RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Crews battled a smoky and fast-growing wildfire Friday in windy Southern California that forced some residents to evacuate and a community college to temporarily close its doors. The Springs Fire broke out around 11 a.m. Friday and by the evening had grown to about ...

By MARK LONG and EDDIE PELLS AP Sports Writers President Donald Trump tried to put some teeth into his latest attempt to save college sports. The threat of cutting funding to cash-starved schools that don't comply is real, even if the stricter rules Trump wants to come out of the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A second suspect in the stray-bullet killing of a 7-month-old baby on a Brooklyn street was arrested Friday, police said, two days after a shooting the police commissioner called "a tragedy that truly shocks the conscience." Matthew Rodriguez, 18, was apprehended in ...

PROVO, Utah (AP) — A man who spent decades on death row in Utah asked a judge Friday to throw out his aggravated murder case after the state Supreme Court last year ordered a new trial due to misconduct by investigators. Douglas Stewart Carter, 70, was sentenced to death in 1985 after a jury ...

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pam Bondi is out of her job after failing to deliver criminal cases against President Donald Trump's political enemies. But there's no guarantee her successor will have any better success at placating the president. Over the last year, ...

By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Good Friday is a unique — and uniquely solemn — day in the Christian calendar. It commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus, ahead of what's a central tenet of faith for believers — his resurrection two days later on Easter ...

By RIO YAMAT AP Airlines and Travel Writer Most travelers flying with United Airlines will pay $10 more to check their luggage beginning on Friday, as higher jet fuel costs driven by the war in the Middle East push another major U.S. carrier to increase fees. The first piece of checked ...

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has proposed boosting defense spending to $1.5 trillion in his 2027 budget released Friday, the largest such request in decades, reflecting his emphasis on U.S. military investments over domestic ...

By CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers passed a bill early Friday that would allow property owners to file claims against local governments if the individual believes policies that ban people from sleeping outside and require law ...

By SAM MEDNICK, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran shot down two U.S. military planes in separate attacks Friday, with one service member rescued and at least one missing, in a dramatic escalation since the war began nearly five weeks ago. It ...