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10-year-old boy confesses to fatally shooting a man in his sleep 2 years ago, Texas authorities say 04/19/2024 06:04pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A 10-year-old boy has confessed to an unsolved killing in Texas, telling investigators that he shot a man he did not know while the victim slept, authorities said Friday. The boy, who was just shy of his eighth birthday when the man was shot two years ago, has been evaluated The Latest | Opening statements in Trump hush money trial set for Monday after latest appeal fails 04/19/2024 06:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Opening statements in Donald Trump's hush money case are set to begin next week after a jury of 12 people and six alternates was seated Friday. The seating of the jury sets the stage for weeks of testimony in a case charging Trump with falsifying business records to suppress storie A convicted rapist is charged with murder in the killing of a Connecticut visiting nurse 04/19/2024 05:04pm • A convicted rapist was charged with murder and attempted sexual assault Friday in the killing of a visiting nurse at a Connecticut halfway house for sex offenders in October — a crime that spurred calls for better safety measures for home health care workers. Authorities added the charges against National Guard delays Alaska staffing changes that threatened national security, civilian rescues 04/19/2024 05:02pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Air National Guard has delayed its plan to downgrade the status of about 80 members of its Alaska unit, a move that would have threatened national security and civilian rescues in the nation’s most remote state. The Alaska Air National Guard confirmed the delay in an Late-blooming, mustached goalie Charlie Lindgren carries the Washington Capitals into the playoffs 04/19/2024 04:47pm • ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored a lot of goals down the stretch for the Washington Capitals, yet he is not the biggest reason they made the playoffs. That would be undrafted, unheralded, late-blooming, mustached goaltender Charlie Lindgren, who emerged as the starter and carried the Biden’s new Title IX rules protect LGBTQ+ students, but avoid addressing transgender athletes 04/19/2024 04:44pm • The rights of LGBTQ+ students will be protected by federal law and victims of campus sexual assault will gain new safeguards under rules finalized Friday by the Biden administration. The new provisions are part of a revised Title IX regulation issued by the Education Department, fulfilling a campaig Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom 04/19/2024 04:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — One woman miscarried in the lobby restroom of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to check her in. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, Video of 2 bear cubs pulled from trees prompts North Carolina wildlife investigation but no charges 04/19/2024 04:41pm • ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A video of people pulling two bear cubs from a tree in North Carolina as one person posed for a photo with one of the wild animals prompted an investigation, but a state wildlife official said Friday that no charges will be filed. When North Carolina Wildlife Resources Comm Seeking 'the right side of history,' Speaker Mike Johnson risks his job to deliver aid to Ukraine 04/19/2024 04:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Staring down a decision so consequential it could alter the course of history -- but also end his own career -- House Speaker Mike Johnson prayed for guidance. A conservative Christian, the speaker wrestled over whether to lead the House in approving $95 billion in desperately ne Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska's petroleum reserve 04/19/2024 03:57pm • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday it will restrict new oil and gas leasing on 13 million acres (5.3 million hectares) of a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska to help protect wildlife such as caribou and polar bears as the Arctic continues to warm. The decision — part o The EPA is again allowing summer sales of higher ethanol gasoline blend, citing global conflicts 04/19/2024 03:31pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency cleared the way Friday for a higher blend of ethanol to be sold nationwide for the third summer in a row, citing global conflicts that it says are putting pressure on the world's fuel supply. The agency announced an emergency waiver that will Man dies after setting himself on fire near Trump trial courthouse in NYC 04/19/2024 02:06pm • ▶ Watch Video: A look at the first week of Trump's historic New York trial A man who set himself on fire outside the New York City courthouse where former President Donald Trump's hush money trial is underway has died, police said. Witnesses said that they Emergency crews rush away person on stretcher after fire extinguished outside court where Trump jury was just selected 04/19/2024 01:43pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Emergency crews rush away person on stretcher after fire extinguished outside court where Trump jury was just selected. US intelligence finding shows China surging equipment sales to Russia to help war effort in Ukraine 04/19/2024 01:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — China has surged sales to Russia of machine tools, microelectronics and other technology that Moscow in turn is using to produce missiles, tanks, aircraft and other weaponry for use in its war against Ukraine, according to a U.S. assessment. Two senior Biden administration offici Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill workers leaves most with nearly nothing 04/19/2024 12:07pm • When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired to help clean up environmental devastation from the biggest offshore oil