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FBI arrests Afghan man who officials say planned Election Day attack in the US

The FBI has arrested an Afghan man who officials say was inspired by the Islamic State militant organization and was plotting an Election Day attack targeting large crowds in the U.S. That's according to a Justice Department announcement Tuesday Read More

Military board substantiates misconduct but declines to fire Marine who adopted Afghan orphan

A U.S. Marine whose adoption of an Afghan war orphan has spurred a yearslong legal battle and raised alarms at the highest levels of government will stay in the Marine Corps Read More

Grazer beats the behemoth that killed her cub to win Alaska's Fat Bear Contest

We have a winner in Alaska’s Fat Bear Contest Read More

Biden postpones trip to Germany and Angola to monitor Hurricane Milton

President Joe Biden is postponing a planned trip to Germany and Angola to stay at the White House to monitor Hurricane Milton, which is bearing down on Florida’s Gulf Coast Read More

News media don't run elections. Why do they call the winners?

It’s up to governments to run and administer elections and maintain the official record of who won and by how much Read More

Woodward book reveals Trump's calls with Putin and Biden's private remarks on Obama and Netanyahu

Bob Woodward writes in his new book “War” that Donald Trump has had as many as seven private phone calls with Vladimir Putin since leaving office and that he secretly sent the Russian president COVID-19 test machines in 2020 Read More

Biden makes rare dip into battleground state fray with visits to Pennsylvania and Wisconsin

President Joe Biden has made a rare jump into the 2024 battleground political fray since ending his reelection bid Read More

The Latest: Harris continues media blitz with 3 more national interviews

Vice President Kamala Harris is continuing her media tour with three more interviews for national audiences Read More

2 plead not guilty to assaulting ex-NY governor. Defense says they aimed to defuse conflict

A defense lawyer says his client was just trying to break up a confrontation when he ended up getting charged with attacking former New York Gov. David Paterson and his 20-year-old stepson Read More

Not all elections look the same. Here are some of the different ways states run their voting

The U.S. general election on Nov. 5 is far from a nationally administered contest Read More

Election conspiracy theories fueled a push to hand-count votes, but doing so is risky and slow

Donald Trump and many Republican elected officials say they want to have ballots counted by hand rather than trusting machines to tabulate the vote Read More

The AP has called winners in elections for more than 170 years. Here's how it's done

One question that will be asked over and over again on election night is “Who won?” Read More

Florida has nearly all ballots counted on Election Day, while California can take weeks. This is why

Florida reported almost full vote results on Election Day in 2020 Read More

Harris gets personal in media blitz, balks at breaking with Biden on policy

Kamala Harris says she can't think of anything she would do differently than President Joe Biden did over the last four years Read More

This camp provides a safe space for kids to learn and play after Hurricane Helene

Hurricane Helene flooded the Weissmans' home last month Read More

Colorado's Supreme Court dismisses suit against baker who wouldn't make a cake for transgender woman

Colorado’s Supreme Court has dismissed on procedural grounds a lawsuit against a Christian baker who refused to bake a cake for a transgender woman Read More

Florida hospitals and health care facilities in Hurricane Milton's path prepare for the worst

Hospitals and other health care facilities on Florida’s Gulf Coast — still reeling from Hurricane Helene — are now revving up for Hurricane Milton Read More

Georgia university leaders ask NCAA to ban transgender women from sports

The regents who govern Georgia’s public universities and colleges want the NCAA to ban transgender women from participating in women’s sports Read More

As FEMA prepares for Hurricane Milton, it battles rumors surrounding Helene recovery

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has been fighting misinformation since Helene slammed into Florida nearly two weeks ago Read More

A retired Houston officer gets 60 years in a couple's drug raid deaths that revealed corruption

A former Houston police officer is being sent to prison for the deaths of a married couple during a drug raid Read More

Officials release more videos of hesitant police response to Uvalde school shooting

Authorities have released footage from the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that police originally failed to make public Read More

If the polls just closed, how can AP already declare a winner?

Election night won't be all nail-biters Read More

Intelligence officials say US adversaries are targeting congressional races with disinformation

Top U.S. intelligence officials say Russia and China are seeking to meddle with specific U.S. House and Senate races this election year Read More

South Carolina death row inmate told to choose between execution methods

South Carolina prison officials have told death row inmate Richard Moore that a firing squad, the electric chair and lethal injection will all be available for him to choose for his Nov. 1 execution Read More

How will Hurricane Milton stack up against other major recent storms?

Ferocious Hurricane Milton is charging its way across the Gulf Coast with Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida, in its sights Read More

The Latest: Hurricane Milton takes aim at Tampa Bay, Florida, once again a Category 5 storm

Hurricane Milton remains a ferocious storm that could land a once-in-a-century direct hit on Tampa and St. Petersburg, engulfing the populous region with towering storm surges and turning debris from Helene’s devastation 12 days ago into projectiles Read More

A police union director who was fired after an opioid smuggling arrest pleads guilty

The former executive director of a Northern California police union has pleaded guilty to federal charges that she illegally imported synthetic opioid pills from India and other countries Read More

Minnesota men convicted of gang charges connected to federal crackdown

A Minnesota jury has convicted three alleged members of a Minneapolis street gang of charges stemming from what prosecutors said was a yearslong pattern of violence and murder Read More

EPA reaches $4.2M settlement over 2019 explosion and fire at a Philadelphia refinery

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a tentative $4.2 settlement with a firm that owned and operated a major East Coast refinery that was shuttered after a 2019 explosion and fire Read More

West Virginia lawmakers OK bills on income tax cut and child care tax credit

Bills aimed to reduce West Virginians’ income tax burden are headed to the desk of Gov. Jim Justice Read More

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