Fat Bear Week opens for Alaska’s heavyweight crown. Can Chunk, the 1,200-pound champ, win again?
Sep 22, 2026
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After a summer spent packing away sockeye salmon, Alaska’s heftiest brown bears are ready to throw their weight around. Online voting began Tuesday for Fat Bear Week, the annual contest that…
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World leaders meet at UN as their planet grapples with war, division, runaway AI and climate shocks
Sep 21, 2026
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Under a global cloud of wars and bitter divisions, world leaders meet at the United Nations this week facing new fears that runaway artificial intelligence could threaten humanity even as climate…
Kennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump's White House
Sep 18, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave the keynote address Thursday at a conference of an anti-vaccine activist group he once chaired, telling the hundreds in attendance that they…
Federal Reserve hikes key rate for 1st time in 3 years, defying Trump demands for a cut
Sep 17, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time since 2023 in an effort to quell stubbornly high inflation, and the central bank signaled another rate hike could…
Nick Reiner avoids death penalty over his parents' killings but still faces life in prison
Sep 16, 2026
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner 's son will not face the death penalty on charges he fatally stabbed his parents after lying in wait at their home in Los Angeles late last…
Trump calls AI risks a 'hoax,' says there is a 'SICK conspiracy' against AI and data centers
Sep 15, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday lashed out against concerns about rogue artificial intelligence, claiming that any efforts to limit the technology are part of a “SICK conspiracy.” “AI taking over the World,…
Amazon suspends use of 21 Air, the cargo carrier whose plane careened off Miami runway and killed 5
Sep 14, 2026
MIAMI (AP) — Amazon said Sunday that it has suspended its partnership with 21 Air after one of the cargo carrier's planes loaded with Amazon packages careened off a Miami runway last week and killed…
US marks 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks
Sep 11, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prosperity. Friday's milestone anniversary will…
Trump says oil prices that spiked because of Iran war likely won't come down until after midterms
Sep 10, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that oil prices that have surged because of the Iran war likely won’t come down until after U.S. midterm elections. Oil prices on Wednesday jumped more than 3%, pushing international Brent crude…
What to know about the Amazon cargo plane crash in Miami that killed 5 workers in a van
Sep 09, 2026
MIAMI (AP) -- Investigators are still trying to determine what caused an Amazon cargo jet to overshoot a runway in Miami and plow into two vehicles, killing five people on the ground. The Boeing 767 hit a…