By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and RUSS BYNUM Unusually heavy rain sent a massive amount of water surging through flood-weary parts of the Southwest on Monday, forcing hundreds to evacuate and keeping swift-water rescue teams busy. One person died in the flooding,…
By SOPHIE BATES JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The parents of a 1-year-old boy who was shot and killed by a police officer in Mississippi led a protest Monday at the office of the state’s attorney general, who ruled last month…
By MIKE STOBBE NEW YORK (AP) — A person in Washington state has died from complications of the bird flu, the first such U.S. death in a year. The Yakima County resident, who had previous health conditions, was exposed to…
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration appealed to the Supreme Court on Monday in its push to sideline thousands of disputed California mail ballots the day before the pivotal midterm elections. The emergency appeal came after…
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A 20-year-old woman with a pilot’s license was among nine people killed when a small jet crashed and exploded in South Florida, her family said. Camila Corteleti told the New York Post and New York Times…
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Iran said Monday it had a two-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume nuclear talks with the United States, shortening a process originally expected to take seven days. The U.N. migration agency said…
By MICHAEL CASEY PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lindsay Clancy returned to court Monday in a bid to dismiss the charges that she murdered her three young children. The hearing Monday was the second time the Massachusetts mother has been in…
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI, COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s former opponent in the U.S. Senate primary, Haley Stevens, stunned party officials Sunday by endorsing Republican Mike Rogers as Democratic tensions boiled over days before…
By AMY TAXIN A business jet crashed into a South Florida neighborhood and erupted into a ball of flames, killing all nine people on board and leaving a fiery crater. The cause was not immediately clear, but federal investigators are…
By SARAH RAZA An arson Saturday morning damaged the building of a beleaguered police department in Mississippi that has drawn outrage from the community in recent months after an officer shot and killed a 1-year-old, authorities said. It was unclear…
By PATRICK WHITTLE and ROBERT F. BUKATY MONTAUK, N.Y. (AP) — On most October nights, fishing guide Bill Wetzel can be found navigating the shores of Montauk, New York, in a modified 4x4 pickup truck, rumbling over boulders and thick…
By TED ANTHONY WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the countless memorable lines that have tumbled out of the “Star Trek” universe over the years is this gem, originally from a 20th-century poet named Delmore Schwartz: “Time is the fire in…
By DIEGO PERDOMO/Verite News Multiple generations of Black civil rights activists met at Xavier University on Wednesday to honor a group of Freedom Riders after they finally completed a disrupted bus journey from Washington D.C. to New Orleans 65 years…
By FRANCESCO SPORTELLI and NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is opening a celebration of the popemobile, the now-iconic vehicle that for nearly a century has let popes get close to the faithful at home and abroad. The…
By KRISTIN M. HALL NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Taylor Swift signed her first publishing deal in Nashville at the age of 14. About 22 years and 14 Grammys later, she joined the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame along with Lyle…
By JESSICA DAMIANO Throughout history, flowers have carried cultural significance around the world, from lotus blossoms in Buddhist and Hindu traditions to cherry blossoms in Japan, peonies in China, and roses, whose association with love spans generations and transcends cultures.…
DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — A historic ocean liner is a step closer to becoming the world’s largest artificial reef. Officials in Florida’s Okaloosa County expect to sink the SS United States off the Gulf Coast during the second week of…
By LAURAN NEERGAARD An extra hour of sleep is on the way for most Americans, though the “fall back” to standard time will bring darker afternoons, too. One tip: Try to get outside for some morning sun — it’ll help…
By PHILIP MARCELO NEW YORK (AP) — A dinosaur that looks like a miniature T. rex is now one of the world’s most expensive fossils. The rare skeleton of a Nanotyrannus — recently confirmed to be a distant cousin of…
By HALLIE GOLDEN It turns out Winnie-the-Pooh and his fluffy friends aren’t getting bear-napped from their longtime home at the New York Public Library. The British Embassy in Washington dispelled rumors Thursday about a campaign to return the collection of…
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is moving fast on its plans to build a moon base and return astronauts to the lunar surface in as little as two years. Administrator Jared Isaacman said Friday that the…
By TERRY CHEA HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — When fall arrives and leaves start changing color, Mike Valladao, a systems engineer at a cybersecurity company, slips into his alter ego, “Farmer Mike,” also known as the “Picasso of Pumpkin…
By BARBARA ORTUTAY It reared its bony head in 2020, during that first, chaotic pandemic year that was rife with grief and fear but also toilet paper hoarding and questionable lockdown-inspired purchases. Behold Skelly, the 12-foot, 90-pound skeleton, on sale…
By PHILIP MARCELO WESTFIELD, N.J. (AP) — Before there was “The Addams Family,” there was Westfield. Cartoonist Charles Addams, who created the eccentric, fictional family, drew inspiration for his signature macabre style from the elegant Victorian homes, historic cemetery and…