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NASCAR settles federal antitrust case, gives all its teams the permanent charters they wanted

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan and NASCAR chairman Jim France stood side-by-side on the steps of a federal courthouse as if they were old friends following a stunning settlement Thurs...

A sell-off for Oracle weighs on Wall Street even as the Dow jumps 600 points

NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks are rising on Thursday, but a sell-off for Oracle is weighing on Wall Street as investors question whether its big spending on artificial-intelligence techno...

Time magazine names 'Architects of AI' as its person of the year for 2025

The “Architects of AI” were named Time's person of the year Thursday, with the magazine citing 2025 as when the potential of artificial intelligence “roared into view” with no turning back. ...

Sherrone Moore jailed as police investigate situation that led to the fired Michigan coach's arrest

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Sherrone Moore was being held in jail Thursday while police investigate the situation that led to his arrest hours after the once-promising coach was fired at Michiga...

Disney invests $1B in OpenAI in deal to bring characters like Mickey Mouse to Sora AI video tool

Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will bring characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Luke Skywalker to the AI company's Sora video generation tool, in a licensing deal tha...

Washington state under emergency as torrential rain triggers floods, mudslides and evacuations

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Washington was under a state of emergency Thursday from a barrage of torrential rain that has sent rivers flowing over their banks, caused mudslides to crash down ...

Senators clash over Trump's National Guard deployments as military leaders face first questioning

WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress clashed Thursday over President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in American cities, with Republicans saying the deployments were needed to figh...

Venezuelan Nobel laureate credits Trump for pressuring Maduro with ‘decisive’ actions

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said Thursday that “decisive” actions by the United States, including the seizure of an oil tanker, have left the ...

From hiding to Nobel laureate: María Corina Machado's continues fight for Venezuela's democracy

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — María Corina Machado has long been the face of resistance to Venezuela's 26-year ruling party. Now, she is also a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Machado, the Venezuel...

Trump administration separates thousands of migrant families in the US

MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance immigration policy split more than 5,000 children from their families at the Mexico border during his first term, when images of babies a...

'They said they'd shoot us': Nigerian child recalls how he was taken in mass school abduction

PAPIRI, Nigeria (AP) — The children at St. Mary Catholic School in Nigeria's Papiri community were jolted from their sleep with a loud crash at the school gate. Half asleep and confused, the...

The Latest: Trump says US will keep oil tanker. Venezuela calls it piracy

The United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela called it blatant piracy, exposing how U.S....