A record 13 skiers, climbers and hikers died in Italian mountains over the past week
MILAN — A record 13 backcountry skiers, climbers and hikers have died in the Italian mountains over the past week, rescuers said Monday, including 10 in avalanches triggered by an exceptionally unstable snowpack, as Winter Olympic competitions got underway. Fresh snowfall during recent storms and wind-swept snowcaps on weak internal...
Masks emerge as symbol of Trump’s ICE crackdown and a flashpoint in Congress
WASHINGTON — Beyond the car windows being smashed, people tackled on city streets — or even a little child with a floppy bunny ears snowcap detained — the images of masked federal officers has become a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations. Not in recent U.S. memory has...
New video footage released from day of the fatal Brown University shooting
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — New video footage from the day of the Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine others was released Monday, with city officials saying they had redacted the most graphic, violent images to avoid harming victims and “maintain the trust we have built in our...
How to protect a loved one when choosing a nursing home or assisted living facility
NEW YORK — Sometimes it’s a fall that brings a broken hip and a loss of mobility. Or memory problems that bubble into danger. Or the death of the partner who was relied upon for care. The need to move to a nursing home, assisted living facility or another type...
Migrants languish in U.S. detention centers facing dire conditions and prolonged waits
MIAMI — Felipe Hernandez Espinosa spent 45 days at ” Alligator Alcatraz,” an immigration holding center in Florida where detainees have reported worms in their food, toilets that don’t flush and overflowing sewage. Mosquitoes and other insects are everywhere. For the past five months, the 34-year-old asylum-seeker has been at...
Report: ABC’s ‘The View’ under federal investigation by Trump administration
The Trump administration is said to be investigating ABC’s “The View” over allegations that it doesn’t provide equal treatment for political candidates and parties. A source at the Federal Communications Commission reportedly told Fox News Digital that the agency is examining the “fake news” morning program amid a crackdown on...
John Fetterman asks DHS to halt development of ICE detention centers in Pennsylvania, saying they will burden local communities
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Braddock, is calling on the Department of Homeland Security to hit the brakes on its plan to develop two Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers in Pennsylvania, saying they would have a negative impact on local communities. “While I have been clear in my support for...
Investigation continues a week after Savannah Guthrie mother was reported missingVideo
TUCSON, Ariz. — The urgent investigation into the apparent kidnapping of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie continued Sunday, a week after the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie was reported missing in Arizona. Savannah Guthrie solemnly told the potential kidnappers in a social media video released Saturday that the family was...
Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang charged with damaging $6K ice sculpture at Minnesota CapitolVideo
Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang was charged with damaging a $6,000 ice sculpture that a veterans organization displayed on the front steps of the State Capitol. Lang, 30, of Lake Worth, Fla., recorded social media videos of him on Thursday kicking down portions of the ice sculpture that spelled out...
‘Take the vaccine, please,’ a top U.S. health official says in an appeal as measles cases rise
WASHINGTON — A leading U.S. health official on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status. “Take the vaccine, please,” said Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for...
FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men, files show
NEW YORK — The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein’s bank records and emails. It searched his homes. It spent years interviewing his victims and examining his connections to some of the world’s most influential people. But while investigators collected ample proof that Epstein sexually abused underage girls, they found scant...
Takeaways from what the Epstein files show about the FBI investigation of possible sex trafficking
NEW YORK — The FBI collected ample proof that Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused underage girls but found scant evidence the well-connected financier led a sex trafficking ring serving powerful men, an Associated Press review of internal Justice Department records shows. Videos and photos seized from Epstein’s homes in New York,...
Voters are worried about the cost of housing. But Trump wants home prices to keep climbing
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump wants to keep home prices high, bypassing calls to ramp up construction so people can afford what has been a ticket to the middle class. Trump has instead argued for protecting existing owners who have watched the values of their homes climb. It’s a position...
UK leader’s chief of staff quits over appointment of Mandelson as ambassador despite Epstein ties
LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff resigned Sunday over the furor surrounding the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the U.K. ambassador to the U.S. despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Morgan McSweeney said he took responsibility for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson, 72, to Britain’s most...
Gallery: Olympic photo highlights from Day 1 of the Milan Cortina Winter Games
MILAN — This gallery showcases top photos from Day 1 of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics taken by Associated Press photographers....
ICE protests, Bad Bunny flip script on Trump’s midterms playbook
Republicans are increasingly nervous that President Donald Trump’s slipping support on immigration and the economy — two key issues that helped him win in 2024 — could cost them the midterm elections. The Super Bowl halftime show won’t help their anxiety. The performance by Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican global...
‘We will pay,’ Savannah Guthrie says in desperate video plea to potential kidnappers of her mother
TUCSON, Ariz. — Savannah Guthrie told the potential kidnappers of her mother Nancy Guthrie on Saturday that the family is prepared to pay for her safe return, as the frantic search for the 84-year-old Arizona resident has entered a seventh day. “We received your message, and we understand. We beg...
Ohio man charged with threatening to kill Vice President JD Vance and possessing child abuse files
An Ohio man has been charged with threatening to kill Vice President JD Vance while he was visiting his home state last month. But the man’s lawyer said his health makes it unlikely he would have been able to carry out the threat. In addition to the charge for threatening...
Gaza’s Rafah border crossing has reopened but few people get through
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — When the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt finally reopened this week, Palestinian officials heralded it as a “window of hope” after two years of war as a fragile ceasefire deal moves forward. But that hope has been sidetracked by disagreements over who should...
Armchair detectives flood social media as search for Savannah Guthrie’s missing mom continues
Moments after the news broke about the apparent abduction of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother, the floodgates opened on social media. Influencers relayed the timeline from the hours after Nancy Guthrie was last seen and posted photos of the blood found on her front porch that later was a...
U.S. gave Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach agreement to end war, Zelenskyy says
KYIV, Ukraine — The U.S. has given Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach a deal to end the nearly four‑year war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters, as Russian strikes on energy infrastructure forced nuclear power plants to cut output on Saturday. If the June deadline is not met,...
Epstein revelations have toppled top figures in Europe while U.S. fallout is more muted
LONDON — A prince, an ambassador, senior diplomats, top politicians. All brought down by the Jeffrey Epstein files. And all in Europe, rather than the United States. The huge trove of Epstein documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice has sent shock waves through Europe’s political, economic and social...
‘The love is still here’: Record search reveals Greensburg couple’s 75th anniversary is their 74th
Greensburg couple Ed and Sally Wagner have been together so long they forgot the year they were married. Ed, 95, and Sally, 92, told their children they would celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary this coming Monday. However, a recent Ancestry.com search by son-in-law Mark Aitken revealed a copy of the...
Iran and U.S. hold indirect talks in Oman with America’s military leader in Mideast joining talks
MUSCAT, Oman — Iran and the United States held indirect talks in Oman on Friday, negotiations that appeared to return to the starting point on how to approach discussions over Tehran’s nuclear program. But for the first time, America brought its top military commander in the Middle East to the...
Colorado funeral home owner who abused nearly 200 corpses gets 40 years, decried as a ‘monster’
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 40 years in state prison Friday. During the sentencing hearing, family members told Judge Eric Bentley they have had recurring nightmares...
