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FILE - Immigrants seeking asylum walk at the ICE South Texas Family Residential Center, Aug. 23, 2019, in Dilley, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Trump administration resumes detention of immigrant families after Biden-era pause

The Trump administration has resumed family detention of immigrants in a South Texas facility after a Biden-era pause. Fourteen immigrant families with children as young as one year old were in a … more

By VALERIE GONZALEZ | 3/12/25

Carlos Reyes-Couvertier speaks at a news conference at the New Haven Police Department on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 concerning the solving of the cold case of the parental abduction in 1999 of his daughter, Andrea Reyes. Behind him is a photo of his daughter as a child. (Arnold Gold/ Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)

Child illegally taken by her mother from US to Mexico in 1999 is found and reconnects with dad

A Connecticut father’s quarter-century search for his missing daughter has come to a happy conclusion. She has been found safe and sound in Mexico. Carlos Reyes-Couvertier had been looking for … more

By DAVE COLLINS | 3/12/25

FILE - This image provided by Alaska Volcano Observatory shows the summit of Mount Spurr on Oct. 24, 2024, in Alaska. (Wyatt Mayo/Alaska Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey via AP, File)

A volcano near Alaska's largest city could erupt in the coming weeks or months, scientists say

A volcano near Alaska’s largest city is showing new signs of unrest, with experts saying the likelihood of an eruption at Mount Spurr in the next few weeks or months has increased. The Alaska … more

3/12/25

A billboard flashes a message as part of a new statewide Alzheimer's awareness campaign that includes digital advertisements around in Albuquerque, N.M., Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

Alzheimer's Association pairs up with New Mexico in US pilot program to raise awareness

New Mexico has paired up with the Alzheimer’s Association in a pilot U.S. initiative aimed at raising awareness about a disease that affects several million people in the country. The relationship … more

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | 3/12/25

FILE – U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Pressed to accept a ceasefire in Ukraine, Putin seems likely to seek his own conditions

Ukraine’s consent to a 30-day ceasefire proposal has handed the Kremlin a difficult challenge at a time when its military has an upper hand in the war. It would have to accept a truce and abandon … more

By The Associated Press | 3/12/25

A baby sea lion performs rhythmic gymnastics feats in Washington state

A baby sea lion toting an artificial kelp strip has been filmed performing intricate rhythmic gymnastics-esque circles through the waters of a Washington state aquarium. Pepper is only 9 months old … more

3/12/25

FILE - Convicted killer David Leonard Wood poses for a photo at death row in Huntsville, Texas, July 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Mike Graczyk, File)

Court stays execution of Texas man days before he was set to die by lethal injection

A Texas appeals court has halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set to die by lethal injection this week. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on … more

3/12/25

FILE - Members of the Columbia University Apartheid Divest group, including Sueda Polat, second from left, and Mahmoud Khalil, center, are surrounded by members of the media outside the Columbia University campus, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Mahmoud Khalil didn't wear a mask. He's now the face of Trump's crackdown on campus protests

When protests over the Israel-Hamas war took root on Columbia University’s campus last spring, Mahmoud Khalil became a familiar, outspoken figure in a student movement that soon spread to other … more

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JENNIFER PELTZ | 3/12/25

This April 2024 image provided by NASA shows the SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) telescope at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colo. (NASA via AP)

NASA's newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies

NASA's newest space telescope has blasted off to map the entire sky like never before. Launched Tuesday night from California by SpaceX, the Spherex observatory will survey the sky every six months … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 3/11/25

It appears the tall tale that all cats have nine lives may be true for a California Maine coon named Aggie. The beloved feline was feared dead for two months after the Palisades wildfire in Los Angeles left her family's home in ashes. But her owner, 82-year-old Katherine Kiefer, held out some hope.

One cat's incredible reunion with its owner after the LA wildfires

A house cat named Aggie has found her way back to her owner two months after the LA wildfires. Katherine Kiefer had feared the worst for her beloved pet after the Palisades blaze left her home in … more

By BEATRICE DUPUY | 3/11/25

FILE - Masih Alinejad, 48, a prominent Iranian American human rights activist attends an interview with the Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

At trial's start, prosecutor blames Iran for plot to assassinate outspoken dissident

A prosecutor has told jurors that two defendants were hired guns for the government of Iran in a plot to assassinate an Iran-born journalist at her Brooklyn residence three years ago. Assistant U.S. … more

By LARRY NEUMEISTER | 3/11/25

This image taken from video provided by WAPT shows first responders working the scene after a medical transport helicopter crashed Monday, March 10, 2025, in Madison County, Miss. (WAPT via AP)

Medical chopper reported 'flight control problem' before crash that killed 3 on board in Mississippi

Authorities say a medical helicopter that crashed in a wooded area in Mississippi reported “a flight control problem” shortly before a Monday crash. All three people on board were killed. Radio … more

Associated Press | 3/11/25

This image from webcam footage provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows lava fountains shooting up high in the latest episode of an ongoing eruption of Kilauea volcano inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 (United States Geological Survey via AP)

Hawaii volcano again puts tall lava fountains on display in latest eruption episode

An erupting Hawaii volcano is shooting fountains of lava hundreds of feet into the sky. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory says Kilauea's fountains reached heights of 400 to 500 feet Tuesday. This … more

3/11/25

FILE - President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Appeals court won't lift block on Trump's executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship

A third appellate court has upheld a block on President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship. The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals made the ruling Tuesday, denying a motion … more

By REBECCA BOONE | 3/11/25

FILE - Pedestrians walk past a help wanted sign posted on the door of a restaurant in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

US job openings rose to 7.7 million in January, a sign Trump inherited a strong labor market

U.S. job openings rose at the start of the year, another sign the job market was solid when President Donald Trump returned to the White House. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that U.S. … more

By PAUL WISEMAN | 3/11/25

A woman reads her ballot during an early voting for Greenlandic parliamentary elections at the city hall in Nuuk, Greenland, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Polls open in Greenland for parliamentary elections as Trump seeks control of the strategic island

Polls have opened in Greenland for early parliamentary elections Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks control of the strategic Arctic island. The self-governing region of Denmark is home to … more

3/11/25

Mercedes driver George Russell of Britain, left, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, right, and Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Italy attend the F1 75 Live launch event at the O2 arena in London, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Meet Formula 1's biggest rookie intake in years. Some already are targeting the podium

Kimi Antonelli once hid in a stack of tires to get through security and into the Formula 1 paddock. Now the 18-year-old Italian is Lewis Hamilton’s successor at Mercedes. Antonelli is part of … more

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH | 3/11/25

Medical helicopter crash in Mississippi kills 3

Officials say a medical transport helicopter has crashed in Mississippi. A pilot and two hospital workers on board were killed. The University of Mississippi Medical Center said in a statement that … more

3/11/25

FILE - Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez appear in court for a preliminary hearing held in Beverly Hills, Calif., April 12, 1991. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)

What to know about the Menendez brothers' bid for freedom

The district attorney of Los Angeles County says he does not support resentencing for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents in 1989. The shotgun killings of Jose and … more

By JAIMIE DING | 3/11/25

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem walks past journalists at the White House, Monday, March 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

DHS expedites process to award two Republican-linked firms part of its $200 million ad campaign

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security skipped a fully competitive bidding process to give two Republican-linked firms the first part of a $200 million anti-immigration ad campaign. The ads laud … more

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON | 3/10/25