Articles filed under Associated Press
-
Park gift shops could remove books on slavery and the Civil WarJul 25, 2025 4:05 pm - National parks employees have raised the idea of removing books on slavery, Native Americans and George Washington from their gift shops as part of Trump officials’ effor...
-
Wall Street’s winning week ends with more records for US stocksJul 25, 2025 3:54 pm - U.S. stocks capped another strong week with more records on Friday. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% to set an all-time high, the fifth time it did so this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 208 points, or 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite added 0.2% to its own record set the day before.
-
Israel says it’s considering alternatives to ceasefire talks with Hamas, deepening uncertaintyJul 25, 2025 3:45 pm - CAIRO — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday his government was considering “alternative options” to ceasefire talks with Hamas after Israel and the U.S....
-
Trump and Powell bicker over Fed building renovations as president ratchets up pressure campaignJul 24, 2025 7:55 pm - WASHINGTON — After months of criticizing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, President Donald Trump took the fight to the Fed’s front door on Thursday, publicly scorning...
-
Federal regulators approve Paramount’s $8 billion deal with Skydance, capping months of turmoilJul 24, 2025 7:48 pm - NEW YORK — Federal regulators on Thursday approved Paramount's $8 billion merger with Skydance, clearing the way to close a deal that combined Hollywood glitz with politi...
-
‘Buckingham Nicks’ bombed in 1973. Then it became used vinyl treasureJul 24, 2025 5:07 pm - Four years before Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” became one of the best breakup records of the 1970s — and, many might say, all time — Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham were relative unknowns, a young couple putting out their own album, “Buckingham Nicks.”
-
French President Macron says France will recognize Palestine as a stateJul 24, 2025 5:03 pm - PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France will recognize Palestine as a state, in a bold diplomatic move amid snowballing global anger over ...
-
Rapper GloRilla arrested on drug charges following investigation of a burglary at her homeJul 24, 2025 4:30 pm - Rapper GloRilla was arrested this week on felony drug charges after “a significant amount of marijuana” was found by police while they investigated a burglary at her home in Atlanta.
-
US cuts short its Gaza ceasefire talks and accuses Hamas of lacking ‘good faith’Jul 24, 2025 4:13 pm - WASHINGTON — The United States is cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks and bringing its negotiating team home from Qatar for consultations after the latest response from Ha...
-
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern confirm merger talks to create coast to coast railroadJul 24, 2025 3:10 pm - Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern confirmed that they are in “advanced” merger talks that would create a single U.S railroad with service stretching from the East to the West Coast. The potential merger would combine the largest and smallest of the country’s six major freight railroads.