Democrats have run California for years. But in a nationally critical election, the party is being confronted by the limits of its own power: the race for governor is out of control. Barely a month …
Pollution levels in Iowa's water have been abnormally high this winter. That's forcing the state's largest city, Des Moines, to run an expensive nitrate removal system that they usually only use in …
As droughts worsen and freshwater grows scarce, desalination is expanding rapidly. More than 20,000 plants now convert seawater to drinking water worldwide. Most use reverse osmosis, forcing seawater …
A scrawny hippie and a nerdy engineer who became prank-playing friends vowed to change the world when they founded a Silicon Valley startup on April Fools’ Day 50 years ago and then — no joke — …
Democrats in North Carolina are scrambling to turn out rural Black voters and say the party cannot win the state without them. Although Democrats are normally strong with Black voters, they tend to …
Advocacy groups and experts have slammed YouTube for serving up low-quality artificial intelligence-generated videos to its most vulnerable audience: children. In a letter to the CEOs of YouTube and …
Today is Wednesday, April 1, the 91st day of 2026. There are 274 days left in the year. This is April Fool’s Day. Today in history: On April 1, 1945, American forces launched the …
March 25 -31, 2026 AP mobile scroll: a selection of standout vertical images published by The Associated Press in the past week. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
It's humanity's first flight to the moon since 1972. In a throwback to Apollo, NASA's Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a lunar fly-around. Three Americans and a Canadian will launch …
Bruce Springsteen returns Tuesday to the “Streets of Minneapolis.” After honoring its residents in song for their courage in standing up against the federal immigration crackdown, he’s using …
A U.S. resident of 27 years who was deported to Mexico by the Trump administration has returned home to Sacramento. The woman was shielded from deportation under an Obama-era program allowing people …
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery features compelling images from around the world published by The Associated Press in March.
Federal prosecutors say a tugboat captain has been charged with seaman’s manslaughter in a boat crash that killed three girls from a sailing camp in Miami. Prosecutors in Florida say Tuesday that …
A sheriff's office report says Tiger Woods’ eyes were bloodshot and glassy, his pupils dilated and he had hydrocodone pills in his pocket when interviewed at the scene of his car crash last week in …
Officials say fighting as Israel invades southern Lebanon has killed U.N. peacekeepers and Israeli soldiers. U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian officials have issued contradictory statements …
A federal judge ruled against conservation groups in their efforts to block a proposed lithium-boron mining project in Nevada. Conservationists argue the project would harm an endangered wildflower …
U.S. carrier JetBlue has raised its checked bag fees by as much as $9 as the war in the Middle East disrupts global oil supplies. The airline says the new fees took effect on Monday. The first …
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has been hospitalized after undergoing what her office described as a minor procedure to remove fluid that was pressing on her lung. A spokeswoman said Tuesday that the …
The Trump administration says it will be moving U.S. Forest Service headquarters from the nation's capital to Utah as part of a broad overhaul. The announcement was made Tuesday, winning praise from …
The crews of two AH-64 Apache helicopters that hovered next to Kid Rock’s swimming pool while he clapped and saluted on Saturday have been suspended from flying pending an Army investigation of …