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Want to work for National Weather Service? Be ready to explain how you agree with Trump

11:56 AM on Friday, August 29

As the National Weather Service scrambles to hire up to 450 people to restore deep cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency, potential applicants are being asked to explain how they would advance President Donald Trump’s agenda if hired

Takeaways from AP's reporting on concerns about gymnastics coach before arrest in sex abuse case

11:35 AM on Friday, August 29

Concerns about a banned gymnastics coach arrested amid allegations he abused girls he coached surfaced years before police or sports authorities took action

New York City doctor who sexually abused patients in hospital gets 24-year prison sentence

9:41 AM on Friday, August 29

A doctor who sexually abused sedated patients at a New York City hospital and raped women who were unconscious at his home has been sentenced to 24 years in prison

FILE - People attend a candlelight vigil for former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, who were fatally shot, at the state Capitol, June 18, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Nikolas Liepins, File)

Minneapolis, a series of shootings and the grim realities of a tough summer

8:39 AM on Friday, August 29

Most categories of crime have continued to fall in Minneapolis after a surge that followed the 2020 killing of George Floyd

Key US inflation gauge holds mostly steady though core inflation ticks higher

8:32 AM on Friday, August 29

Key US inflation gauge holds mostly steady though core inflation ticks higher

FILE - Author and inventor Ray Kurzweil, 56, stands for a portrait in front of words from his internet site projected on a screen in his office in Wellesley, Mass., Jan. 12, 2005. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

How Silicon Valley is using religious language to talk about AI

7:55 AM on Friday, August 29

As the rapid, unregulated development of artificial intelligence continues, the language people in Silicon Valley use to describe it is becoming increasingly religious

FILE - DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin speaks during a news conference at ICE Headquarters, in Washington, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Employers have used E-Verify for years. ICE's arrest of a Maine police officer raises new questions

7:17 AM on Friday, August 29

The case of a Maine police officer arrested by immigration authorities even though he was vetted by a government system called E-Verify is raising questions about what employers can do to make sure they’re employing people who can legally work

In this photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (Mississippi), center and Deb Fischer (Nebraska), third from left, speak to the media upon their arrival at Taipei Songshan Airport, on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

China criticizes US senators' Taiwan visit, calls it a threat to sovereignty

5:36 AM on Friday, August 29

Two U.S. senators have visited Taiwan, drawing criticism from China, which claims Taiwan as its own and opposes official contact between the two sides

FILE - New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature at the Statehouse, Jan. 9, 2024, in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

NJ governor seeks restrictions on nonessential helicopter flights after deadly NYC chopper crash

8:33 PM on Thursday, August 28

New Jersey’s governor is asking federal officials to impose restrictions on nonessential helicopter flights in his state after a New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair in April, killing six people

FILE - The National Institutes of Health's James Shannon building is seen on the agency's campus in Bethesda, Md., Oct. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Health leaders launch new Latino-focused data hub to combat NIH budget cuts

6:35 PM on Thursday, August 28

A national group of Latino public health leaders has announced the launch of a new research institute, which they say is a response to the hundreds of millions in federal funding cuts related to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

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