Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman who admitted to nearly stabbing a classmate to death in 2014 to please the online horror character Slender Man is missing after she cut off an electronic monitoring device and left a group home, authorities said Sunday. Madison ...
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The race for California governor features former presidential wannabes, a county sheriff, two women who could become the first female to hold the office, House members current and former, an ex-Cabinet secretary and at least one ...
By The Associated Press John F. Kennedy's granddaughter disclosed Saturday that she has terminal cancer, writing in an essay in "The New Yorker" that one of her doctors said she might live for about another year and criticizing policies pushed by her cousin, Health and Human Services ...
By SOPHIA TAREEN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A pair of snowy owls spotted along a Lake Michigan beach has drawn curious crowds and sparked happy speculation about how long the Arctic birds of prey will call Chicago home. Word of the two owls has circulated on ...
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Since it was created in 2018, the federal government's cybersecurity agency has helped warn state and local election officials about potential threats from foreign governments, showed officials how to protect ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A University of Alabama at Birmingham football player stabbed two teammates Saturday morning hours before the team's game against the University of South Florida, the university said in a statement. The two wounded players were in stable condition, interim head coach ...
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press MIFFLINBURG, Pa. (AP) — Christmas went on the auction block this week in Pennsylvania farm country, and there was no shortage of bidders. About 50,000 Christmas trees and enough wreaths, crafts and other seasonal items to fill an airplane hangar were ...
By ROB GILLIES and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Lawmakers critical of President Donald Trump's approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war said Saturday they spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio who told them that the peace plan Trump is pushing Kyiv to ...
By JOSH FUNK AP Transportation Writer Norfolk Southern railroad worked with the state of Ohio and Youngstown State University to revive plans for a $20 million first responder training center near the site of the worst derailment in a decade in East Palestine, Ohio. Building a training ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A tax on tea once sparked rebellion. This time, it's just causing headaches. Importers of the prized leaves have watched costs climb, orders stall and margins shrink under the weight of President Donald Trump's tariffs. Now, even after Trump has given them a reprieve, tea ...
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he's enlisting the help of legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus to spruce up the courses at Joint Base Andrews — adding a site long known as the "president's golf course" to his long list of construction ...
By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump's chaotic political universe has at least one consistent law that rises above any other: The president has no permanent friends and no permanent enemies. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia lawmaker who announced ...
A fire on a container ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles was nearly contained Saturday afternoon, though authorities were still assessing whether enough hazardous material burned to cause significant contamination. The blaze, which broke out Friday night, prompted a shelter-in-place order ...
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — There was a time when presidential hopefuls played coy about their ambitions, crisscrossing the country under the guise of helping other candidates and deflecting when pushed on their obvious plans. Not so for some Democrats considering ...
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — On a recent day at Sacramento native Lecho Lopez's comic shop in the city, his 5-year-old nephew read his first word aloud: "bad." It was from a graphic novel. There was irony in that being his first word, because Lopez credits ...
By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer The message is hammered over and over, in news conferences, hearings and executive orders: President Donald Trump and his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., say they want the government to follow "gold standard" science. Scientists say the problem is ...
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer As health officials investigate more than 30 cases of infant botulism linked to ByHeart baby formula since August, parents who say their children were sickened with the same illness months before the current outbreak are demanding answers, too. California ...
By BECKY BOHRER and GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Storms that battered Alaska's western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change — and revived questions about their ...
GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state resident is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials said Friday the risk to the public is low. The person, an older adult with underlying health conditions, was being treated for a ...
By MICHELLE L. PRICE, LISA MASCARO and JEFF AMY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a loyal supporter-turned-critic of President Donald Trump who faced his political retribution if she sought reelection, said Friday she is resigning from Congress in ...