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Newhouse, colleagues introduce infrastructure bill

WASHINGTON D.C. — On November 21, 2025, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers introduced the Urban Canal Modernizati…

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
UN official: Terrorists using pandemic to stoke extremism

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. counter-terrorism chief warned Tuesday that terrorists are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic and appealing to new “racially, ethnically and politically motivated violent extremist grou…

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Israelis hold torch-lit protest accusing PM of corruption

JERUSALEM (AP) — Dozens of Israeli protesters carrying lit torches, megaphones and flags gathered at dawn Wednesday outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official residence to highlight his corruption trial, …

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Iran holds missile drill in Gulf of Oman amid tensions

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s navy began a short-range missile drill in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday and inaugurated its largest military vessel, state TV reported, amid heightened tensions over Tehran’s nuclear prog…

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Lottery State-by-State

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Wednesday:

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Demoted? Pushed aside? Fate of Kim Jong Un's sister unclear

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — What has happened to Kim Yo Jong, the North Korean leader’s influential sister?

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Lottery State-by-State-All

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Wednesday:

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST

House races to oust Trump; he blames accusers for US 'anger'

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Pandemic's toll shows up on students' college applications

In a college application season like no other, students who have seen every aspect of their lives disrupted by the coronavirus are grappling with how to show their potential.

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Today in History

Today in History

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
AP News Digest 3 a.m.

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All Times EST. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Flint water crisis: Rooted in neglect, fallout continues

Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, his health director and other ex-officials have been told they’re being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal, The Associated Press has learned.

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
VIRUS TODAY: Little appetite for lockdowns as deaths soar

Here's what's happening Tuesday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Attorney Fred Levin, who fought tobacco industry, dies at 83

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Florida attorney Fred Levin, who won a major legal battle against the tobacco industry in the 1990s, died Tuesday, several days after contracting the coronavirus. He was 83.

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Official: Africa secures close to 300 million vaccine doses

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The African Union has secured close to 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in the largest such agreement yet for Africa, a continental official said Tuesday.

Updated 4 years, 10 months ago
Belgian high schoolers demand to get back in-person learning

BRUSSELS (AP) — A late-stage side effect of the coronavirus pandemic has turned up in Belgium, where a group of teenagers is begging to go back to school.