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  • Federal immigration officers stand outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building as tear gas is deployed Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)Law

    Judge rules feds in Minneapolis immigration raids can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters, including observers and people in cars

    By Audrey McAvoy, Steve Karnowski, and others
  • Smoke rises from Fort Tiuna, the main military garrison in Caracas, Venezuela, after multiple explosions were heard and aircraft swept through the area, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Politics

    Airlines cancel hundreds of flights across the eastern Caribbean after U.S. raid on Venezuela

    By Matt O'Brien, Josh Funk, and others
  • VenmoCybersecurity

    Venmo says it’s ‘back up and running’ after hours of trouble sending and receiving money

    By Audrey McAvoy and The Associated Press
  • Passengers wait in line at All Nippon Airways' counter at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Saturday. A sign, right, reads "Flight cancellation counter."Asia

    Even the Pope couldn’t avoid the Airbus software fix that disrupted flights across the world

    By Audrey McAvoy and The Associated Press
  • carsLaw

    Car-crash injury risks are higher for women but the government has only used male crash test dummies for years. That’s finally changing

    By Jeff McMurray, Audrey McAvoy, and others
  • Victor ConteNorth America

    Victor Conte, villain of baseball’s 1990s steroids scandal, dies at 75

    By Audrey McAvoy and The Associated Press
  • Buford PusserLaw

    Buford Pusser, famous Tennessee sheriff who inspired Hollywood in the 1970s, may have killed his wife in 1967, authorities say

    By Audrey McAvoy and The Associated Press
  • Russia earthquakeEnvironment

    Russia rocked by one of the most powerful earthquakes of the century, sending tsunami warning across Pacific

    By Danica Kirka, Audrey McAvoy, and others
  • FILE – People are seen on the beach and in the water in front of the Kahala Hotel & Resort in Honolulu, Nov. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, File)Environment

    Hawaii plans to jack up hotel tax to 11% in first-of-its-kind move to pay for projects to cope with climate change

    By Audrey McAvoy and The Associated Press
  • Outside a Maui resortEnvironment

    Maui’s mayor wants to ban Airbnbs to make housing more affordable for locals. Researchers say it could cause an economic shock

    By Audrey McAvoy and The Associated Press
  • A photo of voters lining up to cast their ballots at the Ada County election headquarters in Boise, Idaho, for the Nov. 5, 2024, general election. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)Politics

    The rise of mail-in voting comes with a price, as mismatched signatures lead to ballot rejections

    By Audrey McAvoy, Ayanna Alexander, and others
  • Ryan Wesley Routh takes part in a rally in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)Politics

    Man accused of trying to kill Trump voted for him once then called on Iran to assassinate him

    By Michael Biesecker, Audrey McAvoy, and others
  • FILE – A general view shows the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, Aug. 17, 2023. Hawaii Gov. Josh Green told the Associated Press on Wednesday, July 31, that the parties in Lahaina wildfire lawsuits against the state, Maui County and utilities are close to a global settlement of claims that will be worth a little over $4 billion. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)Finance

    Lahaina locals close to $4 billion settlement over massive 2023 Maui wildfire, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green says

    By Audrey McAvoy and The Associated Press
  • Papakea Resort is seen on Monday, June 24, 2024, in Lahaina, Hawaii. The mayor of Maui County in Hawaii wants to stop owners of thousands of vacation properties from renting to visitors. Instead, he wants the units rented long-term to people who live on Maui to address a chronic housing shortage that intensified after last August’s deadly wildfire. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)Lifestyle

    Maui mayor wants to restrict vacation rentals as locals suffer chronic housing shortage made worse by Lahaina fire—but economist sees ‘economic crash and burn’

    By Audrey McAvoy and The Associated Press
  • CHICAGO – MARCH 14: Plastic bottles of Plavix lie on a shelf in Ballin Pharmacy March 14, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. A new study reportedly states that there may be risks in combining the blood-thinning drug Plavix with aspirin. (Photo Illustration by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)Finance

    Hawaii court orders Bristol Myers Squibb and Sanofi to pay the state $916m in Plavix blood thinner lawsuit

    By Audrey McAvoy and The Associated Press