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|By The Associated Press and TIA GOLDENBERG, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press
Netanyahu’s office said his Cabinet won’t meet to approve the agreement until Hamas backs down, accusing it of reneging on parts of the agreement in an attempt to gain further concessions.
Updated: 2 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer
Thursday’s liftoff from Florida carried a prototype satellite meant to orbit thousands of miles above Earth.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer
More than 260,000 former students of the now-defunct for-profit Ashford University are getting their student loans erased.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and ZEKE MILLER, CHRIS MEGERIAN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press
The president warned Americans to be on guard for their freedoms and their institutions during a turbulent era of rapid technological and economic change.
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Mediators announced that Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal, pausing a devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and JAIMIE DING, JULIE WATSON and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press
The four largest fires around Los Angeles have scorched more than 63 square miles, roughly three times the size of Manhattan.
Updated: 10 hours ago
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President Joe Biden delivered a farewell address to the nation Wednesday night, seizing what is likely to be his final opportunity to address the country before he departs the White House.
Updated: 10 hours ago
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These are some of the products where the dye is most likely to show up.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and MATTHEW LEE, AAMER MADHANI and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press
Implementation of the agreement could begin Sunday, when the first group of hostages may be freed.
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A hip-hop superstar beef was cranked up another notch Wednesday when Drake sued Universal Music Group for defamation over rival Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”
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Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump’s picks for the Cabinet.
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The US government is suing Southwest Airlines over delayed flights.
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Federal officials on Wednesday released a far-reaching proposal to make cigarettes less addictive by capping their nicotine content.
Updated: 15 hours ago
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U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply.
Updated: 16 hours ago
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The U.S. government clawed back more than $31 million in Social Security payments that improperly went to dead people.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM HST
|By The Associated Press and JAIMIE DING, JULIE WATSON and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press
A week after the first fires began, the flames have destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 25 people.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM HST
|By The Associated Press
Michael Thomas Lewis is accused of repeated and continued harassment of the 22-year-old WNBA star.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM HST
|By The Associated Press and MEG KINNARD Associated Press
The Republican leader's decision means that President-elect Donald Trump will not take the oath of office for his second term under a half-staff flag.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM HST
|By The Associated Press
The boy was attacked by the loose dogs Monday evening near Deland, Florida.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM HST
|By The Associated Press
A man who fired a gun inside a Washington D.C. restaurant, motivated by a fake online conspiracy theory nearly a decade ago, was shot and killed by North Carolina police during a weekend traffic stop.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM HST
|By The Associated Press and JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer
Government inspectors documented unsanitary conditions at several Boar’s Head deli meat plants, not just the factory that was shut down last year after a deadly outbreak of listeria poisoning, federal records show.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM HST
|By The Associated Press
Kate, the princess of Wales, says her cancer is in remission.
Michelle Obama will skip Trump inauguration, but ex-Presidents Obama, Clinton and Bush will be there
Updated: Jan. 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM HST
|By The Associated Press
Michelle Obama will not be at President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM HST
|By The Associated Press
Federal prosecutors told family members Tuesday they will not bring charges in the deadly 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2025 at 6:57 AM HST
|By The Associated Press
Questioned by senators during Tuesday's confirmation hearing, Pete Hegseth deflected allegations of sexual assault and excessive drinking.
Special counsel report says Trump would’ve been convicted for Jan. 6 ‘unprecedented criminal effort’
Updated: Jan. 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM HST
|By The Associated Press and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press
Special counsel Jack Smith submitted to Congress a report detailing his team’s findings about Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM HST
|By The Associated Press
Celebrities and entertainment organizations are pledging millions to help those who have been displaced or lost their homes.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM HST
|By The Associated Press and CHRISTOPHER WEBER, JULIE WATSON and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press
Another round of powerful winds is threatening to trigger new wildfires and set back recent progress in containing two massive blazes.
Prosecutor who investigated Hunter Biden defends probes, denounces president’s remarks in new report
Updated: Jan. 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM HST
|By The Associated Press and ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
The special counsel who brought criminal charges against Hunter Biden says the probes were “the culmination of thorough, impartial investigations, not partisan politics.”
Updated: Jan. 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM HST
|By The Associated Press and DAVE COLLINS
The sale of Infowars is part of Alex Jones’ personal bankruptcy case, which he filed in late 2022 after he was ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion in defamation lawsuits to relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM HST
|By The Associated Press and DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer
The company says the new rules are designed to help prioritize paying customers.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM HST
|By The Associated Press
While the nominations have been postponed, the 97th Oscars are still expected to take place on March 2.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM HST
|By The Associated Press and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press
Country music star Carrie Underwood will perform “America the Beautiful” at Donald Trump’s inauguration next week.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM HST
|By The Associated Press
Walmart says customers should throw out a chicken broth product that was sold at stores in mostly Southern states late last year.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM HST
|By The Associated Press and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press
Flags are supposed to fly at half-staff through the end of January out of respect for former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2025 at 6:45 AM HST
|By The Associated Press
Here is what Pete Hegseth has said about the military, women in combat, and his own infidelity and sexual assault allegations.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM HST
|By The Associated Press and MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer
Blue Origin called off the debut launch of its massive new rocket because of because of ice buildup in critical plumbing.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM HST
|By The Associated Press and JAE HONG, HOLLY RAMER and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press
Fire crews are battling to cut off the spreading blazes before potentially strong winds return that could push the flames toward some of the city’s most famous landmarks.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM HST
|By The Associated Press
A California man whose two cats died after drinking raw milk recalled for bird flu risk says he meant to keep his beloved pets healthy, but his efforts tragically backfired.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM HST
|By The Associated Press and SARA CLINE and BEN FINLEY
Warmer weather is melting snow and ice and letting crews restore power as states recover from recent winter storms.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM HST
|By The Associated Press and MEG KINNARD
Senate hearings are scheduled this coming week for several of Trump’s picks for the Cabinet.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM HST
|By The Associated Press
Vice President-elect JD Vance says people responsible for the violence during the Capitol riot “obviously” should not be pardoned.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM HST
|By The Associated Press and ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent
It's the only time Biden has presented the honor with distinction during his presidency.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM HST
|By The Associated Press and JAE HONG, HOLLY RAMER and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press
Firefighters are racing to cut off the spreading wildfires before potentially strong winds return that could push the flames toward the world famous J. Paul Getty Museum and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM HST
|By The Associated Press and Eric Tucker, Associated Press
The Justice Department revealed in a separate filing on Saturday that Jack Smith has resigned from the department.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM HST
|By The Associated Press and Margery A. Beck, Associated Press
Dunkin' dropped the “Donuts” from its brand name years ago. Now, some of its stores don't have any doughnuts on the shelves either.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM HST
|By The Associated Press
Snow and ice across the U.S. South are expected to relinquish their grip only slowly as the weekend continues.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM HST
|By The Associated Press
Officials say the black boxes of a Boeing jetliner that crashed in South Korea last month stopped recording about four minutes before the accident.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM HST
|By The Associated Press
In the winter months, it seems few are safe from some kind of illness — flu, COVID-19, norovirus, colds.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM HST
|By The Associated Press
President-elect Donald Trump doesn't have to go to jail, pay a fine or perform community service as a result of his hush money conviction.