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…