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Louisiana is shrinking. Some tribes are fighting to protect what's left of their communities 12/06/2025 09:01am • POINTE-AU-CHIEN, La. (AP) — Cherie Matherne looked out into Bayou Pointe au Chien, wide enough for several boats to pass through. In the distance, a stand of dead trees marked where saltwater comes and goes during storm-driven flooding. It wasn't always this way. The bayou was once shallower and US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth 12/06/2025 03:32am • NEW YORK (AP) — A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. A loud chorus of medical and public health leaders decried the actions of the panel, whose current members were al Ukrainian women embrace combat roles as technology reshapes the battlefield 12/06/2025 01:30am • KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — When Russia’s full-scale invasion began nearly four years ago, a 26-year-old soldier known as Monka didn’t see a combat role she could do. But that changed as technology reshaped the battlefield and opened new paths. Last year, she joined the military as a pilot of shor What boycotting looks like 70 years after the Montgomery Bus Boycott 12/06/2025 12:51am • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Doris Crenshaw was 12 years old on Dec. 5, 1955, when she and her sister eagerly rushed door to door in their neighborhood, distributing flyers prepared by activists planning a boycott of city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. “Don’t ride the bus to work, to town, to school Cedric Coward has 23 points and 14 rebounds to lead Grizzlies past Clippers, 107-98 12/05/2025 11:26pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Rookie Cedric Coward had 23 points and 14 rebounds, part of five Memphis players reaching double figures, and the Grizzlies beat the Los Angeles Clippers 107-98 on Friday night. Cam Spencer and Jaylen Wells had 17 points each and Jaren Jackson Jr. finished with 13 points as M Putin and Modi hold talks and announce expansion of Russia-India trade ties 12/05/2025 10:18pm • NEW DELHI (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday at an annual summit and agreed to diversify mutual economic ties, as the United States presses India to revise its decades-old partnership with Russia. The 23rd Russia-India Summit comes The Latest: Grand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida ordered released 12/05/2025 09:40pm • A federal judge in Florida ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday. U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith said a recently passed law ordering the release of records related to the cases overrode a federal rule Ex-SEC commissioner Roy Kramer, whose vision paved the way for college football playoffs, dies at 96 12/05/2025 08:51pm • Pretty much every debate over who should play for the national title, every argument about the staggering amounts of money, every tirade about how college football is nothing like what it used to be, traces back to a man who saw a lot of this coming, then made a lot of it happen — Roy Kramer. Kram Another must-watch moment for Michael Jordan as NBA great testifies at NASCAR trial 12/05/2025 07:46pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan has had a lifetime of big moments. His latest came on the witness stand in a federal courthouse. The retired NBA great testified Friday against NASCAR in an antitrust case he is pursuing against the stock car series on behalf of his race team, 23XI, along with Notable early reaction to Netflix's deal to acquire Warner Bros. 12/05/2025 07:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix's $72 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. studio and its film and television operations drew quick reactions Friday. Film and television industry entities including guilds and the lobbying group for movie theater owners criticized the deal, warning it would harm consumers Wall Street rises to the edge of its all-time high 12/05/2025 06:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market rose to the edge of its all-time high on Friday. The S&P 500 added 0.2% and finished just 0.3% shy of its record closing level, which was set in October. It had briefly topped the mark during the day, before paring its gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Averag Federal judge appears skeptical of Trump's ongoing command of California National Guard troops 12/05/2025 06:35pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sharply questioned the Trump administration's authority and need to maintain command of California National Guard troops it first deployed to Los Angeles in June following violent protests. At a hearing in San Francisco, U.S. District Judge Charles Br What to know about the air traffic control overhaul and the company FAA hired to manage it 12/05/2025 06:28pm • The government picked a company with little experience working with the Federal Aviation Administration called Peraton to oversee the roughly $31.5 billion overhaul of the outdated air traffic control system. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Thursday evening that Peraton was chosen in the ho GM Josh Byrnes wants the Rockies to join in on the winning fun like the other teams around town 12/05/2025 06:21pm • DENVER (AP) — Josh Byrnes has taken notice of all the winning going on in the Mile High City. The Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets aren't too far removed from titles and the Denver Broncos have one of the best records in football. He wants the Colorado Rockies to join in on that prosperity an The Social Security Administration plans to cut field office visits by 50%. What it means for you 12/05/2025 06:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Social Security Administration is hoping to cut visits to its field offices in half next year, a move that advocates for the agency fear signals more closures are coming. Field offices have long been community-based branches that serve as the public face of the SSA, which pro