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Car crashes into Detroit-area airport entrance, injuring 6
DETROIT (AP) — A car crashed through the entrance of the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County…
Court records raise doubts that ICE is detaining the ‘worst of the worst’ in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement has highlighted the detention of people whom…
Combining exercise with volunteering works out for members of a UK alternative to gyms
LONDON (AP) — Shoveling piles of compost and clearing weeds on a cold, damp evening…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST
More than half the US threatened with ice, snow and cold in massive winter storm…
What to know about the heat policy at the Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — With extreme temperatures forecast for Saturday, the Australian Open started matches…
More than half the US threatened with ice, snow and cold in massive winter storm
DALLAS (AP) — Freezing rain fell in parts of Texas on Friday as a huge,…
Singing contest in Rio prison provides creative outlet for women behind bars
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A group of Brazilian women behind bars applied makeup, donned…
Chinese asylum seeker who exposed rights abuses fights to stay in the US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guan Heng, who exposed human rights abuses in his native China, has…
Trump administration’s defense strategy tells allies to handle their own security
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon released a priority-shifting National Defense Strategy late Friday that chastised…
Ukraine, Russia, US discuss fraught issue of territorial concessions in Abu Dhabi
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the future of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region would be a…
FEMA extends housing aid for Maui wildfire survivors until 2027
HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. officials have granted a request to extend housing assistance for survivors…
What Trump officials and immigration lawyers say about ICE detaining a 5-year-old
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The detention of a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy with his father outside their…
Collins, Mills take different tacks on ICE’s sweeping enforcement action in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s leading Republican and Democratic officials, now engaged in one of…
Thousands rally against immigration enforcement in subzero Minnesota temperatures
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police arrested about 100 clergy demonstrating against immigration enforcement at Minnesota’s largest…
The Latest: Global leaders say world economy shows resilience
Leaders at the World Economic Forum urged countries and businesses to filter out the turmoil…
Philadelphia sues over removal of slavery exhibit at Independence National Historical Park
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Outraged critics accused President Donald Trump of “whitewashing history” on Friday after…
Massive sewage spill flowing into Potomac River upstream from Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) — A massive pipe that moves millions of gallons of sewage has ruptured…
NBA, ACC men, UConn women among college hoops games affected by approaching winter storm
An NBA game, an NHL contest and dozens of college basketball games across a wide…
Animal advocates prepare to weather winter storm with 80 rescued dogs in a Mississippi warehouse
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A group of animal advocates were preparing on Friday to weather…
Private guard called 911 in ICE detainee homicide, saying man ‘kept going’ after suicide attempt
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Cuban immigrant at a Texas detention center tried to hang himself,…
Justice Department says Jack Smith report on Trump investigation ‘belongs in dustbin of history’
WASHINGTON (AP) — A report by former special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation into…
US carries out first known strike on alleged drug boat since Maduro’s capture
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Friday that it has carried out a deadly…
Family of man crushed by a bulldozer in his tent at an Atlanta homeless encampment sues nonprofits
The family of a homeless man who died after a bulldozer crushed his tent last…
Review confirms journalist Hunter S. Thompson’s 2005 death was a suicide
DENVER (AP) — Investigators in Colorado confirmed Friday that the 2005 shooting death of journalist…