What Americans think of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his health stances
By AMANDA SEITZ and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The kids seen by Dolores Mejia around suburban Phoenix have been growing heavier in recent years. Their parents, too, she says. Mejia, a 75-year-old retiree, says she’s also…
Teacher and a teenage student killed in a shooting at a private Christian school in Wisconsin
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A teenage student opened fire with a handgun Monday at a private Christian school in Wisconsin, killing a teacher and another teenager during the final week before Christmas break. The shooter…
Suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO is charged with murder in New York
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — After UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was gunned down on a New York sidewalk, police searched for the masked gunman with dogs, drones and scuba divers. Officers used the city’s…
Man arrested with weapon ‘consistent with’ gun in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO, police say
By CEDAR ATTANASIO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police have arrested a 26-year-old man with a weapon consistent with the gun used to kill the head of the largest U.S. health insurer, New York’s police…
The hunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO’s elusive killer yields new evidence, but few answers
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police don’t know who he is, where he is, or why he did it. As the frustrating search for UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killer got underway for…
Trump calls for ‘immediate’ cease-fire in Ukraine and says a US withdrawal from NATO is possible
By JOANNA KOZLOWSKA and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump on Sunday called for an immediate cease-fire in Russia’s war with Ukraine and the president-elect renewed warnings that he was open to pulling the United States out…
What to know about the plastic pollution treaty talks that have concluded in South Korea
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — Negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution have concluded in Busan, South Korea without reaching an agreement. This was supposed to be the fifth and final round to produce…
Biden’s broken promise on pardoning his son Hunter is raising new questions about his legacy
By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s decision to go back on his word and issue a categorical pardon for his son, Hunter, just weeks before his scheduled sentencing on gun and tax…
Mexican president says she is confident that a tariff war with the US can be averted
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday she is confident that a tariff war with the United States can be averted. But her statement — the day after she held a phone call with U.S. President-elect Donald…
Notre Dame Cathedral unveils its new interior 5 years after devastating fire
By THOMAS ADAMSON and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — After more than five years of frenetic, but sometimes interrupted, reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral showed itself anew to the world Friday, with rebuilt soaring ceilings and creamy good-as-new…