Christopher Quire poses for a portrait Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Princeton, N.J. (AP Photo/Hannah Beier)(AP Photo/Hannah Beier) WASHINGTON (AP) — After decades of gradual growth, the number of Black…
FILE – Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier (2) looks on during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Washington Wizards, Sunday, March 31, 2024, in Washington. (AP…
A person pushes a protester blocking a caravan of U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel trying to enter Coast Guard Base Alameda on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Oakland, Calif.…
FILE – Volunteer Ollie Taylor fills bags with food at the Coconut Grove Crisis Food Pantry, which offers fresh food and meals free of charge on a weekly basis to…
Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, enters the Federal Courthouse in Seattle, April 30, 2024. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times via AP)(Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle…
This NOAA satellite image taken at 11:40 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, shows Tropical Storm Melissa in the Central Caribbean Sea. (NOAA via AP)(NOAA via AP) SAN JUAN,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Russian Geographical Society congress at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Kristina Kormilitsyna, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via…
Palestinians carry jerrycans and plastic bottles with water after collecting it at a camp for displaced people in Gaza City, Thursday Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem…
This photo, undated and and in an unknown location, provided by family member Zeyad Kadur shows teenager Mohammed Ibrahim. (Zeyad Kadur via AP)(Zeyad Kadur via AP) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)…
A video animation shows a Copilot Appearance avatar called Mico, floating around an abstract environment during a presentation at Microsoft's Fall 2025 Copilot Sessions event on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025,…
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during his election campaign event, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)(AP Photo/Olga Fedorova) NEW YORK (AP) — A…
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Damon Jones are among 34 people charged in connection with schemes involving illegal…
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the Russian Geographical Society congress at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.…
Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks at a town hall in Ogunquit, Maine, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)(AP Photo/Caleb Jones) PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — After days of…
This image provided by the University of Chicago shows a mummy of a duck-billed dinosaur resting on its ribcage. (Tyler Keillor, The University of Chicago via AP)(Tyler Keillor, The University…
This photo provided Thursday Oct. 23, 2025 by Interpol and taken from its website shows the jewels stolen in the Louvre museum on Sunday Oct.19, 2025 in Paris. (Interpol via…
Dancer Misty Copeland, right, takes a bow during curtain calls with her son, Jackson, at her retirement performance from American Ballet Theatre at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln…
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., holds a news conference on day 23 of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott…
FILE – New construction homes and apartments are seen surrounding an older home on Friday, July 11, 2025, in Happy Valley, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)(AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File) Sales…
WASHINGTON (AP) — As legalized sports betting expands, recent polling suggests that Americans have become increasingly critical of its role in U.S. society and sports — although they’re more tolerant…
Federal Patrol agents stand outside an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) CHICAGO (AP) —…
In this picture made available by Vatican Media, Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla pose with Pope Leo XIV as they meet at the Vatican during a state visit,…
FILE – Marwan Barghouti, center, raises his handcuffed hands in the air on the opening day of his trial in Tel Aviv, Israel, Aug. 14, 2002. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)(AP…
A person pushes a protester blocking a caravan of U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel trying to enter Coast Guard Base Alameda on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Oakland, Calif.…
President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)(AP…
This combination of images shows Taylor Swift, from left, LL Cool J, and Kenny Loggins. (AP Photo)(AP Photo) NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift, Kenny Loggins, LL Cool J, Pink,…
A farmworker harvests pears at an orchard in Naches, Wash., Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)(AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag) Agricultural workers are already among the most vulnerable to extreme heat.…
FILE – A person arrives for a U.S. Election Assistance Commission Standards Board public meeting, April 24, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)(AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File) COLUMBUS, Ohio…
FILE – United States' Mikaela Shiffrin poses with her commemorative skis for her 100th victory after an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Sestriere, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown has reopened debate on what has been a central issue for both major political parties in the last 15 years: the future of health…
