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FILE- In this Feb. 15, 2018, photo, Susan Prendergast, reference supervisor at the Eudora Welty Library, in Jackson, Miss., adds additional federal tax filing information booklets on a shelf. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Tax procrastinators, this is how to seek an extension and some other tips at the IRS deadline

6:48 AM on Wednesday, April 15

It’s officially Tax Day in the U.S. And if you’ve waited till the last minute to file your taxes, don’t panic

Boats carrying activists and humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza reposition in the port during a symbolic send-off as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra)

Flotilla carrying activists and aid for Palestinians in Gaza sets sail from Spain

6:20 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Dozens of boats carrying activists and aid for Palestinians in Gaza have set sail from the northeastern Spanish city of Barcelona

Student opens fire at a school in Turkey, killing 4 people

6:16 AM on Wednesday, April 15

A student has opened fire at two classrooms at a school in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, killing four people and wounding 20 others

An American flag hangs outside the Office of the 11th Congressional District in the Longworth House Office Building in Washington on Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert Yoon)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Jersey's special congressional election

6:08 AM on Wednesday, April 15

A special election in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District on Thursday will fill the U.S. House seat most recently held by Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill

First lady Melania Trump speaks to reporters Thursday, April 9, 2026, in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Melania Trump will push for updating a foster care program during a rare visit to Capitol Hill

6:05 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Melania Trump plans a rare appearance on Capitol Hill to encourage Congress to update a nearly 30-year-old federal foster care program

FILE - This April 19, 1994 file photo shows in the front row; Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, left, President F.W. de Klerk, middle, and African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela, right, exchanging words at a news conference, while in the back row at center South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha looks over them, in Pretoria, South Africa. Next to Botha, second from right is Roelf Meyer, chief government negotiator, and ANC's Secretary General Cyril Ramaphosa, right. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Veteran negotiator Roelf Meyer appointed as South Africa's ambassador to the US

6:00 AM on Wednesday, April 15

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Roelf Meyer as the country's ambassador to the United States

Peter Magyar, leader of the election-winning Tisza Party, talks to the media before meeting Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok in the presidential Alexander Palace in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday April 15, 2026. (Robert Hegedus/MTI via AP)

Hungary's Magyar says new government could take power at beginning of May

5:49 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar says the country's president has assured him that his new government could take power in the first week of May

This photo provided by Audi shows the 2026 Q5. The Q5 is a luxury SUV that's roomy and loaded with Audi's latest technology features. (Courtesy of Audi AG via AP)

Audi Q5 vs BMW X3, an Edmunds luxury SUV comparison

5:28 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The Audi Q5 and BMW X3 are among the most popular options for shoppers interested in a small luxury SUV

A woman holds a candle during a vigil for people killed in Lebanon during the Iran war, Friday, April 10, 2026, in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump promised peace in the Middle East. In Dearborn, Michigan, it feels farther away

5:15 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Dearborn, Michigan, home to the nation's largest Arab American community, is grappling with ongoing crises

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2019, file photo, Kanye West, who changed his name to Ye in 2021, appears at the WSJ. Magazine 2019 Innovator Awards at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on Nov. 6, 2019. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Ye postpones Marseille concert after French authorities say they will seek a ban

3:42 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has postponed his upcoming show in Marseille

This grab from video shows traffic backed up after a multi-vehicle pile up on a section of a snowy highway in Clear Creek County, Colorado, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (KMGH/Denver7 via AP)

Pileup of about 70 vehicles on Interstate 70 in Colorado sends 8 to the hospital

12:39 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Officials say crashes involving about 70 vehicles have bottlenecked a section of a snowy Colorado highway and sent eight people to the hospital

Damage is visible on a residential building that, according to Iranian authorities, was hit by a strike on March 4 during the U.S.-Israeli military campaign, in southeastern Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The Latest: US blockade of Iranian ports 'fully implemented' as Trump says war is near end

12:32 AM on Wednesday, April 15

U.S. President Donald Trump says the war in Iran is “very close to over” in clips of an interview set to air Wednesday

Residents gesture and point toward damage as they stand near charred cars at the site of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike last Wednesday in central Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Mediators move closer to extending US-Iran ceasefire, officials tell AP

11:45 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Mediators are moving closer to extending the ceasefire between the United States and Iran and restarting negotiations to salvage the fragile truce before it expires next week

A map showing the Andaman Sea, where a boat carrying refugees recently capsized. (AP Digital Embed)

At least 250 people missing, including Rohingya and Bangladeshis, after boat sinks in Andaman Sea

11:30 PM on Tuesday, April 14

The United Nations says at least 250 people including Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals are missing after a boat capsized in the Andaman Sea recently

Lonna Drewes joins her lawyer Lisa Bloom at a news conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., Tuesday, April 14, 2026, to detail allegations of sexual misconduct by Rep. Eric Swalwell, after Swalwell exited the California governor's race and said he'll resign his seat in Congress. The AP typically does not identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they identify themselves publicly. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Sexual abuse allegations are spurring calls for a broader reckoning in Congress

11:22 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Resignations came quickly this week from two congressmen accused of sexual misconduct toward staff members

Why many Americans are turning to AI for health advice, according to recent polls

11:14 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Many Americans are turning to artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT for health advice

Workers salvage items Tuesday, April 14, 2026, at a pipe manufacturing facility that was damaged by a tornado Monday in Ottawa, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Nature puts heat on blast as scorching temperatures in eastern US could smash records

11:11 PM on Tuesday, April 14

A long-lasting weather pattern is blasting hot air across the eastern U.S. and threatening to shatter record highs

Andrea "Mama" Avaloz holds up the package of fajita meat, beef sticks and pork chops that she won in a meat raffle April 10, 2026, at American Legion Post 150 in Waconia, Minn. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

Hot dogs and steaks and bacon, oh my! Meat raffles keep a beloved Midwest tradition alive

11:05 PM on Tuesday, April 14

They're called meat raffles, and they're a tradition in a few pockets of the U.S. They're featured mainly at neighborhood bars or at American Legion or VFW posts in Minnesota, Wisconsin and New York state

Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top center, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

European shares are little changed after Asia finishes higher amid hopes for US-Iran talks

10:26 PM on Tuesday, April 14

European shares are little changed in early trading after Asian shares finished mostly higher amid hopes the United States and Iran may try again on talks to end their war

FILE - The Department of Justice seal is seen in Washington, Nov. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Justice Department moves to toss seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys

4:30 PM on Tuesday, April 14

The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders who were sentenced to prison terms for leading members of the far-right extremist groups in attacking the U.S. Capitol over five years ago

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