Nation and World
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5 people were wounded in a shooting after a homecoming event at Morgan State University in Baltimore
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - BALTIMORE - A shooting interrupted a homecoming week celebration at Baltimore's Morgan State University on Tuesday, wounding five people and prompting an hourslong lockd...
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Prosecutor opens trial for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried saying he stole at least $10 billion
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - A prosecutor opened a fraud trial Wednesday by telling jurors that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was on top of the world a year ago, hobnobbing with celebriti...
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Trio wins Nobel Prize in chemistry for work on quantum dots, used in electronics and medical imaging
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work on quantum dots - tiny particles just a few nanometers in diameter that can r...
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Sirens blare across Russia as it holds nationwide emergency drills
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - MOSCOW - Sirens wailed across Russia and TV stations interrupted regular programming to broadcast warnings Wednesday as part of sweeping drills intended to test the read...
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Russia says it has foiled a major Ukraine drone attack as concerns grow over Kyiv's weapons supplies
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - Russian air defenses shot down 31 Ukrainian drones during a concerted nighttime attack by Kyiv's forces on border regions, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday, a...
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Child care programs just lost thousands of federal dollars. Families and providers scramble to cope
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) - Kaitlyn Adkins is studying law to help families in her community impacted by the opioid epidemic at the heart of West Virginia coal country. But...
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That blaring noise you heard? It was a test of the federal government's emergency alert system
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - "THIS IS A TEST": If you have a cellphone or were watching television Wednesday, you should have seen that message flash across your screen as the federal g...
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Thousands of US health care workers go on strike in multiple states over wages and staff shortages
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Some 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers walked off the job Wednesday in multiple states, kicking off a major health care strike in an extraordinary year for ...
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Kevin McCarthy is out as speaker of the House. Here's what's next
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives is entering uncharted territory after a far-right effort to remove fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy from the speakership succee...
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The Supreme Court seems likely to side with the Consumer Financial Protection BureauOct 03, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to preserve the work of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau against a conservative-led challenge. Even some ...