“Top Gun: Maverick” filmmaker Joseph Kosinski started dreaming up a movie about Formula One racing while watching “Drive to Survive.” But it would take nearly four years for that dream to …
'Buena Vista Social Club,' 'Death Becomes Her' and 'Maybe Happy Ending' each earn a leading 10 Tony Award nominations.
A flurry of immigration enforcement activity at courthouses around the country in the past month has renewed a legal battle from President Donald Trump’s first term. It’s drawing further …
U.S. applications for jobless benefits jumped to their highest level in two months, but layoffs remain in a historically healthy range. Jobless claim applications jumped by 18,000 to 241,000 for the …
The Trump administration is ending a duty-free exemption on low-value imports from China Friday. For consumers, that will mean higher prices and delivery delays when the government starts collecting …
In a roadside Israeli strike in Gaza, a 4-year-old girl and other children were among those killed. Massa Abed's family says she'd taken a rubber ball and her doll to play with friends on the street …
Federal officials are planning to move forward with the closure of thousands of acres of U.S. Forest Service land in central Oregon where dozens of people have been living in homeless camps. …
Today is Thursday, May 1, the 121st day of 2025. There are 244 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 1, 2011, President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden during a …
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to San Francisco, where she's expected to use a high-profile speech to deliver a sharp-edged critique of President Donald Trump's administration. …
Martin Scorsese is a producing a documentary made with Pope Francis that will chronicle the late pontiff’s work with cinema in the global educational movement he founded before his death. “Aldeas …
Activists around the globe are kicking off May Day demonstrations with workers rights rallies and marches for social justice causes. In some countries, it’s a public holiday honoring labor. …
Some colleges are canceling graduation ceremonies that recognize individual cultures or groups. The affinity commencement events are the latest casualties of state and federal policy rolling back …
The roster of police departments and state agencies that have joined President Donald Trump’s drive for mass deportations has soared to more than 500, with nearly half from Florida. That …
A voter-approved tax on sugary drinks has taken effect in the beachside community of Santa Cruz on the California coast. City officials placed the tax on the November ballot despite a 2018 state law …
Slow-moving thunderstorms are delivering record rainfall across southern Oklahoma and northern Texas, triggering flash flooding and forcing evacuations and water rescues. To the east, residents in …
Hawaii lawmakers are ready to hike a tax imposed on travelers staying in hotels, vacation rentals and other short-term accommodations and earmark the new money for programs to cope with a warming …
The families of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau are still grieving their deaths last August after they were hit by a suspected drunken driver in New Jersey on the eve of their sister's wedding. Through …
The families of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau are still grieving their deaths last August after they were hit by a suspected drunken driver in New Jersey on the eve of their sister's wedding. Through …
A federal judge in Los Angeles has denied the U.S. government's request to release a former FBI informant while he appeals his case. Alexander Smirnov is serving a six-year sentence for lying about …
President Donald Trump has signed executive orders to relax some of his 25% tariffs on automobiles and auto parts, a significant reversal as the import taxes threatened to hurt domestic …