By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press A Delaware state trooper who was shot to death at a DMV office was described Thursday as dependable and professional on the job and steady and kind at home. Cpl. Matthew "Ty" Snook, 34, of Hockessin, Delaware, was working an overtime assignment at a DMV ...
The Associated Press GLEN BURNIE, Md. (AP) — Federal immigration agents shot at a moving vehicle on Wednesday morning during an enforcement and removal action, striking one person and injuring another, officials said. A spokesperson for the Anne Arundel County Police Department said ...
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Telluride, one of the best-known ski resorts in the Western U.S., plans to close in the coming days due to a labor dispute between its owner and the ski patrol union. The Telluride Professional Ski Patrol Association voted ...
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A federal judge's ruling has cleared the way for Hawaii to include cruise ship passengers in a new tourist tax to help cope with climate change, a levy set to go into effect at the start of 2026. U.S. District Judge Jill A. Otake ...
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump marked Christmas Eve by quizzing children calling in about what presents they were excited about receiving, while promising to not let a "bad Santa" infiltrate the country and even suggesting that a ...
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Days after Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge to immediately free her from a 20-year prison sentence, the public release of grand jury transcripts from her sex trafficking case returned the spotlight to victims whose ...
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) — Like many retirement communities, The Terraces serves as a tranquil refuge for a nucleus of older people who no longer can travel to faraway places or engage in bold adventures. But they can still be thrust back to their ...
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and MENGSHIN LIN Associated Press KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Throngs of feral cats emerge from the shade of parked trucks and bushes as soon as the familiar Subaru Forester pulls into a dump on Hawaii's Big Island. They run after the vehicle to a certain meal ...
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. (AP) — Graphite mines in the United States largely closed down seven decades ago. Mining the ubiquitous mineral found in everything from nuclear reactors to pencils seemed to make little sense when it could be imported inexpensively from ...
By The Associated Press As 2025 wraps up, The Associated Press has curated a list of memorable stories and enjoyable reads published this year that you may have missed in the flurry of news and the busyness of living. There are storybook endings and heartbreak. Some are stranger than ...