By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer
A temporary freeze imposed briefly this week by the White House on federal grants and loans left many students wondering about the impact to the FAFSA form used to apply for financial aid.
President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York City Fire Department chief pleaded guilty Wednesday to a conspiracy charge, admitting that he and others agreed to accept $190,000 in bribes to speed up safety inspections for customers of a former city firefighter.
Anthony Saccavino, who at the time of the ...
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — Legoland Florida plans to lay off 234 workers, primarily performers, in an effort to be more competitive in central Florida's thriving theme park market, company officials said.
The theme park resort in Winter Haven, Florida, said in a notice to the state of Florida ...
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's new tool for reshaping the federal government is a relatively obscure agency, the Office of Personnel Management.
The agency has offered millions of federal workers eight months of salary if they voluntarily choose ...
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press
President Donald Trump's administration is offering buyouts to federal employees to quickly reduce the government workforce. They don't have a long time to decide: The deadline is Feb. 6.
The buyouts are for all full-time federal employees except for ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York architect facing murder charges in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings is challenging the DNA evidence against him and seeking separate trials in the sprawling case.
Rex Heuermann's lawyers argue DNA ...
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein begged a judge Wednesday to hold his #MeToo retrial as soon as possible, telling him "I don't know how much longer I can hold on" with cancer, heart issues and harsh conditions at New York City's Rikers Island jail ...
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia pharmacist already serving a federal prison sentence in a fraud case was convicted Wednesday in state court in the killing of her husband.
A jury found Natalie Cochran guilty of first-degree murder in Raleigh County Circuit Court, news outlets reported. ...
East Palestine and Norfolk Southern have announced a $22 million settlement resolving all of the village's claims arising from the disastrous 2023 train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that prompted a national reckoning on railroad safety.
The settlement is to be used for ...
Brothers Jake Paul and Logan Paul made social media announcements Tuesday that suggested they have a show or fight coming to HBO Max.
Calling it the "moment you've waited a decade for," the posts featured a head-to-head shot of the brothers with a March 27 date and the HBO Max logo. Further ...
By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press
A miles-long cluster of dolphins has been filmed leaping and gliding across Carmel Bay off the central coast of California, forming an unusual "super pod" of more than 1,500 of the marine creatures.
"They were on the horizon I feel like as far as I could ...
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is pausing federal grants and loans starting Tuesday as President Donald Trump's administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending, causing confusion and panic among organizations that rely on ...
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press
CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — Changeover among federal government agencies is normal when a new administration comes to Washington, with presidents regularly dismissing appointees selected by predecessors from opposing political parties. But President Donald Trump ...
By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal prosecutions of President Donald Trump, moving rapidly to pursue retribution against lawyers involved in the ...
By BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean Duffy was confirmed Tuesday as transportation secretary, giving him a key role in helping President Donald Trump cut regulations and fix the nation's infrastructure.
The former Wisconsin congressman has promised safer Boeing ...
By TARA COPP Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Six transgender active duty service members and two former service members who seek re-enlistment on Tuesday filed the first lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order that calls for revising policy on transgender troops ...
By JOSH FUNK Associated Press
East Palestine and Norfolk Southern have announced a $22 million settlement resolving all of the village's claims arising from the disastrous 2023 train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that prompted a national reckoning on railroad safety.
The ...
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — The Justice Department appears poised to take a very different approach to investigating voting and elections.
Conservative calls to overhaul the department by removing career employees, increasing federal voter fraud cases and ...
Earth is moving closer to destruction, a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday as it advanced its famous "Doomsday Clock" to 89 seconds till midnight, the closest it has ever been.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists made the annual announcement — which rates how close humanity is ...
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer
Energy company Chevron is partnering with Engine No. 1 and GE Vernova to create natural gas power plants in the United States that will be linked to data centers in order to support increased demand for electricity at these centers, particularly for ...