NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — A massive fire broke out Tuesday morning on a barge carrying huge piles of scrap metal on the Delaware Bay and was still burning by the evening. The U.S. Coast Guard responded after 8 a.m. to reports of the fire and dispatched a helicopter and two boats, Petty Officer ...
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Voting technology firm Smartmatic is seeking to dismiss a criminal indictment for money laundering, blaming President Donald Trump and his allies for seeking its prosecution as part of a "campaign of retribution" against those they blame ...
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The latest lava fountaining episode of an erupting Hawaii volcano reached 1,000 feet (300 meters) high Tuesday, prompting temporary closures at a national park and part of an important highway because of falling glassy volcanic ...
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday that the Senate will consider a bill to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements in elections, but says "the votes aren't there" to pass it through a marathon talking filibuster ...
ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) — A man was found guilty Tuesday of killing his wife, whose body was found in a empty farm tank in rural Michigan in 2024, three years after she disappeared. Jurors heard evidence of a troubled marriage between Dee and Dale Warner, though defense lawyers emphasized that ...
By MICHAEL PHILLIS and M.K. WILDEMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The January collapse of a pipe as wide as a car dumped so much sewage into the Potomac River that officials tracked a spike of gut-wrenching bacteria drifting slowly past Washington for weeks, prompting an emergency ...
By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press Major storms that whipped up tornadoes in parts of Illinois and Indiana on Tuesday leveled homes, downed trees and power lines, and overwhelmed a 911 center south of Chicago with emergency calls, according to officials. "Please do not come here. Do not ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Two former New York City police officers who prosecutors say stole a brothel key and then robbed and groped a sex worker are now facing federal charges after their initial state charges were dismissed on a technicality. Former patrol officers Justin McMillan and Justin Colon ...
By MEAD GRUVER and JOSH FUNK Associated Press A radio feed from a police helicopter captured two loud banging sounds and a voice saying "we're going down," just before it crashed, killing the two people on board, according to a preliminary investigation report released Tuesday. The crash ...
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The federal government's demand for information about the membership of Jewish groups from the University of Pennsylvania in an investigation into whether antisemitism has created a hostile environment for ...
By MARCEL HONORÉ/Honolulu Civil Beat In recent years, local small-boat fishers who pursue prized bottomfish such as ehu, onaga and the red opakapaka that's popular on table spreads across Hawaiʻi each New Year's have seen a troubling spike in sharks that swoop in and tear their catch off ...
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The office that enforces ethics standards for attorneys in the nation's capital has accused Justice Department official Ed Martin of professional misconduct for a threatening letter that he sent to Georgetown Law School's dean last ...
By BRIAN WITTE and ED WHITE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A police officer responding to a burglary call in Baltimore was shot in the leg Tuesday by a gunman who was killed by another officer, authorities said. A woman jumped out of a window during the tense confrontation and ...
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has rejected a request for a new trial for a Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, a case that became a flashpoint in the national debate over immigration. Lawyers for Jose Ibarra argued his ...
By JAMESE PLATT/Pittsburgh's Public Source Two years into his English literature degree at the University of Pittsburgh, sophomore Luke Johnson has noticed something in his liberal arts courses: Students in his classes have gone quiet. As he sits in sociology or English writing classes, he ...
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes picked up in February from the previous month as home shoppers took advantage of easing mortgage rates and a modest increase in properties on the market heading into the spring homebuying season. Existing home sales ...
By JESSICA HILL Associated Press DEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Death Valley, known as the driest place in North America, is teeming with life with a once-in-a-decade blossoming of wildflowers known as a superbloom, transforming a normally brown desert landscape into carpets of ...
By LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are divided along party lines on U.S. military action against Iran, according to polls conducted since the war began, with most polls showing opposition is higher than support. Polls suggest that many Americans are worried ...
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has authorized the use of up to $40 million in emergency funds to pay for evacuation charter flights for Americans to leave the Middle East because of disruptions in transportation caused by the Iran war. The ...
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge in Oregon on Monday restricted federal officers from using tear gas at protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, in response to a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Oregon on behalf of ...