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How redistricting is done and why it could give parties an edge in 2026 elections 08/23/2025 01:38pm • As California and Texas scramble to redraw U.S. House maps before the 2026 midterm elections, the race is underlining redistricting’s big role in determining political power. Texas took action after President Donald Trump directed Republican-controlled states to change where the district lines are Railroad companies fail to join safety program after toxic Ohio derailment 08/23/2025 12:52pm • Two and a half years after a derailed train spewed toxic gases across eastern Ohio, none of the nation’s largest freight railroads have fulfilled promises to join a voluntary federal close call program designed to reduce rail hazards and prevent accidents. Two railroads — BNSF and Norfolk Southe How to watch the 2025 US Open on TV, betting odds, the schedule, seedings and more to know 08/23/2025 12:34pm • Get ready for the 2025 U.S. Open with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about how to watch the final Grand Slam tennis tournament of the season on TV, who the defending champions are, what the betting odds are, what the schedule is and more: When does the 2025 U.S. Open start? Singl South Korea's president highlights friendly ties in Japan before key summit with Trump 08/23/2025 12:28pm • TOKYO (AP) — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, in his first summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday, stressed the importance of setting aside their past differences as they face common challenges from the United States, their mutual ally. The two agreed to cooperate in Weekly breakdown: How much control does President Trump have over DC police? 08/23/2025 12:24pm • It's the second full week of a federal law enforcement surge ordered in D.C. by the administration of President Donald Trump and it's still only just the beginning. This week has seen everything from a Humvee crushing a commercial vehicle, to "Biggest Loser" trainer Jillian Michaels igniting a fires Bolivia's Supreme Court issues rare order that could see detained right-wing politicians freed 08/23/2025 11:51am • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered judges to urgently review whether three prominent right-wing leaders had been held in prison for too long without trials, threatening to reopen a tumultuous chapter in Bolivia's politics just days after a presidential election ende California bill would require restaurants to disclose food allergens on menus 08/23/2025 11:50am • SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Braxton Kimura dreads eating at restaurants. The California teenager is severely allergic to peanuts, shellfish and most tree nuts. Consuming even a tiny amount could send him to the emergency room. “Eating out is definitely really dangerous. It’s something that I try t Key things to know about how Trump's war on higher education has ensnared an unexpected campus 08/23/2025 11:29am • COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) — Administrators at the state university’s campus in Colorado Springs thought they stood a solid chance of dodging the Trump administration’s offensive on higher education. That optimism turned out to be misplaced. An Associated Press review of thousands of pages of emai A commuter college thought it could avoid Trump’s education crackdown. Here’s what happened 08/23/2025 10:41am • COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Administrators at the state university’s campus in Colorado Springs thought they stood a solid chance of dodging the Trump administration’s offensive on higher education. Located on a picturesque bluff with a stunning view of Pikes Peak, the school is far removed Trump was once a Republican Party outsider. Now it's his GOP and the MAGA faithful are in the lead 08/23/2025 10:11am • ATLANTA (AP) — Amy Kremer was an early tea party leader who supported Donald Trump for president in 2016. She ran for Congress from Georgia in 2017 and got less than 1% of the Republican primary vote. In 2021, she organized the rally near the White House that took place hours before hundreds of Tr Sports on TV for Sunday, Aug. 24 08/23/2025 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, Aug. 24 AUTO RACING 7:30 a.m. FS2 — FIM MotoGP: Grand Prix of Hungary, Balaton Park Circuit, Balatonfokajar, Hungary 11:30 a.m. FS1 — Indy NXT Series: The Indy NXT by Firestone at the Milwaukee Mile, Milwaukee Mile, West All Meet the officer behind Fairfax Co. police’s viral ‘Tappy’ social media videos 08/23/2025 05:08am • Fairfax County police's social and public affairs division was struck by a recent social media trend they came across while monitoring it for relevant information. Other police agencies had been using a pointer stick to highlight key moments in an officers’ dash camera footage in the seconds be Kilauea's eruption is back as the Hawaii volcano shoots lava for the 31st time since December 08/23/2025 03:41am • HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet (30 meters) into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor. It was Kilauea's 31st display of molten rock since December, an appropriately high frequency for one of the world's most a NASCAR-Xfinity Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola Results 08/23/2025 01:06am • Friday At Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla. Lap length: 2.50 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (1) Connor Zilisch, Chevrolet, 104 laps, 40 points. 2. (3) Sammy Smith, Chevrolet, 104, 45. 3. (5) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 104, 50. 4. (10) Jesse Love, Chevrolet, 104, 42. 5. (2 First Erik Menendez, then Lyle denied parole by California board that says they pose safety risk 08/22/2025 11:56pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lyle Menendez was denied parole Friday by the same board that a day earlier rejected his brother Erik’s appeal for freedom after serving decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills mansion. The reason was the same: misbehavior behind bars. A pane