By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — One grew up in rural Haiti amid the poverty and violence of his beautiful but troubled Caribbean nation. The other grew up in Michigan as a self-described "blue-collar farm kid" from Middle America. Both became pastors in ...

By BEN FINLEY and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An American military refueling plane taking part in the operation against Iran crashed in Iraq and rescue efforts were underway, U.S. Central Command said Thursday. It was not immediately clear if there were any ...

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats have filed legislation that would prevent the U.S. from attacking Cuba without congressional approval as they seek to force a vote on President Donald Trump's stated goal of a "takeover" of the Caribbean ...

By COREY WILLIAMS and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — The armed man who rammed his vehicle into one of the nation's largest Reform synagogues Thursday has been identified as a 41-year-old naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal ...

By KAITLYN HUAMANI and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) — After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, 12 jurors heard closing arguments before deciding whether social media ...

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press The state of Oregon may soon have some new public property: A spectacular waterfall, beloved by generations, that was recently put up for sale on Redfin. Abiqua Falls — known for its 92-foot (28-meter) vertical drop over a columnar basalt cliff — has ...

By PETER SMITH Associated Press The Michigan synagogue that came under attack Thursday is part of Reform Judaism, the largest branch of the religion in North America, which emphasizes progressive values such as social justice and gender equality. According to the Union for Reform Judaism, ...

By SOPHIE AUSTIN and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration ramped up a battle with California over the state's nation-leading vehicle-emission standards Thursday, suing air regulators over rules aimed at curbing pollution from ...

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pro-Iranian hackers are targeting sites in the Middle East and starting to stretch into the United States during the war, raising the risk of American defense contractors, power stations and water plants being swept into a wave of ...

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Under pressure from President Donald Trump, Senate Republicans plan to launch a "full and robust debate" next week on legislation to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements, an effort to show Trump ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said there was no imminent threat to the state, despite a warning from the FBI that Iran could send drones to the West Coast in retaliation for war. Newsom said drone issues "have always been top of mind." "We've been aware of that ...

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA cleared its moon rocket on Thursday for an April launch with four astronauts after completing the latest round of repairs. The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket will roll out of the hangar and back to the pad next week at ...

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Live Nation and the U.S. government announced a deal this week that they say would give artists and venues more choice when it comes to selling concert tickets to music fans. But critics say meaningful changes are far from ...

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With no clear end in sight, the war with Iran sent oil prices back to $100 per barrel on Thursday, and stocks sank worldwide. The S&P 500 fell 1.5% and resumed its sharp swings following a couple days of relative calm. The Dow Jones ...

NEW YORK (AP) — This stowaway truly was sly as a fox. A red fox somehow slipped onto a cargo ship that traveled from Southampton, England, to New York, where the animal is now in the Bronx Zoo's care. The zoo said Wednesday that the 11-pound (5-kilogram) male fox appears healthy after early ...

By CHARLOTTE KRAMON, ALEX VEIGA and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a broad bill on Thursday to make U.S. housing more accessible and affordable, a rare bipartisan effort in Congress to address a growing national problem. The bill, which passed ...

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — An Army sergeant accused of shooting and wounding five co-workers at a southeast Georgia base last summer is seeking to plead guilty to attempted murder and other charges in a military court, Army prosecutors said Thursday. Authorities ...

By JoVONNE WAGNER/Montana Free Press Organizers of the upcoming "No Kings" rally in Helena say that a new state rule banning permits for weekend rallies on the Capitol grounds violates their First Amendment rights. State officials countered that the new rule, quietly instituted just last ...

By MARISA KENDALL/CalMatters None of the projects expected in 2025 under Gov. Gavin Newsom's mental health ballot measure have opened, CalMatters has found, even though the governor says the bond is exceeding its goals. Newsom promised that thousands of mental health treatment beds would ...

By BRIAN WITTE and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A lawyer representing the leader of the cultlike Zizians group that has been linked to six deaths told a judge Thursday that there is reason to believe his client is mentally incompetent to stand trial on a federal gun ...