Trump administration taps Army Reserve and National Guard for temporary immigration judgesAP News• Oct 2, 2025 09:52 pmThe Trump administration is tapping National Guard and Army Reserve lawyers to be temporary immigration judges after firing dozens of…
Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goalsAP News• Oct 2, 2025 09:51 pmNEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from…
Asian shares are mixed as tech shares lead Wall Street ticks to more recordsAP News• Oct 2, 2025 09:50 pmAsian shares are mixed after U.S. stocks rose to more records on heavy buying of technology shares. Japan’s Nikkei 225…
Parents of college student killed in Tesla crash allege design flaw trapped her in the burning carAP News• Oct 2, 2025 05:50 pmA lawsuit filed Thursday by parents of a college student killed in a Tesla crash says she was trapped inside…
New Mexico Legislature approves bills to prop up rural health care, underwrite food assistanceAP News• Oct 2, 2025 04:54 pmSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico lawmakers moved quickly Thursday at a special legislative session to prop up funding…
A recipe for avoiding 15 million deaths a year and climate disaster is fixing food, scientists sayAP News• Oct 2, 2025 04:54 pmAbout 15 million deaths could be avoided each year and agricultural emissions could drop by 15% if people worldwide shift…
The blame game is on at federal agencies, where political messages fault Democrats for the shutdownAP News• Oct 2, 2025 03:54 pmNEW YORK (AP) — Army veteran Samuel Port couldn’t believe what he was reading in his latest weekly newsletter emailed…
Fundraising groups step up to help reopen national park sites and welcome visitorsAP News• Oct 2, 2025 03:53 pmOne of Mississippi’s most-visited cultural attractions has reopened in the midst of the government shutdown, thanks to funding from a…
Nebraska Republicans are targeting voter-approved medical marijuana, following other GOP-led statesAP News• Oct 2, 2025 03:53 pmLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska officials missed a deadline this week granting licenses to marijuana growers as part of a…
On eve of sentencing, Combs tells judge he has been ‘reborn,’ asks for mercyAP News• Oct 2, 2025 03:51 pmOn the eve of his sentencing, Sean “Diddy” Combs says he is a new man after realizing he was “broken…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs will be sentenced under the Mann Act, a prostitution law from 1910AP News• Oct 2, 2025 02:55 pmSean “Diddy” Combs is set to be sentenced Friday for violating the federal Mann Act, an anti-prostitution law with a…
Former Iowa superintendent charged with federal firearms offense after immigration arrestAP News• Oct 2, 2025 02:54 pmDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, who was detained last week by immigration agents,…
Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris pleads guilty to child sex abuse chargesAP News• Oct 2, 2025 02:53 pmThe founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned last year after a woman in Oklahoma accused the pastor of sexually…
Fundraiser for family of Michigan church gunman raises more than $275,000AP News• Oct 2, 2025 01:56 pmA fundraiser for the family members of the man who opened fire in a Michigan church and set it ablaze…
Woman sues Mississippi police over son’s killingAP News• Oct 2, 2025 01:55 pmJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mother of a 25-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by police is suing the…
Excavators find $1 million in gold coins from Spanish shipwreck along Florida’s ‘Treasure Coast’AP News• Oct 2, 2025 01:54 pmA team of excavators has found $1 million in treasure from a centuries-old Spanish shipwreck off a stretch of Florida…
How major US stock indexes fared Thursday, 10/2/2025AP News• Oct 2, 2025 01:52 pmU.S. stocks edged up to more records. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.2%,…
ACLU seeks release of Michigan immigrant held in custody despite life-threatening leukemiaAP News• Oct 2, 2025 12:54 pmDETROIT (AP) — Federal authorities refuse to release a Michigan man in a pending deportation case, despite his life-threatening leukemia…
FDA approves another generic abortion pill, prompting outrage from conservativesAP News• Oct 2, 2025 12:51 pmFederal health officials have approved another generic version of the abortion pill, prompting outrage from some abortion opponents aligned with…
US-Best-Sellers-Books-PWAP News• Oct 2, 2025 12:03 pmHARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Alchemised” by SenLinYu (Del Rey) 2. “The Secret of Secrets” by Dan Brown (Doubleday) 3. “Tourist Season”…
Mississippi civil rights attorney seeks congressional seat held by GOP’s Trent KellyAP News• Oct 2, 2025 12:00 pmJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Democratic civil rights attorney who has advocated for better treatment of prisoners and testified against…
The government shuts down, and Trump goes online — very onlineAP News• Oct 2, 2025 11:56 amWASHINGTON (AP) — On Thursday morning, as thousands of federal employees stayed home and faced potential layoffs because of the…
Justice Department fires key prosecutor in elite office already beset by turmoil, AP sources sayAP News• Oct 2, 2025 11:55 amWASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department fired a top national security prosecutor amid criticism from a right-wing commentator over his…
From bombs to glass: Hanford site can now transform nuclear wasteAP News• Oct 2, 2025 11:55 amThe Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state produced plutonium for most of America’s nuclear arsenal through the end of the…
Study shows the world is far more ablaze now with damaging fires than in the 1980sAP News• Oct 2, 2025 11:54 amWASHINGTON (AP) — Earth’s nastiest and costliest wildfires are blazing four times more often now than they did in the…
Trump says US is in ‘armed conflict’ with drug cartels after ordering strikes in the CaribbeanAP News• Oct 2, 2025 10:53 amPresident Donald Trump has declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in an…
Trump administration cuts nearly $8B in clean energy projects in states that backed HarrisAP News• Oct 2, 2025 10:51 amThe Trump administration has announced the cancellation of $7.6 billion intended for clean energy projects across 16 states. Each of…
Republicans are relishing a role reversal in the shutdown fight. Can Trump keep them united?AP News• Oct 2, 2025 09:56 amRepublican leaders have presented a united stance as they try to keep the government open and berate Democrats for demanding…
Enfants Riches Déprimés marries military edge and bohemian ease in ParisAP News• Oct 2, 2025 09:52 amPARIS (AP) — Military regalia met bohemian ease at Enfants Riches Déprimés on Thursday, where designer Henri Alexander Levy once…
Average long-term US mortgage rate ticks up for second straight week, to 6.34%AP News• Oct 2, 2025 09:51 amWASHINGTON (AP) — The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage ticked up for the second straight week following a…
Federal shutdowns usually don’t do much economic damage. There are reasons to worry about this oneAP News• Oct 2, 2025 09:51 amShutdowns of the federal government usually don’t leave much economic damage. But the one that started Wednesday looks riskier, not…
Immigration judge denies Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s bid for asylum, but he has 30 days to appealAP News• Oct 2, 2025 08:55 amA U.S. immigration judge has denied a bid for asylum from Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The judge in Baltimore on Wednesday…
Mugler reopens playbook with underground debut show in ParisAP News• Oct 2, 2025 08:50 amPARIS (AP) — The fashion industry is deep in musical chairs this Paris season, and Thursday’s spotlight swung to a…
Musk reports Tesla sales jump after months of boycotts, but experts suspect more pain is in storeAP News• Oct 2, 2025 06:51 amTesla reported a surprise increase in sales in the third quarter as the electric car maker likely benefited from a…
The Latest: Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and punishmentAP News• Oct 2, 2025 05:53 amPresident Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors,…
Mini-meditations are a way to foster peace of mind at workAP News• Oct 2, 2025 05:51 amNEW YORK (AP) — The idea of meditating can be intimidating. Beginners may imagine sitting uncomfortably in silence while breathing…
A well-defined leadership hierarchy makes for no surprises in next president of Mormon churchAP News• Oct 2, 2025 04:52 amThe next president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints isn’t a surprise. That’s because the church has…
Bestselling author Jen Hatmaker says she’s no longer worried about saving ChristianityAP News• Oct 2, 2025 04:51 amBestselling Christian author Jen Hatmaker has released a new memoir, “Awake.” The book details her personal journey after the discovery…
Berkshire Hathaway to pay $9.7 billion for OxyChem, potentially Warren Buffett’s last big dealAP News• Oct 2, 2025 04:50 amBerkshire Hathaway is buying Occidental Petroleum’s chemical division for $9.7 billion in what may be one of the last big…
By the numbers: International hot air balloon fiesta to lift off in AlbuquerqueAP News• Oct 2, 2025 03:53 amALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It’s the largest ballooning event in the world and one of the most photographed spectacles, drawing…
Gatorade and Cheetos are among the Pepsi products getting a natural dye makeoverAP News• Oct 2, 2025 03:51 amPepsi has a new challenge: Keeping products like Gatorade and Cheetos vivid and colorful without the artificial dyes that U.S.…
Today in History: October 2, Marshall joins Supreme CourtAP News• Oct 2, 2025 01:53 amToday is Thursday, Oct. 2, the 275th day of 2025. There are 90 days left in the year. Today in…
How Syria’s first elections since autocrat Assad’s ouster are expected to unfoldAP News• Oct 1, 2025 10:53 pmBEIRUT (AP) — Syria is set to hold parliamentary elections on Sunday for the first time since the fall of…