MOSCOW (AP) — The young journalist in a red bow tie stood during President Vladimir Putin’s annual news conference Friday and displayed a sign saying he wanted to get married. But his main question wasn’t directed at Putin — it was to his girlfriend, Olga, proposing marriage. Putin complimented Kirill Bazhanov of Yekaterinburg’s Channel 4 […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The man suspected in a mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor was in the same academic program as the professor in Portugal before attending Brown on a student visa. Claudio Neves Valente was once a promising high school physics student but was […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys for President Donald Trump urged a federal judge on Friday to rule that Trump is entitled to presidential immunity from civil claims that he instigated a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 election. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta didn’t rule from […]
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge on Friday ordered the release of court documents detailing the divorce of U.S. Senate candidate and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, months after she filed citing “biblical grounds.” The order followed an agreement between attorneys for Paxton and a coalition of […]
MIAMI (AP) — A U.S. Army Reserve lawyer detailed as a federal immigration judge has been fired barely a month into the job after granting asylum at a high rate out of step with the Trump administration’s mass deportation goals, The Associated Press has learned. Christopher Day began hearing cases in late October as a […]
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs appear to be mere days away from taking a big step toward a move across the state line, and eventually leaving their longtime home at Arrowhead Stadium in Missouri for a new and likely covered stadium in Kansas. With a year-end deadline approaching, the Legislative Coordinating […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Erika Kirk, widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and the organization’s new leader, endorsed a potential presidential bid by Vice President JD Vance on the opening night of the conservative youth group’s annual conference. After telling the cheering crowd that Turning Point would help keep Congress in Republican hands next […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is poised to take questions Friday in a rare, formal State Department news conference, with the main topics expected to surround Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas peace efforts as well as the Trump administration’s increasing military pressure on Venezuela. Rubio’s year-end appearance in the State Department briefing room comes […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Turning Point USA is holding its annual youth conference in Phoenix, where conservative influencers have clashed and the women have drawn inspiration from Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, who now leads the political movement that helped return President Donald Trump to the White House. This is a photo gallery curated by Associated […]
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A former New York state prison guard convicted of murder for his role in the brutal beating of an inmate that was captured on body-camera footage was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in prison. David Kingsley also received a 25-year sentence for a manslaughter conviction in the case. He […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center started the work of adding Donald Trump’s name to the building on Friday, a day after the president’s handpicked board voted to do so. Several blue tarps were hung in front of the institution early Friday to block views of the work underway. A large letter D was seen […]
Ford is recalling more than 270,000 electric and hybrid vehicles in the U.S. because of a parking function problem that could lead to them rolling away. The Detroit automaker said that the recall includes certain 2022-2026 F-150 Lightning BEV, 2024-2026 Mustang Mach-E, and 2025-2026 Maverick vehicles. At issue is the integrated park module, which may […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Defenders of a Wisconsin judge found guilty of felony obstruction for helping a Mexican immigrant evade federal officers raised alarms Friday about judicial independence and said they hope the conviction will be overturned on appeal. A jury found Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan guilty on Thursday night after a four-day […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A United Nations staff member was found dead in South Sudan days after being taken into custody by security personnel, the world body said in a statement. Army Lt. Lino Mariak Chol and two other soldiers were arrested after admitting to the killing and disclosing the whereabouts of the body, said […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will appeal a federal judge’s order reversing billions of dollars in funding cuts to Harvard University, extending a standoff over the White House’s demands for reforms at the Ivy League school. The Justice Department filed a notice of appeal late on Thursday in a pair of consolidated lawsuits brought […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The livestream of a YouTube content creator talking about investments mysteriously appeared to take over a White House website, raising questions about whether the site was hacked. The livestream appeared for at least eight minutes late Thursday on whitehouse.gov/live, where the White House usually streams live video of the president speaking. It’s […]
The Justice Department faces a Friday deadline to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender and wealthy financier known for his connections to some of the world’s most influential people, including President Donald Trump, who had tried to keep the files sealed. The records could contain the most detailed look yet at […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump launched a law enforcement operation in Washington, D.C., four months ago, he billed it as a mission to fight rampant crime. But activists and local leaders say that description belies what has emerged as a simultaneous crackdown on immigrants, who have grown increasingly concerned for their status and […]
EDWARDS, Colo. (AP) — Ski resorts are struggling to open runs, walk-through ice palaces can’t be built, and the owner of a horse stable hopes that her customers will be satisfied with riding wagons instead of sleighs under majestic Rocky Mountain peaks. It’s just been too warm in the West with not enough snow. Meanwhile, […]
A frantic search for the suspect in last weekend’s mass shooting at Brown University ended at a New Hampshire storage facility where authorities discovered the man dead inside and then revealed he also was suspected of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor. Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and Portuguese national, was […]
STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Federal investigators on Friday will begin sifting through the wreckage of a business jet that crashed in North Carolina and killed all seven people aboard, including retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family. The Cessna C550 erupted into a large fire when it hit the ground Thursday. It had departed […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Information from a tipster who had a strange encounter with another man on a sidewalk outside Brown University was key to police identifying the suspect they believe killed two students at the school and then two days later gunned down a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor. Known only as “John” in […]
TORONTO (AP) — Canada and the U.S. will launch formal discussions to the review their free trade agreement in mid-January, the office of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said. The prime minister confirmed to provincial leaders that Dominic LeBlanc, the country’s point person for U.S-Canada trade relations, “will meet with U.S. counterparts in mid-January to […]
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) — She had worked 22 days straight in her job as a technician at an engine plant to save up, and now Daijah Bryant could finally do what she was putting off: Christmas shopping. Bryant pushed her cart out of a Walmart in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and loaded her sedan’s […]
