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What to know as trial nears for the Wisconsin judge accused of helping an immigrant dodge agents 12/11/2025 05:11pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� Defense attorneys and prosecutors selected the jury Thursday that will decide whether a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a Mexican immigrant dodge federal officers committed a crime. Federal prosecutors charged Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan this spring with obstru The family ties at the heart of NASCAR were highlighted throughout the trial 12/11/2025 03:34pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� The theme of family ties in motorsports was woven through Michael Jordan's federal antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR, with witness after witness testifying to their emotional connections to the top motorsports series in the United States. It began on the opening day when thr Rare Dom P��rignon champagne from Charles and Diana's wedding fails to sell during Denmark auction 12/11/2025 12:58pm • LYNGBY, Denmark (AP) ��� It was a wedding that captivated the world ��� in 1981, Lady Diana Spencer said ���I will��� to Prince Charles, becoming Princess of Wales and bringing youth and glamour to Britain���s royal family. More than 40 years after the wedding and many years after the marriage fell How the Mariachi Rams band turned the NFL game day into a personal Los Angeles soundtrack 12/11/2025 10:43am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Crystal Hern��ndez steadies her violin and scans the crowd from the sixth floor of SoFi Stadium as 70,000 fans stream into a Los Angeles Rams home game. Below her, blue-and-gold jerseys mix with charro suits and sombreros, and the low rumble of pregame noise swells into the open AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Chase Sui Wonders��� Harvard astrophysics detour led her to Hollywood 12/11/2025 09:09am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� You don't need to major in astrophysics at Harvard to become an actor ��� but it doesn���t necessarily hurt, either. ���I thought that���s what you go there to do. It���s like why are you paying all this money to go to this fancy school if you���re not going to study a hard science Hiker mired in quicksand in Utah's Arches National Park is rescued unharmed 12/11/2025 05:42am • Getting trapped in quicksand is a corny peril of old movies and TV shows, but it really did happen to one unfortunate hiker in Utah's Arches National Park. The park famous for dozens of natural, sandstone arches gets over 1 million visitors a year, and accidents ranging from falls to heat stroke ar Record flooding threatens Washington as more heavy rain pounds the Northwest 12/10/2025 10:06pm • MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) ��� Residents began packing up and fleeing rising rivers in western Washington state Wednesday as a new wave of heavy rain swept into a region still reeling from a storm that triggered rescues and road closures a day earlier. In the Pacific Northwest, an atmospheric river wa Mexico's Congress approves tariff hikes on imports from China and others 12/10/2025 09:42pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexico���s Congress approved Wednesday most of the tariff increases proposed by the government on more than 1,400 products imported from China and other countries that do not have free trade agreements with Mexico. The Senate passed the measure Wednesday evening, following the l NASCAR chairman Jim France stands firm on charter stance, citing parents' advice 12/10/2025 07:36pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� NASCAR Chairman Jim France had a stronger second day of testimony Wednesday as the final witness called by Michael Jordan���s side in the federal antitrust lawsuit against the racing series, explaining that advice from his late parents helped shape his stance against grantin Hospital Bag Checklist for Mom and Baby: What to Pack for Delivery 12/10/2025 07:00pm • What to pack in your maternity hospital bagYou've spent months preparing for your baby's arrival throughout your pregnancy journey -- picking out the best maternity hospital, setting up the nursery and going to your prenatal appointments.As the big day approaches, it's important to make sure you pre Fairfax Co. approves plan to significantly increase fees for trespass tows 12/10/2025 06:37pm • The fee that drivers have to pay if their car gets towed in Fairfax County, Virginia, is going up, as part of a plan the Board of Supervisors approved Tuesday night. For passenger cars, drivers will now have to pay $210, an increase from the current $150 fee. The move comes months after a California man charged with kidnapping Maryland woman from 2024 crash scene, raping her 12/10/2025 05:25pm • A California man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly forced the driver of a single-vehicle collision into his car and later raped her on two occasions in December 2024 in Montgomery and Prince George's counties. Montgomery County police identified the man as 27-year-old Mauricio Martine Trump's crackdown on immigration is taking a toll on child care workers 12/10/2025 04:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Not long after President Donald Trump took office in January, staff at CentroN��a bilingual preschool began rehearsing what to do if Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials came to the door. As ICE became a regular presence in their historically Latino neighborhood this sum San Francisco woman gives birth in a Waymo self-driving taxi 12/10/2025 03:16pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Self-driving Waymo taxis have gone viral for negative reasons involving the death of a beloved San Francisco bodega cat and pulling an illegal U-turn in front of police who were unable to issue a ticket to a nonexistent driver. But this week, the self-driving taxis are the be What the Federal Reserve rate cut means for you 12/10/2025 03:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point Wednesday for the third time since September, bringing its key rate to about 3.6%, the lowest in nearly three years. Before September, it had gone nine months without a cut. The benchmark rate is the rate at wh