I didn’t notice the scarlet tanager until the alert appeared on my phone: “Merlin heard a new bird!” Despite its brilliant plumage — jet-black wings on a crimson body — the songbird can be a hard one to spot in a forest because it prefers to stay high in the canopy. It sounds a little like a robin to an untrained ear. But the free...

There are a variety of reasons to change music providers. But if you’re thinking about it, and you’re worried about losing your library of saved songs and personalized playlists, fear not: there are ways to bring all of it with you. Many music streaming services don’t make it obvious — often burying instructions deep in FAQs and ma...

OpenAI has named labor leader Dolores Huerta and three others to a temporary advisory board that will help guide the artificial intelligence company’s philanthropy as it attempts to shift itself into a for-profit business. Huerta, who turned 95 last week, formed the first farmworkers union with Cesar Chavez in the early 1960s and w...

Former employees of OpenAI are asking the top law enforcement officers in California and Delaware to stop the company from shifting control of its artificial intelligence technology from a nonprofit charity to a for-profit business. They’re concerned about what happens if the ChatGPT maker fulfills its ambition to build AI that out...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — After retreating from their workplace diversity, equity and inclusion programs, tech companies could now face a second reckoning over their DEI work in AI products. In the White House and the Republican-led Congress, “woke AI” has replaced harmful algorithmic discrimination as a problem that needs fixing. Pa...

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Working to differentiate itself in the crowded field of artificial intelligence, Meta Platforms has launched a standalone AI app — with a social media component — to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The Meta AI app, built with the company’s Llama 4 AI system. It includes a “discover” feed that lets users see...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic. Sea stars – often known as starfish – typically have five arms and some species sport up to 24 arms. They range in color from solid orange to tapestries...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — One of NASA’s two previously stuck astronauts has retired from the space agency, less than five months after his unexpectedly long spaceflight came to an end. NASA announced Butch Wilmore’s departure on Wednesday. Wilmore and Suni Williams launched last summer as test pilots on Boeing’s first astronaut f...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another star. NASA and the European Space Agency released the latest photos Thursday. Discovered last month by a telescope in Chile, the comet known as 3I-Atlas is only the third known inters...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Summer’s most dazzling meteor shower, the Perseids, peaks early Wednesday. At the same time, Venus and Jupiter will converge in the sky — overlapping like a very bright star. If your focus is the meteor shower, it’s worth knowing that this year a bright moon will dampen viewing during the pre-dawn peak, so some ex...

NEW YORK (AP) — An executive order signed by President Donald Trump late Thursday aims to give political appointees power over the billions of dollars in grants awarded by federal agencies. Scientists say it threatens to undermine the process that has helped make the U.S. the world leader in research and development. The order requ...

NEW YORK (AP) — After a summer of vacations and late nights, it’s time to set those back-to-school alarms. A good night’s sleep helps students stay focused and attentive in class. Experts say it’s worth easing kids back into a routine with the start of a new school year. “We don’t say ‘ get good sleep ’ just because,” said pediatri...

Four astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after hustling to the International Space Station five months ago to relieve the stuck test pilots of Boeing’s Starliner. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Pacific off the Southern California coast a day after departing the orbiting lab. “Welcome home,” SpaceX Mission Control rad...

NEW YORK (AP) — Six planets are hanging out in the sky this month in what’s known as a planetary parade. Catch the spectacle while you can because it’s the last one of the year. These linkups happen when several planets appear to line up in the night sky at once. Such parades are fairly common, happening around every year depending...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Early human ancestors during the Old Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously known, according to research published Friday. Not only did these early people make tools, they had a mental picture of where suitable raw materials were located and planned ahead to use them,...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists for the first time have spotted the insides of a dying star as it exploded, offering a rare peek into stellar evolution. Stars can live for millions to trillions of years until they run out of fuel. The most massive ones go out with a bang in an explosion called a supernova. Using telescopes that peer dee...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope has spotted a new tiny moon orbiting Uranus. The new member of the lunar gang, announced Tuesday by NASA, appears to be just six miles (10 kilometers) wide. It was spotted by the telescope’s near-infrared camera during observations in February. Scientists think it hid for so long — even elud...

NEW YORK (AP) — When the court lights flicker on at the U.S. Open, tennis stars shine under illumination designed to cut light pollution. The wedge-shaped lamps around the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows direct light onto the players without spewing it into the surrounding skies. The stadium complex...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Giraffes are a majestic sight in Africa with their long necks and distinctive spots. Now it turns out there are four different giraffe species on the continent, according to a new scientific analysis released Thursday. Researchers previously considered all giraffes across Africa to belong to a single species. New...

SpaceX launched the latest test of its mega rocket Starship on Tuesday night and completed the first-ever deployment of a test payload — eight dummy satellites — into space. After just over an hour coasting through space, Starship splashed down as planned in the Indian Ocean. SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship launches during a test fli...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists revealed Wednesday that Mars’ innermost core appears to be a solid hunk of metal just like Earth’s. The Chinese-led research team based their findings on seismic readings from NASA’s InSight lander on Mars, which recorded more than 1,300 marsquakes before shutting down in 2022. The spacecraft...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Telescope observations reveal a growing tail on the comet that’s visiting from another star. Released Thursday, the pictures taken by the Gemini South telescope in Chile late last month are the most detailed yet of the recently discovered comet. They show a wide coma of dust and gas around the ice ball a...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The year’s second total lunar eclipse is coming up fast, and this time Asia will have the best seats in the cosmos. Earth’s shadow will obscure this weekend’s full moon as the home planet lines up perfectly between the moon and the sun. Totality will last a lengthy one hour and 22 minutes. The entire sho...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Thousands of newborn stars sparkle and dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope. Released this week, the picture provides a breathtaking view of a nearby star-birthing center, 5,500 light-years away. A single light-year is 5.8 trillion miles. Besides baby stars in a variety of sizes a...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have discovered a gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy that’s not only exceptionally powerful, but also long-lasting. Telescopes on Earth and in space — including Hubble — have teamed up to study the unique explosion of high-energy radiation first observed in July. Astronomers reported Tuesd...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life, scientists reported Wednesday. They stressed that in-depth analysis is needed of the sample gathered there by Perseverance — ideally in labs on Earth — before reaching any...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Humans may be right-handed or left-handed. It turns out octopuses don’t have a dominant arm, but they do tend to perform some tasks more often with their front arms, new research shows. Scientists studied a series of short videos of wild octopuses crawling, swimming, standing, fetching, and groping -- among other...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have identified the origins of the blue color in one of Jackson Pollock’s paintings with a little help from chemistry, confirming for the first time that the abstract expressionist used a vibrant, synthetic pigment known as manganese blue. “Number 1A, 1948,” showcases Pollock’s classic style: paint has be...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered what’s thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia dating back up to 12,000 years. Mummification prevents decay by preserving dead bodies. The process can happen naturally in places like the sands of Chile’s Atacama Desert or the bogs of Ireland where condition...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh glimpse into life on Earth at a time when flowering plants were just beginning to diversify and spread around the world. Many of the specimens found at a sandstone quarry in Ecuador date to 112...

NEW YORK (AP) — Preston Cabral eats meat nearly every day at home, but his favorite meals at school are served on “Meatless Mondays” and “Vegan Fridays.” “Today I ate chips, tangerines and this thing that looked like chili but without the meat — just beans,” the 12-year-old said after lunch on a Friday at I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria De...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia launched a national campaign on Thursday to plant 700 million trees in one day as part of an ambitious conservation initiative that aims to plant 50 billion trees by 2026. The reforestation campaign has been a personal project of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed since 2019. Tesfahun Gobezay, state min...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Until this week, a company with zoning approval in Tucson could have relatively unlimited access to Tucson’s water system, even if it was going to use millions of gallons of water. Now, with the unanimous passage of a new ordinance by the city council, any large water user that wants to gain access to Tucson’s...

MIAMI (AP) — Officials have shut down early the remote krill fishery near Antarctica after trawling for the tiny crustacean — a vital food source for whales that also helps fight climate change — exceeded the seasonal catch limit for the first time. The unprecedented early closure of the fishery follows a report by The Associated P...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Wednesday proposed canceling a public land management rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to open more taxpayer-owned tracts to drilling, logging, mining and grazing. The rule was a key part of efforts...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal, dated to around 350 million years ago. The discovery suggests that after the first animals emerged from the ocean around 400 million years ago, they evolved the ability to live exclusively on land much faster than...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A genetic study of Asian elephants in northern Cambodia published Thursday reveals a larger and more robust population than previously thought, raising hopes the endangered species could slowly recover. Researchers from the Fauna & Flora conservation group collected samples from elephant dung in Cambodia...

LONDON (AP) — Eight healthy babies were born in Britain with the help of an experimental technique that uses DNA from three people to help mothers avoid passing devastating rare diseases to their children, researchers reported Wednesday. Most DNA is found in the nucleus of our cells, and it’s that genetic material — some inherited...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Sixty years ago, residents of a canal-crossed borough in Mexico City could pluck axolotls — the large salamander reminiscent of a tiny dragon — out of the water with their hands because they were so plentiful. Now it’s almost impossible to find them in the wild. That’s why scientists from Mexico’s National Autono...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia have unearthed the foundation of a building from the 1700s that once supported the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children, William & Mary announced Wednesday. The university in Williamsburg said the foundation is nearly completely intact. Archaeologists also unco...

SHOHAM, Israel (AP) — Archaeologists believe they have found one of the oldest burial sites in the world at a cave in Israel, where the well-preserved remains of early humans dating back some 100,000 years were carefully arranged in pits. The findings at Tinshemet Cave in central Israel, published in an academic journal earlier thi...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Archeologists studying ancient civilizations in northern Iraq during the 1930s also befriended the nearby Yazidi community, documenting their daily lives in photographs that were rediscovered after the Islamic State militant group devastated the tiny religious minority. The black-and-white images ended up scatte...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Utility workers excavating trenches to expand underground gas networks in Peru’s capital unearthed two pre-Incan tombs on Thursday. One was empty, but the other held the 1,000-year-old remains of an individual, alongside four clay vessels and three pumpkin shell artifacts. This isn’t the first time Cálidda, the co...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The bottom of the world is front and center for a partial solar eclipse next week. Antarctica, New Zealand and a sliver of Australia are in prime position as the moon slips between the sun and Earth, obscuring a good portion of our star. The action unfolds on Monday local time Down Under, two weeks after...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly launched supply ship has run into engine trouble that is preventing it from reaching the International Space Station. Northrop Grumman’s capsule rocketed into orbit Sunday from Florida aboard SpaceX. But less than two days later, the capsule’s main engine shut down prematurely while trying to boo...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A supply ship arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday after a day’s delay due to a premature engine shutdown. Astronauts used the space station’s robot arm to pluck Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus capsule from orbit as they soared over Africa. The 11,000-pound (5,000-kilogram) shipment should ha...

The autumnal equinox arrives Monday, marking the start of the fall season for the Northern Hemisphere and the spring in the Southern Hemisphere. On the equator, the sun will be directly overhead at noon. Equinoxes are the only times when both the north and south poles are lit by sunshine at the same time. In the Northern Hemisphere...

BOSTON (AP) — Amid renewed interest in foraging for edible wild plants, mushrooms and other foodstuffs, experts caution aspiring foragers to prioritize safety, plan carefully and learn proper identification. Here are some things to consider before venturing out to gather food from forests, urban landscapes and elsewhere. It’s criti...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has agreed to return thousands of fossils to Indonesia from a world-renowned collection, after a commission ruled that they were removed in the colonial era “against the will of the people,” the education ministry announced Friday. The historically significant trove known as the Du...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Australian scientists tested the strength of bite-resistant wetsuits by allowing sharks to chomp the materials at sea and found that the suits can help keep swimmers safe. Fatal shark bites are vanishingly rare, with less than 50 unprovoked shark bites on humans worldwide in 2024, according to the Internation...

NEW YORK (AP) — As a wet tropical system chugged north toward the Bahamas on Saturday, its threat to the Carolina coast might be determined by its unusual interaction — maybe even a rare dance — with another tropical system that could steer the mess out to sea. A still unnamed and developing tropical depression — likely to become I...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA introduced its newest astronauts Monday, 10 scientists, engineers and test pilots chosen from more than 8,000 applicants to help explore the moon and possibly Mars. The six women and four men will undergo two years of training before becoming eligible for spaceflight. Acting Administrator Sean Duffy...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered a new dinosaur from Argentina with powerful claws, feasting on an ancient crocodile bone. The new find was possibly 23 feet (7 meters) long and hailed from a mysterious group of dinosaurs called megaraptorans. They prowled across what’s now South America, Australia and parts of Asia, split...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A cluster of space weather satellites blasted off Wednesday morning to cast fresh eyes on solar storms that can produce stunning auroras but also scramble communications and threaten astronauts in flight. The three satellites soared from Kennedy Space Center shortly after sunrise on the same SpaceX rocke...

NEW YORK (AP) — An undersea submersible has spotted crabs, worms and fish thriving on the surfaces of World War II explosives thought to be toxic to marine life. “We were prepared to see significantly lower numbers of all kinds of animals,” said study author Andrey Vedenin with the Senckenberg Research Institute in Germany. “But it...

NEW YORK (AP) — A retired Wall Street financier was arrested Friday on charges that he lured dozens of women, including former Playboy models, to be sexually and physically assaulted during encounters in his Central Park penthouse in a soundproofed room described in court papers as “The Dungeon.” Howard Rubin, 70, was arrested Frid...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s first radar images from a new Earth-mapping satellite show the Maine coast and North Dakota farmland in incredible detail. The pictures, released Thursday, are from a spacecraft that rocketed into orbit from India two months ago. The joint U.S.-Indian mission, worth $1.3 billion, will survey virtu...

Boeing is getting back the ability to perform final safety inspections on 737 Max jetliners and certify them for flight more than six years after crashes of the then-new model killed 346 people, the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday. The FAA said it decided to restore the aerospace company’s authorization to issue airwort...

Federal regulators have detected possible radioactive contamination in a second food product sent to the U.S. from Indonesia, even as recalls of potentially tainted shrimp continue to grow. The discovery adds to questions about the source of the unusual problem. U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials last week blocked import o...

NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani topped Major League Baseball’s jersey sales for the third straight year heading into the end of the regular season as Paul Skenes and Cal Raleigh entered the top 20. MLB’s top seven remained unchanged from its listing at the All-Star break. Ohtani, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ two-way star, was followed by...

The Census Bureau plans to use U.S. postal workers as census takers in at least two locations during field tests next year for the 2030 census, which will determine political power and federal funding. The statistical agency said Friday in a notice to be published next week that it will test and assess the feasibility of using post...

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s airport has forfeited at least $37.5 million because city leaders have refused to disavow diversity, equity and inclusion programs as mandated by President Donald Trump’s administration. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the world’s busiest airport by pa...

CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s transportation department has been pulling back grants already announced for recreational trails and bicycle lanes, telling local officials their projects fail to promote road capacity or are “hostile to motor vehicles.” The department recently sent letters to local governments in at least si...

It is now significantly harder for non-U.S. citizens to obtain a commercial driver’s license under new rules the Transportation Department imposed Friday. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said an audit that was done after a deadly crash in Florida last month that was caused by a truck driver attempting an illegal U-turn showed t...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Naturepedic, a mattress and furniture company based outside Cleveland, has been planning to introduce an upscale upholstered headboard late this year or early in 2026. But President Donald Trump has thrown those plans into disarray. On Thursday night, the president announced on social media that he was slapping a...

MAGNOLIA, Ky. (AP) — The leafy soybean plants reach Caleb Ragland’s thighs and are ripe for harvest, but the Kentucky farmer is deeply worried. He doesn’t know where he and others like him will sell their crop because China has stopped buying. Beijing, which traditionally has snapped up at least a quarter of all soybeans grown in t...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The truck that arrived ahead of schedule at Allyssa Canoy’s home in Fairbanks brought enough heating fuel for the frigid winter months ahead — and a surprise bill for $2,600. Canoy and her two sons have checks arriving that will cover that expense and leave some money for the boys, too. Starting Thursday, Alas...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Nations reimposed sanctions on Iran early Sunday over its nuclear program, further squeezing the Islamic Republic as its people increasingly find themselves priced out of the food they need to survive and worried about their futures. The sanctions will again freeze Iranian assets abroad...

Thieves who made off with 12,000 bottles of craft whiskey in a rare U.S. liquor heist this summer did more than just snag nearly $1 million worth of product -- they also spirited away nearly half the stock of a single malt distillers had worked for more than a decade to make. Now the Skagit Valley Sheriff’s Office is investigating,...

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s pro-Western ruling party appears on track to top polls in a critical parliamentary election that was overshadowed by Russian interference claims. The race was widely viewed as a geopolitical choice between a path to the European Union or a drift back into Moscow’s fold. The tense ballot pitted the...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed a barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine overnight into Sunday, killing at least four people, with Kyiv suffering the heaviest assault. It was the first major bombardment since an air attack on Ukraine’s capital left at least 21 people dead last month. Separately, U.S. Vice President JD Vanc...

MILAN (AP) — The last Giorgio Armani runway collection signed by the late designer himself and marking the 50th anniversary of his signature line will be shown Sunday evening in the Brera Art Gallery in Milan. The gala black-tie event is taking place among more than 120 Armani looks created over the last half-century that the famed...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Private investment firms that are helping finance America’s artificial intelligence race and the huge buildout of energy-hungry data centers are getting interested in the local utilities that deliver electricity to regular customers — and the servers that power AI. Billions of dollars from such firms are now...

Aaron Sorkin is diving back into the world of Facebook with a “Social Network” follow-up featuring Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg and a newly minted Oscar winner as a whistleblower. Sony Pictures said Friday that “The Social Reckoning” will star Mikey Madison (“Anora”) as Facebook engineer Frances Haugen and Jeremy Allen White as...

BERLIN (AP) — The Danish defense ministry said Saturday that “drones have been observed at several of Danish defense facilities.” The new drone sightings overnight Friday into Saturday come after there were several drone sightings in the Nordic country earlier this week, with some of them temporarily shutting down Danish airports....

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s defense ministry said Sunday that it had again observed drones at several of its armed forces’ locations overnight, a day after the NATO alliance announced that it would enhance its vigilance in the Baltic Sea region. The ministry said in a statement that it had “several capacities deployed” aft...

Russia’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate Friday by one percentage point to 17%, a step that could support the economy as growth slows and spending on the war against Ukraine increases the budget deficit. The bank had raised its key rate as high as 21% to combat inflation, but has begun to retreat amid complaints from b...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An uptick in consumer spending helped the U.S. economy expand at a surprising 3.8% from April through June, the government reported in a dramatic upgrade of its previous estimate of second-quarter growth. U.S. gross domestic product — the nation’s output of goods and services — rebounded in the spring from a 0.6%...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s tariff policy, immigration crackdowns and sweeping tax and spending law are expected to increase jobless rates and inflation and lower overall growth this year before they improve next year, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The CBO on Friday relea...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of former Federal Reserve chairs, Treasury secretaries, and top White House economists urged the Supreme Court Thursday to reject an attempt by President Donald Trump to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook. In a filing with the court, the former officials argued that allowing the removal to...

NEW YORK (AP) — As the cost of electricity outpaces inflation and summers grow deadlier, consumer advocates are sounding alarms about the risks to low-income people who can’t afford consistent air conditioning in dangerous temperatures. While about half of U.S. states offer protections from utility shutoffs during extreme heat, the...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time in nine months. Since the last cut, progress on inflation has slowed while the labor market has cooled. That means Americans are dealing with both high prices and a challenging job market. The federal funds rate, set by the Federal Rese...

NEW YORK (AP) — Gen Z has seen its credit scores drop more than any other generation over the past year, largely because of student loan debt, according to a new report out this week. The total national average credit score dropped two points this year to 715, according to the report from credit scoring company FICO. But Gen Z’s av...

NEW YORK (AP) — Did you buy a new pink dress to watch the Barbie movie, only to never wear it again? An Oura ring because your favorite TikTok influencer had it? A new pair of baggy jeans because ‘90s fashion is making a comeback? Niche trends fueled by social media can influence your shopping decisions. Participating often brings...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes slipped on Tuesday as Wall Street took a pause from its relentless rally. The S&P 500 dipped 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 88 points, or 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.9%. It’s the first pullback for the indexes after the trio set all-time highs in each of the last three da...

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street stumbled to a third straight loss on Thursday as U.S. stocks gave back more of their big gains for the year so far. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% and marked its longest losing streak in more than a month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 173 points, or 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.5%. All three...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes drifted lower on Wednesday as a seemingly relentless rally on Wall Street takes at least a pause. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% for a second straight, modest loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 171 points, or 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.4%. All three are still near their all-time h...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks climbed Friday and trimmed their losses for the week after a report showed that inflation is behaving roughly as economists expected, even if it’s still high. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% and broke its three-day losing streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 299 points, or 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composit...

NEW YORK (AP) — The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 10% in 2024 as the stock market enjoyed another banner year and corporate profits rose sharply. Many companies have heeded calls from shareholders to tie CEO compensation more closely to performance. As a result, a l...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge accelerated slightly in August from a year earlier. The Commerce Department reported Friday that its personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index was up 2.7% in August from a year earlier, a tick higher from a 2.6% year-over-year increase in July and most since...

NEW YORK (AP) — Global Citizen surpassed its fundraising goals for Amazon rainforest protection, African energy access and community education at the antipoverty nonprofit’s annual music festival in New York’s Central Park, headlined by Shakira and late addition Cardi B. Internationally recognized actors and foreign diplomats appea...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is moving forward with a deal that would allow the U.S. government to take a small equity stake in a Canadian company that is developing one of the world’s largest lithium mines in northern Nevada, an official said. The Department of Energy and Lithium Americas, developer of the proposed Thacker Pa...

BENTONVILLE, Ark (AP) — As artificial intelligence and demographic changes reshape the U.S. job market, the nation’s largest private employer is trying to identify the skills its workers and the broader labor force might need for the future. Walmart on Thursday hosted more than 300 workplace experts and representatives from other c...

LONDON (AP) — Harrods, the luxury British department store, has warned some customers that their personal data may have been taken in a breach of its online systems. The company said late Friday that some names and contact details of its online customers were taken after one of its third-party provider systems was compromised. “We...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — India held its nerve in the last over to win cricket’s Asia Cup for the ninth time with a five-wicket victory over archrival Pakistan in Sunday’s final with only two balls remaining. In the final twist of an occasionally troubled tournament, the Indian team declined to receive the trophy and winne...

MILAN (AP) — Artem Dovbyk scored his first goal of the season on his first start for Roma as he set the Giallorossi on the way to a 2-0 win over Hellas Verona, which was left to rue one of the misses of the season. Gian Piero Gasperini continued his almost perfect start to life in the Italian capital — after nine years in charge of...

PARIS (AP) — Resurgent Lyon earned a gritty 1-0 win at Lille to move level on points with Ligue 1 leader Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday. It has been quite some turnaround for seven-time former champion Lyon, which has not looked back since overturning a relegation to the second tier for financial irregularities in July. English midf...

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Tadej Pogacar won his second consecutive world road cycling title on Sunday. The four-time Tour de France winner dominated in the men’s elite road race to add to the title he won in Switzerland last year. The Slovenian rider won comfortably ahead of Remco Evenepoel, the time-trial champion. Magdeleine Valliere...

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Viktor Hovland withdrew from his singles match Sunday in the Ryder Cup with a neck injury, which also meant Harris English had an early end to his week. Hovland and English were scheduled to meet in the final match. Hovland had an MRI late Saturday that revealed a disc bulge in his neck. Under the captain’s...

LONDON (AP) — And the winner of the Women’s Rugby World Cup was ... women’s rugby. It’s such a cliche but never more true. Unprecedented numbers of people in stadiums and living rooms followed a tournament which culminated on Saturday with England lifting the trophy and Canada lifting the best player in the game, Sophie de Goede. T...

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Youth-led demonstrators clashed with police over the weekend in some of Morocco’s largest anti-government protests in years, denouncing what they called the government’s misplaced priorities. Hundreds of young Moroccans took to the streets of at least 11 cities across the North African nation, denouncing...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — TWG Motorsports made yet another power move for Andretti Global on Wednesday by naming Ron Ruzewski, one of three Team Penske executives fired during an Indianapolis 500 scandal, team principal of its IndyCar team. Ruzewski will start in January, per the Andretti announcement, and take over for Rob Edwards, w...

The US LBM Coaches Poll Top 25 with team’s records THROUGH SATURDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes received Dropped out: No. 22 Southern California (4-1); No. 25 TCU (3-1). Others receiving votes: Memphis (5-0) 88; Louisville (4-...

SCARPERIA E SAN PIERO, Italy (AP) — Nearly five years after his time in Formula 1 ended in a fiery crash, Romain Grosjean is getting back behind the wheel of an F1 car. Grosjean will be reunited with former colleagues and crew from the Haas team as he tests a 2023 car on Friday at the Mugello circuit in Italy. Grosjean will wear a...

Hamlin is in the playoffs and racing for his elusive first Cup Series championship, while Gibbs, grandson of team owner Joe Gibbs, is not eligible to race for the title. After the two had on-track contact, Hamlin asked on his team radio if the organization was too scared to give the 22-year-old team orders. Hamlin said Saturday, a...

SCARPERIA E SAN PIERO, Italy (AP) — Lewis Hamilton missed a chance to test Formula 1’s 2026 tires for Ferrari on Friday as he stayed with his bulldog Roscoe, who was in a coma following a pneumonia infection. Hamilton said Roscoe was resuscitated after his heart stopped while under sedation for pneumonia treatment. “We don’t know w...

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Kraken forward Kaapo Kakko broke his hand in a preseason game and will be out for approximately six weeks, the team announced Saturday. Kakko, 24, was injured Wednesday against Edmonton. Oilers defenseman prospect Beau Akey slashed Kakko, who promptly left the game and did not return. Kakko will most likely m...

The Anaheim Ducks signed Mason McTavish to a six-year contract worth $42 million on Saturday, ending their key center’s holdout after less than two weeks. The 22-year-old McTavish was a restricted free agent, and he didn’t report to camp with the rest of the Ducks on Sept. 18 after negotiations dragged on his new deal. General mana...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Blues re-signed defenseman Cam Fowler to a three-year extension worth $18.3 million. General manager Doug Armstrong announced the deal Saturday night. Fowler is now under contract through 2028-29 at an annual salary cap hit of $6.1 million. Fowler has been a strong fit since the Blues acquired him fro...

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Joel Embiid and Paul George talked in vague generalities about when they can return for the 76ers from injuries that cost the All-Stars chunks of last season — and possibly the start of this one. The one thing that is certain, Philadelphia will be in serious trouble once more without them. Embiid did not provide...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Returning to Pittsburgh for one final farewell just felt right for Marc-Andre Fleury. Fleury stopped all eight shots he faced during the third period of his final game with the Pittsburgh Penguins, a 4-1 preseason win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night. “It was a little surreal, a little crazy, bu...

The phenomenon known as Media Day — when NBA teams pull on their uniforms, pose for photos and field questions from reporters on the eve of their first training camp practices of the season — happens on Monday for 25 of the league’s 30 teams. (Brooklyn, New York, New Orleans, Phoenix and Philadelphia all had Media Day last week and...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies center Zach Edey could miss the first two months of the season while recovering from ankle surgery, the team said Friday. Edey had surgery in early June to address laxity in his left ankle. He has been cleared to begin ramping up basketball activities and is expected to return to play in 6-9...

Portland Trail Blazers guard Scoot Henderson tore his left hamstring this week and will miss basketball activities for four to eight weeks. The team said Friday that Henderson was injured during an offseason workout. The Trail Blazers are set to open training camp next week for the upcoming season. Even if he’s able to return in fo...

TOKYO (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the quarterfinals of the Japan Open with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Zizou Bergs on Saturday and then paid tribute to his physiotherapist following an ankle injury scare. The top-ranked Alcaraz landed awkwardly on his left ankle during his opening match on Thursday and was unsure how he would fee...

BEIJING (AP) — French Open winner Coco Gauff was forced to go the distance against Leylah Fernandez before closing out a tight three-setter 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 on Sunday to advance to the third round at the China Open. The defending champion and a firm crowd favorite in Beijing overcame a second-set stumble and then struggled to serve ou...

The WNBA suspended Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve for one game for her behavior and comments during and following the Lynx’s 84-76 loss to the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night. “Her conduct and comments included aggressively pursuing and verbally abusing a game official on the court, failure to leave the court in a timely manner upon...

PHOENIX (AP) — A furious Cheryl Reeve lost her cool and maybe her best player in the span of a few seconds during the Minnesota Lynx’s 84-76 loss to the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night in Game 3 of the WNBA playoff semifinals. The top-seeded Lynx are in a 2-1 hole in the best-of-five series with Game 4 looming Sunday in Phoenix. Th...

PHOENIX (AP) — Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier will miss Game 4 of the WNBA semifinal series against Phoenix on Sunday, two days after injuring her left ankle late in Game 3. The Lynx trail the best-of-five series 2-1. If they can win on Sunday, Game 5 would be Tuesday night in Minnesota. Collier injured her ankle late in the...

WNBA officiating has been under ongoing scrutiny this season from coaching and player complaints. The brewing frustrations have exploded in the playoffs with nearly every coach taking time in their postgame news conferences to make a point about the physicality of play. Minnesota’s Cheryl Reeve took it a step further in a two-minut...

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Michael Wacha pitched six scoreless innings to earn his 10th win of the season, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Athletics 4-2 on Saturday night. Wacha (10-13) gave up two hits and three walks while striking out five for his first victory in more than three weeks. It’s the fourth consecutive year a...

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta manager Brian Snitker is unsure about his future with the Braves. The 69-year-old Snitker, whose contract expires after this year, has been subjected to questions about whether he will retire following the season, his ninth as Atlanta’s manager and 49th with the organization. The Braves are out of playoff con...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner returned to the lineup for the first time in three weeks when he strained his right hamstring and was set to clinch his second career NL batting crown. Turner was activated off the injured list ahead of Sunday’s regular-season finale against Minnesota for the NL East c...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chicago White Sox outfielder Michael A. Taylor announced his retirement before Sunday’s season finale against the Washington Nationals. The 12-year veteran, who won a Gold Glove in 2021, spent his first seven seasons with Washington and said playing on the Nationals’ 2019 World Series championship team was his fav...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Carolina Panthers receiver David Moore was carted off the field after suffering an elbow injury on the first play of the game against the New England Patriots on Sunday. Moore took a handoff and rushed 12 yards before he was pushed out of bounds and tackled on the Panthers sideline by Marcus Jones. Moore st...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Chase McLaughlin’s 65-yard field goal for Tampa Bay as time expired to end the first half of the Eagles-Buccaneers game on Sunday was the longest in NFL history in an outdoor stadium. Justin Tucker’s NFL-record 66-yarder for Baltimore against Detroit in 2021 was inside a dome. Brandon Aubrey made a 65-yarder for...

DENVER (AP) — Both the Cincinnati Bengals and Denver Broncos are trying to tap into a key offensive power source when they square off Monday night in the Mile High City. Wide receiver Tee Higgins is off to a slow start after signing a four-year, $115 million contract extension with the Bengals (2-1) last spring with just seven catc...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants star wide receiver Malik Nabers was carted from the field with an injured right knee in the second quarter against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. Jaxson Dart, making his first NFL start, launched a deep pass down the right sideline — a free play after the Chargers’ Troy Dye jumped o...

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Four weeks ago, then-No. 8 Alabama fell to an unranked Florida State team in Week 1 and critics didn’t hold back. Coach Kalen DeBoer, in his second year leading the Crimson Tide, was viewed as questionable to make it through the season. Four weeks later, Alabama delivered a 24-21 victory at Georgia, shattering th...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Cody Hagen scored on a 32-yard run early in the fourth quarter and Bear Bachmeier threw two touchdown passes, helping No. 25 BYU rally from an early deficit to beat Colorado 24-21 on Saturday night. Cougars linebacker Isaiah Glasker sealed the win by intercepting Kaidon Salter’s pass with 50 seconds remaining....

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Akheem Mesidor once was on the brink of quitting football while growing up in Canada, largely because he wasn’t getting any attention. The Miami defensive end whose 25.5 career sacks are second-most among active FBS players is hearing plenty of accolades these days, and he isn’t listening to any of them. H...

Oregon and Mississippi would earn top-four seeds and receive first-round byes in the College Football Playoff if the bracket were based on The Associated Press Top 25 released Sunday. Ohio State would remain No. 1 and be followed by No. 2 Oregon, No. 3 Miami and No. 4 Mississippi. Ole Miss and Indiana are on the mock bracket for th...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas fired Sam Pittman on Sunday, parting ways with the popular and folksy coach who couldn’t get the Razorbacks into the upper echelon of the Southeastern Conference with a middling overall record of 32-34. Offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino, a former head coach at Arkansas before he left in scandal,...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Gabriel scored a 96th-minute winner as Arsenal came back to secure a dramatic 2-1 win against Newcastle in the Premier League on Sunday and close the gap on leader Liverpool. The defender rose to head in a stoppage-time corner that moved Mikel Arteta’s team up to second in the standings and two points beh...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — One playoff berth remains up for grabs heading into the final day of Major League Baseball’s regular season. Cincinnati will earn the National League’s third and final wild card if the Reds beat the Milwaukee Brewers or the New York Mets lose at Miami on Sunday. A New York victory and Cincinnati loss would send the...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Micah Parsons says he has never needed “fuel” going into a football game. The star pass rusher insists that’s the case with his Green Bay Packers visiting Dallas on Sunday night, exactly a month after the Cowboys unloaded Parsons in a blockbuster trade that ended a long and acrimonious stalemate over a contr...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Jaxson Dart ran for a 15-yard touchdown to cap an impressive 90-yard drive on the opening possession of his first game as the New York Giants’ starting quarterback Sunday. Dart, the 25th overall pick out of Ole Miss in April, got the start against the undefeated Los Angeles Chargers in place of the benc...

It was a weekend with a whole lot of extra in it for AP Top 25 teams and changes are in store for Sunday’s college football rankings. Six ranked teams lost over the weekend and four of them were in the top 10, with two of those going down in double overtime: No. 3 Penn State lost 30-24 at home to No. 6 Oregon and No. 8 Florida Stat...

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — One of the more original outfits spotted among the red, white and blue at the Ryder Cup this week has been a replica of the hockey sweater goaltender Jim Craig wore while playing for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team. The U.S. golf team will need one Sunday to avoid its first Ryder Cup loss at home since 2012. Cap...

DUBLIN (AP) — Even though he’s relatively new to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Aaron Rodgers fully understands the Rooney family’s connections to the Emerald Isle. They didn’t want to disappoint Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings in Ireland’s first regular-season NFL game. Kenneth Gainwell did his part by running for 99 yards and two...

DUBLIN (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers confirmed that backup quarterback Skylar Thompson was involved in a incident this weekend after a report that the player had been robbed. The Irish Independent newspaper reported Sunday that Thompson was assaulted and robbed either Friday night or early Saturday in Dublin. Irish public service...

Oregon moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, Mississippi earned its highest ranking since 2015, Alabama jumped back into the top 10 and Virginia was in the Top 25 for the first time in six years in the wake of a volatile weekend in which four top-10 teams lost. Ohio State won at Washington and r...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump hosted Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, for talks Thursday at the White House in the latest sign of warming relations between the United States and the South Asian nuclear power. Sharif was among the top officials from eight Arab or Muslim countries who met with Trump on the sideli...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Top-ranked and seven-time champion Australia will be trying to prevent India from winning a Women’s Cricket World Cup at home — yet again — when play begins in the tournament next week. India hosts Sri Lanka at Guwahati, India, on Tuesday to start the 31-match tournament which culminates with the final on Nov. 2. M...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India retired its last fleet of Soviet-era MiG-21 fighter jets Friday, ending more than six decades of service with an aircraft once celebrated for its combat prowess but later derided as a “flying coffin” due to frequent crashes. The phaseout underscores the urgency for the Indian air force to expand and modernize...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of a House committee that pushed for the law demanding TikTok be spun off from its Chinese owners has requested an urgent briefing from the White House, one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order supporting a proposed deal that would put the popular social video platform under U.S....

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pathum Nissanka’s scintillating century was in vain after Sri Lanka tied with India then lost a super over in tame fashion in the Asia Cup on Friday. India had already qualified for the final and Sri Lanka was eliminated, but the way the last Super Four match panned out, “It felt like a final,” In...

BEIJING (AP) — Defending champion Coco Gauff is loving her interaction with fans at the China Open but wouldn’t mind a new nickname — something ferocious if possible. French Open champion Gauff started her title defense in Beijing with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Kamilla Rakhimova on Friday and will next face Leylah Fernandez in the WTA 10...

BEIJING (AP) — A 5.6-magnitude earthquake scattered roof tiles and knocked over houses Saturday in northwest China’s Gansu province, state media said. Eleven people were taken to area hospitals with injuries, state broadcaster CCTV said. Five of the six people brought to one hospital were admitted for further treatment, the officia...

BEIJING (AP) — Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek defeated Yuan Yue 6-0, 6-3 on Saturday to advance to the third round at the China Open and create some WTA Tour history. The WTA said Swiatek, with Saturday’s win, became the first player to register 25 or more wins at WTA-1000 events for three consecutive seasons. Top-seeded Swiatek, w...

BEIJING (AP) — Lorenzo Musetti has become the latest tennis star to apologize to Chinese fans. “I am truly sorry. I respect you deeply, I feel at home here, and I value the warmth and kindness I have always received from you,” the 23-year-old Italian said in a message he posted Saturday on social media. Musetti was annoyed by cough...

MIAMI (AP) — Crews spent Saturday preparing for a weather system that was forecast to become Tropical Storm Imelda late Saturday or early Sunday before approaching the coast of South Carolina as a hurricane early next week. Meanwhile Hurricane Humberto strengthened into a strong Category 5 storm in the Atlantic and threatened the V...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams ended his struggling reelection campaign Sunday, an acknowledgment that he was no longer a credible contender after a year of scandal and political turmoil. In a video released on social media, Adams spoke proudly of his tenure as mayor. But he said his now-dismissed federal corruption...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Armed federal agents patrolled Chicago’s downtown streets on Sunday, a new escalation of an immigration enforcement crackdown there that followed President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will send troops to Portland in the latest examples of creeping federal law enforcement presence in U.S. cities. Meanwh...

SOUTHPORT, N.C. (AP) — A mass shooting that shattered the evening tranquility of a picturesque, seaside town in North Carolina was a “highly premeditated” attack that left three people dead and five injured, police said Sunday. The suspect who allegedly carried out the attack on a waterfront bar was in custody. Nigel Edge, 40, of O...

GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A gunman opened fire inside a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Michigan during a Sunday service and set the building ablaze, killing at least two people and injuring eight others before police shot him, authorities said. Hundreds of people were inside the church in Grand Blanc...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Behind the scenes at the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations, key countries and regional organizations have been coordinating efforts to try to end the horrific war in Sudan, which has created the most devastating humanitarian and displacement crisis in the world. Alan Boswell, the Internat...

An Indonesian archipelago that’s home to three-fourths of Earth’s coral species, a stretch of Icelandic coast with 70% of the country’s plant life and an area along Angola’s Atlantic coast featuring savannahs, forests and estuaries are among 26 new UNESCO-designated biosphere reserves. The United Nations cultural agency says the re...

VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) — The people of Seychelles voted Saturday in an election to choose a new leader and parliament, with President Wavel Ramkalawan seeking a second term in Africa’s smallest country. Ramkalawan’s chief political rival, Patrick Herminie of the United Seychelles Party, is a veteran lawmaker and parliamentary sp...

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — The oil-rich central African nation of Gabon on Saturday voted in the country’s first legislative and local elections since a 2023 military coup ended a 50-year-old political dynasty. More than 900,000 Gabonese are eligible to elect parliament members and local councilors to replace officials appointed by t...

VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) — With no outright winner in Seychelles’ presidential election, the country will hold a rerun vote between the two main contenders, the electoral authority said Sunday. Opposition figure Patrick Herminie received 48.8% of the vote, while the incumbent, Wavel Ramkalawan, garnered 46.4%, according to officia...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Suriname’s government has pledged to permanently protect 90% of its tropical forests, a move conservationists say is among the most ambitious commitments to climate and biodiversity ever made by an Amazonian nation. The announcement came during Climate Week in New York City. Foreign Minister Melvin W.J. Bouv...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — After a decade of caring for camels, lions, lynxes and lemurs, Joel Frías joined the team handling the Chapultepec Zoo’s star attraction: the giant pandas. It was 2000, and Mexico City’s zoo, nestled in its massive forested urban oasis, had been the first outside China to successfully breed giant pandas. Xin Xin,...

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Imelda formed Sunday and is expected to become a hurricane on a forecast track that could take it away from the U.S. East Coast early this week. The storm was causing disruption in the Bahamas and Cuba on Sunday, and a tropical storm watch was posted in parts of Florida. Meanwhile, Hurricane Humberto wea...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tensions between the United States and Colombia have escalated with the State Department announcing it was revoking a visa for Gustavo Petro, president of the Latin American country, after he participated in a New York protest where he called on American soldiers to disobey President Donald Trump’s orders. The dep...

SUMENEP, Indonesia (AP) — Three health care workers rode motorbikes into the Indonesian city of Sumenep, carrying doses of measles vaccine and a list of children who needed them. With blue medical boxes in hand, they went from house to house administering the life-saving shots. The health workers on wheels are part of the regional...

NEW YORK (AP) — China’s second-in-command sounded his nation’s oft-repeated alarm against aggressive and unilateral action in global politics, addressing world leaders Friday in a speech brimming with references that echoed long-standing concerns about the United States and the Trump administration in particular — and cast Beijing...

NEW DELHI (AP) — The death toll following a stampede at a political rally for a popular Indian actor and politician in the southern state of Tamil Nadu has climbed to 40, the state’s health minister said Sunday, as medics treated at least 124 injured in hospitals. Ma Subramanian told The Associated Press that 36 victims were dead b...