Trump’s pick Nesvik confirmed as Fish and Wildlife director with some bipartisan support
• Five months after President Donald Trump announced he was nominating a former Wyoming game warden to lead the federal agency, the confirmation process is complete. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Wyoming’s former top wildlife official is now the…
What to know about the shooting at a New York City office tower that killed 4
NEW YORK (AP) — A man with a rifle killed an off-duty New York City police officer and three other people before taking his own life at a Manhattan office tower on Monday, according to officials. Law enforcement officials were…
Senate declares July 26 the National Day of the American Cowboy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a tribute to the hard-working men and women who helped establish the American West, the U.S. Senate has declared July 26, 2025, the National Day of the American Cowboy. The bipartisan resolution, which the Senate passed…
Judge sentences Bryan Kohberger to life in prison for murdering four University of Idaho students
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Friends and relatives of four University of Idaho students murdered in their rental home by Bryan Kohberger delivered powerful statements of love, anguish and condemnation Wednesday as a judge sentenced him…
Bryan Kohberger and his victim’s families will have a chance to speak at his sentencing
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Bryan Kohberger, the masked man who snuck into a rental home near the University of Idaho campus and stabbed four students to death in late 2022, is expected to face the…
Ozzy Osbourne, who led Black Sabbath and became the godfather of heavy metal, dies at 76
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice — and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id — of heavy metal, died Tuesday, just weeks after his…
More Americans shift money from checking and savings to accounts with investment income, study says
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New research finds that more Americans are shifting their money from checking and savings accounts into financial vehicles that pay an investment income — a trend that helps to explain the resilience…
D-Day veteran and TikTok star ‘Papa Jake’ Larson dies at 102
By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — D-Day veteran “Papa Jake” Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy’s bluffs in 1944 and then garnered 1.2 million followers on TikTok late in life by sharing stories to commemorate World War…
Wall Street hangs near records highs with most of the focus on earnings, dealmaking
By TERESA CEROJANO and MATT OTT Associated Press Markets on Wall Street quietly hovered at record levels before the bell Friday with most of the attention on the latest corporate earnings reports and dealmaking. Futures for the S&P 500, Dow…
A Senate vote this week will test the popularity of DOGE spending cuts
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans will test the popularity of Department of Government Efficiency spending cuts this week by aiming to pass President Donald Trump’s request to claw back $9.4 billion in public media and…