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This image provided by the Jordan Wood campaign shows Jordan Wood in Bristol, Maine, in April 2025. (Gerri Hernandez/Jordan Wood campaign via AP)

Maine candidate leaves Senate race for House primary, shaking up 2 high stakes contests

2:13 PM on Wednesday, November 12

The Democratic primary to take on Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine looks different due to the decision of one candidate to drop out and join a different race with high stakes

FILE - Police tape blocks off the home of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman, Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Brooklyn Park, Minn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Prosecutors turn over 130,000 pages of evidence in the killing of a Minnesota lawmaker

2:02 PM on Wednesday, November 12

Prosecutors in the case of a man charged with killing a top Minnesota Democratic lawmaker and her husband say they've turned over a massive amount of evidence to the defense

FILE - Veteran and business owner Jackson Dalton poses for a portrait at the Black Box Safety offices on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in El Cajon, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

With their government contracts in limbo, small businesses await a historic shutdown's end

12:11 PM on Wednesday, November 12

The end of the longest U.S. government shutdown in history would be a relief for small businesses that depend on federal contracts or funding

Mexico suspends 13 casinos for alleged money laundering

11:46 AM on Wednesday, November 12

Mexican authorities have suspended operations at 13 casinos allegedly used to launder millions of dollars overseas

Approval of how Trump is managing the government falls despite efforts to blame Democrats for the shutdown: AP-NORC poll

11:22 AM on Wednesday, November 12

Approval of how Trump is managing the government falls despite efforts to blame Democrats for the shutdown: AP-NORC poll

FILE - In this image taken from video, Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic speaks from Atlanta during a webinar sponsored by the 12 regional Fed banks to address the lack of racial disparity in the field of economics, April 13, 2021. (AP Photo/File)

Atlanta Fed president Bostic to retire in February, opening seat on key committee

10:02 AM on Wednesday, November 12

Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, is retiring at the end of his current term in February, opening up a new seat on the Fed’s interest-rate setting committee at a time that President Donald Trump is seeking to exert more control over the central bank

Atlanta Federal Reserve President Bostic to step down in February, opening up seat on key Fed committee

10:00 AM on Wednesday, November 12

Atlanta Federal Reserve President Bostic to step down in February, opening up seat on key Fed committee

FILE - Boualem Sansal speaks during the 62 edition of International Film Festival Berlinale, in Berlin Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Algeria pardons French-Algerian author Sansal after yearlong imprisonment

9:34 AM on Wednesday, November 12

Algeria’s president has granted a humanitarian pardon to French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal after a yearlong imprisonment

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), an injured man, second from right, is picked up by a Cambodian army soldier on a motorbike after Thai soldiers opened fire on civilians in Prey Chan village, Banteay Meanchey province, on the border with Thailand, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AKP via AP)

Cambodia and Thailand's border conflict heats up again as Cambodian villager is reported killed

9:12 AM on Wednesday, November 12

Cambodia's prime minister says a villager was killed in a shooting along the border with Thailand on Wednesday

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

UK Cabinet minister denies plotting to oust embattled leader Starmer

5:08 AM on Wednesday, November 12

Britain's Health Secretary Wes Streeting has denied plotting to oust Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Mourners comfort Yahya Zubair, son of lawyer Zubair Aslam Ghumman, who was killed in Tuesday's suicide bombing outside the gates of a district court, during a funeral prayer, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistan's prime minister offers talks to Afghanistan after deadly militant attacks

2:47 AM on Wednesday, November 12

Pakistan’s prime minister has offered talks to Afghanistan’s Taliban government in a renewed peace overture

FILE - Jack Schlossberg arrives at the JFK Library, on May 4, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

JFK's grandson Jack Schlossberg is running for a US House seat in New York

12:24 AM on Wednesday, November 12

John F. Kennedy’s grandson Jack Schlossberg is making a run for the U.S. House next year

FILE - Workers install panels at a solar project May 21, 2025, in Galena, Alaska. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Diverse and resilient energy production is needed to meet future demand, global report says

12:11 AM on Wednesday, November 12

Electricity demand will rise much faster than overall energy growth in the coming decades, underscoring the need for diversified energy sources and supply chains, That's according to a new report by the International Energy Agency

Gerard Berry, along with his wife, Stephanie, and daughter, Brooklynn, cover a bedroom window with plastic, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Baileyville, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Federal shutdown creates uncertainty for Maine cancer patient struggling to stay warm

12:03 AM on Wednesday, November 12

The federal government shutdown has created delays in some states when it comes to the federal program that helps millions of families heat and cool their homes

FILE - Former New York Governor Kathy Hochul aide Linda Sun and her husband, Christopher Hu, leave Brooklyn Federal Court after their arraignment on Sept. 3, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin, File)

Ex-NY governors' aide goes on trial on charges she sold influence to China, got kickbacks for masks

12:03 AM on Wednesday, November 12

A former aide to two New York governors is on trial on charges she sold her influence to the Chinese government and illegally profited from the state’s bulk purchase of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

An airplane descends into landing at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

FAA scales back flights at 40 airports. See the impact in photos

11:05 AM on Friday, November 7

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