By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN Updated 1:30 PM CDT, August 12, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — Solar storms persisting from the weekend may produce faint colorful auroras across the Northern Hemisphere, with little disruption to power and communications, space forecasters said Monday. The sun has shot…
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Updated 4:00 AM CDT, August 12, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — In the name of consumer protection, a slew of U.S. federal agencies are working to make it easier for Americans to click the unsubscribe button for unwanted memberships…
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Two baby patas monkeys were born weeks apart at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in upstate New York and are being raised by keepers after their mothers showed a lack of maternal instinct, a zoo official said…
VIENNA (AP) — Organizers of three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna this week called them off on Wednesday after officials announced arrests over an apparent plot to launch an attack on an event in the Vienna area such as the…
By RUSS BYNUM, JEFFREY COLLINS and JOHN MINCHILLO CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Tropical Storm Debby was swirling over coastal Georgia and Carolinas on Wednesday, its wide bands of rain swelling inland waterways before it slowly marches north. Debby was expected to restrengthen a little and turn…
By RUSS BYNUM and JEFFREY COLLINS Updated 9:21 AM CDT, August 6, 2024 Share SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Tropical Storm Debby has moved menacingly into some of America’s most historic Southern cities, bringing prolonged downpours and flooding Tuesday after slamming into Florida and prompting the…
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, according to three people familiar with the decision. In choosing Walz, she is turning to a Midwestern governor,…
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Debby reached the Big Bend coast of Florida early Monday, bringing with it the potential for record-setting rains, catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surge as it moves slowly across the northern part of the state…
By HALELUYA HADERO Updated 12:32 PM CDT, August 2, 2024 The Justice Department sued TikTok on Friday, accusing the company of violating children’s online privacy law and running afoul of a settlement it had reached with another federal agency. The complaint,…
Emergency crews in Kansas rescued a toddler after he fell into a narrow pipe and got stuck a dozen feet below ground in the yard of his Kansas home.
By WILL WEISSERT and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign says she has secured enough votes from Democratic delegates to officially be the party’s nominee for president. The online voting process doesn’t end until Monday, but the…
By ERIC TUCKER, DASHA LITVINOVA and MATTHEW LEE Updated 6:45 AM CDT, August 2, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan, along with dissidents…
By JOE REEDY LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge overturned a jury’s $4.7 billion verdict in the class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers against the NFL and has granted judgment to the NFL. U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez ruled…
By The Associated Press The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan in a multinational deal that set some two dozen people free, according to officials…
Simone Biles, fresh off leading the U.S. women’s gymnastics team back to the gold medal in team competition, returns to the mat today for the Paris Olympics all-around finals.
By MATT BROWN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Updated 3:48 PM CDT, July 31, 2024 CHICAGO (AP) — Donald Trump suggested Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as the former president appeared before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago Wednesday in an interview that…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., have introduced a resolution designating August 1, 2024, as Gold Star Children’s Day to recognize the sacrifices of the children of fallen service members. In just over a century since…
PARIS (AP) — The 2024 Olympics are done. The United States led the final medal standings with 126 total medals, ahead of China (91), Britain (65) and France (64). Below is a list of all the medal winners, day by day. Sunday,…
Francine Pascal, a onetime soap opera writer whose “Sweet Valley High” novels and the ongoing adventures of twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield and other teens captivated millions of young readers, has died. Publisher Penguin Random House says Pascal died Sunday…
BY ERIC TUCKER Updated 9:57 AM CDT, July 30, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting director of the Secret Service said Tuesday he “cannot defend” why the roof used by the gunman in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump…
BY KAITLYN HUAMANI SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marvel Studios returned to San Diego Comic-Con with dancing Deadpool variants and a choir for a panel that included news about the next two “Avengers” films and surprise guests, including Harrison Ford and…
PARIS (AP) — Arsonists attacked France high-speed rail network early Friday, paralyzing travel to Paris from across the rest of France and Europe for some 800,000 people, including Olympic athletes heading to the grand opening ceremony of the Games in the evening.…
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 7:30 AM CDT, July 25, 2024 Southwest Airlines plans to drop its tradition of more than 50 years and start assigning seats and selling premium seating for customers who want more legroom. The airline said Thursday that it…
OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) — An Oscar Mayer Wienermobile got into a pickle on a Chicago highway. The hot-dog shaped Wienermobile hit a car Monday morning along Interstate 294 and its driver lost control and overcorrected, causing it to roll…