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Home mitigation bill heads to Mississippi governor in yearslong effort to improve storm resilience

12:09 PM on Friday, April 3

Mississippi officials are moving closer to creating a state home mitigation program to help protect residents from natural disasters

FILE - The Tennessee Capitol is seen, Jan. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Tennessee eases up on its unique child support rule for restoring voting rights after a felony

12:08 PM on Friday, April 3

A new Tennessee law has eased up on two longstanding financial hurdles for people with felony sentences who want their voting rights back

In this image from police body camera video released by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff's Office, golfer Tiger Woods hangs up his cellphone and tells a sheriff deputy “I was just talking to the president" following a car crash in Jupiter Island, Fla., Friday, March 27, 2026. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP)

What to know about Tiger Woods' rollover crash in Florida and the aftermath

11:28 AM on Friday, April 3

Tigers Woods’ second arrest on charges of driving under the influence has put golf on hold for one of the game's most important figures

FILE - Attorney General Pam Bondi, left, listens as President Donald Trump, right, speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, July 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Bondi struggled to prosecute Trump foes. But will a new attorney general make a difference?

10:54 AM on Friday, April 3

Pam Bondi is out of her job after failing to deliver criminal cases against President Donald Trump’s political enemies

FILE - University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman speaks during a meeting of the UW Board of Regents on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis., on Dec. 7, 2023. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

Fight over University of Wisconsin system president's future draws heat from Republican leader

10:10 AM on Friday, April 3

Efforts to quickly and quietly oust the president of the University of Wisconsin system are drawing fire from a Republican legislative leader

Why the manosphere has an antisemitism problem

7:43 AM on Friday, April 3

Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, Thursday, April 2, 2026, in Kiskunhalas, Hungary. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

Exclusive: Orbán challenger Magyar says election is a 'referendum' on Hungary's place in the world

7:17 AM on Friday, April 3

Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar says an upcoming election against pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is a “referendum” on Hungary’s future

China's Communist Party investigates ex-Xinjiang leader Ma Xingrui

6:52 AM on Friday, April 3

China's Communist Party has placed former Xinjiang party chief Ma Xingrui under investigation for suspected violations of discipline and law

Sweden stops sanctioned tanker suspected of causing Baltic oil spill after leaving Russian port

6:25 AM on Friday, April 3

The Swedish Coast Guard has boarded a tanker suspected of causing an oil spill on the Baltic Sea

Local residents look at the damaged portion of a police station at the site of an overnight suicide bombing, in Bannu, a district of northwestern Pakistan, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Amaad Khattak)

China says peace talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan are advancing

6:24 AM on Friday, April 3

Peace talks between Afghanistan’s Taliban government and Pakistan are advancing, China’s government said, two days after those countries resumed conversations after weeks of fighting that have killed hundreds

Avera Creighton Hospital is seen on Feb. 24, 2026, in Creighton, Neb. (AP Photo/Margery A. Beck)

Concerns over a Nebraska hospital show how a $50B rural health fund is coming up short

6:15 AM on Friday, April 3

A rural Nebraska family’s lifeline hospital now sits at the center of a national fight over Medicaid cuts

FILE - European chief prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi checks her notes during a press conference following meetings with Greek officials on various issues, at a custom of Piraeus port, near Athens, Greece, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

3 Greek ministers quit as EU investigates alleged farm subsidy fraud

6:07 AM on Friday, April 3

Three Greek government ministers have resigned amid a widening European Union investigation into alleged farm subsidy fraud

In this image made with a long exposure, President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Trump’s Iran war leaves Republicans adrift ahead of midterms

5:52 AM on Friday, April 3

Donald Trump won the presidency by promising to lower costs and end wars

Marina Quiroz stands in her living room in a Bronx apartment building, where tenants report maintenance issues, pest infestations, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to crack down on 'bad landlords.' First he has to find them

5:25 AM on Friday, April 3

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been holding a series of “rental rip-off hearings” for disgruntled tenants to air their complaints about bad landlords

FILE - Voting machines are seen at the Bartow County Election office, Jan. 25, 2024, in Cartersville, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Georgia lawmakers end annual session without settling conflict on voting machines

2:57 AM on Friday, April 3

The Georgia General Assembly has ended its annual session without a plan for new equipment to overhaul the state’s voting system by a July deadline

French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung during their meeting at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 3, 2026. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP)

French and South Korean leaders say they'll work together on the Strait of Hormuz

1:35 AM on Friday, April 3

French President Emmanuel Macron and his South Korean counterpart Lee Jae Myung say they have agreed to work together to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump arrives from the Blue Room to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Trump budget seeks $1.5T in defense spending alongside cuts in domestic programs

11:01 PM on Thursday, April 2

The White House is releasing details of President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget, including a $1.5 trillion defense spending request

FILE - University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman speaks during a meeting of the UW Board of Regents on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis., on Dec. 7, 2023. At center right is Regent President Karen Walsh. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

What to know about attempts to force out the Universities of Wisconsin president

4:29 PM on Thursday, April 2

The president of the 165,000-student University of Wisconsin system is fighting attempts by the board of regents to force him to retire or face being fired

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