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Hegseth says he wants the Pentagon to prioritize speed over cost when buying weapons 11/07/2025 05:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday the Pentagon is revamping how the military buys weapons, shifting the focus away from producing advanced and complex technology and toward products that can be made and delivered quickly. Hegseth, speaking to military leaders and defense Marshawn Kneeland's death highlights the importance of mental health resources for NFL players 11/07/2025 05:00pm • It’s OK to not be OK. Every conversation about mental health includes that important statement and a message that tough times don’t last, things will get better and help is available. Like the rest of society, the NFL has come a long way in addressing mental wellness, an evolution aimed at reduc A lesser-known Farmers' Almanac will fold after 2 centuries, citing money trouble 11/07/2025 04:59pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — It's the Maine one, not the main one — a 208-year-old, Maine-based publication that farmers, gardeners and others have relied on for planting guidance and weather predictions will publish for the final time. The Farmers' Almanac, not to be confused with its older, longtime Md. woman charged in deadly 2024 crash that killed NFL draftee pleads guilty 11/07/2025 04:58pm • A Maryland woman charged in a July 2024 crash near Joint Base Andrews that killed an NFL draftee and two of his former teammates pleaded guilty to three charges Friday afternoon. Cori Clingman, of Upper Marlboro, pleaded guilty to three counts of negligent homicide under the influence of alcohol. Takeaways from the 2025 general election, in charts 11/07/2025 04:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — After voters swung toward Republican Donald Trump during last fall’s presidential election, states like Virginia and New Jersey swung back towards Democratic candidates at nearly the same velocity as 2024’s shift, an Associated Press analysis of election data from this week f The shutdown has disrupted air travel. Will that drive a surge in car rentals and train bookings? 11/07/2025 04:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government shutdown has rattled air travel — most recently with an unprecedented effort from the Federal Aviation Administration to cut flights by 10% at airports nationwide. And the disruptions are causing some to instead hit the road or buy a train ticket. That could m NBA's new Europe-based league could launch in October 2027, though that remains uncertain 11/07/2025 04:04pm • MILAN (AP) — The NBA is targeting October 2027 as a potential launch date for the new Europe-based league that it and FIBA have been working to make happen, a league official said Friday. NBA Europe managing director George Aivazoglou, speaking at a conference in Milan, said the first season of th Jalen Ramsey is the Steelers' best cornerback. He might be their best safety at the moment, too 11/07/2025 03:24pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jalen Ramsey wasn't kidding when he told Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin after arriving in a trade with Miami early last summer that he would do whatever was necessary to win. The seven-time Pro Bowler and three-time All-Pro cornerback revisited the conversation with Tomlin last Norris grabs the sprint pole at the Brazilian GP from title rivals 11/07/2025 03:23pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Lando Norris set up a chance to pad his one-point lead in Formula 1 by securing pole position for the sprint race at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Saturday. Of his title rivals, McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri will start third and Red Bull's Max Verstappen will be sixth. “It was di The government shutdown prompts the cancellation of some Veterans Day events 11/07/2025 03:04pm • Normally on Veterans Day, volunteers gather at the Riverside National Cemetery in California to place flags alongside more than 300,000 gravesites. But not this year. The longest federal government shutdown on record is curtailing and outright canceling parades, ceremonies and other events across th Salman Rushdie's new book is his first fiction since a brutal attack. He tells us why 11/07/2025 02:56pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie's new book, his 23rd, is also a resetting of his career. “The Eleventh Hour,” which includes two short stories and three novellas, is his first work of fiction since he was brutally stabbed on a New York lecture stage in 2022. His recovery has been physical, psyc The remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery 11/07/2025 02:55pm • CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — The Carlisle Indian Industrial School had not yet held its first class when Matavito Horse and Leah Road Traveler were taken there in October 1879, drafted into the U.S. government’s campaign to erase Native American tribes by wiping their children's identities. A few years Mercury treaty summit criticized for inaction on gold mining crisis 11/07/2025 02:54pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A global mercury conference in Geneva faced sharp criticism Friday from environmental and Indigenous groups for failing to take stronger steps against mercury use in small-scale gold mining. The practice is the world’s largest source of mercury pollution and an increasin US skips human rights review by UN body as countries appeal for its return next year 11/07/2025 02:25pm • GENEVA (AP) — The United States on Friday snubbed a review of its human rights record by a United Nations body on orders of the Trump administration, which has turned its back on the Human Rights Council. To the chagrin of U.S. allies and rights advocates alike, the U.S. seat sat empty as the cou Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media for children under 15 11/07/2025 02:21pm • Denmark’s government on Friday announced an agreement to ban access to social media for anyone under 15, ratcheting up pressure on Big Tech platforms as concerns grow that kids are getting too swept up in a digitized world of harmful content and commercial interests. The move would give some paren