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Ohio State suspends fraternity while investigating a video showing men engulfed in flames
Trump rings Wall Street's opening bells as he ties his presidency to stock market gains
Still, the act of ringing the opening bell suggests why the president’s emphasis on the stock market might not help his party much with voters this fall. Th…
3 firefighters killed in Colorado remembered for their bravery as wildfires churn in the West
While that fire is now almost entirely contained, nearly 40 large fires are still going strong across the West. Most of the current fires are scattered around …
Fireworks, heat, hot dogs and politics: America celebrates its 250th birthday
President Donald Trump plans to speak on the National Mall before what is being billed as a historically enormous fireworks show that will rain down over the n…
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are married. What to know about the wedding
Madison Square Garden is abuzz with eager Swifties ahead of Swift-Kelce wedding
A law enforcement official briefed on the security plans confirmed to The Associated Press Wednesday that Swift and Kelce will have their wedding at Madison Sq…
Rescue mission launches to save NASA telescope that's falling back to Earth
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope could be a candidate for a similar salvage operation in a few years. It’s also slipping in altitude because of increased atmosphe…
'Right under our nose and no one was there to help them.' 16 kids found in squalor shocks Ohio town
Authorities said they had gone to the home Tuesday on an unrelated investigation and discovered the children — ages 1 1/2 to 18 years old — some of whom were u…
The Dow hits a record as most of Wall Street rises, but slumping AI stocks keep indexes mixed
Stocks broadly got some help from a report showing that U.S. employers added 57,000 jobs to their payrolls last month. That’s growth, which is good for the economy, but it was also short of the 100,000 jobs that ec…
Former Olympian indicted on felony charge over alleged Reflecting Pool vandalism
Hearn didn’t immediately return a phone call seeking comment. He previously told The Associated Press that he reached into the pool on June 19 to examine the newly peeled coating. He said he briefly touched a chunk…
US employers still reluctant to add many jobs as hiring slows in June
Hiring has improved from last year, when employers added fewer than 10,000 jobs a month, on average. In this year's first half the pace improved to 92,000. Yet healthy job gains that were initially reported in Apri…
The Declaration's forgotten (non)signer: John Dickinson’s missing 1776 signature haunts his legacy
For much of the country, the 250th anniversary of independence on Saturday is a time for celebrating and debating the country's birth. But for Calvert and othe…
16 children rescued from Ohio home were 'almost feral,' authorities say
Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson said Wednesday that the conditions inside the house in the tiny village of Hamden were almost indescribable, saying it “reall…
Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits
A sixth justice, Brett Kavanaugh, disagreed about the constitutional ruling, but pointed to a federal law that he said broadly conveys birthright citizenship.
3 firefighters killed in Western wildfire were trying to shield themselves from flames
Wildfires have erupted over the past week all across the West, fueled by months of dry weather and a record lack of snow this past winter in some places. Wildf…
Texas board approves Bible stories as required reading in public schools
The proposal, which mandates literary works such as Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations” alongside passages from the New Testament, has been closely followed …