Midsize cities across the U.S. are increasingly converting one-way streets to two-way routes.

Abigail Spanberger is set to become Virginia's first female governor after centuries of men holding the state's top office.

A U.S. judge has ruled federal officers in Minneapolis-area immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters who aren’t obstructing authorities, including when these people are observing the agents.

A judge has ruled that Tennessee prison officials must grant expanded access to media members to view state-run executions.

President Donald Trump has issued a series of pardons, including for the father of a large donor to his super PAC and a woman who ended up back in prison after he commuted her sentence during his first term.

A new review of studies has found that taking Tylenol during pregnancy doesn’t increase the risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disabilities.

The mother of one of Elon Musk's children is suing his AI company over deepfake images of her on the internet.

President Donald Trump this week quietly appointed four new members to the Commission of Fine Arts, one of two federal panels reviewing his plan to build a White House ballroom.

Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor said Friday that a judge lacks the authority to appoint a neutral expert to oversee the public release of documents in the sex trafficking probe of financier Jeffrey Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.

The Trump administration is delaying its plans to withhold pay from student loan borrowers who default on their payments, backing off a measure that threatened to deliver a financial blow to millions of Americans.

A Tennessee man has pleaded guilty to hacking the U.S. Supreme Court’s filing system more than two dozen times.

National Guard troops will be on the streets of Washington, D.C., until the end of the year.

A Southern California college student who says he was blinded in one eye by a projectile fired by a federal officer during a protest says he no longer has depth perception and lost the ability to drive.

President Donald Trump on Friday said he would like to keep his top economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, at the White House rather than potentially nominate him to replace Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve.

An Ohio grand jury indicted a man in the double homicide of his ex-wife and her husband who were killed in their home last month.

OpenAI plans to introduce ads for ChatGPT users who aren't paying for the premium version.

A federal judge has ruled that work on a Virginia offshore wind project could resume.

A 24-year-old man has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of an elderly Thai man in San Francisco.

Reported measles cases in South Carolina surged by almost 30% in the last few days.

Health experts say the U.S. flu season appears to be waning with two straight weeks of decline in measures of flu activity.

New York City nurses on strike say they have restarted contract talks with another one of the major hospital systems affected on the fifth day of the walkout.

President Donald Trump plans to pardon former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez, a White House official said.

Tourists are bundling up and warming shelters have opened as Florida experiences its coldest weather of the winter season.

Long before Angelo Pizzo penned the scripts for two of America’s most iconic sports movies, he and his father would make the one-block walk from their home to Indiana’s football stadium.

The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have impeded federal immigration enforcement through public statements they have made, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The Education Department is opening fewer sexual violence investigations at schools and universities.

A group of German scientists tested the effects of a more acidic ocean on sharks’ teeth and found that future generations of sharks could have weaker teeth because of changing ocean chemistry.

Hundreds from the NASCAR community gathered at Charlotte's Bojangles Coliseum for a memorial service honoring former driver Greg Biffle, his family, and others killed in a plane crash last month.

Stocks edged a bit lower on Wall Street as the first week of corporate earnings season closes out with markets trading near record levels.

The Utah man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk returned to court Friday as his attorneys seek to disqualify prosecutors in the case.

President Donald Trump isn't waiting for future generations to decide to name important things in his honor — he's doing it himself.

A federal judge has dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against California that sought detailed voting records and personal data on the state’s 23 million registered voters.

A U.S. citizen says in a statement that she was dragged from her car and detained by immigration officers in Minneapolis.

A group of Democratic U.S. senators is voicing concern over U.S. Postal Service processing changes and what those could mean for voting with mail ballots.

The Justice Department’s investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has brought heightened attention to a key drama that will play out at the central bank in the coming months: Will Powell leave the Fed when his term as chair ends, or will he take the unusual step of remaining a governor.

Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down from Lucasfilm after more than 13 years.

Two new studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show wastewater monitoring of measles can flag measles spread days to weeks in advance.

Betsy McCaughey, a conservative commentator and former New York lieutenant governor, is running for governor of Connecticut.

Federal immigration agents deployed to Minneapolis have used aggressive crowd-control tactics — including pointing rifles at demonstrators and deploying chemical irritants — actions the government says are necessary to protect officers from violent attacks and growing protests.

Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams is facing questions about the launch of a new cryptocurrency token, which he claims will help support efforts to end antisemitism and anti- Americanism.

A prosecutor has told a jury that a prison guard should be convicted of manslaughter for failing to intervene in the brutal beating of an inmate by other guards.

A top ICE official has resigned her job in a bid to oust the longest-serving woman in Congress this fall.

David Linde, former chairman of Universal Pictures and CEO of Participant Media, has been named CEO of the Sundance Institute.

New York City nurses on strike are resuming negotiations with hospital administrators to try to bring an end to a walkout that’s in its fourth day.

An appliance distributor is expanding a minifridge recall that now covers roughly 964,000 Frigidaire-branded products sold in the U.S., after multiple fire reports.

Elon Musk's AI assistant, Grok, is facing scrutiny from governments worldwide.

Kaiser Permanente affiliates will pay $556 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the health care giant committed Medicare fraud and pressured doctors to list incorrect diagnoses on medical records to receive higher reimbursements.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is trying to project political influence even as his term nears its end.

A federal judge has cleared the way for a New York offshore wind project to resume construction.

Wisconsin Democrats are hoping to flip majority control of the Legislature and retain the governor's seat this year.

The Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court raised 10 times as much last year as her Republican-endorsed opponent, putting in stark relief the challenge conservatives face in winning the race in the battleground state.

Federal prosecutors are investigating a major betting scheme involving NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games.

A federal appeals panel has reversed a lower court decision that released former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from an immigration jail, bringing the government one step closer to detaining and ultimately deporting the Palestinian activist.

Online ads that appeared before the holidays linked to a website featuring a photo of a woman hand-knitting a Christmas sweater.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has discussed her country’s future with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.

Climate change is driving a global boom in desalination as regions turn to the sea for drinking water.

Forty-seven U.S. House members have announced they're not running for reelection, putting a record number of seats up for grabs at this point in the midterm election cycle.

When fires broke out across Los Angeles in January 2025, Miguel Santana, CEO of the California Community Foundation, saw the devastation firsthand.

Rachel Goldberg-Polin, known for her advocacy for hostages abducted by Hamas-led militants, has a memoir coming out this spring.

Senators from opposing parties are working together in hopes of finally banning members of Congress from trading stocks.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has proposed creating a new agency with $2.5 billion to boost production of rare earths and the other critical minerals.

President Donald Trump’s second term has been eventful, but you wouldn’t know it from his approval numbers.

A state appeals court is being asked to dismiss felony voter misconduct charges against an Alaska resident born in American Samoa.

President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Minneapolis.

Elon Musk’s X says its AI chatbot Grok won't be able to edit photos of real people in revealing clothing in places where that is illegal.

Press freedom advocates are concerned this week's raid on a Washington Post journalist's home will deter reporting on government actions and silence whistleblowers.

Democrats across the country are proposing state law changes to rein in federal immigration officers and protect the public following the shooting death of a protester in Minneapolis and the wounding of two people in Portland, Oregon.

Stocks steadied on Wall Street.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he is blocking Louisiana's effort to extradite a California doctor accused of mailing abortion pills out of state.

The Liberian man arrested over the weekend after heavily armed immigration agents used a battering ram to break through the front door of his Minneapolis home had been checking in regularly with federal authorities for years, his attorney said.

Federal health officials say at least 45 people in nearly two dozen states have been sickened with salmonella food poisoning tied to a brand of “super greens” diet supplement powder.

A new report says organ donations from the recently deceased dropped last year, resulting in fewer kidney transplants.

The Department of Homeland Security is making it easier for visa-holding religious workers to serve U.S. congregations with less disruption.

Columbus police say they have gathered enough evidence to link a man charged in the double homicide of his ex-wife and her husband in their home last month to the killings.

An astronaut in need of medical care is on the way back to Earth.

A panel of federal judges has sided with California in the fight over a new U.S. House map approved by voters.

A district attorney, a state senator and a trash-hauling entrepreneur are among the 22 candidates bidding to succeed former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in a Georgia congressional seat.

Whole milk is heading back to school lunch cafeterias.

In a story published Jan. 14, 2026, about the Louisville, Kentucky, plane crash, The Associated Press erroneously used the wrong year in a subhead to refer to when the crash happened.

Sheriff's deputies are investigating an alleged break-in at the North Carolina home of retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, who died last month in a plane crash along with six others.

Verizon says it resolved an outage that disrupted many U.S. customers’ calling and other cellular services for more than 10 hours on Wednesday.

Renee Good's family hired the law firm that represented George Floyd’s family to seek answers and accountability for the Minneapolis mother's killing by a federal immigration agent.

Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield was ordered held without bond at his first New Mexico court appearance on child sex abuse charges, pending a detention hearing in coming days.

An audience of 8.7 million viewers watched the Golden Globes on Sunday, according to Nielsen.

New York City nurses are striking for a third day with both sides seemingly preparing for a protracted walkout.

Reproductive rights advocates have dropped a lawsuit against the Trump administration after officials agreed to restore millions in federal funding for family planning services.

Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia written by volunteers, is embracing artificial intelligence to mark its 25th anniversary.

The Gates Foundation plans to spend a record $9 billion in 2026, focusing on global health and other key areas.

U.S. overdose deaths fell through the most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that had been worsening for decades.

A former Brazilian au pair is testifying against her former employer and lover in a double homicide case that she says was part of an elaborate scheme to get rid of the man’s wife.

Bilt has announced an overhaul of its credit cards, introducing an 10% introductory interest rate for one year.

A federal officer has shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel during an arrest Wednesday.

The U.S. housing market slump dragged into its fourth year in 2025, as sales remained stuck at a 30-year low with rising home prices and elevated mortgage rates keeping many prospective home shoppers shut out of the market.

The Trump administration placed new security requirements on Nividia’s semiconductor sales to China, but essentially greenlighted the export of its powerful H200 artificial intelligence chips to Chinese buyers.

Meals and snacks with “GLP-1 Friendly” labels on the packaging are becoming more common as a growing number of Americans try obesity drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound to lose weight.

Attorney General Pam Bondi says the search of a Washington Post reporter’s home was done at the Pentagon’s request as part of a leak investigation.

“There's nothing wrong with making people happy,” says singer John Mellencamp, and that's the guiding philosophy of the concert tour he's planning this summer.

It’s that time of year again, when lots of U.S. residents are blasting the heat in their homes and still freezing cold.

The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025.

U.S. wholesale prices rose modestly in November, the government said in report delayed by federal shutdown.