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Trump administration threatens some funding for 3 states for not enforcing trucker English rules 08/26/2025 10:51pm • California, Washington and New Mexico could lose millions of dollars of federal funding if they continue failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday. An investigation launched after a deadly Florida crash involving a foreign truck d Cyberattack shuts down Nevada state offices and websites, governor's office says 08/26/2025 10:49pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — A cyberattack caused Nevada's state offices to close for two days this week and rendered some state websites and phone lines unavailable, the governor's office said Tuesday. Agencies will announce when their counters will reopen for in-person services, according to the technology Some FEMA staff are put on leave after signing dissent letter 08/26/2025 10:39pm • Some employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency who signed a public letter of dissent earlier this week were put on administrative leave Tuesday evening, according to documents reviewed by The Associated Press. More than 180 current and former FEMA employees signed the letter sent to the F Spate of hoax calls about active shooters stir fear at college campuses around the US 08/26/2025 08:06pm • Miceala Morano scrambled for cover behind a green screen in the University of Arkansas broadcast room after she received a campuswide alert about an active shooter. As officers outside donned bullet proof vests and searched for an intruder, the 21-year-old journalism student called her grandmother, How Many Bank Accounts Should I Have? 08/26/2025 08:00pm • The ideal number of bank accounts depends on your financial habits and needs. You might be happy with just two accounts -- checking and savings -- or you may want multiple accounts to separate business and personal expenses, share a bank account with a partner or maintain separate accounts for vario How to Help Your Elderly Parents Start Decluttering and Downsizing 08/26/2025 08:00pm • Maintaining a home is hard work. And as you age, house maintenance tasks can feel even harder. If you or a loved one is struggling to take care of or live safely in your current home, it may be time to downsize. Of course, downsizing a home with a lifetime of memories -- and stuff -- is no easy task Firefighter dies after cardiac emergency while battling Montana wildfire 08/26/2025 07:27pm • BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A 60-year-old contract firefighter from Oregon died after suffering a cardiac emergency while battling a wildfire in southwestern Montana. Ruben Gonzales Romero collapsed while conducting suppression work on the ground and received medical aid within three minutes, said Kira Israeli military says strikes on Gaza hospital targeted a Hamas camera, without providing evidence 08/26/2025 06:15pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military said Tuesday that its double strike on a Gaza hospital that killed 20 people targeted what it believed was a Hamas surveillance camera. But the first strike killed a cameraman from the Reuters news agency doing a live television shot, accordin Daily life on a remote Amazon island goes on despite diplomatic dispute 08/26/2025 05:52pm • SANTA ROSA, Peru (AP) — Rain or shine, every weekday from March to December, boat owner Salvador Mitidieri ferries students from the shore of the Amazon River in Brazil to the only primary school in miles on Santa Rosa — a remote island that is now the subject of a territorial dispute between Pe Analysis: College campuses nationwide rocked by dangerous 'swatting' incidents 08/26/2025 05:18pm • The University of Kentucky joined a growing list of American campuses targeted by false “active shooter” calls on Tuesday, when it was confirmed that a report of gunfire near William T. Young Library was a hoax. UK officials said police from the campus and Lexington responded within two minut CSX railroad's merger prospects derail as BNSF and CPKC make clear they aren't interested in a deal 08/26/2025 05:17pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The prospects for additional consolidation in the rail industry derailed this week when both of CSX's potential partners said they weren't interested in a deal. Investors widely speculated that CSX would be an acquisition target once rumors of merger talks between Union Pacific Alex Palou and his boss dismiss Red Bull F1 rumors as 'clickbait' 08/26/2025 05:14pm • Four-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou and his boss both strongly denied a report that Red Bull is interested in signing the Spaniard to its Formula 1 team. Palou said there has been zero outreach from Red Bull to him or anyone within his management group, and even wondered if the rumor was a deliber Deion Sanders picks experience over youth at QB for Colorado's season opener, Kaidon Salter to start 08/26/2025 05:04pm • BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Colorado coach Deion Sanders went with experience over youth at quarterback in choosing Liberty transfer Kaidon Salter to start the season opener. Salter will take over the offense for Shedeur Sanders when the Buffaloes kick off the season Friday night at home against Georgia What Trump's crime crackdown in DC looks like in photos 08/26/2025 04:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Pedestrians walk their dogs past parked military vehicles. Commuters move past National Guards at metro stations. Baseball fans are watched by soldiers as they go to a game in Nationals Park. For a second week, parts of the nation’s capital are looking like an occupied territo DC records first homicide in nearly two weeks 08/26/2025 03:26pm • D.C.'s nearly two-week stretch without a homicide during the federal law enforcement surge came to an end early Tuesday, when a man was fatally shot. The District had not recorded a homicide since Aug. 13, a few days after President Donald Trump declared a federal crime emergency on Aug. 11. D