WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with a faith-based pregnancy center that raised First Amendment concerns about an investigation into whether it misled people to discourage abortions. The high court’s unanimous ruling is a procedural victory for First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, which is challenging a New Jersey investigation of its practices. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will weigh arguments Wednesday over the Trump administration’s push to end legal protections for Haitians and Syrians as migrants fleeing war and natural disaster. Haitians and Syrians were among those from 17 countries with Temporary Protected Status, which allows migrants already in the U.S. to stay with work permits […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Scottish entrepreneur Mike Welch made his fortune as an online tire retailer. But he says he might’ve traded that lucrative career for one in funeral services if not for an intervention during his teenage years from the charity of King Charles III. A dyslexic teenager from a working-class background, Welch struggled […]
Backers of raw milk are pushing to make the potentially dangerous product more widely available and easier to obtain, even as a new outbreak — one of at least five in the past year — sickens U.S. children. More than making it legal to sell. Dairy farmers say they can barely keep it in stock. […]
Backers of raw milk are pushing to make the potentially dangerous product more widely available and easier to obtain, even as a new outbreak — one of at least five in the past year — sickens U.S. children. More than The Associated Press found. A growing number of states are making it legal to sell. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A plan by President Donald Trump’s administration to slash the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget by half has been the focus of contentious congressional hearings over the future of an agency that Democrats have accused of abandoning its mission to protect the environment and public health. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will sit before […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Want to see the Liberty Bell this semi-quincentennial but don’t have the time or cheese for a pilgrimage to Philadelphia? Have no fear: Chances are, there’s one at a state Capitol, museum or even a fire station near you. It won’t be the original, but it’ll be a dead ringer. For […]
A man acting erratically on a train headed for Chicago was spotted by a rail worker who called police. Officers found guns and a pamphlet about crowd control in his carry-on bag — and a plan for a mass casualty event. Almost two years later, federal authorities say the man charged with attempting to assassinate […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — King Charles III extolled the bonds between Britain and the United States in a speech to Congress. Here is the full text: “Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, members of Congress, representatives of the American people across all states, territories, cities and communities. “I would like to take this opportunity to express my […]
Talks between Iran and the United States on ending the war seemed stalled Wednesday, despite U.S. President Donald Trump earlier claiming Iran had informed his administration that it was in a “State of Collapse.” “They want us to ‘Open the Hormuz Strait,’ as soon as possible, as they try to figure out their leadership situation,” […]
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — The search has been suspended for five missing crew members of a cargo ship that overturned near the Northern Mariana Islands during a typhoon, authorities said Wednesday. Six people were aboard the 145-foot (44-meter) ship, called the Mariana. Divers on April 21 recovered one crew member’s body from the […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The majority of Iran’s highly enriched uranium is likely still at its Isfahan nuclear complex, which was bombarded by airstrikes last year and faced less intense attacks in this year’s U.S.-Israeli war, the head of the U.N. nuclear agency told The Associated Press. Rafael Grossi said in an interview on Tuesday […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s national rial currency hit a record hit Wednesday of 1.8 million to $1 as a shaky ceasefire with the U.S. and Israel still holds. The rial had remained stable for weeks during the war, which began Feb. 28, in part because there was little trading or imports coming into the […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to seven years in prison for resisting arrest and bypassing a legitimate Cabinet meeting before his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024. The conviction for obstruction of justice and other charges comes on top of […]
HANOVER, Mass. (AP) — Less than two years after her 6-year-old son was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, Nicole Hockley was in an Ohio church basement teaching the first class of a program she hoped would help prevent future school shootings. The program, born in the grief of one of the nation’s […]
HONG KONG (AP) — Stocks mostly advanced in Asia on Wednesday despite losses on Wall Street, while oil prices fell after the United Arab Emirates said it would leave OPEC in a blow to the powerful oil cartel. U.S. futures edged higher. Markets in Japan were closed for a holiday. Elsewhere in Asia, South Korea’s […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will face questioning from lawmakers Wednesday for the first time since the Trump administration launched the war against Iran, which Democrats have contested as a costly conflict of choice waged without congressional approval. The hearing before the House Armed Services Committee is being held to discuss the administration’s […]
CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine (AP) — If there’s one story Janet Mills likes to share as a warning not to underestimate her political prowess, it’s about a blue suit that the Democratic Maine governor once wore. It was more than four decades ago and Mills, the first female prosecutor working in the state attorney general’s criminal […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday over the Trump administration’s push to end legal protections for migrants fleeing war and natural disaster, one in a series of immigration cases the high court is considering against the backdrop of the president’s far-reaching immigration crackdown. The government is appealing lower court orders that […]
NEW YORK (AP) — King Charles III and Queen Camilla are headed to New York on Wednesday as part of their closely watched diplomatic visit to the U.S. The royal couple’s swing through the city comes midway through a four-day trip marking 250 years of American independence. It will be the first trip to New […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Denver retiree Don Cohen spends about two-and-a-half hours each day consuming the news, between reading on his iPad and watching broadcast programs. But while the 72-year-old says he wishes he could avoid stories about President Donald Trump, he’s accepted that’s impossible. “It would be to avoid media,” said Cohen, an independent voter […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wednesday will likely be a momentous day for the future of the Federal Reserve as Chair Jerome Powell could signal he will stay with the Fed even as a Senate panel is expected to confirm his replacement. Powell will preside over what will probably be his last meeting as chair and hold […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — It’s not every day — or even every decade — that voters are presented a decision like this: Should the state’s individual income tax be eliminated? When that question appears on a Missouri ballot later this year, it will mark the first time since the modern income tax began over […]
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Young men at risk of succumbing to gang violence slump over tables in an Oakland church. With them are prosecutors, clergy and survivors of shootings determined to show them they have more to look forward to than incarceration, injury or death. The message is not one of punishment but of unceasing […]
