal asteroidAP News• May 14, 2026 10:16 amA NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid is swinging past Mars for a gravity boost. The Psyche spacecraft will…
Neo-Nazi leader gets 15 years for recruiting violent attacks, including a Santa poison plotAP News• May 14, 2026 05:13 amNEW YORK (AP) — The leader of an Eastern European neo-Nazi group has been sentenced to 15 years in prison…
Jeffries’ job grows more difficult in race for House and speaker’s gavelAP News• May 14, 2026 04:48 amHouse Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries had warned Republicans they would come to regret the congressional redistricting fight. And when Democrats…
Trump’s talk of 51st US state met with near-silence in VenezuelaAP News• May 14, 2026 06:18 amCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Twice this week, U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed interest in turning Venezuela into his country’s…
The world’s reaction to hantavirus is tinged by echoes of something else: COVIDAP News• May 14, 2026 07:16 amThe coronavirus pandemic’s impact lingers, influencing our lives in both obvious and subtle ways. Work-from-home jobs, mask-wearing and hand sanitizers…