By JAMES POLLARD Updated 1:11 PM CDT, August 1, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Online creators from dozens of countries, led by MrBeast and popular science YouTuber Mark Rober, are launching a $40 million fundraiser to build water quality projects around the world. The…
By DAN GELSTON Updated 11:42 AM CDT, August 1, 2025 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The first 5K held in the memory of John and Matt Gaudreau helped raise more than $500,000, enough to break ground later this year on an accessible playground…
By LINDSEY BAHR Updated 9:29 AM CDT, August 1, 2025 The best of the internet’s cat videos are coming to the big screen this weekend. Cat Video Fest is a 73-minute, G-rated selection of all things feline —silly, cuddly, sentimental and comedic—that’s playing in more…
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Updated 2:53 PM CDT, August 1, 2025 ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Federal judge T.S. Ellis III, whose legal scholarship and commanding courtroom presence was evident in numerous high-profile trials, has died after a long illness. He was 85. Ellis…
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Updated 2:01 PM CDT, August 1, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — A stalemate over the pace of confirmations has delayed the Senate’s yearly August recess, for now, as President Donald Trump declares that his nominees “should NOT BE…
By ANDREW DEMILLO and SAFIYAH RIDDLE Updated 9:43 AM CDT, August 1, 2025 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A 28-year-old teacher who authorities say admitted to fatally stabbing a couple he didn’t know who were hiking with two of their children in an Arkansas state…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been moved from a federal prison in Florida to a prison camp in Texas as her criminal case generates renewed public attention. The federal Bureau of Prisons said Friday that…
By MARCIA DUNN Updated 11:20 AM CDT, August 1, 2025 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts sidelined for the past year by Boeing’s Starliner trouble blasted off to the International Space Station on Friday, getting a lift from SpaceX. The U.S.-Japanese-Russian crew of four rocketed…
By PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Updated 9:38 AM CDT, August 1, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. hiring is slowing sharply as President Donald Trump’s erratic and radical trade policies paralyze businesses and raise doubts about the outlook for the world’s largest economy. The Labor…
By JOSH FUNK Updated 5:49 AM CDT, August 1, 2025 The National Transportation Safety Board on Friday enters its third and final day of public testimony over the fatal midair crash between an Army helicopter and commercial jet in January. Two previous…
By ITZEL LUNA Updated 2:13 PM CDT, July 31, 2025 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Timberlake has been diagnosed with Lyme disease, the former NSYNC star said on Instagram Thursday. Timberlake shared the news in a post commemorating his Forget Tomorrow tour, which…
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Updated 2:49 PM CDT, July 31, 2025 The Trump administration is canceling plans to use large areas of federal waters for new offshore wind development, the latest step to suppress the industry in the United States. More than…
By ALEXA ST. JOHN Updated 1:38 PM CDT, July 31, 2025 The U.S. Department of Defense will now continue sharing key data collected by three weather satellites that help forecasters track hurricanes. Meteorologists and scientists had warned of risks to accurate…
By AMANDA SEITZ Updated 6:03 PM CDT, July 30, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced a plan for a new private health tracking system that will make it easier for patients to access their health records and monitor their wellness…
By MIKE STOBBE Updated 1:37 PM CDT, July 31, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Thursday. The fraction…
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Updated 2:03 PM CDT, July 31, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Thursday announced that construction on a $200 million ballroom will begin in September and be ready for entertaining before President Donald Trump ‘s term ends in…
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Professional wrestler Hulk Hogan died of a heart attack last week, according to a Florida medical examiner’s report released Thursday. Hogan, whose real name was Terry Bollea, previously had leukemia and atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm, the…
By MATT OTT Updated 7:51 AM CDT, July 31, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits inched up modestly last week as business continue to retain staff despite economic uncertainty around U.S. trade policy. The Labor…
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Updated 9:56 AM CDT, July 31, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday plans to reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren. The program, which was created in 1966, had children run and perform…
By CODY JACKSON Updated 11:54 AM CDT, July 30, 2025 JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A large sea turtle that was found injured along the Florida coast in May following a boat strike was returned to the ocean on Wednesday. The…
By JEFFREY COLLINS Updated 12:39 PM CDT, July 30, 2025 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Workers at a site in South Carolina that once made key parts for nuclear bombs in the U.S. have found a radioactive wasp nest but officials said…
BALTIMORE (AP) — Demolition crews are using giant saws, backhoes and other heavy equipment to remove large sections of the remaining pieces of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed last year after a container ship lost power and veered off…
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Updated 1:13 PM CDT, July 30, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve left its key short-term interest rate unchanged for the fifth time this year, brushing off repeated calls from President Donald Trump for a cut. The Fed’s decision…
By AMANDA SEITZ Updated 12:38 PM CDT, July 30, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is pushing an initiative for millions of Americans to upload personal health data and medical records on new apps and systems run by private tech companies, promising…
By JOSH BOAK and RAJESH ROY Updated 11:27 AM CDT, July 30, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will impose a 25% tariff on goods from India, plus an additional import tax because of India’s purchasing of Russian oil, President Donald Trump said…
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Updated 2:01 PM CDT, July 30, 2025 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris will not run for California governor next year, leaving open the possibility that she could mount a third run for the White House…
By JOSH FUNK Updated 9:08 AM CDT, July 29, 2025 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific wants to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S, and potentially trigger a final wave of rail mergers…
By DEE-ANN DURBIN Updated 3:23 PM CDT, July 29, 2025 Starbucks said Tuesday it’s confident that new products coming next year -- including a cold foam protein drink, coconut water-based beverages and improved baked goods -- will help turn around the company’s lagging…
By STEPHEN WADE Updated 9:15 AM CDT, July 29, 2025 SINGAPORE (AP) — Katie Ledecky has ceded a tiny bit of ground in other events, but she’s still unbeatable in the 1,500-meter freestyle. She won it again Tuesday in the swimming…
By PAUL WISEMAN Updated 10:01 AM CDT, July 29, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers posted 7.4 million job vacancies last month, a sign that the American job market continues to cool. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that job openings in June…
By PHILIP MARCELO, ERIC TUCKER and MIKE BALSAMO Updated 9:51 AM CDT, July 29, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — A gunman who killed four people at a Manhattan office building before killing himself claimed in a note to have a brain disease linked to contact sports…
By CHRISTINA LARSON Updated 8:56 AM CDT, July 25, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s almost time for summer’s meteor shower duet. The Southern Delta Aquariid and the Alpha Capricornid meteor showers peak at the same time — in the early morning of July 30.…
By KELVIN CHAN Updated 7:08 AM CDT, July 28, 2025 LONDON (AP) — Chinese online retailer Temu was accused by European Union watchdogs on Monday of failing to prevent the sale of illegal products on its platform. The preliminary findings follow…
By WILL WEISSERT Updated 11:20 PM CDT, July 27, 2025 EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — The United States and the European Union agreed on Sunday to a trade framework setting a 15% tariff on most goods, staving off — at least for now —…
By JUAN A. LOZANO Updated 2:11 PM CDT, July 28, 2025 HOUSTON (AP) — Leaders of the county where 19 students and two teachers were killed in the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, voted Monday to release records related…
By DAVID KLEPPER Updated 6:17 AM CDT, July 28, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The phone rings. It’s the secretary of state calling. Or is it? For Washington insiders, seeing and hearing is no longer believing, thanks to a spate of recent…
By PATRICK WHITTLE Updated 11:34 AM CDT, July 28, 2025 PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine congressman and several commercial fishing groups are getting behind a push to delay rules designed to protect a vanishing species of whale for 10 years.…
By WILL WEISSERT Updated 10:21 AM CDT, July 28, 2025 EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he is giving Russian President Vladimir Putin 10 to 12 days to stop the killing in Ukraine, shortening a 50-day deadline he had…
By MINGSON LAU, JEFF MARTIN and ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 5:20 AM CDT, July 28, 2025 Passengers slid down an emergency slide of a smoking jet at Denver International Airport due to a possible problem with the plane’s landing gear, authorities said. American Airlines Flight…
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Colorado coach Deion Sanders says he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of bladder cancer but after surgery his oncologist considered him cured. Dr. Janet Kukreja, the director of urologic oncology at the CU…
By ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 12:15 PM CDT, July 28, 2025 RENO, Nev. (AP) — A gunman who opened fire just outside a casino in Reno, Nevada, shot multiple people Monday morning before being taken into custody, police said. The conditions of…
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 10:25 AM CDT, July 28, 2025 A federal judge on Monday ruled Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding as the nation’s largest abortion provider fights President Donald Trump’s administration over…
By JACK BROOK Updated 1:47 PM CDT, July 24, 2025 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The stench of trash and residue of bad decisions in one of America’s favorite party hotspots is being scrubbed away, thanks to a change in garbage collectors…
By WILL WEISSERT Updated 4:08 PM CDT, July 24, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order mandating that federal authorities clarify whether college athletes can be considered employees of the schools they play for — attempting to…
By TOM MURPHY Updated 1:31 PM CDT, July 24, 2025 UnitedHealth Group says it is cooperating with federal criminal and civil investigations involving its market-leading Medicare business. The health care giant said Thursday that it had contacted the Department of Justice…
By MIKE STOBBE Updated 10:26 AM CDT, July 24, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — The fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman, new federal data released Thursday shows. The U.S. was…
By MARK KENNEDY Updated 1:05 PM CDT, July 24, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Two-time Grammy Award-winning musician Chuck Mangione, who achieved international success in 1977 with his jazz-flavored single “Feels So Good” and later became a voice actor on the animated TV…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department officials were set to meet on Thursday with Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned girlfriend of financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a person familiar with the matter. The meeting in Florida, which Deputy Attorney General…
By DAVID KLEPPER Updated 12:15 PM CDT, July 22, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — People with congestive heart failure, undergoing treatment for schizophrenia or who have a history of paraphilic disorders will no longer be eligible for a medical waiver to serve…
By MARK KENNEDY Updated 1:50 PM CDT, July 22, 2025 Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice — and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id — of heavy metal, died Tuesday, just weeks…
