AP National News

By JOHN SEEWER Railroad Norfolk Southern is backing away from its push to reduce its train crews down to one person. The company made the…

WINCHESTER, Ohio (AP) — Seven law enforcement officers have sued rap artist Afroman, accusing him of improperly using footage from a police raid on…

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and MARIAM FAM Associated Press Muslims around the world are welcoming the start of Ramadan, a month of fasting, increased…

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A lack of drinking water and healthy sanitation infrastructure around the world is…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a ban on most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Officials were working Thursday to capture an endangered hooded vulture that escaped from a zoo aviary in the San Francisco…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — In a victory for abortion-rights supporters, the Republican-led but closely divided New…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hip-hop became a cultural phenomenon against the backdrop of American history,…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has chosen a Black editor to lead its newsroom for the first time in its 155-year…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman linked to a far-right extremist movement was sentenced on Thursday to…

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Our capacity to care about others may have very, very ancient origins, a new study…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri minors no longer could receive gender-affirming treatments under a state…

By JUAN A. LOZANO and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A prosecutor says a hostage rescue that left a suspect fatally shot Thursday in…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Track and field leaders have signaled it will be nearly impossible for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is walking back his characterization of Russia’s war in Ukraine…

PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Police in Montenegro say they have arrested Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon, who is wanted in South Korea following the…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A new species of deep-sea worm that lives in extreme hot and cold environments on the ocean floor has been named after…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A young zebra walked, trotted, and galloped for hours in the busy streets of South Korea’s capital before emergency…

NEW YORK (AP) — Five mischievous boys had to be rescued after they crawled through a storm drain tunnel in New York City and got lost. It happened…