By KATHY McCORMACK and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press Three people have been killed in an apparent tornado in southern Michigan on Friday, authorities said, as powerful storms ripped across the state, tearing the roof off a home improvement store and knocking down trees. The Branch County ...

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that questions about the war in Iran were "easy" compared to efforts to better regulate college sports and rein in high salaries for football players — an extraordinary suggestion that even he ...

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer President Donald Trump predicted the destruction not just of college sports but the entire U.S. collegiate system unless the industry is fixed quickly — something some sports leaders who joined him Friday at a White House summit agreed could only happen ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland judge set bail at $2 million Friday for a woman accused of killing her two young daughters and burying them in suitcases in shallow graves. Aliyah Henderson, 28, faces two counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of Mila Chatman and Amor Wilson, whose bodies ...

By MATT O'BRIEN AP Technology Writer A top Pentagon official said Anthropic's dispute with the government over the use of its artificial intelligence technology in fully autonomous weapons came after a debate over how AI could be used in President Donald Trump's future Golden Dome missile ...

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, who was the first woman to serve as president of the Hawaii State Senate, has died. She was 74. Hanabusa died early Friday after a five-month battle with cancer, said Mike Formby, her friend ...

By SEUNG MIN KIM and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia has provided Iran with information that could help Tehran strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region, according to two officials familiar with U.S. intelligence on the matter. The ...

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus is closing more department stores as it focuses on its most profitable businesses and trims debt during its Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring. Saks Global Inc. said Friday ...

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oil shot to its highest price since 2023 after surging again Friday because of the Iran war, and a weak update on the U.S. job market knocked stocks lower to cap Wall Street's worst week since October. The S&P 500 dropped 1.3% after a ...

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a one-minute video, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, decked out in Western riding gear and a cowboy hat, rides a horse through a pine forest near Mount Rushmore. She trumpets her department's hard-line message: "You cross ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two men attacked a pair of police officers who were serving as bodyguards for San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, officials said. Lurie was unharmed. The suspects, who were taken into custody, were part of a group blocking Lurie and his security team's vehicle Thursday ...

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The abrupt decision by U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales to not seek reelection clears the path for a self-described gun rights "absolutist" to secure the Republican nomination in a sprawling Texas congressional district. Brendan Herrera, 30, ...

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — The daughter of former U.S. intelligence director John Negroponte was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Friday for the fatal stabbing of a friend after a drunken argument at a Maryland home. Sophia Negroponte, 33, was sentenced by Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge ...

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The executive director of the National Symphony Orchestra, a mainstay at the Kennedy Center, is leaving to head the Los Angeles-based Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. It's the latest departure from the Kennedy Center ...

By JEFF AMY and CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A two-month sprint to the May 19 primary elections in Georgia's governor and U.S. Senate races has begun as the final candidates qualified Friday for crucial posts in the closely contested swing state. Republicans looking ...

By JOSHUA FECHTER/The Texas Tribune In 2020, Raysall Wiggins decided she no longer wanted to rent a home in the Houston neighborhood where she grew up. She wanted to buy. "I wanted to have something of my own, something that I could eventually pass down to my children," said Wiggins, who ...

By MARK SHERMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURT, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and MOLLY QUELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. submarine's deadly attack on an Iranian warship does not appear to have violated international or American military law, though it's not yet clear whether the sub took ...

By PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain. The unemployment rate blipped up to 4.4%. Hiring deteriorated from January, when companies, ...

By LAURA HERBERG/Bridge Michigan Bridge Michigan Michigan's outdoor recreation economy is growing, but not as fast as it is for much of the rest of the country. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis has released data from 2024 on the outdoor industry. The numbers show that outdoor recreation ...

By BRIAN AROLA/MinnPost MinnPost A Biden-era federal mandate, which the Trump administration plans to follow through on, compels states to replace lead service lines by 2037. Not to be outdone, Minnesota adopted a more ambitious timeline to remove all pipes with the toxic metal linked to a ...