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FILE - Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli, left, shake hands with Democratic candidate for governor Mikie Sherrill, right, before a gubernatorial debate Sept. 21, 2025, in Lawrenceville, N.J. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray, File)

Sherrill, Ciattarelli to meet in final debate in New Jersey governor's race

12:11 AM on Wednesday, October 8

Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli will go head-to-head in their final debate for New Jersey governor

FILE - This courtroom sketch depicts U.S. District Michael Nachmanoff, at federal courthouse in Alexandria, Va., Oct. 10, 2019. (Dana Verkouteren via AP, File)

A veteran defense lawyer turned judge will oversee the case against ex-FBI director James Comey

12:07 AM on Wednesday, October 8

The federal judge overseeing the Justice Department’s prosecution of former FBI director James Comey has already handled cases in President Donald Trump’s orbit

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

12:07 AM on Wednesday, October 8

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program

FILE - Former FBI Director James Comey, arrivex to testify under subpoena behind closed doors before the House Judiciary and Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Comey to make first court appearance in Justice Department case accusing him of lying to Congress

12:05 AM on Wednesday, October 8

Former FBI Director James Comey is set to make his first court appearance in a Justice Department criminal case accusing him of having lied to Congress five years ago

Workers replace the sand washed away by recent hurricanes along the gulf Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, in Indian Rocks Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Florida county battered by 2024 hurricanes spends $125M on beach restoration

12:04 AM on Wednesday, October 8

The white sandy beaches along a swath of Florida’s Gulf Coast were battered by three hurricanes last year, leading to a multimillion-dollar effort to repair a coastline that is the region’s economic engine

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

12:04 AM on Wednesday, October 8

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program

Robert Roberson waits to be interviewed in a locked visitation cell at the Allan B. Polunsky Unit prison in Livingston, Texas, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. Roberson, who has maintained his innocence on death row for more than 20 years, is scheduled to be executed on Oct. 16, for the 2002 killing of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)

Robert Roberson remains hopeful as he faces another execution date in shaken baby syndrome case

12:02 AM on Wednesday, October 8

Robert Roberson hopes he will again avoid becoming the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is joined by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., right, as they speak with reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session as the government shutdown heads toward a second week, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Federal government shutdown grinds into a second week, but quiet talks emerging

12:02 AM on Wednesday, October 8

As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight

Electronic stock boards show Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a foreign exchange firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)

Asian shares are mostly lower after US stocks retreat

11:12 PM on Tuesday, October 7

Shares are mostly lower in Asia after Wall Street snapped a long streak of records

In this photo taken Oct. 4, 2025 and released by Lingsuiye, villagers with their oxen and horses ascend the mountain during rescue efforts to reach hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist campsites on a slope of Mount Everest in Tibet on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (Lingsuiye via AP)

Hundreds of hikers rescued from Mount Everest after severe snowstorm

9:53 PM on Tuesday, October 7

About 900 hikers, guides, and staff stranded by a snowstorm on Mount Everest's Chinese side have reached safety

The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

8:47 PM on Tuesday, October 7

FILE - A priest prays inside a shire at the Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple in Frisco, Texas, Oct. 22, 2022, as worshippers celebrated Dhanteras, which is the first night of the Hindu holiday Diwali. (AP Photo/Andy Jacobsohn, File)

California makes Diwali an official statewide holiday

7:01 PM on Tuesday, October 7

California is the third U.S. state to designate Diwali as an official statewide holiday

This undated image shows artist Bob Ross, host of the series “The Joy of Painting.” (Bob Ross Inc. via AP)

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

10:00 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations

This NOAA satellite image taken at 1:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, shows Hurricane Priscilla in the East Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico. (NOAA via AP)

Priscilla nears major hurricane status in Pacific as new tropical storm swirls in the Atlantic

5:10 AM on Tuesday, October 7

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Jerry has strengthened in the Atlantic Ocean on a path toward the Caribbean

Smoke rises following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Latest: Israelis and Palestinians mark 2 years of war

12:17 AM on Tuesday, October 7

It’s been two years since thousands of Hamas-led militants poured into southern Israel after a surprise barrage of rockets

U.S. Seventh Congressional District candidate Matt Van Epps speaks during a political forum Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Dickson, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Trump-backed Van Epps and Democrat Behn win Tennessee primaries for US House special election

12:01 AM on Tuesday, October 7

Matt Van Epps, a former commissioner in Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s administration, has won a crowded Republican primary in the special election to replace a GOP congressman who left office this summer

A woman places a candle at a tribute for Ofir Shoshani during a memorial marking two years since the deadly Hamas cross-border attack on Israel, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

A divided Israel marks 2 years since Oct. 7 attack as war in Gaza grinds on and hostages languish

10:10 PM on Monday, October 6

Israelis are mourning the dead and fearing for the remaining hostages as they mark two years since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack plunged the region into a devastating war

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