PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A cargo ship struck a bridge across the Delaware River on Thursday, disrupting traffic between Palmyra, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, according to a Pennsylvania lawmaker. The collision left the 3,659-foot-long (1,115-meter-long) Tacony-Palmyra Bridge unable to close, ...
When Scott Colom takes the oath of office for the U.S. Senate in January, he will not be the first Black senator from Mississippi to make history. But he will be the first in nearly 150 years and the first chosen by voters rather than state lawmakers. Colom, a Democrat, was declared the winner ...
By ERIK VERDUZCO and ALLEN G. BREED Associated Press LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man accused of burying his 11-month-old son in a dog crate in a clump of scrubby pines was denied bond Thursday. Michael Comer, 25, has been charged with attempted murder, burglary and ...
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday directed Vice President JD Vance to shift his focus away from the Iran war and instead devote himself to fighting what the president says is corruption and crime in Democratic-controlled cities and ...
By MATTHEW LEE and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says it has returned more than $12 billion, or almost 99%, of the revenue obtained from the sales of Venezuelan oil since it ousted then-President Nicolás Maduro in January. In a report released ...
By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two Democratic senators are launching an investigation into whether Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lied to Congress about his reason for a 2019 trip to Samoa after The Associated Press and The Guardian published documents in August ...
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man was put to death over the fatal shooting of his girlfriend's estranged husband as he arrived to pick up his two young children before Thanksgiving. It was the first in a pair of executions in the U.S. scheduled for ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities have identified two of the three women killed when the driver of a minivan crashed outside a Los Angeles metro station this week. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner identified the women as Teodora Villalobos, 57, and Maria Peck, 73. Both were killed on the ...
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Thursday announced new funding to explore the medical potential of ibogaine, a controversial psychedelic drug championed by veterans, conservative lawmakers and podcasters aligned with President Donald ...
By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of online safety and consumer advocacy groups on Thursday sued five of the world's leading artificial intelligence companies to halt further development, alleging the tech giants can't prevent their own creations from causing ...