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Nature walks are good for you, but can a city stroll be just as good? 11/01/2025 12:04am • With every step on the trail, fallen leaves crinkle underfoot. The path follows a stream, rushing and burbling over smooth, gray stones, while a breeze rustles the branches overhead. Now compare that blissful mental image to what you might walk past in a city — traffic, crowds, concrete and glass. Mexican Americans balance tradition and modernity in Day of the Dead celebrations 11/01/2025 12:03am • This weekend, Mexican American families across the U.S. will gather to honor their ancestors with altars, marigolds and sugar skulls on Dia de los Muertos — the Day of the Dead. In recent years, the celebration has become more commercialized, leaving many in the community wondering how to preserve Federal judge rules Trump can’t require citizenship proof on the federal voting form 10/31/2025 10:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, D.C., sided with Democratic and civil rights g 'Where would America be without us?' A community of refugees is stunned by White House limits 10/31/2025 10:14pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The woman remembers when she first moved to the neighborhood more than 20 years ago, and the streets were full of empty storefronts and seemingly relentless poverty. Today, Minneapolis' Lake Street corridor is jammed with businesses, many owned by Somali refugees. “Look at wha The Latest: Trump administration must fund SNAP payments during the shutdown, judges rule 10/31/2025 09:49pm • Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during the government shutdown. The rulings came a day before the U.S. Department of Agriculture planne New York Attorney General Letitia James seeks to block Trump administration's subpoenas 10/31/2025 09:34pm • New York Attorney General Letitia James is challenging the legitimacy of the acting U.S. attorney in Albany as she pushes back against the Trump administration's investigation of cases she brought against the president and the National Rifle Association, according to court documents unsealed Friday. Ted Noffey wins Breeders' Cup Juvenile for Todd Pletcher, becomes early Kentucky Derby favorite 10/31/2025 08:59pm • DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Ted Noffey won the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile by one length at Del Mar on Friday, stamping himself as the winter favorite for next year's Kentucky Derby. Ridden by John Velazquez, Ted Noffey ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:42.25 and paid $3.60 to win for the second-shortest FBI says shooter in deadly Michigan church attack was motivated by hatred toward the Mormon faith 10/31/2025 08:46pm • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The former Marine who opened fire in a Michigan church and set it ablaze last month was motivated by “anti-religious beliefs” against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the FBI confirmed Friday. While friends of the gunman in the deadly shooting have said he Unidentified remains of 3 people transferred to Israel, Red Cross says 10/31/2025 08:41pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Red Cross said it transferred the unidentified remains of three people to Israel late Friday but they were still being examined and may not be those of missing hostages, an Israeli military official said. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because What's the filibuster and why does Trump want to get rid of it during the shutdown? 10/31/2025 07:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Seemingly frustrated by the government shutdown and Democrats' unwillingness to accept a Republican funding bill, President Donald Trump is once again demanding that the Senate eliminate the legislative filibuster. The filibuster is a longstanding parliamentary tool that halts ac Trump efforts to help US coal undercut by export drop during trade war 10/31/2025 06:50pm • FORT COLLINS, Colo (AP) — President Donald Trump's efforts to help the U.S. coal industry at home are being undermined by falling sales abroad amid his trade war with China, new government reports show. China has stopped importing U.S. coal, accounting for most of a 14% decline in U.S. coal export Judges order Trump administration to use emergency reserves for SNAP payments during the shutdown 10/31/2025 06:42pm • BOSTON (AP) — Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to pay for SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using emergency reserve funds during the government shutdown. The judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island g NY judge dismisses legal challenge from Texas in early test of abortion shield law 10/31/2025 06:04pm • A New York judge dismissed a legal challenge Friday from Texas seeking to enforce a more than $100,000 civil judgment against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a Dallas-area woman in an early test of the state's “shield law” designed to protect providers. Republican Texas State A Jaguars place two-way star Travis Hunter on injured reserve with a right knee injury 10/31/2025 05:49pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars placed two-way star Travis Hunter on injured reserve Friday because of a knee injury. Coach Liam Coen announced the move a day after Hunter injured his right knee in practice. Coen called it a non-contact injury — it happened while he was going Guyana arrests incoming opposition leader following US extradition request 10/31/2025 05:41pm • GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Authorities in Guyana arrested the South American country’s incoming opposition leader on Friday following an extradition request from the U.S. government. Azruddin Mohamed, one of Guyana’s wealthiest citizens, was recently indicted by a federal grand jury in Florida