ATLANTA — In a dreary part of downtown Atlanta, shipping containers have been transformed into an oasis for dozens of previously unsheltered p… Read moreMore U.S. cities build micro communities to house homeless residents
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, th… Read moreSupreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on rapid-fire rifle bump stocks, reopening political fight
LOS ANGELES — A couple hiking near Joshua Tree was rescued from a rugged trail last weekend,… Read moreHikers overcome by heat in California prompts warning
A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday preserved access to a medication that was used in near… Read moreUnanimous Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication
SEATTLE — The United States granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Northwest Washington a long-so… Read moreWashington's Makah Tribe could once again harpoon whales as U.S. waives conservation law
NASA engineers have succeeded in breathing new life into Voyager 1, the spacecraft launched … Read moreVoyager 1 is back to life in interstellar space, but for how long?
TRINIDAD PAMPA, Bolivia — If it were anywhere else in South America, the nondescript house w… Read moreBolivia's new brew: Coca Beer
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WILMINGTON, Del. — Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to… Read morePresident Joe Biden's son convicted in federal gun trial
OMAHA BEACH, France — Under their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, … Read moreThe last WWII vets converge on Normandy for D-Day and fallen friends and to cement their legacy
Boeing has launched astronauts for the first time after years of delays. Two NASA test pilot… Read moreBoeing launches NASA astronauts for the first time after years of delays
Climate change is probably causing dozens of rivers in Alaska to flow orange, and it could h… Read moreAlaskan rivers are turning orange. Climate change could be to blame.
David Hom suffered from diabetes and felt nauseated before he went out to hang his laundry i… Read moreAP analysis finds 2023 set record for U.S. heat deaths, killing in areas that used to handle the heat
NEW YORK — History happened just as everyone was about to leave for the day. Read moreGuilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska’s new election system — with open primaries and ranked voting — has … Read moreOregon, other states consider ranked-choice voting
GRINDAVIK, Iceland — A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted Wednesday for the fifth time … Read moreAn Iceland volcano spews red streams of lava toward an evacuated town
To recuse or refuse? A look at Supreme Court justices’ decisions on whether to step aside in cases
In declining to step aside from two high-profile Supreme Court cases, Justice Samuel Alito h… Read moreTo recuse or refuse? A look at Supreme Court justices’ decisions on whether to step aside in cases
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyers and Manhattan prosecutors made their final pitches Tuesday… Read moreCohen's credibility, campaigning at court and other takeaways from Trump trial's closing arguments
HOUSTON — Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesda… Read moreStorms continue deadly spread across U.S. Power outages hit 1M homes, businesses in Texas
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — A jury has awarded more than $1.1 million to an Idaho drag performer … Read moreJury awards Idaho drag performer $1.1 million in defamation case
Chris Gekker stepped up to the flag flying at half-staff, trumpet tucked against a borrowed … Read morePlaying taps is a solemn duty. He wanted to do it right.
NORFOLK, Va. — Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service mem… Read moreMemorial Day, a day to mourn fallen soldiers, has evolved
BATON ROUGE, La. — Two abortion-inducing drugs could soon be reclassified as controlled and … Read moreLouisiana Legislature approves bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances
It will cost Houston billions of dollars to recover from deadly storms that whipped hurrican… Read moreFinancial damage from thunderstorms rising in the U.S.
LOS ANGELES — Turtle skulls, elephant toenails and sea cucumbers were among the thousands of… Read moreTurtle skulls and elephant toenails are among thousands of items seized at LAX mail facility
A Michigan dairy worker has been infected with a highly virulent bird flu, the second human … Read moreBird flu found in Michigan dairy worker, second U.S. case in 2 months
NEW YORK — The judge in Donald Trump's hush money trial cleared the courtroom of reporters M… Read moreJudge in Trump's hush money trial threatened to remove witness from court for behavior on stand
A congressman who represents California’s north coast has sent a letter to federal regulator… Read moreLawmaker calls for more consultation with tribes on offshore wind energy
Overdose deaths have surpassed 100,000 for the third straight year, according to federal dat… Read moreIn grim milestone, U.S. overdose deaths top 100,000 for third straight year
HOUSTON — Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston, an official warned Friday, aft… Read moreSome in Houston facing no power for weeks after storms cause widespread damage, killing at least 4
NEW YORK — The central witness against Donald Trump withstood a withering cross-examination … Read moreTrump’s lawyer charges Michael Cohen lied to jury
LAHAINA, HAWAII — Every morning before she drives to see her students at Lahainaluna High Sc… Read moreMaui fire survivors grapple with health effects
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is rec… Read moreSenators urge $32 billion in emergency spending on AI after finishing yearlong review
NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, the key witness against Donald Trump, conceded under cross-examina… Read moreMichael Cohen: ‘Yes, I would like to see’ Donald Trump convicted
In False Creek, a waterfront community in Vancouver, Canada, the energy being used to heat h… Read moreIn some cities, sewage helps heat homes
NEW YORK — Donald Trump was intimately involved with all aspects of a scheme to stifle stori… Read moreStar witness Michael Cohen says Trump was intimately involved in all aspects of hush money scheme
Sweeping changes to the way long-distance power lines are planned and built were approved by… Read moreRegulators change rules to encourage more high-voltage power lines
A truck driver accused of intentionally killing a police officer during a traffic stop on a … Read moreFuneral honors Utah police sergeant intentionally killed, police say, by truck driver
NEW YORK — With Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen expected to take the witness s… Read moreJudge directs Michael Cohen to keep quiet about Trump ahead of his hush money trial testimony
For the past six months a team of engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has been try… Read more15 billion miles away, Voyager 1 hit a crisis; NASA didn't give up.
NEW YORK — Stormy Daniels finished testifying Thursday in Donald Trump’s criminal trial, cap… Read moreStormy Daniels testimony on sex, lies and money was risky for both sides
WASHINGTON — For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life … Read moreA gene long thought to just raise the risk for Alzheimer's may cause some cases
ROCKFORD, Ill. — The 911 call came just before 8 a.m., and Ladder 5’s four-person crew scram… Read moreWhen residents fall in some senior homes, staff call 911 to pick them up
WASHINGTON — The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade,… Read moreGuns are being stolen from cars at triple the rate they were 10 years ago, a report finds
America’s small towns saw more in-migration in 2023 than larger areas for the first time in … Read moreRecord wave of Americans fled big cities for small ones in 2023
COLUMBIA, Tenn. — Severe storms were tearing through the central and southeast U.S. late Tue… Read morePowerful storms kill 3 as tornadoes tear through central and southeastern US
A large study suggests that there might be a striking reason to limit your intake of ultra-p… Read moreHigh levels of ultra-processed foods linked with early death, brain issues
NEW YORK — All dogs coming into the U.S. from other countries must be at least 6 months old … Read moreDogs entering U.S. must be 6 months old and microchipped to prevent spread of rabies, new rules say
NEW YORK — Donald Trump squirmed and scowled, shook his head and muttered as Stormy Daniels … Read morePorn actor testifies against a former president in hush-money trial
JACKSON, Wyo. — The first day of May dawned frosty, partly cloudy and, Brady Rivenes hoped, … Read moreIn Wyoming, the ‘shed hunt’ is on
NEW YORK — The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial found him in contempt of court… Read moreLooking Trump in the eye, the N.Y. judge warns he may jail him
NEW YORK — Hope Hicks, a former top aide to Donald Trump, appeared to break down crying on t… Read moreFormer top aide gets testifying at Trump’s hush-money trial
Several Democrats serving as their state’s top election officials have sent a letter to the … Read moreDemocratic officials criticize Meta ad policy, saying it amplifies lies about 2020 election
Police continued to break up campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war Thursday as the de… Read morePolice clear library at Portland State; arrests top 2,000 nationwide
In April 1924, a road crew was working in Sequoia National Park, near the spectacular granit… Read moreFrontier myth vilified the California grizzly. Science tells a new story.
The heat shield of the Orion spacecraft intended one day to carry astronauts to the moon und… Read moreNASA moon capsule suffered extensive damage during 2022 test flight
President Biden on Thursday expanded the boundaries of two national monuments in California … Read moreBiden expands two California national monuments crucial to tribes
California said its population grew last year for the first time since the pandemic began in… Read moreCalifornia population grows for first time since pandemic began
Some of the world’s largest oil companies have privately expressed skepticism of the Paris a… Read moreWhat a years-long probe of Big Oil reveals about its climate strategy
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday for repeatedl… Read moreTrump held in contempt after violating gag order in hush money trial
As a child, Max Hodak learned to develop film in a darkroom with his grandfather who was alm… Read moreRestoring sight is possible now with optogenetics
A federal appellate court in Richmond, Virginia, became the first in the country to rule tha… Read moreCourt says state health-care plans can’t exclude gender-affirming surgery
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Three officers on a U.S. Marshals Task Force serving a warrant for a felon… Read more3 law officers serving warrant are killed, 5 wounded in shootout at North Carolina home, police say
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s defense team attacked the credibility Friday of the prosecution’s … Read moreTrump's lawyers try to discredit testimony of prosecution's first witness in hush money trial
U.S. births declined in 2023 to their lowest level in more than 40 years, continuing a two-d… Read moreU.S. births fell last year to lowest total since 1979, report says
Merry Turner thought the noise she heard Tuesday from her home in Newberry County, South Car… Read moreCicadas are emerging — and they’re so loud, some called the sheriff
NEW YORK — As Donald Trump was running for president in 2016, his old friend at the National… Read moreEx-tabloid publisher testifies he scooped up possibly damaging tales to shield his old friend Trump
The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared ready to reject Donald Trump’s sweeping claim that he… Read moreSupreme Court seems poised to allow Trump Jan. 6 trial, but not immediately