By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The U.S. ended production of the penny Wednesday, abandoning the 1-cent coins that were embedded in American culture for more than 230 years but became nearly worthless. When it was introduced in 1793, a penny could buy a biscuit, ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The families of two of the eight people killed earlier this year when an air ambulance crashed in Philadelphia filed a lawsuit on Monday, claiming the medical air transport company and others negligently caused their deaths. The wrongful death case was filed by the ...
A historic ocean liner will become the world's largest artificial reef after it's sunk off Florida's Gulf Coast early next year. Okaloosa County officials announced Tuesday that they expect to sink the SS United States in early 2026 about 22 nautical miles (41 kilometers) southwest of Destin ...
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press The U.S. Postal Service can't fix its finances through cuts alone, Postmaster General David Steiner said Friday. Steiner said the 250-year-old agency needs to expand its revenue base to restore prominence in the nation's delivery network. It also should ...
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a policy used under past administrations to deny migrants a chance to apply for asylum on the Mexican border until space opened up to process claims. The justices will hear the Trump ...
By JOHN HANNA and JACK DURA Associated Press CARBONDALE, Kan. (AP) — Four law enforcement officers were shot Saturday morning while responding to a domestic violence call at a home in a rural area south of Topeka, and a 22-year-old male suspect died of gunshot wounds at the scene. The ...
By GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) — On a recent chilly fall morning, Ruth De La Cruz walked through the Four Sisters Garden, looking for Hidatsa squash. To college students in her food sovereignty program, the crop might be an assignment. But to her, it is the ...
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted of attempted murder because a firearm was allegedly used, a prosecutor said Monday. Brown appeared via video at a brief arraignment hearing in Miami-Dade Circuit ...
By KATE PAYNE, BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and GISELA SALOMON Associated Press From Miami to San Diego, schools around the U.S. are seeing big drops in enrollment of students from immigrant families. In some cases, parents have been deported or voluntarily returned to their home countries, ...
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Novo Nordisk is chopping prices again for Wegovy, but doctors say the expense will remain challenging for patients without insurance. The drugmaker said Monday that it has started selling higher doses of the injectable obesity treatment for $349 a month to ...
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When the nonprofit organization planning America's 250th birthday celebrations decided it wanted an ornament to commemorate that milestone in history, its leadership knew just where to turn for guidance. America250.org worked with ...
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Cruise, at 63 still the biggest movie star in a room full of them, finally got to hold his own Oscar on a Hollywood stage on Sunday night. "Making movies is not what I do, it's who I am," said Cruise. He was composed as ...
By SAMYA KULLAB and EFREM LUKATSKY Associated Press Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has joined the advisory board of Ukraine's leading defense company, renowned for its long-range drones capable of striking targets deep inside Russia, as a corruption investigation continues. In ...
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump indicated Sunday that he plans to meet with New York City's mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and said they'll "work something out," in what could be a detente for the Republican ...
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday brushed aside concerns about conservative commentator Tucker Carlson's recent interview with a far-right activist known for his antisemitic views, which has caused a ...
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press An Indiana lawmaker who resisted President Donald Trump's push to have Republicans redraw the state's congressional boundaries was the victim of a swatting call Sunday that brought sheriff's deputies to his home. The call, in which someone reported a ...
By KEVIN FREKING and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said House Republicans should vote to release the files in the Jeffrey Epstein case, a startling reversal after previously fighting the proposal as a growing number of those in his own party ...
By RIO YAMAT and JOSH FUNK Associated Press The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday it is lifting all restrictions on commercial flights that were imposed at 40 major airports during the country's longest government shutdown. Airlines can resume their regular flight schedules ...
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Almost two weeks after Republicans lost badly in elections in Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia, many GOP leaders insist there is no problem with the party's policies, its message or President Donald Trump's ...
By SARAH BRUMFIELD Associated Press New York Jets cornerback and special teams standout Kris Boyd was critically injured in a shooting in midtown Manhattan early Sunday, according to Mayor Eric Adams' office. The shooting happened just after 2 a.m. outside a business on West 38th Street ...