By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed a man on Thursday for fatally shooting a woman during a home invasion and robbery 20 years ago. Wendell...
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An American man who was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist has been released by...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — Perhaps the surest sign that artificial intelligence really is taking over the world will come the day it wins your favorite...
By JONATHAN J. COOPER and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Cybertrucks set ablaze. Bullets and Molotov cocktails aimed at Tesla showrooms. Attacks on property carrying the logo of...
By HANNAH FINGERHUT and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Another storm system is affecting millions of people in the middle of the U.S., leaving parts of...
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. births rose slightly last year, but experts don't see it as evidence of reversing a long-term decline. A little...
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a lengthy phone conversation on Tuesday as the White House pushes for Russia...
By HAYA PANJWANI Associated Press Marcia Dunn, AP reporter: Almost all roads to space begin here in Cape Canaveral. Haya Panjwani, AP correspondent: That's Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press' space...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States under President Donald Trump has launched a new campaign of intense airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels....
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When Bryce Yoder needs a study break this time of year, the college student flips on a TV and attends his...
By MICHAEL CASEY, RODRIQUE NGOWI and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A doctor from Lebanon who arrived at the Boston airport was deported over the weekend without explanation,...
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Paris and London on Monday to seek alliances as he deals with...
By JEFF ROBERSON, REBECCA REYNOLDS and JULIE WALKER Associated Press PIEDMONT, Mo. (AP) — Violent tornadoes and high winds decimated homes, wiped out schools and toppled semitractor-trailers as a monster...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer For bubble teams North Carolina and Texas, Selection Sunday will feel like the longest day of the year. For top seeds in waiting like...
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Hamas said Saturday it will only release an American-Israeli and the bodies of four other hostages if Israel implements their ceasefire agreement,...
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed a man on Thursday for fatally shooting a woman during a home invasion and robbery 20 years ago. Wendell Grissom, 56, was declared dead by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester at 10:13 a.m. It was Oklahoma's first execution of 2025. Grissom and a co-defendant, Jessie Floyd Johns, were convicted of killing of Amber Matthews, 23, and wounding her friend, Dreu Kopf, at Kopf's Blaine County residence. Johns was sentenced to life in prison without parole. "I apologize to all of you that I've hurt," Grissom...
Read moreDetailsBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An American man who was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist has been released by the Taliban in a deal with the Trump administration that Qatari negotiators helped broker, the State Department said Thursday. George Glezmann, an airline mechanic from Atlanta, is the third American...
Read moreDetailsBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — Perhaps the surest sign that artificial intelligence really is taking over the world will come the day it wins your favorite March Madness bracket pool. The day could be coming soon. In an experiment that a) was bound to happen, b) might actually make us all look smarter and c) should...
Read moreDetailsBy JONATHAN J. COOPER and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Cybertrucks set ablaze. Bullets and Molotov cocktails aimed at Tesla showrooms. Attacks on property carrying the logo of Elon Musk's electric-car company are cropping up across the U.S. and overseas. While no injuries have been reported, Tesla showrooms, vehicle lots, charging stations and privately owned cars have been...
Read moreDetailsBy HANNAH FINGERHUT and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Another storm system is affecting millions of people in the middle of the U.S., leaving parts of the Midwest and Great Plains under blizzard conditions and a broad swath of neighboring states at risk of high winds and wildfires. Roughly 72 million people were under a wind...
Read moreDetailsBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. births rose slightly last year, but experts don't see it as evidence of reversing a long-term decline. A little over 3.6 million births were reported for 2024, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention preliminary data. That's 22,250 more than the final tally of 2023 U.S. births, which...
Read moreDetailsBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a lengthy phone conversation on Tuesday as the White House pushes for Russia to sign off on its 30-day ceasefire proposal aimed at ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The White House and Kremlin did not offer any immediate details about the substance...
Read moreDetailsBy HAYA PANJWANI Associated Press Marcia Dunn, AP reporter: Almost all roads to space begin here in Cape Canaveral. Haya Panjwani, AP correspondent: That's Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press' space writer. She's following Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams' return home from the International Space Station. PANJWANI: I'm Haya Panjwani. On this episode of "The Story Behind the AP Story," we're...
Read moreDetailsBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States under President Donald Trump has launched a new campaign of intense airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels. This weekend's strikes killed at least 53 people, including children, and wounded others. The campaign is likely to continue, part of a wider pressure campaign by Trump now targeting the...
Read moreDetailsBy MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When Bryce Yoder needs a study break this time of year, the college student flips on a TV and attends his favorite March Madness class — bracket science. The 19-year-old sports management major at Indiana University-Indianapolis studies hard to learn the secrets of picking winners in the nearly dozen NCAA Tournament...
Read moreDetailsBy MICHAEL CASEY, RODRIQUE NGOWI and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A doctor from Lebanon who arrived at the Boston airport was deported over the weekend without explanation, despite having a U.S. visa and a job teaching at Brown University. A judge had ordered she not be sent back until there was a hearing, but government lawyers said...
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