CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court is considering cases out of North Carolina and West Virginia that could have significant implications on whether… Read More »Appeals court takes up transgender health coverage case likely headed to Supreme Court

JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — A group of migrants from China surrendered to a Border Patrol agent in remote Southern California as gusts of… Read More »After a lull, asylum-seekers adapt to US immigration changes and again overwhelm border agents

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Actor Angus Cloud died in July of an accidental overdose of cocaine, fentanyl and other substances, a Northern California coroner’s office… Read More »Angus Cloud cause of death revealed

MIAMI (AP) — A tropical storm warning was issued Thursday from coastal North Carolina to Delaware ahead of a potential tropical cyclone that’s approaching the… Read More »Tropical storm warning issued for US East Coast ahead of potential cyclone, forecasters say

WASHINGTON (AP) — A small town on the Texas border declares a state of emergency as tens of thousands of migrants cross the border. The… Read More »As mayors, governors scramble to care for more migrants, a look at what’s behind the numbers

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — When former President Donald Trump visits Detroit next week, he’ll be looking to blunt criticisms from a United Auto Workers union… Read More »Trump says he always had autoworkers’ backs. Union leaders say his first-term record shows otherwise

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy emerged with a spending cut plan to avert a looming federal government shutdown by appeasing his hard-right flank,… Read More »McCarthy gives in to right flank on spending cuts, but they still deliver a defeat as shutdown looms

NEW YORK (AP) — Lighting for the entertainment industry is Ryan Meyer’s lifeblood. Before the Hollywood strikes, he worked 40 hours a week or more… Read More »Side hustles take center stage in paying bills for Hollywood workers on strike

The United States had 3.5 million residents who identify as Middle Eastern or North African, Venezuelans were the fastest-growing Hispanic group last decade and Chinese… Read More »Census shows 3.5 million Middle Eastern residents in US, Venezuelans fastest growing Hispanic group

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed an inmate Thursday for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student, in a case that went… Read More »Man executed for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh did something Thursday he hasn’t done in the two years since his life of privilege and power… Read More »Alex Murdaugh plans to do something he hasn’t yet done in court — plead guilty

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy returned to Washington on Thursday for a whirlwind one-day visit, this time to face the Republicans now questioning… Read More »Zelenskyy makes his case at the U.S. Capitol for more war aid as Republican support softens.

NEW YORK (AP) — Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old media magnate who created Fox News, is stepping down as leader of both Fox’s parent company and… Read More »Murdoch steps down

Representatives from Nagorno-Karabakh and the Azerbaijan government met Thursday for talks on the future of the breakaway region that Azerbaijan now claims to fully control… Read More »Talks held on the future of Nagorno-Karabakh as Azerbaijan claims full control of the region

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s visa processing center in Canada suspended services Thursday as a rift widened between the countries after Canada’s leader said India… Read More »India-Canada rift

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Forecasters in Bermuda warned Wednesday of dangerous swells and rip currents as Hurricane Nigel spun through open waters in… Read More »Hurricane Nigel

HOUSTON (AP) — The debate over whether a Black high school student in Texas should be serving in-school suspension for wearing twisted dreadlocks to class… Read More »Debate over a Black student’s suspension over his hairstyle in Texas ramps up with probe and lawsuit

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton attacked his Republican rivals and displayed an openness to challenging U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in 2026… Read More »Texas AG Ken Paxton attacks rivals, doesn’t rule out US Senate run in first remarks since acquittal

PHOENIX (AP) — More than 15,000 people in Arizona have registered to join a new political party floating a possible bipartisan “unity ticket” against Joe… Read More »No Labels push in closely divided Arizona fuels Democratic anxiety about a Biden spoiler

BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Two Denver-area police officers who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold ignored his pleas of “I can’t breathe” before the… Read More »Officers who put Elijah McClain in neck hold ignored pleas of ‘I can’t breathe,’ prosecutors say

HARDIN, Mont. (AP) — Yolanda Fraser is back near a ragged chain-link fence, blinking through tears as she tidies up flowers and ribbons and a… Read More »A grandmother seeks justice for Native Americans after thousands of unsolved deaths, disappearances

HUEHUETOCA, Mexico (AP) — Thousands of migrants riding atop railway cars in Mexico this week or waiting in mile-long lines by the tracks to hitch… Read More »Wave of migrants that halted trains in Mexico started with migrant smuggling industry in Darien Gap

TORONTO (AP) — When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood up in Parliament and said India may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian… Read More »Canada gets muted allied support after alleging India may have been involved in killing of Canadian

ANDRIIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian bullet struck the sergeant just above the left ear. The leader of the Ukrainian platoon was down. Headquarters radioed… Read More »Inside a Ukrainian brigade’s battle ‘through hell’ to reclaim a village on the way to Bakhmut

WASHINGTON (AP) — Parents whose kids bought virtual gear without their knowledge on the popular Fortnite video game could soon be able to get a… Read More »Fortnite refunds

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukraine’s president accused Russia of waging “a criminal and unprovoked aggression” that undermines all norms of war and the U.N. charter… Read More »Ukraine’s president, at Security Council, lashes out at Russia but avoids face-to-face encounter

WASHINGTON (AP) — A military medical panel has concluded that one of the five 9/11 defendants held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base has been… Read More »A panel finds torture made a 9/11 defendant psychotic. A judge will rule whether he can stand trial

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Gen. CQ Brown as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, putting him in place… Read More »Senate confirms chairman of joint chiefs as GOP senator still blocking hundreds of military nominees

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Work together. Go it alone. The apocalypse is at hand. But the future can be bright. The squabbles never cease, yet… Read More »Behind all the speechmaking at the UN lies a basic, unspoken question: Is the world governable?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Wednesday that it was granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in… Read More »Under pressure over border, Biden administration to protect hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans