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MIAMI (AP) — Tropical storms Juliette and Fernand churned Tuesday over open waters, one in the Pacific Ocean and one in the Atlantic, at the same time as some officials continued to deal with the aftermath of the massive Hurricane Erin which…

By  FATIMA HUSSEIN Updated 2:56 PM CDT, August 26, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 300 million Americans’ Social Security data was put at risk after Department of Government Efficiency officials uploaded sensitive information to a cloud account not subject to oversight, according…

By  ANDREW DEMILLO and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Updated 2:57 PM CDT, August 26, 2025 A rash of hoax calls about active shooters on college campuses — some featuring gunshots sounding in the background — has sent waves of fear among students around the nation…

By  KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Updated 4:55 PM CDT, August 25, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Adm. Daryl Caudle took over as the Navy’s highest-ranking officer Monday, ending a six-month vacancy created by the Trump administration’s firing of his predecessor. Caudle became chief of naval…

By  DAMIAN J. TROISE Updated 11:20 AM CDT, August 26, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are holding near breakeven in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday as indexes hover just below their recent all-time highs. The S&P 500 edged 0.1%…

By  MAE ANDERSON Updated 9:20 AM CDT, August 26, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. consumers have gotten used to shopping the world without paying customs duties on the international packages they receive from big e-commerce companies like Shein and Temu, specialty shops and…

By  JOCELYN NOVECK Updated 12:30 PM CDT, August 26, 2025 It’s a love story and, baby, she said yes: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged, they announced Tuesday. In a five-photo joint post on Instagram, the superstar singer and football…

By  LEA SKENE Updated 10:27 AM CDT, August 26, 2025 BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday threw out the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Maryland’s entire federal bench over an order by the chief judge that stopped the immediate deportation of migrants…

MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard seized more than 75,000 pounds (34,000 kilograms) of illegal drugs this summer from boats far out to sea in the Pacific and Caribbean, which the service called its largest-ever haul worth nearly half a billion…

By  MATT OTT Updated 9:19 AM CDT, August 26, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ view of the U.S. economy declined modestly in August as anxiety over a weakening job market grew for the eighth straight month. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its…

By  GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Updated 4:27 PM CDT, August 25, 2025 Warning: This may be an actual emergency — as far as emergencies about emergencies go, at least. The recently defunded nonprofit corporation that distributed federal money to public media stations…

By  MICHAEL LIEDTKE Updated 1:32 PM CDT, August 25, 2025 Elon Musk on Monday targeted Apple and OpenAI in an antitrust lawsuit alleging that the iPhone maker and the ChatGPT maker are teaming up to thwart competition in artificial intelligence. The…

By  RIO YAMAT Updated 3:24 PM CDT, August 25, 2025 Southwest Airlines will soon require travelers who can’t fit within the armrests of their seat to pay for an extra one in advance, part of a string of recent changes the…

By  MELISSA GOLDIN Updated 2:24 PM CDT, August 25, 2025 President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday threatening to withhold or revoke federal funding to local and state governments that offer cashless bail, arguing that it is a threat to public…

By  DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA Updated 2:14 PM CDT, August 25, 2025 Stocks wavered in afternoon trading on Wall Street Monday, after a big jump last week on hopes for interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was down…

NEW YORK (AP) — Less than a decade after their merger, Keurig and Dr Pepper plan to become separate companies again. Keurig Dr Pepper said Monday it is buying the owner of Peet’s Coffee in an $18 billion (15.7 billion…

By  MICHAEL R. SISAK Updated 12:10 PM CDT, August 25, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada pleaded guilty Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, saying he was sorry for helping to flood the U.S. with cocaine,…

By  GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Updated 10:15 AM CDT, August 25, 2025 More than 180 current and former employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency published a letter Monday warning that debilitating cuts to the agency charged with handling federal disaster response risks a…

NEW YORK (AP) — Sony has raised the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles being sold in the United States by $50. “Similar to many global businesses, we continue to navigate a challenging economic environment,” Sony Global Marketing Vice President Isabelle Tomatis…

By  EVELYNE MUSAMBI Updated 10:53 AM CDT, August 20, 2025 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ten cheetah cubs held in captivity since birth and destined for international wildlife trade markets have been rescued in Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia Laurie Marker,…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sixteen critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoises born to some very old parents got a slow walk and the red carpet treatment Wednesday at a Philadelphia Zoo event to show off the highly prized hatchlings. Animal care…

By  ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN Updated 10:00 AM CDT, August 20, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists for the first time have spotted the insides of a dying star as it exploded, offering a rare peek into stellar evolution. Stars can live for millions to…