AP National News

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press The thousands of drivers who use a Rhode Island highway on their way to work every day probably have no idea…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Nikolas Cruz has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2018 massacre that left 17 dead at…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A U.N.-backed study has found that the world needs to cut by more than half its production of coal,…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he did nothing improper but still fell short in his…

The In-N-Out hamburger chain is sizzling mad after San Francisco shut down its indoor dining for refusing to check customers’ vaccination status.…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Navy report has concluded there were sweeping failures by commanders, crew members and…

TOKYO (AP) — A volcano in southern Japan is erupting with a massive column of gray smoke billowing into the sky. The Japan Meteorological Agency…

By IRIS SAMUELS Associated Press/Report for America CASCADE, Mont. (AP) — For the first time in 30 years, the Census has awarded Montana a second…

By DÉBORA ÁLVARES and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A Brazilian Senate report has recommended pursuing crimes against…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has…

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife nine months ago, and her family is pleading…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Scientists have temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work. The feat is…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific and its labor unions are suing each other to determine whether the railroad has…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — An emergency call made by a 4-year-old New Zealand boy asking for police to come over…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police say a man who fell to his death from the upper level of a basketball arena is believed to have “leapt…

By DÉBORA ÁLVARES and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian senators are discussing details of an investigative…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s governor says COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations have declined to the point…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Texas congressmen are complaining about the Mexican government’s attempts to limit competition in the electrical power sector.…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is backing away from a plan to put unvaccinated workers on unpaid leave. A…

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former soldiers who are demanding a war-time bonus  for serving in Guatemala’s 1960-1996 civil war have burst onto the…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Thirty top business leaders are seeking to encourage private investment to help the U.N.…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto tested positive for COVID-19, which he says is surprising but made him grateful that he was…

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — No bull: Tucson police had to respond Tuesday morning to reports of a bull roaming a neighborhood near an elementary school.…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Biden administration is threatening to revoke the authority for three…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A group of Oklahoma students and educators are challenging the constitutionality of a law that…