Experts share their thoughts on the future of A.I. and how it will reshape society in the coming years.

More artificial intelligence is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world’s most popular email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarize far-flung information buried in inboxes and deliver daily to-do lists.The new AI features announced Thursday...

The promise of artificial intelligence was front and center at this year’s CES gadget show. But spicing up a simple machine like a refrigerator with unnecessary AI was also a surefire way to win the “Worst in Show.” The annual contest that no tech company wants to win announced its decisions...

HONG KONG (AP) — DeepSeek, the Chinese tech startup that rivals OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has been gaining ground in many developing nations in a trend that could narrow the gap of artificial intelligence adoption with advanced economies, a new report suggested.In the Thursday report, researchers fr...

LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is preventing non-paying users from generating or editing images after a global backlash erupted over sexualized deepfakes of people, but the change has not satisfied authorities in Europe. The chatbot, which is accessed through Musk’s social media p...

Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, securing enough energy to light up the equivalent of about 5 million homes. The parent company of Facebook on Friday announced agreements with TerraPower, Oklo and Vistra for nuclear power for its Prometheus AI d...

NEW YORK (AP) — Google said Sunday that it is expanding the shopping features in its AI chatbot by teaming up with Walmart, Shopify, Wayfair and other big retailers to turn the Gemini app into a virtual merchant as well as an assistant.An instant checkout function will allow customers to mak...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI, as concerns grow among global authorities that it is being misused to generate sexually explicit and nonconsensual ima...

Apple will rely on Google to help finish its efforts to smarten up its virtual assistant Siri and bring other artificial intelligence features to the iPhone as the trendsetting company plays catch up in technology’s latest craze.The deal allowing Apple to tap into Google’s AI technology was...

Google parent Alphabet Inc. on Monday became the fourth Big Tech powerhouse to be valued at $4 trillion, a once seemingly unfathomable milestone that’s become more like a rite of passage amid an artificial intelligence arms race.Alphabet reached the threshold just four months after Google do...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google’s generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military’s data as possible into the developin...

It won’t be easy for Big Tech companies to win the hearts and minds of Americans who are angered about massive artificial intelligence data centers sprouting up in their neighborhoods, straining electricity grids and drawing on local reservoirs. Microsoft is trying anyway.The software giant’...

BANGKOK (AP) — Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok won’t be able to edit photos to portray real people in revealing clothing in places where that is illegal, according to a statement posted on X. The announcement late Wednesday followed a global backlash over sexualized images of women and children,...

HONG KONG (AP) — The United States and Taiwan reached a trade deal Thursday that cuts tariffs on Taiwanese goods in exchange for $250 billion in new investments in the U.S. tech industry.The deal is the latest President Donald Trump has struck — such as those with the European Union and Japa...

LONDON (AP) — Wikipedia unveiled new business deals with a slew of artificial intelligence companies on Thursday as it marked its 25th anniversary. The online crowdsourced encyclopedia revealed that it has signed up AI companies including Amazon, Meta Platforms, Perplexity, Microsoft and Fra...

NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk’s Grok keeps getting into trouble, and this time, more of the world’s governments are trying to intervene. First launched in 2023, Grok is Musk’s attempt to outdo rivals such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini in building an AI assistant powered by a large lang...

LONDON (AP) — Laws that will make it illegal to create online sexual images of someone without their consent are coming into force soon in the U.K., officials said Thursday, following a global backlash over the use of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok to make sexualized deepfa...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration and a bipartisan group of governors on Friday tried to step up pressure on the operator of the nation’s largest electric grid to take urgent steps to boost power supplies and keep electricity bills from rising even higher.Administration officials sa...

OpenAI says it will soon start showing advertisements to ChatGPT users who aren’t paying for a premium version of the chatbot.The artificial intelligence company said Friday it hasn’t yet rolled out ads but will start testing them in the coming weeks.It’s the latest effort by the San Francis...

NEW YORK wit (AP) — What sounds like President Donald Trump narrating a new Fannie Mae ad actually is an AI-cloned voice reading text, according to a disclaimer in the video.The voice in the ad, created with permission from the Trump administration, promises an “all new Fannie Mae” and calls...

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump took center stage in his whirlwind visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, overshadowing the yearly gabfest among national leaders, executives and other elites in the Swiss Alpine snows.While some experts highlighted busines...

The Gates Foundation announced Wednesday that it will spend a record $9 billion in 2026, maximizing its spending in key areas such as global health. At the same time it will begin reducing the number of staff positions it has by as much as 500 over five years. This announcement comes in the...

United Kingdom media regulator Ofcom has launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s X over the use of AI chatbot Grok to generate deepfake sexualised images.Ofcom labelled the reports as “deeply concerning”, warning in a statement issued on Monday that the chatbot’s creation of nude deepfakes could amount to “intimate image a...

Israel signed a record number of multibillion-dollar gas, technology and military deals in 2025.One of its most prominent deals came in December when Prime Minister Netanyahu approved the largest energy deal in Israel’s history. The contract will supply Egypt with up to $35bn worth of gas through 2040 from the Leviathan field, furt...

A SpaceX capsule transporting four astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) has splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after completing the first-ever medical evacuation in the orbital lab’s history, video footage from NASA has shown.The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, known as the “Endeavour”, began its 10-and-a-half-hour desce...

Taiwan and the United States have struck a trade deal that will see the island nation boost tech and energy investments in the US in exchange for lower tariffs.In a statement announcing the deal late on Thursday, the US Commerce Department said Taiwan’s semiconductor and technology businesses will invest at least $250bn in the US....

The mother of one of Elon Musk’s children is suing his artificial intelligence company, saying its Grok chatbot allowed users to generate sexually-exploitative deepfake images of her that have caused her humiliation and emotional distress.The lawsuit was filed just before ‍California Attorney ‍General Rob Bonta sent a cease-and-des...

PARIS (AP) — In a hypothetical nuclear war involving Russia, China and the United States, the island of Greenland would be in the middle of Armageddon.The strategic importance of the Arctic territory — under the flight paths that nuclear-armed missiles from China and Russia could take on the...

NEW YORK (AP) — Skydance-owned Paramount is again extending the tender offer window in its $77.9 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, while doubling down on a coming proxy fight.Warner stockholders now have until Feb. 20 to sell their shares to Paramount for $30 apiece in...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has canceled solar projects in Puerto Rico worth millions of dollars, as the island struggles with chronic power outages and a crumbling electric grid.The projects were aimed at helping 30,000 low-income families...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — As more and more space junk comes crashing down, a new study shows how earthquake monitors can better track incoming objects by tuning into their sonic booms.Scientists reported Thursday that seismic readings from sonic booms that were generated when a discarded m...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is leveraging its artificial intelligence technology to open a new peephole for its dominant search engine to tailor answers that draw upon people’s interests, habits, travel itineraries and photo libraries.The new option rolling out Thursday will give millions of...

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda will test technology powered by artificial intelligence in more than 50 health clinics as part of a new initiative by the Gates Foundation to support 1,000 clinics across Africa with the aim to improve health care services.The technology is intended to strengthen...

Michigan State University is making a major push to build students’ digital skills, especially in artificial intelligence. Plans are underway to integrate AI in every major area of study, starting with a foundational course this fall.The push for students’ digital competency and AI proficien...

LONDON (AP) — Elizabeth Hurley accused the publisher of the Daily Mail on Thursday of tapping her phones, putting microphones outside her windows and stealing her medical records among “other monstrous, staggering things” during testimony in a celebrity-studded privacy invasion lawsuit. “The...

An ethics complaint filed against the Nevada lieutenant governor last week alleges he has been using his office’s social media account to promote his book for his personal financial benefit, running afoul of state ethics rules.The complaint, shared exclusively with The Nevada Independent, co...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Clothing retailer Under Armour is investigating a recent data breach that purloined customers’ email addresses and other personal information, but so far there are no signs the hackers stole any passwords or financial information.The breach is believed to have happened late...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Families of the astronauts lost in the space shuttle Challenger accident gathered back at the launch site Thursday to mark that tragic day 40 years ago. All seven on board were killed when Challenger broke apart following liftoff on Jan. 28, 1986. At the Kennedy S...

(All times Central)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsSaturday, January 24COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)12 p.m.Maryland at Michigan State — CBS, CBS Los Angeles, WBZ-TV, WIVB 4, WUSA 9, Fubo Sports, Paramount+North Carolina at Virginia — ESPN212:30 p.m.Georgetown at Providence — TNT1:30...

(All times Central)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsSaturday, January 24COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)12 p.m.NC State at Pittsburgh — ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN app, ESPN Unlimited, Fubo Sports12:30 p.m.Villanova at UConn — FOX, Fox Sports App1 p.m.Temple at UTSA — ESPN app, ESPN Select, ESPN...

Smartphone weather apps that summarize their forecasts with eye-popping numbers and bright icons may be handy during mild weather, but meteorologists say it’s better to listen to human expertise during multi-faceted, dangerous winter storms like the one blowing through the U.S. The multistat...

Meta is halting teens’ access to artificial intelligence characters, at least temporarily, the company said in a blog post Friday.Meta Platforms Inc., which own Instagram and WhatsApp, said that starting in the “coming weeks,” teens will no longer be able to access AI characters “until the u...

NEW YORK (AP) — Toyota announced Friday it would recall about 162,000 pickup trucks in the United States after it was discovered that the vehicles’ multimedia displays could compromise driver safety.The recall affects the company’s model year 2024-2025 Tundra and Tundra Hybrid line of trucks...

(All times Central)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsTuesday, January 27COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)6:30 p.m.Michigan State at Rutgers — FS1, Fubo Sports7 p.m.Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan — ESPN app, ESPN Select, ESPN Unlimited, Fubo SportsNebraska at Michigan — Peacock8 p.m.W...

(All times Central)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsTuesday, January 27COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)6 p.m.Wake Forest at Pittsburgh — ACCN, Fubo Sports9 p.m.Saint Joseph’s at Loyola Chicago — CBSSN, Fubo SportsCOLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)7 p.m.Providence at Villanova — ESPN app, ESPN...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Wearable fitness trackers will likely be OK for players to use in future editions of the Australian Open, where leading players Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka have been asked to remove their devices in matches this year.Sabalenka wants the ban o...

(All times Central)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsWednesday, January 28COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)6 p.m.Lehigh at Army — ESPN app, ESPN Select, ESPN Unlimited, Fubo Sports7 p.m.Charlotte at Temple — ESPN app, ESPN Select, ESPN Unlimited, Fubo SportsSt. Bonaventure at Duquesne — ES...

(All times Central)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsWednesday, January 28COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)6 p.m.Eastern Michigan at Buffalo — ESPN app, ESPN Select, ESPN Unlimited, Fubo Sports6:30 p.m.Ball State at Central Michigan — ESPN app, ESPN Select, ESPN Unlimited, Fubo SportsThe...

While wrong-way crashes are increasing statewide in Michigan, one major highway is seeing the opposite trend. Since new wrong-way detection systems went up on US 131 in Grand Rapids, crashes have dropped more than 50%, according to state transportation officials.Beginning in 2023, nearly two...

New year, new privacy rules. At least for Californians. Since Jan. 1, residents of the Golden State can use a new tool to request removal of their personal information held by more than 500 data brokers. The Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, or DROP, is a simple-to-use tool that lets peop...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union said Tuesday it’s stepping in to make sure Google gives rival AI companies and search engines access to Gemini AI services and data as required by the bloc’s flagship digital rulebook. The executive arm of the 27-nation bloc said it was opening up so-called...

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants his government to fast-track the legal process to ensure that a ban on social media for children under the age of 15 can enter into force in September at the start of the next school year.In a video released late Saturday by French...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Parliament is looking into ways to regulate children’s use of social media platforms to combat what lawmakers called “digital choas,” following some western countries that are considering banning young teenagers from social media.The House of Representatives said in a st...

NEW YORK (AP) — Pinterest plans to lay off under 15% of its workforce, as part of broader restructuring that arrives as the image-sharing platform pivots more of its money to artificial intelligence.In a Tuesday securities filing, San Francisco-based Pinterest said it was making these cuts t...

A NASA research plane malfunctioned and had to touch down in Texas without landing gear on Tuesday, sliding across the runway on its belly and sending plumes of flame behind it, a video posted to social media showed.The crew landed the plane at Ellington Airport, southeast of Houston, and ar...

American workers adopted artificial intelligence into their work lives at a remarkable pace over the past few years, according to a new poll.Some 12% of employed adults say they use AI daily in their job, according to a Gallup Workforce survey conducted this fall of more than 22,000 U.S. wor...

LONDON (AP) — The European Union opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s social media platform X on Monday after his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok spewed nonconsensual sexualized deepfake images on the platform. European regulators also widened a separate, ongoing investigation...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — CES 2026 offered a glimpse of a future that feels straight out of a sci-fi movie: bendable screens, paper-thin TVs and cars and gadgets that can think for themselves as they get to know you and your family’s wants and needs.As Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang put it, “The ChatGPT mom...

TikTok has finalized a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the United States that has been in discussion for years on the platform now used by more than 200 million Americans.The social video platform company signed agreements with major investors in...

TikTok has at last finalized a deal to keep the popular video sharing platform operating in the U.S. after years of uncertainty, but questions remain about whether users’ experience will change and whether the changes actually address security concerns around the app. Here’s what to know abo...

Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny live at the Grammy Awards and Rose Byrne’s Oscar-nominated performance in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by...

It’s a bold filmmaking choice to have a countdown clock on the screen for most of your movie. In the best-case scenario for a movie like “Mercy,” in which a Los Angeles detective has prove his innocence to an artificial intelligence judge within said time limit, it heightens the tension. Who...

PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers approved a bill banning social media for children under 15, paving the way for the measure to enter into force at the start of the next school year in September, as the idea of setting a minimum age for use of the platforms gains momentum across Europe.The bill,...

Censorship claims, technical problems and a report of a surge in app deletions are just some of the challenges TikTok is facing as it adjusts to a new ownership structure in the United States that was finalized last week. The company said Monday it was experiencing a “major infrastructure is...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — American streamer and YouTuber IShowSpeed is on the final leg of a 28-day tour of Africa aimed at showcasing the continent’s cultural diversity, which is often overshadowed by images of poverty and violence.The 20-nation tour across southern, eastern and North Africa be...

The U.S. is taking a minority stake in an Oklahoma rare earth miner, the latest government investment in the sector as it seeks to minimize its reliance on imports of a material used prevalently in smartphones, robotics, electric vehicles and many other high tech products.China processes mor...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch semiconductor chip machine maker ASML recorded a record net profit of 9.6 billion euros ($11.5 billion) in 2025 on sales of 32.7 billion euros fueled by AI-driven demand, the company reported Wednesday as it also announced plans to slash its workforce by a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A groundswell of voices have come to the same conclusion: Kristi Noem must go.From Democratic Party leaders to the nation’s leading advocacy organizations to even the most centrist lawmakers in Congress, the calls are mounting for the Homeland Security secretary to step asi...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s government announced Tuesday it will grant legal status to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and working in the country without authorization, the latest way the country has bucked a trend toward increasingly harsh immigration policies imp...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pressured many of the United States' largest trading partners to commit to investing trillions of dollars in the country. However, a study released Tuesday raises doubts about whether the money will actually materialize and questions how it would...

Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped spark a shift in the White House this week after expressing displeasure with the administration's characterization of Alex Pretti, the second person killed this month by a federal agent in Minneapolis, as responsible for his own death for...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump's immigration policy contributed to a year-over-year decline in the country's growth rate, as the U.S. population reached nearly 342 million people in 2025, according to population estimates released Tuesday by the Census Bureau.The 0.5% growth rat...

Several faith leaders called urgently for protecting the rights of worshippers while also expressing compassion for migrants after anti-immigration enforcement protesters disrupted a service at a Southern Baptist church in Minnesota.About three dozen protesters entered the Cities Church in S...

A group of Buddhist monks and their rescue dog are striding single file down country roads and highways across the South, captivating Americans nationwide and inspiring droves of locals to greet them along their route. In their flowing saffron and ocher robes, the men are walking for peace....

American religious history is rife with protest movements and civil disobedience. Yet it is rare for political protests to happen inside a house of worship. That is part of what makes the new case against anti-ICE protesters in St. Paul, Minnesota, unusual. The group interrupted a service la...

Every type of pasta has a purpose, and often a sauce to match. This recipe, which comes from the cookbook “The Talisman of Happiness,” matches tortiglioni with peppers and eggplant.Of course, many pasta types are interchangeable. To cook and prepare dried pasta, there are a series of steps t...

Shoveling in single-digit temperatures after the colossal winter storm this weekend, I dumped mounds of snow onto my garden beds, knowing it would protect my trees, shrubs and dormant perennials.When the ground repeatedly freezes and thaws, as it does over winter in cold climates, that can s...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Shallow dishes crowded with tiny, drought-resistant plants in shades of green, red and purple are pretty much all most people know about indoor succulents gardening.But there’s another way to bring the warmth of the desert into your home when it’s too cold to garden outs...

NEW YORK (AP) — As the new robot called Sprout walks around a Manhattan office, nodding its rectangular head, lifting its windshield wiper-like “eyebrows” and offering to shake your hand with its grippers, it looks nothing like the sleek and intimidating humanoids built by companies like Tes...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — TikTok agreed to settle a landmark social media addiction lawsuit just before the trial kicked off, the plaintiff’s attorneys confirmed. The social video platform was one of three companies — along with Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube — facing claims that their platf...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Trump administration has not shied away from sharing AI-generated imagery online, embracing cartoonlike visuals and memes and promoting them on official White House channels.But an edited — and realistic — image of civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong in tears a...

In the early hours of the morning on June 1, 2025, Katie Gowell went into labor at her home in Patten, a town on the outskirts of Maine’s northern wilderness containing Mount Katahdin, where her family doctor was prepared to deliver her fifth child.Shortly after her water burst, a complicati...

Digging out from the weekend’s massive snow and ice storm could be hazardous to your heart.Pennsylvania health officials announced three snow-removal related deaths Sunday. All were between the ages of 60 to 84. The Lehigh County coroner’s office cautioned people to take breaks and avoid ove...

NEW YORK (AP) — Drugs that treat Type 2 diabetes, HIV and arthritis are among 15 new medications chosen for a Medicare drug price negotiation program that allows the federal government to haggle directly with drug manufacturers, the Trump administration said Tuesday.The drugs selected includ...

Meteorologists say that water rapidly freezing in the soil amid bitterly cold temperatures can make a startling noise and even cause small vibrations. These noises are known as frost quakes or cryoseisms, a cold-weather phenomenon that occurs when rain or melted snow in the ground quickly fr...

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday that a nearly completed Massachusetts offshore wind project can continue, as the industry successfully challenges the Trump administration in court.At U.S. District Court in Boston, Judge Brian Murphy halted the administration’s stop work order for...

Earth is closer than it’s ever been to destruction as Russia, China, the U.S. and other countries become “increasingly aggressive, adversarial, and nationalistic,” a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday as it advanced its “Doomsday Clock” to 85 seconds till midnight.The Bulletin of t...

LA GUAIRA, VENEZUELA (AP) — Matias Delacroix is a Chilean-raised photojournalist currently based in Panama who has been photographing the U.S. attack in Venezuela and its aftermath.Here’s what he had to say about this extraordinary photo.Why I shot this photoWhen I saw an armed woman riding...

Protein just got a big boost from U.S. health officials.The latest federal dietary guidelines tell Americans to “prioritize protein foods at every meal” and advise increasing daily intake — up to double the amount of previous recommendations.“We are ending the war on protein,” Health Secreta...

ATLANTA (AP) — Your watch says you had three hours of deep sleep. Should you believe it? Millions of people rely on phone apps and wearable devices like rings, smartwatches and sensors to monitor how well they’re sleeping, but these trackers don’t necessarily measure sleep directly. Instead,...

Consumers cannot expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday, rejecting claims by a restaurant patron who suffered serious medical complications from getting a bone stuck in his throat. Michael Berkheimer was dining with his wife an...

A huge black bear that made its den in the crawl space under a Los Angeles area man’s house for more than a month has finally been evicted.Altadena resident Ken Johnson said the animal began denning beneath his home around Thanksgiving, twisting gas lines and toppling bricks as he came and w...

Multiple monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis, and AI-generated images are complicating the effort to find them. The Vervet monkeys were first spotted Thursday near a park in the northern part of the city, prompting “rumor after rumor,” said city Department of Health spokesperson Willie Spr...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence declined sharply in January, hitting the lowest level since 2014 as Americans grow increasingly concerned about their financial prospects.The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index cratered 9.7 points to 84.5 in January, fa...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India and the European Union reached a free trade agreement Tuesday that could affect as many as 2 billion people after nearly two decades of negotiations.The accord, which the head of the EU’s executive branch described as the “mother of all deals,” will see free trade on a...

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said this week that it was closing almost all of its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh locations within days as it narrows its focus on food delivery and its grocery chain, Whole Foods Market. Some of the shuttered stores will be converted into Whole Foods locations, the Seat...

NEW YORK (AP) — From her house up high in Colorado’s Elk Mountains, author Shelley Read can only look out in amazement at the worldwide success of her debut novel, “Go as a River.”“There were upward of 30 translations already secured before the novel was introduced in the U.S.,” says Read, a...

NEW YORK (AP) — Neil Young is giving the people of Greenland the gift of song — his songs, that is.The veteran rocker announced Tuesday on his blog that he is providing free access to his entire music catalog to residents of Denmark’s semiautonomous territory, whose futures have lately becom...

NEW YORK (AP) — Prize-winning composer Philip Glass has called off a scheduled world premiere at the Kennedy Center of a symphony about Abraham Lincoln, the latest in a wave of cancellations since President Donald Trump ousted the previous leadership.Glass’ Symphony No. 15, “Lincoln,” was to...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — A giant portrait of Benito Mussolini hovered over the “Snow Stadium” — on the exact same grounds where the curling arena for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics now stands.The shooting range for the military patrol event — the precursor to biathlon — was held wh...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Sean Payton said at his season-ending news conference Tuesday that Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix had a preexisting ankle condition that made a fracture inevitable.Nix broke a bone in his right ankle on Denver’s game-winning drive in the Broncos’ 33-30 overtime vic...

DENVER (AP) — With a blizzard bearing down on Empower Field at Mile High, coach Sean Payton went for the jugular instead of the points, short-circuiting the Denver Broncos’ drive to Super Bowl 60.“There will always be second thoughts,” Payton said in the anguished aftermath of Denver’s 10-7...

Alex Vindman, who became a key player along with his twin brother in President Donald Trump’s first impeachment, announced on Tuesday that he is running for the U.S. Senate as a Democrat in Florida. Vindman, an Army veteran, was serving on the National Security Council in 2019 when the Repub...

▶ Follow live updates on federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration’s characterization of Alex Pretti, the second person killed this mont...

A man who authorities say was involved in a human smuggling operation was shot Tuesday in an exchange of gunfire with the U.S. Border Patrol and after firing at a federal helicopter near the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said.Federal agents were attempting to apprehend the 34-year-old Ariz...

BONHAM, Texas (AP) — Three brothers — ages 6, 8 and 9 — died in Texas during the massive winter storm gripping the U.S. after falling through an icy pond across the street from a house where they were staying, authorities said Tuesday. Their mother said she jumped into the freezing water but...

▶ Follow live updates on federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis WASHINGTON (AP) — Two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti over the weekend in Minneapolis, a Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notic...

For average wage earners in Russia, it’s a big payday. For criminals seeking to escape the harsh conditions and abuse in prison, it’s a chance at freedom. For immigrants hoping for a better life, it’s a simplified path to citizenship.All they have to do is sign a contract to fight in Ukraine...

▶ Follow live updates on federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis MILAN (AP) — News that a unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be present during the upcoming Winter Games has set off concern and confusion in Italy, where people have expressed outrage...

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday he told U.S. President Donald Trump that he meant what he said in his speech at Davos, and told him Canada plans to diversify away from the United States with a dozen new trade deals. Carney rolled his eyes and rejected U.S. Tre...

(All times Central)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsThursday, January 8COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)6:30 p.m.Northwestern at Michigan State — BTN, Fox Sports App, Fubo SportsCOLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)6 p.m.Michigan at Penn State — Big Ten Plus9 p.m.Michigan State at Washington — Big...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s government announced Wednesday it has arrested and extradited to China a prominent tycoon who allegedly led a huge online scam operation and was wanted by U.S. authorities on related criminal charges.Cambodia’s Interior Ministry said Chen Zhi and two ot...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The world’s largest tech showcase does not come without theatrics. Innovations and gadgets like a lollipop that sings to you as you consume it, a laundry-folding robot and a “smart” LEGO brick have stolen the spotlight so far at CES 2026. But underscoring this year’s program...

Russian officials indicated in 2019 that the Kremlin would be willing to withdraw its support for Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela in exchange for freedom of action in Ukraine, according to Fiona Hill, an adviser to US President Donald Trump at the time.The Russians repeatedly raised the idea of...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States almost tripled the number of countries whose citizens must pay bonds of up to $15,000 to apply for entry into the country.Less than a week after adding seven countries to the list of nations subject to visa bonds, bringing the total to 13, the State Depart...

Offshore wind developers affected by the Trump administration’s freeze of five big projects on the East Coast are fighting back in court, with one developer saying its project will likely be terminated if they can’t resume by the end of next week.Norwegian company Equinor and the Danish ener...

Faith leaders who minister to Christians in Venezuela and the Venezuelan diaspora in the United States are urging prayers for peace as they attend to congregations roiled by uncertainty and high emotions following the U.S. capture of deposed leader Nicolás Maduro.In Venezuela, initial statem...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers posted far fewer jobs in November than the previous month, a sign that employers aren’t yet ramping up hiring even as growth has picked up.Businesses and government agencies posted 7.1 million open jobs at the end of November, the Labor Department said Wednes...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday opened a new phase of his pontificate by gathering the world’s cardinals to Rome and asking them to advise him on key priorities for the next two years. They responded by indicating continuity with Pope Francis’ key aims of making the church more...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Crowds flooded the freshly opened showroom floors on Day 2 of the CES and were met by thousands of robots, AI companions, assistants, health longevity tech, wearables and more.Siemens President and CEO Roland Busch kicked off the day with a keynote detailing how its customer...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a vision of the near future shared at CES, a girl slides into the back seat of her parents’ car and the cabin instantly comes alive. The vehicle recognizes her, knows it’s her birthday and cues up her favorite song without a word spoken.“Think of the car as having a soul...

Americans should eat more whole foods and protein, fewer highly processed foods and less added sugar, according to the latest edition of federal nutrition advice released Wednesday by the Trump administration.Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins iss...

Americans should eat more beans, peas and lentils and cut back on red and processed meats and starchy vegetables, all while continuing to limit added sugars, sodium and saturated fat.That’s the advice released Tuesday by a panel of nutrition experts charged with counseling the U.S. governmen...

As they age, it’s not uncommon for many people to let out a muted groan when getting out of bed in the morning.But if you “oof” every time you get in a car or “aargh” while bending over to pick up something, it may be time to prioritize exercises that target your mobility.Dr. Miho Tanaka, a...

BEIJING (AP) — China escalated its trade tensions with Japan on Wednesday by launching an investigation into imported dichlorosilane, a chemical gas used in making semiconductors, a day after it imposed curbs on the export of so-called dual-use goods that could be used by Japan’s military.Th...

NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros. again rejected a takeover bid from Paramount and told shareholders Wednesday to stick with a rival offer from Netflix. Warner’s leadership has repeatedly rebuffed Skydance-owned Paramount’s overtures — and urged shareholders just weeks ago to back the sale of its...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The high-profile private attorney for Nick Reiner was granted a request to be removed from his case Wednesday, but later told reporters that according to California law his client is not guilty of murder in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner....

No one can say Tony Dokoupil is slipping into his new job as “CBS Evening News” anchor unnoticed.In a week, he’s issued a veritable manifesto for how he intends to fulfill the role, cast subtle shade on saintly predecessor Walter Cronkite, had an unexpected debut dominated by Defense Secreta...

PENDLE, England (AP) — Nestled in the rolling countryside of Ribble Valley in northwest England is a modest ski slope about 140 meters (yards) long, 10 meters wide and surrounded by roaming sheep.It’s a gentle hill, featuring three tiny inclines at the start and a mostly flat section to fini...

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — John Harbaugh’s 18-year tenure in Baltimore included two distinct periods of success.After taking over, Harbaugh capitalized on the last few years of Ray Lewis’ career, reaching the AFC title game three times in his first five seasons as coach and winning a Super Bow...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has for now denied the A’s request to trademark the names “Las Vegas Athletics” and “Vegas Athletics.”The club, which intends to move to Nevada in 2028, has three months from when the refusals were issued Dec. 29 to ask for an extension t...

▶ Follow live updates on the United States and Venezuela WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday sought to assert its control over Venezuelan oil, seizing a pair of sanctioned tankers transporting petroleum and announcing plans to relax some san...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis driver on Wednesday during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown on a major American city — a shooting that federal officials said was an act of self-defense but that the mayor d...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he plans to meet with Danish officials next week after the Trump administration doubled down on its intention to take over Greenland, the strategic Arctic island that is a self-governing territory of Denmark.Since the capture of former Venezuelan lead...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s army chief threatened preemptive military action Wednesday over the “rhetoric” targeting the Islamic Republic, likely referring to U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning that if Tehran “violently kills peaceful protesters,” the United States “will com...

As California becomes more dependent on tax revenue from the tech industry, its stake in the health of the artificial intelligence industry has grown.The state is seeing financial benefits from the AI boom, a new analysis by the Legislative Analyst’s Office shows. But the boom raises questio...

NEW YORK (AP) — The CDC is in chaos and some groups are starting to step in and take over work the agency was doing.The moves come in response to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s extensive — and some say illegal — restructuring and downsizing of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease...

President Donald Trump spread some confusion about childhood vaccinations in social media posts about changes to U.S. vaccine recommendations.Trump’s administration on Monday took the unprecedented step of cutting the number of vaccines the government has long routinely recommended for all c...

I’ve been growing herbs in the garden long enough to know they don’t require much. Just water, sunlight and my best intentions.In the garden, herbs are forgiving plants. They aren’t fussy about soil pH, almost never need fertilizer, and can power through if you occasionally forget to water t...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nvidia, AMD and Intel all had important chip and AI platform announcements on the first day of CES 2026, but all audiences wanted to see more of was Star Wars and Jensen Huang’s little robot buddies.CES is a huge opportunity annually for companies both large and small to par...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials made broad changes to childhood vaccine recommendations Monday, alarming pediatricians and other medical experts who say they will sow confusion and undermine children’s health. The overhaul is effective immediately, meaning that the U.S. Centers for D...

A golden phone that President Donald Trump’s family business promised to release last year remains mysteriously under wraps as the technology industry serves up a glut of new gadgets at CES in Las Vegas this week.When the Trump Organization launched a mobile phone service last June, it was s...

LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is facing a backlash from governments around the world after a recent surge in sexualized images of women and children generated without consent by the artificial intelligence-powered tool. On Tuesday, Britain’s top technology official demanded that...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — From the smoking remains of the last century's two catastrophic world wars, nations came together to build a web of international rules and laws. The goal was to prevent a repeat of such devastating conflicts in the future.Now, that world order—the epicenter of...

NEW YORK (AP) — A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself “the president of my country” while protesting his capture and said he was innocent Monday of federal drug trafficking charges that the U.S. government used to justify his removal from power in Venezuela.“I was captured,” Maduro decla...

NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Sitting on the pelt of a polar bear hunted by her family, Aviaja Rakel Sanimuinaq says she’s proud to be part of a movement of Greenlanders reclaiming their Inuit traditions and spirituality. The shaman, who has Inuit facial tattoos, works with spiritual healing p...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday closed out the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year by denouncing today’s consumerist and anti-foreigner sentiment, capping a Jubilee that saw some 33 million pilgrims flock to Rome and a historic transition from one American pontiff to another.With cardinals...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The fallout from NASCAR’s federal antitrust trial continued into the new year as NASCAR Commissioner Steve Phelps on Tuesday announced his resignation after more than 20 years with the top racing series in the United States.His resignation comes after last month’s tria...

NEW YORK (AP) — After just two and half weeks of release, the Sydney Sweeney box-office hit “The Housemaid” is getting a sequel. Lionsgate announced Tuesday that it will start production on “The Housemaid’s Secret” later this year. The film will be based on the second of Freida McFadden’s be...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Sergio “Checo” Pérez says being a teammate of Max Verstappen was “the worst job there is in Formula 1.”Pérez was beside Verstappen for four years at Red Bull before being dropped at the end of 2024 with two years left in his contract. Pérez is returning to F1 this year wit...

WASHINGTON (AP) — There are few signs that President Donald Trump’s supporters wanted the United States to become more embroiled in foreign conflicts ahead of its military actions in Venezuela — even as many Republicans show initial support for his military strike there, according to an Asso...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration has added seven countries, including five in Africa, to the list of nations whose passport holders must post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United States.Thirteen countries, all but two of them in Africa, are now on the...

A Minnesota hotel that wouldn’t allow federal immigration agents to stay there this month is apologizing and saying the refusal violated its own policies. The Department of Homeland Security had accused the global Hilton hotel chain of a “coordinated” effort to refuse service to its employee...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Republican Doug LaMalfa, a California rice farmer who served seven terms in the U.S. House and was a reliable vote on President Donald Trump’s agenda, has died at age 65. His death trims the Republicans’ narrow margin of control of the House to 218 seats to Dem...

The federal government has picked two companies to replace 612 radar systems nationwide that date back to the 1980s as part of a multibillion-dollar overhaul of the nation’s air traffic control system.Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday tha...

Hyundai-owned Boston Dynamics publicly demonstrated its humanoid robot Atlas for the first time Monday at the CES tech showcase, ratcheting up a competition with Tesla and other rivals to build robots that look like people and do things that people do. “For the first time ever in public, ple...

(All times Central)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsTuesday, January 6COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)7 p.m.Michigan at Penn State — FS1, Fox Sports App, Fubo SportsCOLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)7 p.m.Temple at Wichita State — ESPN app, ESPN Select, Fubo SportsThe Associated Press created...

(All times Central)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsTuesday, January 6COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)7 p.m.Central Michigan at Akron — ESPN app, ESPN Select, Fubo SportsEastern Michigan at Ball State — ESPN app, ESPN Select, Fubo SportsWestern Michigan at Miami (OH) — ESPN app, ESPN Sel...

Returns to “The Pitt,” the Grid and music of Kid Laroi are some of the new television, films and music headed to a device near you.The first week of January brings a pair of sophomore efforts: Laroi’s album “Before I Forget” and the second season of the Emmy-winning hospital drama “The Pitt....

Jensen Huang, the chief executive of the chip-making giant Nvidia, put his company at the forefront of the artificial intelligence boom by making semiconductors more powerful than any of his rivals’. This year, he’s promising to do it again.On Monday, Mr. Huang said the company would begin shipping a new A.I. chip later this year t...

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday said she would back new privacy standards for young New Yorkers online, including safeguards that would automatically bar strangers from viewing, tagging or messaging minors on gaming and social media platforms.The proposed restrictions, which would be among the most stringent in the nation, come after n...

HELSINKI (AP) — The battle against fake news in Finland starts in preschool classrooms.For decades, the Nordic nation has woven media literacy, including the ability to analyze different kinds of media and recognize disinformation, into its national curriculum for students as young as 3 year...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government on Monday said that a major radio communications failure that shut the country’s airspace a day earlier is unlikely to have been a cyberattack, though the cause remains under investigation.Flights across Greece were grounded, diverted or delayed for...

PARIS (AP) — A Paris court found Monday 10 people guilty of cyberbullying France’s first lady, Brigitte Macron, by spreading false online claims about her gender and sexuality, including allegations that she was born a male.One defendant was sentenced to six months in prison, while eight wer...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after the US military intervention in Venezuela, President Donald Trump on Sunday renewed his calls for the United States to take control of the Danish territory of Greenland under the argument of national security and threatened military action in Colombia for facili...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — With the start of the New Year squarely behind us, it’s once again time for the annual CES trade show to shine a spotlight on the latest tech that companies plan to offer in 2026.The multiday event, organized by the Consumer Technology Association, kicks off this week in Las...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The final pilgrims of the 2025 Holy Year passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica late Monday, as the Vatican claimed success after more than 33 million people participated in this the rarest of Jubilees: opened by one pope and closed by another.Pope Leo XIV o...

Adding fermented vegetables to the first course of a meal is common in Ukrainian cuisine, and one of the most popular pickled-vegetable dishes is sauerkraut soup. It might sound a little odd, but trust me — it’s breathtaking. This recipe is from my cookbook “The Authentic Ukrainian Kitchen,”...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. took the unprecedented step Monday of cutting the number of vaccines it recommends for every child — a move that leading medical groups said would undermine protections against a half-dozen diseases.The change is effective immediately, meaning that the U.S. Centers...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. flu infections surged over the holidays, and health officials are calling it a severe season that is likely to get worse.New government data posted Monday — for flu activity through the week of Christmas — showed that by some measures this season is already surpassing th...

ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — “DANGER: Lead Work Area” reads a sign on a front door of an Altadena home. “May damage fertility or the unborn child. Causes damage to the central nervous system.”Block after block there are reminders that contaminants still linger.House cleaners, hazardous waste work...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday said it would propose a drinking water limit for perchlorate, a harmful chemical in rockets and other explosives, but also said doing so wouldn’t significantly benefit public health and that it was acting only because a court or...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Hikers navigating rugged terrain may have noticed more people speeding along the same trail while leaping over rocks and roots like two-legged mountain goats.Trail running has exploded in popularity in recent years. The sport encompasses everything from off-road jogs...

BAC NINH, Vietnam (AP) — The transformation of Vietnam’s Bac Ninh is evident in the signs above its shops and the spicy Chinese and Korean dishes on its tables.Once known for its rice fields and the love duets of its centuries-old Quan Ho folk songs, the city just north of Hanoi has become o...

As deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in a U.S. courtroom Monday, an array of misrepresented and fabricated images that began circulating soon after his capture over the weekend continued to multiply on social media.President Donal...

Shares of major U.S. companies in the energy sector are sharply higher Monday after President Donald Trump announced plans to take control of Venezuela’s oil industry, saying that it would be American companies helping to revitalize it following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. While...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Golden Globes return Sunday. The boozy, bubbly kickoff to Hollywood’s awards season will feature nominees including Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael B. Jordan, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and Emma Stone.The 83rd Golden Globe Awards ceremony begi...