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China says it wants to protect coral reefs in the South China Sea. Experts are doubtful 09/18/2025 12:24am • China’s declaration of a nature reserve in the South China Sea is the latest twist in its yearslong push to establish control over the strategically important waters and sea lane. The National Forestry and Grassland Administration said last week that the reserve would protect the coral reef ecosys 3 police officers killed and 2 injured in rural Pennsylvania shooting 09/17/2025 11:06pm • NORTH CODORUS, Pa. (AP) — Three police officers were fatally shot and two wounded Wednesday in southern Pennsylvania, and the shooter was killed by police, authorities said. The officers were at the scene, amid rolling farmland, to follow up on a domestic-related investigation that began the pr Harris says Buttigieg was her 'first choice' for 2024 running mate but the pairing was too risky 09/17/2025 11:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris says she would have picked Pete Buttigieg as her running mate last year but America wasn't ready for the pairing, according to an excerpt of her new book. Harris writes in an excerpt of “107 Days” published Wednesday in The Atlantic that fo Judge dismisses Indigenous Amazon tribe's lawsuit against The New York Times and TMZ 09/17/2025 10:10pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Indigenous tribe in the Brazilian Amazon against The New York Times and TMZ that claimed the newspaper’s reporting on the tribe’s first exposure to the internet led to its members being widely portrayed as technology-add Can You Pay Off Student Loans Early? 09/17/2025 08:00pm • If you're one of the nearly 43 million Americans with student loan debt, you might be wondering if you can pay off your student loans early. The answer is yes. There's no penalty for paying off student loans ahead of schedule, and you could save a lot of interest by doing so. However, prepaying stud How AmEx Platinum Measures Up Against Sapphire Reserve and Strata Elite 09/17/2025 08:00pm • The premium travel card market is competitive, and American Express has unveiled major changes to The Platinum Card® from American Express. Along with shifts to the Chase Sapphire Reserve® and Citi's launch of the Citi Strata Elite? Card, frequent travelers have plenty of options when it comes to 7 "Strong Buy" Stocks to Watch 09/17/2025 08:00pm • Stock picking is both an art and a science. It is an art because markets are driven by consumer sentiment and money flow, so a savvy investor constantly observes the world to gauge what people are thinking. It's also a science because data reveals the details behind every corporate story. Financial Foreign disinformation about Charlie Kirk's killing seeks to widen US divisions 09/17/2025 07:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia moved to amplify online conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk's killing just hours after it happened, seeding social media with the frightening claim that America is slipping into civil war. Chinese and pro-Iranian groups also spread disinformation about the shooting, wit Man charged with ramming car into FBI gate in Pittsburgh later used Latin phrase about tyrants 09/17/2025 06:02pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man who rammed a car into an FBI security gate in Pittsburgh and covered it in an American flag Wednesday later said he did it to “make a statement," the FBI said. Donald Phillip Henson was captured seven hours after fleeing the crash and invoked a Latin phrase about tyrants Movie Review: Matthew McConaughey steers a white-knuckle wildfire drama in ‘The Lost Bus’ 09/17/2025 05:27pm • On Nov. 8, 2018, the day one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history burned the town of Paradise, California, and killed 85 people, a school bus driver was sent to pick up 22 elementary school students to take them to safety. The Camp Fire was quickly spreading, communications were down and what Can you have a heart attack without chest pains? 09/17/2025 04:18pm • Hundreds of thousands of Americans suffer a heart attack every year, and heart disease remains the biggest cause of death here in the U.S. And when those heart attacks happen, typically you'll feel it in your chest first. "Most of the time, that pain is a really bad aching, pressure feeling, alth Nigeria lifts emergency rule in Rivers State after 6 months of political crisis 09/17/2025 03:18pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president lifted emergency rule and removed the suspension of a state governor and lawmakers in oil-rich Rivers State on Wednesday after six months of emergency rule in response to a protracted political crisis and oil pipeline vandalism, according to a statement Bruins will be start training camp without leading scorer David Pastrnak (tendinitis) 09/17/2025 02:43pm • BOSTON (AP) — Boston Bruins leading scorer David Pastrnak will miss the first few practices of training camp because of tendinitis, general manager Don Sweeney said Wednesday. Pastrnak “won’t skate for the first couple of days,” Sweeney said, clarifying that the four-time All-Star will be on Eli Lilly to invest $5B on new Virginia manufacturing facility 09/17/2025 02:02pm • Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly confirmed plans to build a $5 billion manufacturing facility just west of Richmond, Virginia, in Goochland County, and create 1,800 construction jobs as well as another 650 high-paying science and engineering positions within the next five years. Trump's second state visit to the UK meets with protests and arrests 09/17/2025 01:19pm • LONDON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump received a royal reception at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, but beyond the castle walls many protesters did not welcome his unprecedented second state visit. Several thousand people marched through central London to protest his trip, which includes a lav