By JOSH FUNK AP Transportation Writer A potential disaster was averted Friday when a Phoenix air traffic controller recognized two American Airlines jets mistakenly were flying the same flight number and acted quickly to avoid confusion and keep them a safe distance apart. Audio of the ...
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln has been ...
By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press The homicide rate in the United States dropped to the lowest it's been in 75 years, according to an FBI report on 2025 crime statistics released Friday, which also showed overall violent crime dropped 9.3% last year. Experts note that national violent ...
By HIKARI MAE HIDA and KEVIN FUJII/Honolulu Civil Beat Hours after Japanese war planes bombed Pearl Harbor and military installations across Oʻahu on December 7, 1941, martial law fell over the Hawaiian Islands. The military took control of the territory almost overnight. And the FBI, ...
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After splurging on the World Cup and Amazon Prime Day sales, Americans unexpectedly cut their spending in July by the biggest amount in more than a year. Retail sales fell 0.6% last month, marking the biggest decrease since May ...
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge says Idaho can't prosecute doctors who perform abortions to protect a pregnant person's health or prevent self-harm. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill made the ruling Thursday, writing that Idaho's "Defense of Life ...
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the White House to continue construction on its $400 million ballroom project while it appeals a lower court's order to ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A San Diego man pleaded guilty to a federal charge after he was caught on video kicking and chasing a protected sea lion at a local beach. Tyler Muehl, an 18-year-old from the upscale neighborhood of La Jolla, pleaded guilty Thursday to violating the Marine Mammal Protection ...
LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — The judge in Alex Murdaugh's murder retrial decided Friday to move the case out of the rural South Carolina county where it consumed life for six weeks in 2023. But left undecided is a defense request to throw out the whole case because Murdaugh's lawyers said the ...
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts mayor was arrested Friday and charged with fraudulently obtaining a pandemic loan and using the money to fund his election campaign as well as pay off high-interest mortgages on several of his properties and personal taxes. Lawrence Mayor Brian DePena was ...