California has enacted many changes over the years that were intended to boost voter turnout
July 02, 2026
The medical tools of the Revolutionary period help flesh out the picture of what physical well-being felt like for people living in the American colonies 250 years ago.
July 02, 2026
New legislation in Denver created a program to build, repair and maintain sidewalks throughout the city.
July 02, 2026
Montesquieu shaped how Americans understood liberty, and his warning about a ‘tyranny of opinion’ speaks to today’s polarization.
July 02, 2026
Mail-in voting was created during the Civil War so soldiers could vote. That legacy helped shape how the Supreme Court ruled more than 160 years later.
July 02, 2026
A little-known law called ERISA bars millions of patients from suing for damages when health insurers wrongly deny claims.
July 02, 2026
Supreme Court's birthright citizenship ruling brings relief to immigrant advocacy group in Baltimore
July 02, 2026
Investigators pinpoint haunting echoes between Texas child disasters
July 02, 2026
Inside a cavernous aircraft hangar in the Mojave Desert, JetZero is building a full-size demonstrator of what could be a 200-plus-seat jet, a
July 02, 2026
Hungary will launch a means-tested school-start benefit program at a cost of 40 billion forints ($128.41 million) per year, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Thursday,
July 02, 2026
When the U.S.
July 02, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer apologised on Thursday to women forced to give up their babies or separated from their mothers at birth under a system of
July 02, 2026
The Feb. 28 attack on a primary school in southeastern Iran was the deadliest reported strike in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran
July 01, 2026
Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ is driving aspiring doctors to reconsider their careers
July 02, 2026
The families of those killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting will indirectly receive money from Alex Jones after a billion-dollar defamation verdict
July 02, 2026
The command center hums with activity as radios crackle to life, medical staff stop in to say hello and supplies are
July 02, 2026
UPS never required the detailed inspections needed to spot the problem that allowed an engine to fly off one of its planes before it crashed and killed 15 people last fall even after Boeing recommended it years earlier
July 02, 2026
Martial arts icon Bruce Lee, who was born in San Francisco, will become the first Chinese American in California history with an annual namesake day
July 02, 2026
Authorities say 16 children from the same family who were rescued from a run-down home in rural Ohio were living in horrific conditions and were confined to just one room over much of the past four years
July 01, 2026
An Ohio judge will make a ruling next week on a preliminary injunction request from 24 men’s and women’s college basketball players suing the NCAA in a state court, claiming the new age-based model unfairly shuts them out of further competition
July 02, 2026
President Donald Trump visited the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota on Wednesday
July 01, 2026
St. Dorothy Parish in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, says goodbye to Father Murphy after 38 years
July 02, 2026
The fifth-largest public school district in Kansas said on Wednesday it disagreed with the Trump administration's accusation that it violated federal
July 02, 2026
Man accuses police of losing his car after an accident. It's still missing nearly a year later.
July 02, 2026
An escaped giraffe has managed to stay a few steps ahead of a private ranch owner and local officials in Texas Hill Country for nearly two weeks
June 25, 2026
7-year-old boy reunites with first responders who saved his life after crash
July 02, 2026
The US Supreme Court ruled that states could exclude transgender athletes from girls and women’s sports teams.
July 01, 2026
Georgia Archives documents give multifaceted look at America's story during country's 250th birthday
July 01, 2026
Mark Sherman has covered the Supreme Court for The Associated Press for 20 years during some of the most momentous decisions in history
July 01, 2026
Teen homicides spark community action at apartment complex; landlord says security changes on the way
July 01, 2026
Disney spotlight sends Oklahoma City mobile library books pouring in from across the country
July 01, 2026
Woman spends decades rescuing homeless animals at shelter she helped build
July 01, 2026
America 250: How two roads in Detroit changed American driving forever
July 01, 2026
Officer under review for controversial Juneteenth arrest used same tactic earlier that day
July 01, 2026
America’s Forgotten Soldiers: The Black Patriots Project
July 01, 2026
Canadian boy, 11, died from rabies after waking up with bat on his mouth
July 01, 2026
CNN's Wolf Blitzer speaks with ACLU Senior Counsel Joshua Block after the Supreme Court lets states ban trans athletes from playing on girl's sports teams. Block also represented plaintiff Becky Pepper-Jackson and argued on her behalf in front of the Supreme Court. Block spoke about her courage and what this case means for other trans athletes.
July 01, 2026
West Virginia Attorney General (R) JB McCuskey reacts to the Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday which ruled that states may bar transgender students from playing on girls sports teams.
July 01, 2026
Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time
July 01, 2026
On Tuesday, the U.S.
July 01, 2026
A Kenyan court charged eight schoolgirls on Wednesday with murder for the deaths of 16 of their fellow students in a dormitory fire at a school in Kenya's Rift Valley in
July 01, 2026
Uthy spent seven years in medical school training to become a doctor
July 01, 2026
Across the country, experts are watching to see whether the World Cup will give a boost to youth soccer and mint fans for decades to come
July 01, 2026
Conference offers safe space for gay men to unpack the stigmas, challenges of adoption and surrogacy
July 01, 2026
Baby mink rescued from Sonoma County backyard
July 01, 2026
From a synagogue’s 5K to Appalachia’s Hillbilly Days, shared celebrations pull strangers together.
July 01, 2026
Britain's police watchdog said on Wednesday it was investigating two officers over their handling of a student who was handcuffed as he lay dying from stab wounds after his
July 01, 2026
A pair of federal judges struck down a Trump administration overhaul to a public service forgiveness program for student loans, ruling Tuesday in two separate cases in favor of advocates who said the program risked becoming a tool for political retribution
July 01, 2026
In May 1996, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a voter-passed Colorado measure that had denied gay people legal protections against discrimination.
July 01, 2026
Tribes hope Farm Bill can feed more people and preserve Indigenous culture
Jewish American charged in Israel with spying for Iran for $1,400 in crypto
Russia’s latest attack on Kyiv was exceptionally deadly – here is why
Serena Williams’ singles return sets ratings record for 1st-round Wimbledon match on ESPN
US oil companies see big profit jump, gird for clash over pump prices with Trump
A new plan to keep the Reflecting Pool clean – including annual purge of ‘nasty’ muck
The nostalgic Midwestern salad that deserves a comeback this summer
Extreme heat bears down as America 250 celebrations ramp up. Trump heads to Mount Rushmore