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Singapore’s long-ruling party seeks stronger election victory in test for new prime minister
SINGAPORE (AP) — Singaporeans will vote Saturday in a general election that is set to return to power the city-state's long ruling party, and it will be closely watched as a gauge of public confidence in Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s…
Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from dismantling library services agency
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed Thursday to temporarily block the Trump administration from taking any more steps to dismantle an agency that funds and promotes libraries across the U.S.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled that…
Soldier at a Colorado nightclub during an immigration raid charged with distributing cocaine
DENVER (AP) — A soldier present at an after-hours nightclub where more than 100 immigrants suspected of being in the U.S. illegally were taken into custody appeared in court Thursday to face charges that he distributed cocaine.
Staff Sgt.…
Submarine designers in Connecticut say they’ll strike on May 18 if contract deal isn’t reached
GROTON, Conn. (AP) — About 2,500 workers at Electric Boat shipyard in Connecticut plan to strike on May 18 if a tentative contract agreement is not reached with the submarine builder, the union president announced during a rally Thursday.…
Army plans for a potential parade on Trump’s birthday call for 6,600 soldiers, AP learns
Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and potentially a couple thousand civilians. The…
Luigi Mangione wants state murder case dropped, arguing double jeopardy in UnitedHealthcare killing
NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione‘s lawyers urged a judge Thursday to throw out his state murder charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, arguing that the New York case and a parallel federal death penalty prosecution…
Mississippi sets an execution date for a man who’s been on death row since 1976
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's longest-serving death row inmate is set to be executed on June 25, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Richard Gerald Jordan, 78, who was sentenced to death in 1976 for kidnapping and killing a…
Overdose deaths in Kentucky dropped by nearly a third last year, Gov. Beshear says
The number of overdose deaths in Kentucky last year dropped by 30.2% — down to 1,410 lives lost — giving state leaders a surge of confidence that prevention and treatment efforts are making progress against an addiction epidemic they say is…
US wants to move Georgetown scholar’s deportation lawsuit to Texas. Judge appears skeptical
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The Trump administration told a federal judge Thursday that a Georgetown University scholar’s lawsuit against deportation should be moved from Virginia, where it was filed, to Texas, where he’s jailed over allegations…
Hegseth orders Army to cut costs by merging some commands and slashing jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army is planning a sweeping transformation that will merge or close headquarters, dump outdated vehicles and aircraft, slash as many as 1,000 headquarters staff in the Pentagon and shift personnel to units in the…
Vance heralds ‘industrial renaissance’ in his visit to a South Carolina steel plant
HUGER, S.C. (AP) — Vice President JD Vance visited a steel plant in South Carolina on Thursday as he heralded the launch of an “industrial renaissance” in the U.S., in part due to President Donald Trump’s moves to boost domestic industry.…
Colombia’s president sends congress referendum proposal that could overhaul labor laws
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday pressed on with his struggling plan to overhaul the country’s labor laws, sending Congress a referendum proposal whose questions for voters include whether workdays…
Bill overhauling Alabama’s largest water utility heads to governor’s desk despite local outcry
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama legislators passed a bill on Thursday that would strip Birmingham of control over the state's largest water board and transfer power to the governor and surrounding suburbs, reigniting a decades-long,…
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelan migrants
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to strip temporary legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to being deported. The Justice Department asked the high court Thursday to put on hold a ruling…
Did a police officer’s Taser pose a threat against him? Murder trial centers on weapon
GRAND RAPIDS (AP) — There’s no question about how Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese immigrant, was killed.
Lyoya was fatally shot in the back of the head while on the ground by a Michigan police officer, who was subsequently charged…
Apple posts stronger-than-expected Q2 results, says majority of US iPhones sold will come from India
Apple CEO Tim Cook said Thursday that the majority of iPhones sold in the U.S. in the current fiscal quarter will be sourced from India, while iPads and other devices will come from Vietnam as the company works to avoid the impact of…
Trump says it’s Biden’s economy, but businesses and economists beg to differ
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the stock market was climbing in January 2024, Donald Trump knew exactly who deserved credit: He did.
Nearly a year before his return to the White House, he declared on his Truth Social platform that investors were…
Amazon posts solid first quarter earnings growth, but outlook is tempered by tariff uncertainty
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon posted higher first-quarter profit and sales that beat analysts' projections, underscoring the online behemoth's hold on shoppers looking for low prices and a wide selection in an uncertain economy.
The Seattle-based…
Midwest carbon dioxide pipeline could face new hurdle as some Iowa lawmakers question eminent domain
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A proposed carbon-capture pipeline that would traverse through several Midwestern states could face more hurdles in Iowa as a dozen Republican state senators try to force the issue to a vote.
Summit Carbon Solutions…
’60 Minutes’ report that prompted Trump lawsuit is nominated for an Emmy Award
It got “60 Minutes” sued by the man who became president of the United States. Now it's up for a major award — for precisely the same aspect of it that so enraged Donald Trump.
Last fall's “60 Minutes” story on Kamala Harris — the subject…
State parks in Florida appear off-limits to development as lawmakers react to outcry
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — State parks would be protected from pickleball courts, golf courses and hotel development under a bill passed unanimously by the Florida House on Thursday in response to last summer's statewide outcry over plans for…
Republican county leader Josh Schoemann enters Wisconsin governor’s race
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Josh Schoemann, the top elected official in a suburban Milwaukee county, this week created a committee to run for governor in 2026, making him the first candidate from either major party to get into the race.…
Driver who killed 4 by smashing through an Illinois after-school camp may have had health emergency
Police say the driver of a car that barreled through a building used for a popular after-school camp in central Illinois, killing three children and a teenager, may have had a medical emergency. Tests show she was not under the influence of…
Did Donald Trump — or ABC News —choose who would interview the president? Why does it matter?
NEW YORK (AP) — During a contentious exchange about deportations in his interview with ABC News' Terry Moran this week, President Donald Trump brought up — from his perspective — how Moran had gotten into the White House in the first place.…
Georgia is the 8th state sued over age verification for children on websites
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia on Thursday became the eighth state to see its law requiring parental consent for children to use social media challenged in court.
NetChoice, a technology industry trade group, sued in federal court in Atlanta to…
US robot makers hope to beat China in humanoid race. Tariffs could affect their ambitions
BOSTON (AP) — Tariffs weren't on the agenda of this week's Robotics Summit, where thousands of tech industry workers mingled with humanoid and other robot varieties and talked about how to build and sell a new generation of increasingly…
North Carolina auditor names elections board members after judges let law stand during appeal
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's elections board became a Republican majority on Thursday as the GOP state auditor appointed a new panel one day after an appeals court ruled a law shifting that power away from the Democratic governor…
Justice Department sues Hawaii, Michigan, Vermont and New York over state climate actions
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department filed lawsuits against four states this week, claiming their climate actions conflict with federal authority and President Donald Trump'senergy dominance agenda.
The DOJ on Wednesday filed…
Lilly star weight-loss drug Zepbound faces coverage challenge from CVS Health
Eli Lilly's stock wobbled Thursday after a looming coverage hit was detailed for its blockbuster weight-loss drug Zepbound.
CVS Health said the drugs Wegovy and Saxenda from rival drugmaker Novo Nordisk will become the preferred options on…
Mother of dead inmate sues troubled Wisconsin prison where 7 have died since 2023
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The mother of an inmate who died of dehydration and malnutrition at Wisconsin's oldest maximum security prison last year has filed a federal lawsuit, marking the fourth action brought by relatives of inmates who have…
The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana this week, officials called its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggested that others dating to the Civil Rights Movement should be…
Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers get their turn to question accuser Miriam Haley at #MeToo retrial
Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers are getting their turn to question a woman who alleges the one-time Hollywood heavyweight held her down on a bed and forced oral sex on her nearly two decades ago. Miriam Haley, testifying Thursday for a third day…
Judge bars deportations of Venezuelans from South Texas under the Alien Enemies Act
A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under an 18th-century wartime law and says President Donald Trump’s invocation of that law was “unlawful.” U.S. District Court Judge…
Tariff turmoil prompts cloudy forecasts from General Motors, Harley-Davidson for the year ahead
NEW YORK (AP) — Uncertainty continues to hang over the latest round of financial results and forecasts for companies both big and small as they try to navigate a global trade system severely shaken by a shift in U.S. policy.
Roughly half of…
Average rate on a US 30-year mortgage eases to 6.76%, its second straight weekly decline
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased again this week, modest relief for prospective home shoppers during what’s traditionally the busiest time of the year for the housing market.
The rate fell to 6.76% from 6.81% last…
Trump nominates Mike Waltz for UN ambassador in major shake-up of national security team
President Donald Trump says he is nominating national security adviser Mike Waltz as United Nations ambassador while Secretary of State Marco Rubio would take over Waltz’s duties on an interim role. He announced the major shake-up of his…
Over 2 million Ninja-branded pressure cookers are recalled after reports of serious burn injuries
SharkNinja is recalling more than 2 million pressure cookers sold in the U.S. and Canada — after consumers reported over 100 burn injuries spanning from a hazard that can cause hot food to spew out. According to the U.S. Consumer Product…
US imposes sanctions on a Mexican cartel linked to a drug trafficking and fuel-theft network
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday imposed economic sanctions on three Mexican nationals and two Mexico-based entities involved in a drug trafficking and fuel theft network linked to Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation…
Kohl’s ousts CEO Buchanan after investigation into some vendor transactions
Kohl’s said it has terminated CEO Ashley Buchanan after an investigation determined that he directed the retailer to engage in vendor transactions that involved undisclosed conflicts of interest. Kohl’s named Chairman Michael Bender as…
Trump offers advice to University of Alabama graduates in speech interspersed with politics
President Donald Trump has offered some encouraging words and advice for graduating students at the University of Alabama. But his speech Thursday night was interspersed with complaints about his critics, accusations that judges were…
Recent immigration arrests at courthouses around the country have advocates worried
SEATTLE (AP) — Inside a Virginia courthouse, three immigration agents in plainclothes — one masked — detained a man who had just had misdemeanor assault charges dismissed. They declined to show identification or a warrant to the man, and…
Trump’s health agency urges therapy for transgender youth, not broader gender-affirming health care
The Trump administration is calling for more reliance on psychotherapy for transgender youth instead of broader gender-affirming medical care. A report from the Department of Health and Human Services questions the current practices and…
The Latest: Trump names Rubio as acting national security adviser, taps Waltz as UN ambassador
President Donald Trump says he is naming Secretary of State Marco Rubio as acting national security adviser to replace Mike Waltz, whom he is nominating as United Nations ambassador. Trump announced the switch-up shortly after news broke…
