National News
NCAA passes series of rules that sets table for schools to pay players directly
April 22, 2025
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The NCAA passed rules Monday that would upend decades of precedent by allowing colleges to pay their athletes per terms of a multibillion-dollar lawsuit settlement expected to go into effect this summer. The nine... Read More
Student loans in default to be referred to debt collection, Education Department says
April 21, 2025
By ANNIE MA AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials said Monday. Currently, roughly 5.3 million... Read More
What are the church's rites for the death of a pope and the election of a new one?
April 21, 2025
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing of ballots with a needle and thread after they’re counted, and then burning them to produce... Read More
Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88
April 21, 2025
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change,... Read More
Tornado-producing storm deals deadly flooding and large hail to Oklahoma and Texas
April 20, 2025
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press A slow-moving, active storm system brought heavy rain, large hail and tornadoes to parts of Texas and Oklahoma and left two people dead as severe weather warnings Sunday continue to threaten parts of the south-central... Read More
Aftershocks and lack of resources hinder recovery work 3 weeks after Myanmar's deadly earthquake
April 19, 2025
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Basic services have yet to be restored to the areas of Myanmar worst hit by a huge earthquake three weeks ago, and emergency workers recovering bodies and clearing debris are contending with... Read More
10,000 pages of records about Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination are released, on Trump's order
April 18, 2025
By JOSH FUNK and HAYA PANJWANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — About 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy were released Friday, including handwritten notes by the gunman, who said the Democratic presidential... Read More
Students at Florida State gather at memorials, prepare to retrieve belongings after deadly shooting
April 18, 2025
By KATE PAYNE and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Students dropped off balloons, candles and teddy bears at a memorial Friday morning near Florida State University’s student union where a 20-year-old opened fire, killing two men and wounding... Read More
Suspect in custody in Florida State shooting with multiple victims
April 17, 2025
By KATE PAYNE and DAVID FISCHER Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Multiple victims were reported in a shooting Thursday at Florida State University and a suspect was taken into police custody, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.... Read More
Trump says he's in 'no rush' to end tariffs as he holds talks with Italy's Meloni
April 17, 2025
By COLLEEN BARRY and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is in “no rush” to reach any trade deals because of the revenues his tariffs are generating, but he suggested while meeting... Read More
Suspect in arson at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence planned to beat him, documents say
April 14, 2025
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man who authorities said scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded police and broke into the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion where he set a fire had... Read More
Johnson vows to try again after GOP holdouts block action on Trump's 'big, beautiful' budget bill
April 10, 2025
By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After abruptly halting votes, House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed to try again Thursday to approve a Republican budget framework, having worked into the night to satisfy GOP holdouts who... Read More
Trump signs executive orders to boost coal
April 9, 2025
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a series of executive orders aimed at boosting the struggling coal industry, a reliable but polluting energy source that’s long been in decline. Under the four... Read More
White House keeps world guessing as clock ticks down to Trump's new tariffs
April 8, 2025
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, JOSH BOAK and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than one hour before the stock market closed on Monday, journalists gathered in the Oval Office for their only chance of the day to ask President... Read More
Why water fluoridation is under fire in the US
April 8, 2025
By MIKE STOBBE and KASTURI PANANJADY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he wants communities to stop fluoridating water, and he is setting the gears of government in motion to help... Read More
Here's how the new NFL rules on kickoffs and overtime will work
April 6, 2025
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The one-year trial version of the dynamic kickoff in the NFL led to an uptick in the return rate that wasn’t quite as much as the league had hoped. Now the new form... Read More
Once again, Trump administration asks western Wyoming foresters to resign
April 4, 2025
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Warning that future cuts to the federal workforce are inbound, the Trump administration is, once again, asking U.S. Forest Service workers in Jackson Hole — and elsewhere... Read More
Former Utah Rep. Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to the US House, has died
March 24, 2025
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died Sunday. She was 49. Love’s... Read More
Trump has ordered the dismantling of the Education Department. Here's what it does
March 21, 2025
By ANNIE MA and COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving to fulfill a campaign promise, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the Education Department, an agency Republicans have talked about... Read More
NASA's stuck astronauts welcome their newly arrived replacements to the space station
March 16, 2025
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Just over a day after blasting off, a SpaceX crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering the replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts. The four... Read More