To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US–USDA-Offices Reopening USDA is reopening some 2,100 offices to help farmers access $3B in aid despite the ongoing shutdown SUMMARY: The Agriculture Department will
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Jesse Plemons has a plea: Pause Netflix and go see “Bugonia” in the theater. The film, in which he plays a conspiracy theorist who kidnaps and tortures Emma Stone’s pharma CEO, believing her to be an alien, is the kind that might seem small in scope. On a certain
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By TERRY CHEA and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s backing off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco to quell crime after speaking to the mayor and several prominent business leaders who said they’re working hard to clean up the city. Trump had
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By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court judges on Thursday rejected a challenge to jurisdiction in the case of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is accused of involvement in dozens of killings as part of his so-called war on drugs when in office. Defense lawyers for the 80-year
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By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams endorsed Andrew Cuomo in the city’s mayoral election Thursday, throwing his weight behind a bitter rival as he cast the Democratic nominee, Zohran Mamdani, as an avatar for radicals and gentrifiers. “Am I angry I’m not the
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says in social media post he’s decided to back away from plan to surge federal agents into San Francisco for now.
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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil prices spiked Thursday after the U.S. announced massive new sanctions on Russia’s oil industry in an attempt to get Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and end Moscow’s brutal war on Ukraine. U.S. benchmark crude jumped 5.6% to $61.79 per barrel and analysts
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKN–TIMBERWOLVES-LAKERS DESCRIPTION: The Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Los Angeles Lakers. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKN–TIMBERWOLVES-LAKERS DESCRIPTION: The Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Los Angeles Lakers. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKN–TIMBERWOLVES-LAKERS DESCRIPTION: The Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Los Angeles Lakers. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKN–TIMBERWOLVES-LAKERS DESCRIPTION: The Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Los Angeles Lakers. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By
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By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan on Thursday banned a radical Islamist party behind recent violent protests that left at least one police officer and four civilians dead, the government said. The decision, approved by the federal Cabinet on the recommendation of the Punjab provincial government, came more than a week after
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Author Jodi Picoult has the dubious honor of being banned in two mediums this fall — her books and now a musical based on her novel “Between the Lines.” “I’m pretty sure I’m the first author who has now had censorship occur in two different
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — After days of posting multiple apology videos, showing off his chest to reveal a covered up tattoo that had been connected with a Nazi symbol and distancing himself from old online comments, Maine Democrat Graham Platner says he’s only further committed to his
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By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is suggesting he could call on Israel to release imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, the most popular and potentially unifying Palestinian leader, as the United States aims to fill a leadership vacuum in postwar Gaza. Trump, in an interview published Thursday, said he has
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NEW YORK (AP) — Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier are among more than 30 people charged in connection with schemes involving illegal sports betting and rigged poker games backed by Mafia, authorities said on Thursday.
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, Oct. 24 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S) 4:30 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Port Adelaide at Adelaide Midnight FS2 — AFL: Hawthorn at Essendon 2 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 — AFL: Richmond at Fremantle 4 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 — Melbourne at Brisbane AUTO RACING
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Chicago 1 0 1.000 — 1-0 W-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 Orlando 1 0 1.000 — 1-0 W-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 Philadelphia 1 0 1.000 — 1-0 W-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 Toronto 1 0 1.000 — 1-0 W-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 Charlotte
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 1 0 1.000 — Toronto 1 0 1.000 — New York 1 0 1.000 — Boston 0 1 .000 1 Brooklyn 0 1 .000 1 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 1 0 1.000 — Charlotte 1 0 1.000 — Miami 0
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Philadelphia 1 0 1.000 — 1-0 W-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 Toronto 1 0 1.000 — 1-0 W-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 New York 1 0 1.000 — 1-0 W-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 Boston 0 1 .000 1 0-1 L-1 0-1
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div New Jersey 7 6 1 0 12 28 18 3-0-0 3-1-0 1-1-0 Carolina 7 6 1 0 12 29 19 2-0-0 4-1-0 2-0-0 Pittsburgh 8 6 2 0 12 28 19 2-1-0 4-1-0 2-1-0 Montreal 9 6 3 0 12
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 9 6 3 0 12 32 27 Detroit 8 5 3 0 10 24 25 Florida 9 4 5 0 8 22 28 Toronto 7 3 3 1 7 24 25 Ottawa 8 3 4 1 7 24 34 Buffalo
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Montreal 9 6 3 0 12 32 27 3-1-0 3-2-0 2-1-0 Detroit 8 5 3 0 10 24 25 4-1-0 1-2-0 4-2-0 Florida 9 4 5 0 8 22 28 3-1-0 1-4-0 2-2-0 Toronto 7 3 3 1
Continue Reading All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div New England 5 2 0 .714 181 133 1-2-0 4-0-0 3-2-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 Buffalo 4 2 0 .667 167 137 3-1-0 1-1-0 3-1-0 1-1-0 2-1-0 Miami 1 6 0 .143 140 205 1-2-0 0-4-0 1-5-0 0-1-0 1-2-0 N.Y.
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By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s prime minister said on Thursday that his European partners must share the risk of using billions of dollars in frozen Russian assets that are held in his country to help keep Ukraine’s economy and war effort afloat in coming years. Ukraine’s budget and military needs for
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By JOHN SEEWER and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Four family members of a Republican running for governor in Illinois were killed in a Montana helicopter crash, his campaign said Thursday. The son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren of former state lawmaker Darren Bailey, who lost the 2022 gubernatorial election in Illinois and is
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By The Associated Press President Donald Trump on Thursday pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who created the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange and pled guilty in 2023 to enabling money laundering. Zhao served prison time for failing to stop criminals from using the platform to move money connected to child sex abuse, drug trafficking and terrorism.
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By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift, Kenny Loggins, LL Cool J, Pink, Sarah McLachlan and Talking Heads’ David Byrne are among the impressive list of nominees for the 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame class, an eclectic mix of pop, hip-hop, folk and rock innovators. Also on the ballot are
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — 4 family members of Illinois governor candidate killed in Montana helicopter crash, campaign says.
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By DORANY PINEDA, MELINA WALLING and ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG Associated Press Agricultural workers are already among the most vulnerable to extreme heat. For pregnant workers, those risks are higher because the body must work harder to cool down and requires more liquids, making it more easily dehydrated. While protections exist, experts say they need better enforcement
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