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The Latest: Federal judge to pause the Trump administration’s plans for mass layoffs at the CFPB

A federal judge who blocked Donald Trump's administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ruled that the agency can’t go forward immediately with plans to fire ...

DATE: Apr 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Wisconsin governor can lock in 400-year school funding increase using a veto, court says

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin governor's creative use of his uniquely powerful veto to lock in a school funding increase for 400 years may be “attention grabbing,” but it was constituti...

DATE: Apr 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Harvey Weinstein can stay in hospital during #MeToo retrial, judge rules

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein has been moved to a New York City hospital after a judge approved the ailing ex-studio boss’s request to stay there rather than in jail when he’s not in cour...

DATE: Apr 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

LA is betting central with money on the Lakers and Clippers as the NBA playoffs begin

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Lakers often attract large betting interest anyway, but the controversial midseason trade that landed Luka Doncic from Dallas has people emptying their bank accounts to ...

DATE: Apr 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Is he Christ? Is he Moses? Superman's religious and ethical undertones add to his mystique

Superman was born Kryptonian, raised Methodist and sketched into existence by two Jewish teens in 1930s Cleveland. Faith and morality are his DNA. There are no overt religious references in ...

DATE: Apr 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Final AP mock NFL draft: Ward, Hunter, Carter go 1-2-3 and Saints trade up for Sanders

The Tennessee Titans explored all their options with the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. They can’t pass up a shot at a potential franchise quarterback. If the Titans were going to trade the pi...

DATE: Apr 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

NASA's Lucy spacecraft is speeding toward another close encounter with an asteroid

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupi...

DATE: Apr 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

The US has a single rare earths mine. Chinese export limits are energizing a push for more

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — America’s only rare earths mine heard from anxious companies soon after China responded to President Donald Trump’s tariffs this month by limiting exports of those mineral...

DATE: Apr 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Takeaways from AP’s report on the religious and moral undercurrents in Superman comics

Superman comics are not overtly religious. Yet faith and morality have been baked into this superhero character who was born Kryptonian, raised Methodist and created by two young Jewish men ...

DATE: Apr 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Crews restore power to nearly all clients after island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Power was restored to 98.8% of clients early Friday after an island-wide blackout hit Puerto earlier this week, authorities said. More than 1.45 million customer...

DATE: Apr 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump administration seeks explosive expansion of nation's immigration detention system

JENA, La. (AP) — Amid rural Louisiana's crawfish farms, towering pine trees and cafes serving po'boys, nearly 7,000 people are waiting at immigration detention centers to learn whether they ...

DATE: Apr 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

US lawmakers' bipartisan Taiwan visit signals support despite harsh words and tariffs from Trump

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Republican and Democratic lawmakers made their first trip to Taiwan under the new Trump administration a bipartisan one, aiming to show both Taiwan and China that U.S. ...

DATE: Apr 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

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