By SAVANNAH PETERS Associated Press EDGEWOOD, N.M. (AP) — In the 1970s, the U.S. agency that provides health care to Native Americans sterilized thousands of women without their full and informed consent, depriving them of the opportunity to start or grow families. Decades later, the ...

Authorities in Ohio have arrested a former contestant on "American Idol" and charged him with shooting and killing his wife and staging the crime scene to mislead investigators. Caleb Flynn, 39, pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of murder, assault and tampering with evidence. "I just want ...

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press More than 20 towns with large warehouses have become stealth targets for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's $45 billion expansion of detention centers. Some communities complain that ICE isn't telling them anything until after it has purchased ...

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Businesses face a new wave of uncertainty after the Supreme Court struck down tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump under an emergency powers law and Trump vowed to work around the ruling to keep his tariffs in place. The Trump ...

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and KAITLYN HUAMANI AP Technology Writers Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes. While there's some debate among experts about the line between overuse and addiction, and whether social media can cause the latter, there is no doubt ...

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A year after her husband died, a mother of three in Utah self-published a children's book that she said helped her sons cope with the sudden loss. Kouri Richins promoted her book "Are You With Me?" on a local TV station and drew ...

GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina house fire that killed NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin's father and injured his mother has been ruled accidental but it's still unclear what started it. A report released by Gaston County Emergency Management & Fire Services said the Dec. 28 fire at ...

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press A U.S. appeals court has cleared the way for a Louisiana law requiring poster-sized displays of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms to take effect. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 12-6 to lift a block that a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Friday that it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. U.S. Southern Command said on social media that the boat "was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern ...

By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Friday it backs a 10-year deadline for most cities and towns to replace their harmful lead pipes, giving notice that it will support a tough rule approved under the Biden administration to reduce lead in ...

By SOPHIE BATES Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A ransomware attack forced the University of Mississippi Medical Center to close all of its roughly three dozen clinics around the state and cancel elective procedures for a second day on Friday, hobbling one of the state's largest ...

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer picked by judges to serve as the top federal prosecutor for a Virginia office that pursued cases against foes of President Donald Trump was swiftly fired Friday by the Justice Department in the latest ...

By JESSICA HILL Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police say they're investigating a car that rammed into a power substation Thursday as a " terrorism-related event." There's no ongoing threat to the public, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill said ...

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Eric Dane did not believe in an afterlife. "I think when the lights go out, it's over," he said in an interview for "Famous Last Words," a Netflix series that's available now. "I do believe that once we go to sleep or however it is we — we go, once ...

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Military jets were launched to intercept five Russian aircraft that were flying in international airspace off Alaska's western coast, but military officials said Friday the Russian aircraft were not seen as provocative. The ...

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — PacifiCorp has agreed to pay $575 million to resolve the federal government's claims for damages stemming from six wildfires in Oregon and California in 2020 and 2022, federal officials announced Friday, in the utility's latest ...

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants, the Trump administration's latest effort to boost the fossil fuel industry by paring ...

Candidates are campaigning and voting is underway in some primaries. Yet a national battle to redraw U.S. House districts for partisan advantage is still raging in some states ahead of the November midterm elections. Final boundaries for congressional voting districts remain uncertain in ...

NEW ALBANY, Ohio (AP) — The billionaire behind the retail empire that once blanketed shopping malls with names such as Victoria's Secret and Abercrombie & Fitch told members of Congress on Wednesday that he was "duped by a world-class con man" — close financial adviser Jeffrey Epstein. ...

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man who attempted to claim ownership of the New Yorker Hotel has pleaded guilty to fraud, ending a lengthy legal saga involving an obscure tenant law that allowed the man to live rent-free for years in the storied ...