By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. (AP) — Graphite mines in the United States largely closed down seven decades ago. Mining the ubiquitous mineral found in everything from nuclear reactors to pencils seemed to make little sense when it could be imported inexpensively from ...
By The Associated Press As 2025 wraps up, The Associated Press has curated a list of memorable stories and enjoyable reads published this year that you may have missed in the flurry of news and the busyness of living. There are storybook endings and heartbreak. Some are stranger than ...
A man accused of fatally shooting a Delaware State Police trooper at a DMV office allowed customers to leave and then fired at approaching officers before being killed, investigators said Friday. State Police Cpl. Matthew Snook was working an overtime assignment at the New Castle DMV reception ...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that he will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida over the weekend. Zelenskyy told journalists that the two leaders will discuss security guarantees for Ukraine during Sunday's talks, and that the 20-point ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks moved slightly lower in afternoon Friday trading as investors returned from the Christmas holiday in extremely light trading. The S&P 500 index was down 0.1% as of 2:30 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite was up ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Cuban immigrant who had built a new life working at a Kentucky scrapyard died on Christmas Day from severe burns suffered in last month's UPS cargo plane crash, raising the death toll to 15, officials said. Alain Rodriguez Colina was on the ground when the plane, ...
BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) — Rescuers braved shooting flames, falling debris and the threat of more explosions to evacuate dozens of nursing home residents after a blast ripped through a Pennsylvania facility, killing a resident and an employee, and setting off a frantic search of the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House has been charged in a complaint with federal firearms charges in connection with the ambush on November 26 that fatally wounded one of the West Virginia National Guard members and seriously injured the ...
418 Rochelle Street looks like an ordinary row house at first glance. Backed against a hillside in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Knoxville, its porch is messy, but that's hardly unusual. A reporter walked up the front steps one windy day this November to take a closer look, peered through the ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The number of states that will accept late-arriving mail-in ballots during next year's critical midterm elections continues to dwindle, as Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine "reluctantly" signed new restrictions into law Friday, citing the uncertainty of pending litigation to ban the ...
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Inside a storage room at the Clark County Health Department are boxes with taped-on signs reading, "DO NOT USE." They contain cookers and sterile water that people use to shoot up drugs. The supplies, which came from the state and were paid for with federal money, ...
Melanin Bee curves her spine like a stretching cat as she lets out a maniacal, forced laugh. The quick-fire pattern of manufactured giggles —"oh, hoo hoo hoo, eeh, ha ha ha"— soon ripples into genuine laughter, and she giddily kicks her feet. She's practicing what she calls Laughasté, a ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Lakers guard Marcus Smart has been fined $35,000 for making an obscene gesture toward a game official, the NBA announced Saturday. The incident occurred at halftime of the Lakers' 143-135 win over the host Utah Jazz on Thursday. The 31-year-old Smart is averaging ...
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione's lawyers contend that Attorney General Pam Bondi's decision to seek the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was tainted by her prior work as a lobbyist at a firm that ...
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Sometimes kids drop the phone after hearing Santa won't show up if they're not asleep. Others who call the NORAD Tracks Santa hotline wonder if St. Nick will be able to find them. Adults who also remain devoted ...
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) — She had worked 22 days straight in her job as a technician at an engine plant to save up, and now Daijah Bryant could finally do what she was putting off: Christmas shopping. Bryant pushed her cart out of a Walmart in Rocky ...
By MARK BAKER Associated Press ANTARCTICA (AP) — The Southern Ocean is one of the most remote places on Earth, but that doesn't mean it is tranquil. Tumultuous waves that can swallow vessels ensure that the Antarctic Peninsula has a constant drone of ocean. While it can be loud, the view ...
By JOSH FUNK AP Transportation Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A number of Mexican train crews who had just hauled trains over the border to American rail yards in Texas had trouble understanding important safety information in English during recent focused inspections the Trump administration ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Rep. Elise Stefanik suspended her campaign for New York governor on Friday and said she will not seek reelection to Congress, bowing out of what was expected to be a bruising Republican primary and ending a once-promising tenure ...
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Just before Thanksgiving, Claudio Neves Valente checked into a Boston hotel and traveled to Brown University, where he had studied physics 25 years earlier. The drive to Providence was short, and in the days that followed, the ...