By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press
Newly released video of the aftermath of a deadly shooting at a Rhode Island ice rink last week shows a chaotic scene of bystanders and law enforcement rushing to help victims and initial confusion over which person was the shooter.
"My dad shot my ...
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Greg Abel paid tribute to his predecessor Warren Buffett while promising in his first shareholder letter that Berkshire Hathaway won't retreat from investing or make significant changes in the way it operates.
Abel said he will always ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology and imposed other major penalties, escalating an unusually public clash between the government and the company over AI safety.
President Donald Trump, ...
By COLLEEN SLEVIN and TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press
DENVER (AP) — Renee Good loved sparkles and laughter and any excuse for a celebration. She loved pretty much everyone she met, and was late for pretty much everything.
"She had this way of making you feel special and loved that I ...
By JESSICA HILL Associated Press
Auburn, Calif. (AP) — Former MLB pitcher Daniel Serafini was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the 2021 shooting of his wife's parents during a burglary at their home by Lake Tahoe, authorities said.
Serafini, 51, ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alberto Carvalho, the superintendent of Los Angeles public schools in the nation's second-largest district, was put on paid leave Friday, two days after the FBI served search warrants at his home and the district's headquarters.
Authorities have not provided details of the ...
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The 911 call came in at 6:32 a.m. on Thursday: Two "suspicious" men wearing dark clothing were lingering inside a Columbia University residential building.
But when New York Police Department officers were dispatched to the scene, they ...
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer
ChatGPT maker OpenAI has received $110 billion in funding from Amazon, SoftBank and Nvidia, putting the technology company's pre-money valuation at $730 billion.
Amazon is leading the trio of tech heavyweights in commitments, putting up $50 billion, ...
DURHAM, N.Y. (AP) — Shoppers in upstate New York earlier this month turned up a rare find while perusing a local antique store this month: tucked next to a cookie jar made in the shape of a chicken was a live owl resting peacefully on a shelf.
The state Department of Environmental ...
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton told members of Congress on Friday that he "did nothing wrong" in his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and saw no signs of Epstein's sexual abuse as he faced hours of grilling from lawmakers over his ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles firefighter testified in a newly released deposition that he told colleagues the ground was still smoldering from a brush fire days before authorities say it reignited into the most destructive blaze in city history.
Scott Pike, a firefighter with the Los ...
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department has terminated its collective bargaining agreement with unionized workers employed at the Internal Revenue Service, the agency said Friday, in an escalation of President Donald Trump 's push to exert more ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Neil Sedaka, the hit-making singer-songwriter whose boyish soprano and bright melodies made him a top act in the early years of rock 'n' roll and led to a second run of success in the 1970s, has died.
Sedaka, whose hits included "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" and "Laughter in ...
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — An injured mother manatee and her calf were rescued this week from a river in Florida and taken to SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation, officials said.
Drone pilots provided the rescuers with an aerial view, guiding their boat toward the manatees on Wednesday, then ...
By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — The father of an accused Georgia school shooter testified in his own defense Friday that he gave his son a rifle as a Christmas present in hopes of bonding with the boy over hunting and outings at the gun range.
In one of the latest cases ...
By BEN FINLEY and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has made a deal with Scouting America that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday would maintain their century-old partnership but refocus the organization away from diversity initiatives and other "woke" ...
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors said Friday they won't appeal a judge's ruling that bars them from seeking the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
In a letter, Deputy U.S. Attorney Sean ...
By SARAH RAZA Associated Press
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced federal charges Friday against 30 more people who are accused of civil rights violations in a January protest inside a Minnesota church where a pastor works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Bondi said on social ...
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. is in talks with Havana and raised the possibility of a "friendly takeover of Cuba" without offering any details on what he meant.
Speaking to reporters outside the White House as he ...
By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer
The United States swept the hockey gold medals at the Winter Olympics for the first time, beating Canada 2-1 in overtime in both the men's and women's tournaments and finishing the tournaments unbeaten.
It set off a celebration that quickly became ...