Volunteers deliver gifts to widows on Valentine's Day. The project began in a florist's driveway

A growing number of volunteers has been delivering gifts to widows and widowers on Valentine's Day

DOGE gets mixed reviews from conservatives who have long wanted major budget cuts

Conservatives who have spent decades promoting deep cuts to government are giving mixed reviews to the Department of Government Efficiency, the Elon Musk-led project to slash the federal workforce and reduce or end disfavored programs

DOGE gets mixed reviews from conservatives who have long wanted major budget cuts

Conservatives who have spent decades promoting deep cuts to government are giving mixed reviews to the Department of Government Efficiency, the Elon Musk-led project to slash the federal workforce and reduce or end disfavored programs

Man to plead guilty to 2023 shooting of Black teen Ralph Yarl, 2 people familiar with case tell AP

An 86-year-old Kansas City man will plead guilty Friday to the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager who rang the man’s doorbell by mistake

CDC to lose one-tenth of workforce under Trump administration probationary job cuts

Nearly 1,300 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being forced out under the Trump administration’s move to get rid of all probationary employees

Southern California hit by destructive debris flows caused by heavy rains

Debris flows brought on by the strongest atmospheric river of the season swept a car off a southern California highway and into the ocean and left roads submerged in sludge

Very cold weather is coming. US about to get 10th and chilliest polar vortex this winter

Meteorologists warn that the coldest burst of Arctic air this season is coming to put an icy and prolonged exclamation point on America’s winter of repeated polar vortex invasions starting this weekend

Annexing Canada? At Niagara Falls, Trump's idea gets eye rolls but not support

At Niagara Falls, visitors from the United States and Canada are taking in President Donald Trump’s unsolicited suggestion the U.S. annex its neighbor to the north with an air of detached amusement

Annexing Canada? At Niagara Falls, Trump's idea gets eye rolls but not support

At Niagara Falls, visitors from the United States and Canada are taking in President Donald Trump’s unsolicited suggestion the U.S. annex its neighbor to the north with an air of detached amusement

Judge will consider continuing to block Musk, DOGE from accessing Treasury payment systems

Pope Francis hospitalized for bronchitis, tests

Pope Francis was admitted to Rome’s Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital for treatment of bronchitis and to undergo tests, forcing the cancelation of his schedule until at least Monday.

Invisible crisis: America’s caregivers and the $600 billion unpaid cost of their labor

Firefighter swept into ocean in debris flow as heavy rain pounds Los Angeles

Where US adults think the government is spending too much, according to AP-NORC polling

Many U.S. adults believe the federal government is overspending

Teen rescued from 50-foot deep mine shaft in Northern California

Eagles' Super Bowl parade underway in Philadelphia

Transgender references removed from Stonewall National Monument website

Firefighter swept into ocean in debris flow as heavy rain pounds Los Angeles

States move to restrict transgender adult care amid gender-affirming youth care battles

Sec. of State Marco Rubio en route to Germany after plane suffers mechanical issue