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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 Israeli man's sentence over illegal development in Cyprus' breakaway north sends a stark warning 10/24/2025 01:51pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A court in Cyprus on Friday sentenced an Israeli businessman to five years for developing and selling luxury apartment complexes in the breakaway northern part of the divided island without permission of the Greek Cypriot owners of the land. The case is one of several where 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 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- The Latest: Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao 10/23/2025 08:56pm • President Donald Trump on Thursday pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who created the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange and pled guilty in 2023 to enabling money laundering. Zhao served prison time for failing to stop criminals from using the platform to move money connected to child s What Americans think about the environmental impact of AI, according to a new poll 10/23/2025 07:02am • WASHINGTON (AP) — As the United States rapidly builds massive data centers for the development of artificial intelligence, many Americans are concerned about the environmental impact. Worries about how AI will affect the environment surpass concerns about other industries that worsen climate chan Health care compromise appears far off as the government shutdown stalemate persists 10/23/2025 06:22am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown has reopened debate on what has been a central issue for both major political parties in the last 15 years: the future of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Tax credits for people who get health insurance through the marketplaces created by Top UN court says Israel must allow UN relief agency to supply aid to Gaza 10/22/2025 08:51pm • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Court of Justice said on Wednesday that Israel must allow the U.N. aid agency in Gaza, known as UNRWA, to provide humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian territory. The Hague-based court was asked late last year by the U.N. General Assembly to det Task force aims to move those displaced by ex-typhoon in Alaska from shelters to hotels, rentals 10/22/2025 08:08am • Officials have identified more than 1,000 available hotel rooms plus additional rental options in Alaska's largest city for the hundreds of people displaced to Anchorage after the remnants of a typhoon ravaged their villages earlier this month. Becky Windt Pearson, Anchorage's municipal manager, tol The Latest: Trump hosts GOP senators at White House as shutdown drags on 10/21/2025 08:46pm • Senate Republicans projected a unified front at the White House Rose Garden Tuesday, arriving at President Donald Trump ’s invitation as they refuse to yield to Democratic demands for health care funds into the fourth week of the government shutdown. While hosting, Trump praised the GOP leadership Trump hosts Senate Republicans at renovated White House as the shutdown drags into fourth week 10/21/2025 05:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start programs for preschoolers are scrambling for federal funds. The federal agency tasked with overseeing the U.S. nuclear stockpile has begun furloughing its 1,400 employees. Thousands more federal workers are going without paychecks. But as President Donald Trump welcome What Americans think about rising health care costs, according to a new AP-NORC poll 10/21/2025 01:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Most U.S. adults are worried about health care becoming more expensive, according to a new AP-NORC poll, as they make decisions about next year’s health coverage and a government shutdown keeps future health costs in limbo for millions. About 6 in 10 Americans are “extremelyâ The Latest: Trump signs $8.5 billion rare earths deal with Australian prime minister 10/20/2025 09:42pm • President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a critical minerals deal Monday at the White House, making good on U.S. interest in Australia’s rich rare-earth resources as a potential counterpoint to China’s new minerals export restrictions. The two leaders describe Vietnam’s love affair with gas bikes is colliding with a new electric reality 10/20/2025 01:51am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam is split between two visions: the rumbling, reliable gas-powered motorbikes that now rule the roads, and sleek, silent electric bikes the government says are its future. Hanoi plans to ban fossil-fuel motorcycles from its city center in July 2026, part of a national d Israel resumes ceasefire in Gaza and says aid deliveries will restart Monday 10/20/2025 12:53am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Gaza's fragile ceasefire faced its first major test Sunday as Israeli forces launched a wave of deadly strikes, saying Hamas militants had killed two soldiers, and an Israeli security official said the transfer of aid into the territory was halted. The military later said it resum