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Thousands of Ohio students left without a school bus ride as private school transport expands 09/06/2025 07:48am • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� A scramble is underway for some Ohio families over a staple of the back-to-school season: rides on the big, yellow school bus. Public school districts canceled bus transportation for thousands of high schoolers again this year while in some cases still busing students to priv A quick look back at this week���s biggest stories 09/06/2025 07:15am • Here is a quick look back at the top global stories of the week, plus some of our best journalism away from the headlines. Afghan earthquake kills over 2,200 More than 2,200 people died in an earthquake that hit Afghanistan's mountainous east early Monday. The country is already struggling with dro Most toddler towers that families buy aren���t safe, study finds 09/06/2025 05:30am • For parents looking to help their children reach the counter to wash their hands or learn small cooking skills, a toddler tower may be a good option. Also known as learning towers, toddler kitchen stools or helper towers, the toddler tower comes fitted with guardrails and other safety features s Japan's Prince Hisahito is the first male royal to reach adulthood in 40 years. He may be the last 09/06/2025 04:09am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Japan���s Prince Hisahito is the first male royal to reach adulthood in 40 years. Many people in Japan worry he could be the last. The elaborate palace rituals to formally recognize Hisahito as an adult on Saturday are a reminder of the bleak outlook for the world's oldest monarchy. M Florida surgeon general Ladapo's vaccine mandates opposition goes against medical mainstream 09/06/2025 12:07am • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) ��� Dr. Joseph Ladapo, whose credentials include two Harvard University degrees, says that requiring vaccinations for diseases like measles, polio and chickenpox amounts to government-imposed ���slavery.��� It���s far from the first time Florida���s surgeon general has cut A John Candy documentary gives Toronto film fest a tender and appropriately Canadian opening night 09/05/2025 08:20pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� ���I wish I had more bad things to say about him,��� Bill Murray says in the opening moments of the documentary ���John Candy: I Like Me.��� It has always been hard to find a negative word about Candy. The great Canadian comedian and actor not only radiated a warm, down-to-earth fri Raid on upstate New York food manufacturer leads to dozens of detentions 09/05/2025 08:14pm • CATO, N.Y. (AP) ��� Federal agents forced open the doors of a snack bar manufacturer and took away dozens of workers in a surprise enforcement action that the plant's co-owner called ���terrifying.��� Video and photos taken at the Nutrition Bar Confectioners plant Thursday showed numerous law enforc Judge temporarily blocks Alabama rule saying voucher students can't play sports for a year 09/05/2025 07:33pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) ��� A judge on Friday sided with Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and blocked a policy that prevented school voucher recipients from playing on sports teams this fall. Montgomery Circuit Judge J.R. Gaines issued a temporary restraining order barring the Alabama High School Athletic Associ Attorneys general warn OpenAI and other tech companies to improve chatbot safety 09/05/2025 06:00pm • The attorneys general of California and Delaware on Friday warned OpenAI they have ���serious concerns��� about the safety of its flagship chatbot, ChatGPT, especially for children and teens. The two state officials, who have unique powers to regulate nonprofits such as OpenAI, sent the letter to t Zizians group member pleads not guilty to murder and other charges in Vermont border agent's death 09/05/2025 05:39pm • BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) ��� A member of the cultlike Zizians group accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges Friday in her first court appearance since prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty against her. Teresa Youngblut, 21, of Seattle, is CBS forbids editing of 'Face the Nation' interviews after complaints from Kristi Noem 09/05/2025 05:36pm • Days after complaints over the handling of an interview with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on ���Face the Nation,��� CBS News said Friday it would no longer allow editing of its guests' words on the Sunday morning public affairs show. Noem charged that CBS had ���shamefully edited the inte Warner Bros. sues Midjourney for AI-generated images of Superman, Bugs Bunny and other characters 09/05/2025 05:07pm • Warner Bros. is suing artificial intelligence company Midjourney for copyright infringement, alleging that the startup enables its millions of subscribers to create AI-generated images and videos of copyrighted characters like Superman and Bugs Bunny. It's the third big Hollywood studio to sue Midjo Deported Venezuelan mothers ask Melania Trump to help reunite them with their children 09/05/2025 05:02pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ��� Mar��a Alejandra Rubio hasn't seen her son in five months. They were separated in the United States when she was detained to be deported to her native Venezuela and he was sent to live with a family friend. Rubio says U.S. immigration authorities led her to believe she wo New Texas laws ban youth cabins in floodways, require camp safety plans 09/05/2025 03:26pm • In the days and weeks following the death of his 9-year-old daughter, Lila, at Camp Mystic in the Texas Hill Country, Blake Bonner found himself wondering whether the tragedy was simply an unstoppable act of God, or if something could have been done to prevent it. Lila was one of 27 Camp Mystic camp National conservatism asserts its dominance in Trump's Washington 09/05/2025 02:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� It���s an ideological faction transforming the Republican Party in President Donald Trump���s second term. Now firmly in power, its leaders gathered this week beneath a downtown Washington hotel to bask in their triumph ��� and to chart what comes next. ���Donald Trump���s victor