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A homeless woman ignites a fire using cardboard beneath the section of Interstate 10 that has been closed due to a recent fire in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. At least 16 homeless people, including a pregnant woman, were evacuated when flames ripped through storage yards beneath the Los Angeles freeway. The disaster has renewed attention on the city's inability to protect the thousands of unhoused residents living in such perilous locations across the city. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Los Angeles criticized for its handling of homelessness after 16 unhoused people escape freeway fire
A fire that erupted in storage yards beneath a Los Angeles freeway has renewed attention on the city’s inability to protect the thousands of homeless residents living in such perilous locations. … more
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FILE - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny looks at photographers from inside a glass cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 20, 2021. Navalny's associate Ksenia Fadeyeva was jailed on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, by a court in the Siberian city of Tomsk pending her trial, according to an associate. The move is part of an unrelenting crackdown by the Kremlin on Russian political activists, independent journalists and rights workers. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
In Russia, more Kremlin critics are being imprisoned as intolerance of dissent grows
Russia under President Vladimir Putin has been closing in on those who challenge the Kremlin. Protesters and activists have been arrested or imprisoned, independent news outlets have been silenced, … more
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FILE - Spain's Rafael Nadal returns to Lithuania's Ricardas Berankis in a second round men's singles match for the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, June 30, 2022. Nadal is sure he'll be returning to competition after missing nearly all of 2023 with a hip injury that required surgery. And now he says he'll be revealing his comeback plans soon. Nadal wrote Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023 on social media: “I confirmed yesterday I'll be back” and punctuated that message with a smiling emoji. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)
Rafael Nadal will reveal his comeback plans soon after missing nearly all of 2023
Rafael Nadal says he is sure he’ll be returning to competition after missing nearly all of 2023 with a hip injury that required surgery. And now he says he’ll be revealing his comeback plans … more
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Rev. Silvio Baez, auxiliary bishop of Managua, Nicaragua, waves to parishioners as he enters to perform Mass at St. Agatha Catholic Church, which has become the spiritual home of the growing Nicaraguan diaspora, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, in Miami. For Baez, one of his concelebrant priests and many in the pews who have had to flee or were exiled from Nicaragua recently, the Sunday afternoon Mass at the Miami parish is not only a way to find solace in community, but also to keep pushing back against the Ortega regime's violent suppression of all critics, including many Catholic leaders. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Nicaragua’s exiled clergy and faithful in Miami keep up struggle for human rights at Mass
For the auxiliary bishop of Managua, fellow priests and many in the pews who have had to flee or were exiled from Nicaragua recently, the Sunday afternoon Mass at a Miami parish is not only a way to … more
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FILE - Associated Press sports editor Terry Taylor smiles in 2005. Terry R. Taylor, who in two trailblazing decades as the first female sports editor of The Associated Press transformed the news agency’s emphasis into multilayered coverage of rigorous reporting, entertaining enterprise and edgy analysis, has died. She was 71. Taylor died Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, at her home in Paoli, Pennsylvania, according to her husband, Tony Rentschler. (AP Photo, File)
Terry Taylor Appreciation: Former AP Sports Writer remembers 'she was the most everything'
Terry R. Taylor, the first female sports editor at The Associated Press who ran the department from 1992-2013, died Tuesday. She was 71. Retired AP Sports Writer Ben Walker worked with Taylor … more
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This March 1988 microscope photo provided by the National Cancer Institute shows human cells with acute myelocytic leukemia. Advances in childhood cancer are a success story in modern medicine. But in the past decade, those strides have stalled for Black and Hispanic youth, opening a gap in death rates, according to a new report published Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (National Cancer Institute via AP)
Progress in childhood cancer has stalled for Blacks and Hispanics, report says
A new report says progress against childhood cancers has stalled in recent years for Black and Hispanic youth. Thursday's report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked at cancer … more
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A makeshift memorial for a high school student lines a fence along an alleyway near Rancho High School in eastern Las Vegas on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Authorities arrested eight teens Tuesday in connection with the beating of Jonathan Lewis Jr., who died a week after a prearranged fight over a pair of headphones and a vape pen. (AP Photo/Rio Yamat)
Las Vegas high school student beaten to death by 10 classmates between 13 and 17, police say
Authorities say a Las Vegas high school student was killed when 10 students between the ages of 13 and 17 beat him in an alleyway around the corner from campus in a prearranged fight over a pair of … more
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The Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, where the federal trial of David DePape is underway, is pictured in San Francisco, on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. Prosecutors say DePape broke into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home and bludgeoned her husband Paul Pelosi with a hammer in October 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Jurors begin deliberating in the trial of the man who attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband
A lawyer for the man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and attacked her husband has asked jurors to consider that he was acting because of his political … more
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Jeremy Goodale (left) talks with his defense co-counsel Nicole Jensen during his sentence hearing at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Fairfield, Iowa, on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Goodale, along with Willard Miller, pleaded guilty to murdering Spanish teacher Nohema Graber and concealing her body under a tarp and wheelbarrow in a wooded area of a park. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette/Pool Photo via AP)
Iowa teen convicted of killing Spanish teacher gets life with possibility of parole after 25 years
An Iowa teen convicted in the 2021 beating death of a high school Spanish teacher was sentenced to life in prison with a possibility of parole in 25 years. A judge sentenced Jeremy Goodale for his … more
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings speaks during a news conference Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, in Charlotte, N.C. A video circulating on social media shows a North Carolina police officer striking a woman repeatedly during an arrest while several other officers hold her down, but police officials said the officer was “intentional” about where he hit the woman to get her to stop resisting and comply. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco)
Video shows North Carolina officer repeatedly striking a pinned woman during her arrest
A video circulating on social media shows a North Carolina police officer striking a woman repeatedly during an arrest while other officers hold her down. Although the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police … more
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Robert E. Crimo Jr., closes his eyes as he listens to Judge George D. Strickland at the Lake County Courthouse, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, in Waukegan, Ill. Crimo Jr., the father of the suspect in a deadly Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago turned himself in Wednesday to begin a 60-day jail sentence, after pleading guilty to charges arising from his sponsorship of his son's application for a gun license. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, Pool)
Father of July 4th parade shooting suspect turns himself in to begin jail sentence
The father of the suspect in a deadly Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago has turned himself in to begin a 60-day jail sentence, but not before the judge reprimanded him for violating … more
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Signs in support of the Tusky Valley Schools community can be seen in front of the elementary school shortly before a community prayer vigil, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, at the Tuscarawas Valley Schools football stadium in Zoarville, Ohio. A charter bus filled with high school students was rear-ended by a semitruck on an Ohio highway earlier in the day, leaving several people dead and multiple others injured. (Andrew Dolph/Times Reporter via AP)
NTSB at scene of deadly Ohio interstate crash involving busload of high school students
A National Transportation Safety Board team was planning to start work at the scene of a deadly highway crash in Ohio involving a charter bus filled with high school students that left six people … more
A customer browses the holiday lights section at Blackhawk Hardware, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, in Charlotte, N.C. On Wednesday, the Commerce Department releases U.S. retail sales data for October. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco)
Retail sales slip in October as consumers pull back after summer splurges
Americans cut back on retail spending in October, ending six straight months of gains, though the decline was partly driven by falling prices for both gasoline and cars. Retail sales declined 0.1% … more
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A Pafford EMS medical transport helicopter lifts off from outside Joe Aillet Stadium on the Louisiana Tech University campus to transport a victim from a morning stabbing incident that took place at the Lambright Sports & Wellness Center, in Ruston, La., Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. (Caleb Daniel/Ruston Daily Leader via AP)
Woman dies after being stabbed in random attack at Louisiana Tech University; 2 others hospitalized
One of four women stabbed in what officials say was a random attack on a Louisiana college campus has died. Louisiana Tech University in Ruston announced that Annie Richardson died Tuesday evening, a … more
FILE - Deja Taylor arrives to the United States Courthouse in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, with her lawyer James Ellenson. Taylor, the mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday, Nov. 15, for using marijuana while owning a gun, which is illegal under U.S. law. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP, File)
Mother of 6-year-old boy who shot teacher faces sentencing for marijuana use while owning a gun
The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in a Virginia classroom is set to be sentenced and could face prison time for using marijuana while owning a gun. Deja Taylor’s son took his … more
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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, people wave Chinese flags to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. Ahead of the highly anticipated meeting on Wednesday between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Chinese state media have taken a new tone toward the U.S. with less negative coverage, calls for a return to warmer ties and stories of Americans with positive connections to the country. (Liu Jie/Xinhua via AP)
China's state media take a new tone toward the US ahead of meeting between their leaders
Ahead of the highly anticipated meeting on Wednesday between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Chinese state media have taken a new tone toward the U.S. with less negative … more
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FILE - In this July 2021 photo provided by Sea Shepherd, the Chang Tai 802, a Chinese-flagged ship, fishes for squid at night on the high seas off the west coast of South America. Hazardous work conditions sometimes akin to slavery have been detected on nearly 500 industrial fishing vessels around the world, including this one, but identifying those responsible for abuses at sea is hampered by a lack of transparency and regulatory oversight, according to research by the Financial Transparency Coalition released on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. (Isaac Haslam/Sea Shepherd via AP, File)
Labor abuse on fishing vessels widespread, with China topping list of offenders, report says
A new report has identified nearly 500 industrial fishing vessels where workers face hazardous, forced conditions sometimes akin to slavery. The research by the Washington, D.C.-based Financial … more
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Smoke rises from a small fire as motorists exit through a ramp off Interstate 10, where a section of the freeway is closed due to a recent fire in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. It will take at least three weeks to repair the freeway damaged in an unrelated arson fire, the California governor said Tuesday, leaving the city already accustomed to soul-crushing traffic without part of a vital artery that serves hundreds of thousands of people daily. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
California program to lease land under freeways faces scrutiny after major Los Angeles fire
The state of California operates a little-known program to lease land under freeways that is now under scrutiny after this weekend’s arson fire under Interstate 10 in Los Angeles. The land under … more
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With American and Chinese flags flying, people watch as the motorcade carrying President Joe Biden drives past Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Lush, private Northern California estate is site for Xi-Biden meeting
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold their long anticipated meeting at Filoli, a historic country house and museum with lavish gardens just south of San Francisco. … more
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Sgt. Gabriela Corbalan rings a bell as the names of the soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, are read during an event at the Buffalo Soldiers Museum, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, in Houston. U.S. Army officials say they will overturn the convictions of over 100 Black soldiers accused of a mutiny at a Houston military camp a century ago in a trial that had racial undertones. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP)
US Army to overturn century-old convictions of 110 Black soldiers
U.S. Army officials say they will overturn the convictions of 110 Black soldiers for a mutiny at a Houston military camp a century ago in a trial that had racial undertones. This comes after … more
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