Associated Press

Associated Press

Asian shares are mostly lower despite Wall St rally and a potential end to the US shutdown

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower on Tuesday as the recent rebound fueled by buying of technology shares lost steam. Markets showed little reaction to the latest step toward ending the U.S. shutdown, after the Senate passed legislation to reopen the government. U.S. futures were little changed and oil prices slipped. Shares have […]
11 months ago

WWII nurses who dodged bullets and saved lives deserve Congressional honor, lawmakers say

DANVILLE, Calif. (AP) — To run Tuesday, Nov. 11 after 12:01amET (9:01p PT). ACallister edited. Photos still in the works: Alice Darrow (from last month); and photo of Elsie from 2020; and HO of Elsie. At age 106, Alice Darrow can clearly recall her days as a nurse during World War II, part of a […]
11 months ago

The Supreme Court is expected to say whether full SNAP food payments can resume

It’s up to the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress to decide when full payments will resume under the SNAP food aid program that helps 1 in 8 Americans buy groceries as the financial pressures mount on families in some states. The Supreme Court is expected to rule Tuesday on a request from President Donald Trump’s […]
11 months ago

Air travelers face frustration as FAA’s further drop in flights takes effect

Air travelers could face more frustration as busy U.S. airports need to meet a higher Federal Aviation Administration target for reducing flights Tuesday after already canceling thousands to scale back demands on the nation’s aviation system during the government shutdown. The FAA ordered domestic airlines last week to drop 4% of their flights at 40 […]
11 months ago

New Mexico Legislature approves bill to backfill food assistance if federal SNAP aid falters

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico enacted legislation Monday to provide state funding for food assistance each week past the end of the year if federal SNAP food aid falters. Lt. Gov. Howie Morales signed the bill as acting governor to ensure delivery of food assistance to EBT cards amid a flurry of legal […]
11 months ago

Trump pardons man who took brief detour as he ran up and down Wyoming’s Grand Teton in record time

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned a trail runner who briefly took a prohibited trail on his way to a record time up and down the tallest peak in the Teton Range of western Wyoming. The pardon for Michelino Sunseri, unlike recent pardons of Trump allies, appeared apolitical. Sunseri, 33, […]
11 months ago

Families accuse Camp Mystic of ignoring risks in Texas lawsuit over flood deaths

The operators of Camp Mystic in Texas, where 25 girls and two teenage counselors died in catastrophic flooding on July 4, failed to take necessary steps to protect the campers as life-threatening floodwaters approached, families of the victims allege in a lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed Monday in state court in Austin, seeks more than $1 […]
11 months ago

A lawsuit challenges an Alaska program that allows killing bears as a way to rebuild a caribou herd

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Conservation groups sued Monday over a state program in Alaska that authorizes killing brown bears and black bears as a way to increase the size of a once-significant caribou herd in the southwest part of the state. The groups allege the program lacks a scientific basis and is unconstitutional. The lawsuit […]
11 months ago

18 people sent to the hospital after mobile lounge crashes at Washington D.C.-area airport

DULLES, Va. (AP) — A vehicle transporting passengers at a Washington, D.C.-area airport hit a dock at the building Monday afternoon, sending 18 people to the hospital, according to officials. A mobile lounge, which transports passengers between the terminal and aircraft, struck the dock at an angle at about 4:30 p.m. at Washington Dulles International […]
11 months ago

Trump asks Supreme Court to throw out E. Jean Carroll’s $5 million verdict

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to throw out a jury’s finding in a civil lawsuit that he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll at a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her. Trump’s lawyers argued in a lengthy filing with the high court […]
11 months ago

Trump says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has ‘lost her way’ for criticizing his foreign policy focus

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday said that key Republican ally Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene had “lost her way” by saying that he’s spending too much time on foreign affairs and should be more focused on inflation. The dispute reflects a fundamental challenge within Trump’s coalition after last week’s off-cycle elections, in […]
11 months ago

Wisconsin man accused of setting fire to congressman’s office pleads no contest to arson charge

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man accused of trying to burn down a congressman’s office earlier this year because he was upset over the federal TikTok ban has pleaded no contest to felony arson. Caiden Stachowicz, 20, of Menasha, entered the plea Monday in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court, online court records showed. […]
11 months ago

Idaho attorney general’s office says no charges warranted against sheriff after turbulent town hall

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Attorney General’s Office has declined to file charges against a northern Idaho sheriff after investigating a turbulent legislative town hall meeting during which a woman was forcibly removed by security dressed in plainclothes. The chaos at the February meeting in Coeur d’Alene drew widespread attention with videos posted online […]
11 months ago

Tennessee death row inmate declines to chose between the electric chair and lethal injection

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols on Monday declined to choose between the electric chair and lethal injection for his Dec. 11 execution, meaning the state will default to lethal injection. Nichols was sentenced to death in 1990 after he was convicted of raping and murdering Karen Pulley, a 21-year-old […]
11 months ago

After mistaken deportation, US asks judge to let it send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — U.S. government attorneys say they have cleared all the hurdles needed to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia and are asking a federal judge to dissolve an order blocking his deportation. Abrego Garcia’s mistaken deportation to his home country of El Salvador earlier this year has helped galvanize opposition to President […]
11 months ago

Bangor, Maine, swears in new City Council member who went to prison for manslaughter

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A woman who was sworn in Monday as a city council member in Bangor, Maine, served time in prison for manslaughter. The election of Angela Walker sparked outrage on conservative social media and concern from some Maine Republicans, such as Bobby Charles, a Republican candidate for governor. But Walker, who is […]
11 months ago

Shutdown deal pits Democrats’ moderates and progressives against eight Senate dealmakers

The deal cut by some Senate Democrats to reopen government has refueled the party’s tussle over strategy and identity just days after sweeping election victories had raised hopes that the left’s disparate factions were pulling in the same direction heading into the 2026 midterms. Democrats’ latest fault lines do not track perfectly along the familiar […]
11 months ago

Man accused of firing a gun during Capitol riot is arrested on kidnapping and sexual assault charges

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man accused of firing a gun in the air during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol has been arrested on charges that he kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman in Utah more than two years before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, according to authorities and newly unsealed court records. John […]
11 months ago

The Key to a Winning 401(k)

Retirement saving requires key decisions: when to start, how much to save, and where to invest. The investing decision has drawn more attention as government regulators work to open 401(k) plans to alternative assets such as private market investments. Below, we compare the paths of two hypothetical retirement savers and their outcomes. A Tale of […]
11 months ago

An emerging shutdown deal doesn’t extend expiring health subsidies. Here’s what could happen to them

NEW YORK (AP) — A legislative package that appears on track to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history leaves out any clear resolution on the expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits that have made private health insurance less costly for millions of Americans. The deal agreed to by Senate Republicans and a handful […]
11 months ago

Suburban Chicago dad and toddler headed to store says they were pepper-sprayed by federal agents

CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago father and his 1-year-old daughter were pepper-sprayed at close range as they headed grocery shopping over the weekend and happened upon federal immigration agents, the family said. Rafael Veraza said the incident happened in a Sam’s Club parking lot in Cicero on Saturday, amid escalating clashes that day between […]
11 months ago

Warren Buffett warns ‘Father Time’ is catching up but he trusts Berkshire Hathaway successor

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett warned shareholders Monday that many companies will fare better than his Berkshire Hathaway in the decades ahead because of its massive size though others might say the company’s prospects will dim because “Father Time” is catching up with the 95-year-old icon who plans to step down as CEO […]
11 months ago

China announces restrictions on chemicals after deal with Trump on fentanyl tariffs

WASHINGTON (AP) — China said Monday it is making good on its pledge to crack down on chemicals that can be used to make fentanyl, a key issue for President Donald Trump during recent talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as they aimed to take steps to ease a trade war. Beijing announced new export […]
11 months ago

A look at prominent people pardoned by Trump after they tried to overturn his 2020 election loss

WASHINGTON (AP) — The pardons of dozens of Republicans accused of participating in efforts to overturn the 2020 election are a continuation of President Donald Trump’s attempts to rewrite the history about his election loss. They come months after Trump’s sweeping grant of clemency to all 1,500-plus people charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack […]
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