By MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — A plan to give Americans easier access to unproven peptide drugs favored by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was opposed by most Food and Drug Administration scientific staff members, who had limited input…
By MIKE CATALINI President Donald Trump’s campaign to keep Republicans in control of Congress in the Nov. 3 midterms is returning to Ohio for the third time in a month on Wednesday, while former President Barack Obama is set to…
By DANIEL KOZIN and MAURICIO SAVARESE MIAMI (AP) — Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family arrived in Miami on Wednesday, after he refused to concede to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva then fled the country. In…
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wendy’s shares jumped 15% at the opening bell Wednesday after noted investor Nelson Peltz made an offer to buy the chain, which has been struggling with high beef prices and aging stores. Peltz’s Trian Fund Management…
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is expected to stand pat on interest rates Wednesday even though inflation has accelerated in the past couple of months as the Iran war has caused spikes in oil and gas…
By SOPHENG CHEANG SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (AP) — A U.S. cruise ship on an around-the-world voyage that touted its cabins as floating homes suspended its three-year voyage in Cambodia due to fuel costs, forcing hundreds of passengers to disembark. The MV…
By STAN CHOE NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry led Wall Street higher on Tuesday, as their yo-yo moves swing back upward. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% and pulled within 1.2% of its all-time high set earlier…
By MATT OTT WASHINGTON (AP) — American confidence in the economy rebounded somewhat in October as gas prices fell modestly, though it remains much more expensive to fill up a tank than last year at this time. The Conference Board…
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Tuesday failed to secure a grand jury indictment against a former White House staffer who provided dramatic but disputed testimony against President Donald Trump before a House committee investigating…
By BETH HARRIS LOS ANGELES (AP) — Susan Saint James, who co-starred with Rock Hudson in the 1970s TV crime series “McMillan & Wife” and later co-starred with Jane Curtin in the sitcom “Kate & Allie” in the 1980s, has…
By LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK (AP) — Three once high-flying brothers convicted of exploiting their wealth and access to luxury real estate to drug and rape dozens of women were sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison. U.S. District Judge…
By MATTHEW BROWN and MEAD GRUVER BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to announce plans Tuesday to loosen a Biden-era rule that aimed to reduce planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas drilling. Trump was to…
By MADELINE NGUYEN/Mississippi Today A Hinds County judge has blocked the state attorney general’s attempt to permanently drop the manslaughter case against a former Capitol Police officer who admitted to killing a 25-year-old Jackson man during a traffic stop. Hinds…
By JEFFREY COLLINS An escaped Tennessee inmate convicted of murdering a co-worker stole a truck from a nearby farm and apparently made it to southern Illinois before abandoning it, authorities said Tuesday. Jacob Morley, who was serving a life sentence…
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Authorities in Utah are holding a news conference Tuesday to pin another decades-old homicide on serial killer Ted Bundy. The Summit County sheriff and county attorney “will provide information regarding the investigation, the findings that…
By GENE JOHNSON and REBECCA BOONE SEATTLE (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday asked Washington state to set aside any ballots received from more than 400 people it alleges registered to vote without U.S. citizenship, less than two weeks…
By JONATHAN LANDRUM JR. LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man who has helped produce the Super Bowl halftime show is stepping into the spotlight: Jay-Z will headline the show himself. The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Monday night…
By BILL BARROW, SOPHIE BATES and JILL COLVIN CORINTH, Miss. (AP) — President Donald Trump campaigned Monday in Mississippi, as he continued a closing midterm rally blitz that has highlighted Republicans’ challenges ahead of an election that could drastically shift…
By STAN CHOE NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose Monday amid shaky trading for financial markets worldwide, as AI stocks kept swinging and Brazilian stocks tumbled. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% and more than recovered its losses from last…
By ALEX VEIGA LOS ANGELES (AP) — Not long ago, a homeowner in America might reasonably wager they could sell their home fairly quickly, and for more than their asking price. That’s unlikely to be a winning bet now. Across…
By THOMAS ADAMSON and SYLVIE CORBET PARIS (AP) — France’s government pledged Monday to replace its national online university admissions platform by 2028, seeking to quell student anger after weeks of often violent mass protests over education and living costs.…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A 37-year-old Illinois man is charged with sending threatening letters to members of Congress containing a white powder, including one with a note reading “HAH enjoy the gift,” according to federal court records. The criminal complaint…
TIPTONVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man serving a life sentence for killing his co-worker four years ago has escaped from a prison in northwest Tennessee by slipping through a fence, authorities said. Officials realized Jacob Morley, 28, was unaccounted for…
By ERIC OLSON No. 1 Miami was the only team to hold its spot in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday and idle Ohio State moved up to No. 2 as the poll went through another major reordering in…
By RUSS BYNUM The chief executive of Six Flags says the company will install seat belts on the Georgia roller coaster from which a rider fell to his death earlier this month. The company’s rides with similar restraints will also…
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission has sued the bargain chain Dollar General for what it characterized as “long-running deceptive pricing practices” by charging customers more once they reach the register than the prices that…
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and BERNARD CONDON SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic filed papers Monday for what could be the biggest initial public offering of stock ever even as its top executive warns that advanced AI could pose…
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK (AP) — Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was unlawfully fired from her job as a federal prosecutor in New York last year, a federal judge ruled…
By STEVE PEOPLES and ALI SWENSON NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats and outside watchdogs are planning a massive presence at the polls on Election Day driven by concerns that President Donald Trump will further leverage the vast resources of the…
By JAKE COYLE Eric Bauza, the award-winning voice actor whose performances of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and many more characters made him the modern voice of Looney Tunes, has died. He was 46. Bauza died suddenly late Sunday, his family…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy has been charged in a weekend shooting that wounded 11 people at Florida A&M University following the school’s homecoming football game, police said Monday. Investigators say a fight broke out before the shooting…
By JAIMIE DING LOS ANGELES (AP) — Strapped into a harness, Josh Law was lowered from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter into the rough Pacific Ocean in the pitch black night, far off the Mexican coast. The force of the…
By R.J. RICO It’s one of baseball’s most iconic records: For 2,632 straight games over 17 seasons, Cal Ripken Jr. never missed a day in the Baltimore Orioles’ lineup. For the past 28 years, lifelong Orioles fan Rick Taylor has…
By ELDAR EMRIC and NADJA LOVADINOV MOUNT OZREN, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Masa the bear lumbers across a grassy enclosure on Bosnia’s Mount Ozren before rising onto her hind legs and wrapping her front paws around her friend, Petar Tubic. The…
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists doubling as art detectives have traced Vincent van Gogh’s “ The Starry Night ” to a celestial scene that suggests a new date for one of the world’s most famous paintings.…
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and AMANDA SWINHART RUPERT, Vt. (AP) — Carrying a large pump spray bottle and a small, sturdy brush, Caitlin Abrams stood before two starkly contrasting graves in a modest cemetery in western Vermont. Overcast skies hung low…
By STEFANIE DAZIO Every wiggle and wobble, every snuffle and squeak of six newborn puppies snuggling together in Finland is captured by cameras monitoring their development in the first weeks of their lives. For science, of course. Even though the…
By HAMZA FAHMY and MOHAMMED SALAH ABU SIMBEL, Egypt (AP) — Hundreds of tourists from around the world and locals gathered at dawn Thursday at a temple in southern Egypt, with some sleeping outside it overnight to witness a solar…
MILAN (AP) — An ancient residence believed to be the grandest in the Pompeii archaeological site is being restored with the entire 1.4 million euros ($1.6 million) cost being covered by a private sponsor, officials announced Tuesday. The house of…
By MARCIA DUNN A Japanese spacecraft rocketed toward Mars on Tuesday on a quest to explore its mysterious moons and bring back samples. Five of the world’s space agencies joined forces for the five-year mission that will attempt to land…
By ANGUS M. THUERMER Jr./WyoFile Yellowstone National Park and Tallgrass, a Colorado company building an AI power hub near Cheyenne, have launched a $105 million conservation and stewardship fund for the country’s first national park, calling it the largest single…
By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — The birthplace of The Beatles is about to get even more of the Fab Four. Plans were announced Tuesday for a huge new visitor attraction that backers say will give Liverpool a tourist draw…
By TERRY TANG and DEEPTI HAJELA Across 38 seasons of “The Simpsons,” the Halloween-themed “Treehouse of Horror” episodes have always been a treat of spooky stand-alone storylines. On Sunday, the show surprised viewers with a major resurrection: Apu, the beloved…
By JOHN SEEWER TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ken Schreiber was 9 when Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon in 1969 — a moment he would never forget. Like Armstrong, he too became a military fighter pilot. So…
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Tens of thousands of visitors flood the University of Michigan campus each spring to catch a glimpse — and a whiff — of one of North America’s premier collections of herbaceous peonies.…
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA Stocks on Wall Street closed broadly lower Friday as oil prices climbed to their highest level in more than four years, ratcheting up pressure on the market. The S&P 500 fell 0.5%, adding…
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and ALEXA ST. JOHN The U.S. designated helium as a critical material on Friday because it’s indispensable for making semiconductors that are essential to energy generation, and the global supply is at risk of disruption, according to…
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI President Donald Trump on Friday said he told his administration to file its lawsuit to block certification of the U.S. Senate race in Alaska if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses, kicking off what many fear could become…
By RUSS BYNUM The Oregon man who fatally shot a teenage gunman to end a deadly rampage at an elementary school last week says he was the children’s “last line of defense” and that he regrets not arriving soon enough…
By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former FBI officials were charged Friday with lying to Congress about their involvement in investigating Hunter Biden’s laptop in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election, the latest in…
