Illinois data shows inmates with violent records from shuttered prison sent to medium-security sites
Under the Illinois public records law, AP obtained a list of 406 inmates housed at Stateville as of August 2024 and matched each with the prison to which they’d been transferred, noting its security ...
Why people are naming bugs, rats and cats after their exes this Valentine's Day
Options include naming a feral cat after your old flame before it’s neutered — or giving rodents or cockroaches your love bug’s name before feeding them to bigger animals. The Minnesota Zoo’s campaign ...
A far-right party is heading for its strongest result yet in Germany's election. Here's what to know
BERLIN (AP) — Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is fielding its first candidate to lead the country. Even though it’s highly ...
This is what happens to the body when HIV drugs are stopped for millions of people
HIV is spread by bodily fluids such as blood, breast milk or semen. It gradually weakens the body’s immune system and makes it vulnerable to disease, including ones rarely seen in otherwise healthy ...
What is the 'firewall' against the far-right Alternative for Germany party?
BERLIN (AP) — Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has established itself as a significant political force in the 12 years since it was founded, but it hasn’t yet been part of any state or national ...
A$AP Rocky trial heads to closing arguments. Did the rapper fire real bullets or blanks?
Twelvyy testified that Rocky fired blanks from a starter pistol that the rapper had been carrying for security since a music video shoot months earlier, and that everyone involved in the incident knew ...
Northern Manitoba Trappers’ Festival returns for 78th year
Manitoba is welcoming residents and visitors to the 78th annual Northern Manitoba Trappers’ Festival in The Pas, which runs ...
Trump's foreign aid freeze forces health clinics in a vulnerable region of Syria to close
SARMADA, Syria (AP) — In the town of Sarmada in northern Syria, Dr. Mohammad Fares unlocked a clinic that once bustled with patients. Now it’s empty, and shelves of medicine reduced to a few boxes of ...
Trump's pick for education chief seeks approval to lead an agency she would be asked to tear down
Republicans praise her business acumen and say she’s a good pick to change the course of American education. Sen. Bill Cassidy, chair of the health and education committee, met with McMahon in January ...
With doors closed to the US, asylum-seekers turn to their Plan B: A new life in Mexico
The Associated Press spoke to around a half-dozen people who had asylum appointments in the U.S. through the Biden-era app, CBP One, that Trump canceled on Inauguration Day. They were left stranded on ...
Attorney General Pam Bondi rails against New York leaders as she announces immigration lawsuit
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s newly installed attorney general, Pam Bondi, went after New York leaders Wednesday over the state’s immigration policies, announcing a lawsuit in the latest ...