By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A daunting stream of testimony and evidence has been presented in a New Mexico case that explores what the social media conglomerate Meta knew about the effects of its platforms on children. State prosecutors allege Meta failed to ...

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security failed to advance Friday in the Senate amid growing concerns about long lines to get through screening at some of the country's biggest airports. Democrats declined to provide the ...

By RIO YAMAT AP Airlines and Travel Writer Eviction notices. Vehicle repossessions. Empty refrigerators and overdrawn bank accounts. Union leaders and federal officials say these are just some of the financial pressures Transportation Security Administration agents are facing during an ...

By The Associated Press The death of Chuck Norris has triggered an outpouring of memorials from fellow Hollywood tough guys and fans. The martial arts grandmaster and action star of "Walker, Texas Ranger" died Thursday, in what his family described as a "sudden passing." Sylvester ...

By JOHN O'CONNOR Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Transit Authority on Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking restoration of $2 billion in commuter rail expansion funding that President Donald Trump's administration stopped last fall. The action, filed in U.S. ...

By MORIAH BALINGIT and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department filed a new lawsuit Friday against Harvard University, saying its leadership failed to address antisemitism on campus, creating grounds for the government to freeze existing grants and seek ...

By SEUNG MIN KIM and MATT O'BRIEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Friday that Congress should "preempt state AI laws" that it views as too burdensome, laying out a broad framework for how it wants Congress to address concerns about artificial intelligence without ...

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press Joe Kent, the former counterterrorism director who resigned this week in protest of the Iran war, on Friday denied allegations that he improperly shared classified information. The Associated Press reported that the FBI is investigating whether Kent leaked ...

By YUE STELLA YU and JEREMIA KIMELMAN/CalMatters CalMatters A golf tournament at the scenic Pebble Beach Golf Links with free spa treatments. A six-day stay at an upscale resort in Maui. Tours to Spain, Portugal, Norway and Australia. Those are among dozens of free trips California state ...

By JOSHUA A. BICKEL and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press PIKETON, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday announced a public-private partnership to develop a major data center with its own power supply on the site of a decommissioned uranium enrichment plant in southern ...

By THEO PECK-SUZUKI/The Connecticut Mirror A bill that would for the first time create requirements around homeschooling in Connecticut overcame bipartisan opposition to clear the Education Committee Wednesday. The vote took place one week after a lengthy, and at times emotional, public ...

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Another climb for oil prices shook stock markets on Friday, as hopes collapsed for a possible cut to interest rates this year by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 fell 1.5% to close its fourth straight losing week, its longest such ...

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is seeking $200 billion in additional funds for the Iran war, a sizable amount that is certain to be met with questions from Congress, which would need to approve any new money. The department sent the ...

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is setting up 12 regional hubs to coordinate disaster and emergency humanitarian responses under the auspices of a new bureau that will oversee some of the functions that had been handled by the now-dismantled ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. military attack on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean has left one survivor and two people dead, U.S. officials said Friday, as the Trump administration pursues its campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America. U.S. Southern ...

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press Chuck Norris, the martial arts grandmaster and action star whose roles in "Walker, Texas Ranger" and other television shows and movies made him an iconic tough guy — sparking internet parodies and adoration from presidents — has died at 86. Norris ...

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A man wielding a butcher knife tried to slash tires and threatened to stab a bus driver at a Boston transit station Friday before being taken into custody, authorities said. Richard Sullivan, superintendent of police for the Massachusetts ...

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia on Friday become the first state in the U.S. to suspend fuel taxes after the war in the Middle East sent pump prices soaring. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a 60-day suspension of the state's 33-cents-per-gallon tax on gas ...

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press There will be just one Election Day for this fall's midterm elections — Nov. 3. But voters in 14 states who cast their votes by mail have been given a grace period ranging from a day later to several weeks in which their ballots can be received and ...

By JENA BROOKER/BridgeDetroit Over the last decade, Michigan municipalities have given more than a billion dollars in local tax breaks to industrial companies to keep the air clean. But the reductions often haven't fully materialized: The companies receiving the tax breaks have been cited by ...