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…
By JOSH DUBOW Updated 2:57 PM CDT, July 30, 2025 The NFL’s one-year experiment with the new kickoff rule becomes permanent this season with a new tweak that the league hopes will lead to a bigger increase in the rate of returns. The league also…
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 JOSH BOAK Updated 10:35 AM CDT, July 31, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that there would be a 90-day negotiating period with Mexico after a call with that country’s leader, Claudia Sheinbaum, as the 25% tariff rates stay…
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 DAVID A. LIEB Updated 11:35 AM CDT, July 30, 2025 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The U.S. Treasury is seeking to recoup COVID-19 pandemic relief funds from hundreds of local governments that received millions of dollars but never complied with…
By JOSH FUNK Updated 10:43 AM CDT, July 30, 2025 Investigators probing the January midair collision of a passenger plane and an Army helicopter over Washington that killed 67 people found the chopper was flying higher than the it should have been and…
By PAUL WISEMAN Updated 8:53 AM CDT, July 30, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy expanded at a surprising 3% annual pace from April through June, bouncing back at least temporarily from a first-quarter drop that reflected disruptions from President Donald…
By DANICA KIRKA and AUDREY McAVOY Updated 8:34 AM CDT, July 30, 2025 HONOLULU (AP) — One of this century’s most powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Russia and generated tsunami warnings and advisories for a broad section of the Pacific, including Alaska, Hawaii and…
By HILARY FOX and PAN PYLAS Updated 8:53 AM CDT, July 30, 2025 BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — The “home of metal” is honoring one of its most cherished sons. Thousands of Black Sabbath fans were paying their respects Wednesday to frontman Ozzy Osbourne as his…
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 SHAWN CHEN Updated 2:20 PM CDT, July 29, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re a Microsoft Authenticator user, like me, you’ve probably received at least one notice that the app’s password management features are no longer usable and that…
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 RUSS BYNUM and MIKE SCHNEIDER Updated 12:51 PM CDT, July 29, 2025 SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Residents in the Southeast U.S. are no strangers to heat in the summertime, but this week’s sweltering hot weather set at least one record and has…
By MATTHEW PERRONE Updated 11:30 AM CDT, July 29, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are warning Americans about the risks of an opioid-related ingredient increasingly added to energy drinks, gummies and supplements sold at gas stations and convenience stores,…
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…