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Russia faces a shrinking and aging population and tries restrictive laws to combat it 10/25/2025 01:27am • For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia's shrinking and aging population. In 1999, a year before he came to power, the number of babies born in Russia plunged to its lowest recorded level. In 2005, Putin said the demographic woes needed to be resolved by maint Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as 4 deaths reported and huge rains expected 10/24/2025 11:39pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Melissa was nearly stationary in the central Caribbean on Friday as forecasters warned it could strengthen and swipe Jamaica as a powerful hurricane and dump a staggering amount of rain — up to 35 inches (89 centimeters) — on southwest Haiti, where t LA mayor picks new fire chief to fill void following most destructive wildfire in city history 10/24/2025 08:45pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has picked a 30-year fire department veteran as the new fire chief months after she ousted the previous chief over handling of the most destructive wildfire in the city’s history. Bass announced Friday she was selecting deputy chief Jaime Moore to National Guard deployments in DC and Portland, Oregon, are focus of court hearings 10/24/2025 08:09pm • No National Guard troops are expected to be deployed in Portland, Oregon, for at least several days, after a temporary federal appeals court decision Friday. Meanwhile, a judge in Washington, D.C., is weighing whether to pull more than 2,000 troops off the streets of the nation's capital. The develo Giants hope Jaxson Dart duplicates his initial success against the defending champion Eagles 10/24/2025 04:45pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The New York Giants found a spark when rookie Jaxson Dart took over for Russell Wilson at the most important position in football. Much like Denver coach Sean Payton recently opined, the Eagles might have wished the Giants’ quarterback change came after the season series betw Trump's trade war with Canada: A timeline of how we got here 10/24/2025 04:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's barrage of tariffs has quickly strained the United States' longstanding relationship with Canada over the last year. Since taking office in January, Trump has threatened Canada's economy and sovereignty with steep import taxes on its goods. He's even claime Chargers shake off another round of injuries, pick up needed win by routing Vikings 10/24/2025 03:02pm • EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers navigated another round of injuries in their 37-10 win over the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday night. Derwin James Jr., the versatile safety who is perhaps the team’s best defender, didn’t play in the second half because of an ankle injury. Saf How Hispanics' views of Trump have changed since January, according to a new AP-NORC poll 10/24/2025 01:24pm • President Donald Trump's favorability has fallen among Hispanic adults since the beginning of the year, a new AP-NORC poll shows, a potential warning sign from a key constituency that helped secure his victory in the 2024 election. The October survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public As Israel returns bodies, Palestinians face a grisly search through corpses for lost loved ones 10/24/2025 12:27pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — In photos, Wahiba Shabat immediately recognized her son’s body. A mother’s heart knows, she said. But when she finally saw his decomposed corpse, she wasn't sure. Israel had handed over her son's body naked, his hands tied behind his back with a zip tie. Scars French sports authorities warn of sanctions for athletes joining Enhanced Games 10/24/2025 10:28am • PARIS (AP) — Any French athlete participating in the Enhanced Games will face sanctions, French sports authorities said Friday, after suspended sprinter Mouhamadou Fall announced he would take part in the startup Olympic-style sports venture which promises no drug testing. The ministry of sports, Lacking community resilience centers, Houston neighbors opt for solar-powered 'hub homes' 10/24/2025 06:09am • HOUSTON (AP) — Doris Brown was nearly asleep when a neighbor knocked on her door, telling her to look outside. “There were no lights, nowhere,” said Brown, recalling the power outage that summer night in 2023. “I didn't even know it.” Brown's solar panel and battery system was keeping her Vikings have to figure out if J.J. McCarthy is the quarterback of the future 10/24/2025 06:00am • J.J. McCarthy looked quite healthy when he jumped to avoid Justin Jefferson on the sideline after the All-Pro receiver slid out of bounds following a catch. McCarthy was the emergency No. 3 quarterback for the second straight game while Carson Wentz took another beating during Minnesota’s 37-10 lo Maryland Democrats hear from federal workers at Bowie town hall 10/24/2025 05:00am • Two Democratic members of Congress from Prince George's County held a roundtable meeting Thursday in Bowie to talk about the government shutdown, which is now well into its third week with no end in sight. Maryland Reps. Steny Hoyer and Glenn Ivey want the Republican-controlled House to get back Iraq faces elections at a delicate moment in the Middle East 10/24/2025 01:21am • BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq is weeks away from parliamentary elections that will set the country’s course during one of the Middle East's most delicate moments in years. While the ceasefire in Gaza may have tamped down regional tensions, fears remain of another round of conflict between Israel and Iraq� Tropical Storm Melissa lumbers through the Caribbean, killing an elderly man in Haiti 10/23/2025 11:19pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Melissa lumbered through the Caribbean Sea on Thursday, bringing a risk of dangerous landslides and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica and southern Hispaniola — an island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Officials urged residents in flood-