By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press A woman raising two children was among the six U.S. service members killed last week when a military refueling plane involved in the war with Iran crashed in western Iraq. Tech Sgt. Ashley B. Pruitt, 34, hailed from a large family in Bardstown, Kentucky, ...
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Researchers on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, recently discovered the oldest known recordings of whale sounds and believe the discovery could help understand how the animals communicate. The recording is the song of a humpback whale, ...
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Multiple political storylines will converge in Illinois on Tuesday when the state holds primaries shaped by attempted comebacks, the retirement of longtime incumbents and the looming 2028 presidential campaign. Voters will choose ...
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" was crowned best picture at the 98th Academy Awards, handing Hollywood's top honor to a comic, multi-generational American saga of political resistance. The ceremony Sunday, which also saw ...
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press A few artists protested more than just the Trump administration's immigration policies on Hollywood's biggest night. The presence of "BE GOOD" and "ICE OUT" pins at the Academy Awards paled in comparison to last month's Grammys. But those who did wear ...
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States' war with Iran is entering its third week, but Congress has yet to publicly test the Trump administration's case for the conflict. Republicans in Congress have so far side-stepped public debate over the war, even as ...
By ALEXA ST. JOHN and KIKI SIDERIS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — When gas prices spike, filling up gets more painful. But consumers can do something to stretch their fuel just a little farther: Change the way they drive. "It's a hard one to swallow, right? You gotta put gas in to go ...
By BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billy Crystal remembered his best friend Rob Reiner in an extended and emotional in memoriam at the Oscars on Sunday, with Barbra Streisand honoring her friend and co-star Robert Redford by singing a snippet from their film "The Way We ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "One Battle After Another" won several awards at Sunday's Oscars, including best picture, director and the first-ever casting award. "Sinners" star Michael B. Jordan, won best actor, earning his first Oscar. Jessie Buckley won best actress for her role in "Hamnet." Amy ...
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press "KPop Demon Hunters" won the Academy Award for best animated feature film on Sunday, capping a culturally defining run that has placed the musical-action movie atop both box-office and music charts. Netflix's big blockbuster follows HUNTR/X, a Korean girl ...
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The CEOs of the nation's top airline companies, including American, Delta, Southwest and JetBlue, are imploring Congress to restore funding to the Department of Homeland Security and embrace a bipartisan solution to pay federal ...
By JULIA FRANKEL AND BASSEM MROUE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The man who attacked a Michigan synagogue was the brother of a Hezbollah commander killed earlier this month in an Israeli airstrike, Israel's military claimed Sunday. Ibrahim Ghazali was killed in the March 5 strike in ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Joshua Bogdan was born and raised in the United States. The only time the New Hampshire resident has left the country was for a day and a half in seventh grade, when he went to Canada to see Niagara Falls. Even so, that did not mean proving his U.S. citizenship in last ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled on Saturday that a Democratic lawmaker is entitled to participate in a Kennedy Center board meeting to discuss President Donald Trump's plan to close the performing arts center for two years of renovations. But the judge is not forcing the board to let ...
A pilot from Alabama had just been promoted to major in January and had been deployed less than a week when the refueling aircraft he was aboard crashed in Iraq this week, killing him and five others, his brother-in-law said Saturday. Alex Klinner, 33, leaves behind three small children: ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Wrory Ficklin was 7 when he learned that his father, the son of a slave, was important. It was 1963, and the nation was mourning President John F. Kennedy. Wrory Ficklin was sitting with his mother and brother, watching funeral coverage on TV in the family's Washington ...
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV demanded a ceasefire in the Middle East on Sunday in his strongest comments to date, directly addressing the leaders who launched the war in Iran. "On behalf of the Christians of the Middle East and all women and men of good ...
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration likes to promote its immigration enforcement agenda through numbers, with ambitious goals to deport 1 million people, report zero releases at the U.S.-Mexico border and arrest thousands of alleged gang ...
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — John Wrory Ficklin was 7 when he learned that his father, the son of a slave, was important. It was 1963, and the nation was mourning President John F. Kennedy. Wrory Ficklin was sitting with his mother and brother, watching ...
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The "Bridesmaids" gathered for a rehearsal the day before the big show, but this time they're playing the role of awards presenter. Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Kristen Wiig and Ellie Kemper took the stage at the Dolby ...