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Natalie Briggs looks through a window of her home that was damaged during Hurricane Helene in Swannanoa, N.C., on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Hurricane Helene displaced thousands of students. Some struggled to get back on track with school

12:04 AM on Thursday, September 18

Thousands of students across western North Carolina lost their homes a year ago when Helene hit with some of the most vicious floods, landslides and wind ever seen in the mountainous region

Grazer, a female bear who is the two-time defending champion in the popular online Fat Bear Week competition, is shown Sept. 27, 2024, in Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. (M. Carenza/National Park Service via AP)

What to know about Fat Bear Week, and the brawny bruins ready to battle for the title

12:01 AM on Thursday, September 18

The annual Fat Bear Week featuring gluttonous brown bears at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve is back

FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris, right, next to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, speaks during a plenary session of the US-ASEAN Summit, May 13, 2022, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Harris says Buttigieg was her 'first choice' for 2024 running mate but the pairing was too risky

11:02 PM on Wednesday, September 17

In an excerpt of former Vice President Kamala Harris's new book, she says she would have picked Pete Buttigieg as her running mate last year but America wasn’t ready for the pairing

An exterior of Harvest Christian Fellowship church is seen on April, 5, 2020, in Riverside, Calif. (Cindy Yamanaka/The Orange County Register via AP)

Lawsuits accuse former California megachurch pastor of child sex abuse in Bucharest

10:08 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Two Romanian men have filed lawsuits in U.S. District Court in California accusing a former megachurch pastor of sexually abusing and trafficking children for years at a shelter he ran in Bucharest

The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

9:11 PM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend their visit to St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England, Wednesday Sept. 17, 2025. (Aaron Chown/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump says he’ll designate antifa as a terrorist group but offers few details

9:03 PM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump says he plans to designate antifa as a “major terrorist organization.”

FILE - A sign for The New York Times hangs above the entrance to its building, May 6, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Judge dismisses Indigenous Amazon tribe's lawsuit against The New York Times and TMZ

8:02 PM on Wednesday, September 17

A California judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by an Indigenous tribe from the Brazilian Amazon against The New York Times and TMZ

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference in Minneapolis City Hall, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

House turns back effort to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar over remarks about Charlie Kirk

7:05 PM on Wednesday, September 17

The House declined late Wednesday to punish one of its own over commentary in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination

Ghana's President John Mahama speaks to the media at the Jubilee House in Accra, Ghana, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Ghana Presidency via AP)

Some US deportees to Ghana say they are still held there, contradicting Ghanaian authorities

7:03 PM on Wednesday, September 17

At least 11 of the 14 immigrants deported by the U.S. to Ghana are still being held there, according to the deportees and their lawyers

Oklahoma County Sheriff Tommie Johnson speaks to reporters on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025 at the Oklahoma County courthouse in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sean Murphy)

Oklahoma prosecutor: No charges after report of explicit images on education chief's TV

6:00 PM on Wednesday, September 17

An Oklahoma County prosecutor has declined to file criminal charges after two board members said they saw images of naked women on a television in the office of state School Superintendent Ryan Walters

FILE - The Starbucks sign is seen at a Starbucks kiosk in the Walden Galleria in Buffalo, NY., Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Starbucks workers sue over company's new dress code

5:24 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Starbucks workers are taking legal action against the coffee giant, saying it violated the law when it changed its dress code but refused to reimburse employees who had to buy new clothes

FBI Director Kash Patel appears before the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Democrats press FBI director on Epstein files and other takeaways from his testimony to Congress

4:44 PM on Wednesday, September 17

FBI Director Kash Patel has defended the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files as he returned to Capitol Hill for a second day to face intense questioning from Democrats over his promises of transparency surrounding the convicted wealthy financier’s case

People salute as an ambulance drives past during a procession Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Spring Grove, Pa., after multiple police officers were shot and killed. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

3 police officers killed and 2 injured in rural Pennsylvania shooting

4:24 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Authorities say three police officers were fatally shot and two wounded in southern Pennsylvania, and the shooter was killed by police

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC taken on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025 shows damage after an Israeli strike targeted a compound that hosted Hamas' political leadership in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Israeli fighter jets launched ballistic missiles from the Red Sea in Qatar strike, official says

10:56 AM on Wednesday, September 17

When Israel targeted Hamas leaders meeting in Qatar to consider a Gaza ceasefire proposal, Israeli fighter jets over the Red Sea launched ballistic missiles in the strike

President Donald Trump and Britain's King Charles III inspect the guard of honor during an arrival ceremony at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump enjoys royal pageantry during unprecedented second UK state visit

5:38 AM on Wednesday, September 17

President Donald Trump is relishing the glow of a British royal spectacle during his visit to Windsor Castle

Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson appears for his sentencing after a murder conviction for killing his wife Sheryl in Santa Ana, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)

Southern California judge who killed his wife sentenced to 35 years to life for murder

12:07 AM on Wednesday, September 17

A Southern California judge convicted of second-degree murder for fatally shooting his wife after the couple had been arguing was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years to life in prison

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