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  • Buckingham NicksSuccess

    Before Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham made a cult classic. Now they’re reuniting for a reissue

    By Ben Finley, Kristin M. Hall, and others
  • This courtroom sketch depicts Kilmar Abrego Garcia sitting in court during his detention hearing on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (Diego Fishburn via AP)Politics

    DOJ says Kilmar Abrego Garcia will face trial on federal smuggling charges before it tries to deport him again

    By Ben Finley, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others
  • Protesters gather outside the Federal Courthouse before arguments whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia can be released from jail on Friday, June 13, 2025 in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)Politics

    Judge will order Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s pre-trial release but ICE plans to detain him and possibly try to deport him again

    By Travis Loller, Ben Finley, and others
  • In this photo provided by El Salvador’s presidential press office, prison guards transfer deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (El Salvador presidential press office via AP)Politics

    ICE admits Maryland man sent to El Salvador prison was deported by ‘administrative error’

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • And there’s snow too: Pedestrians cross a snowy street in downtown Kansas City, Mo., as a winter storm passed through the area on Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Environment

    Heavy rains, strong winds threaten California’s burn zones as ‘atmospheric river’ looms

    By Ben Finley, John Raby, and others
  • A man wearing Dodgers apparel stands with a Mega Millions lottery ticket he purchased from a convenience storeLifestyle

    The Mega Millions jackpot is now over $1 billion—and experts say larger payouts are on the horizon once ticket prices increase next year

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • NORAD volunteers track Santa, sitting around the table wearing headsetsLifestyle

    NORAD’s Santa tracker, now used by millions, started as a morale booster during the Cold War

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • woman lays out tarot cards on tableLifestyle

    Offering psychic services in this city could’ve landed you in jail. But the ban was just lifted as fortune telling becomes a $2.3 billion industry

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • Baltimore County Police ChiefTech

    Disgruntled high school athletic director uses AI to clone principal’s voice in racist, antisemitic deep fake

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • Robert McCulloughTech

    An athletic director used AI to fake a high school principal’s racist tirade, and police say state laws need to catch up

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • Baltimore bridge collapseEnvironment

    Fixing the Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed this week could cost more than $800 million—and take several years to repair

    By Ben Finley, Brian Witte, and others
  • Francis Scott Key BridgePolitics

    Engineering professor on Baltimore’s fallen bridge: It can’t absorb ‘anywhere near the energy that this humongous ship is bringing’

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A sign marks the entrance to Liberty University, March 24, 2020, in Lynchburg, Va. Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine after the Christian school failed to disclose information about crimes that occurred on its Lynchburg campus, including those involving sexual assaults, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)Finance

    Liberty University will pay $14m for failing to disclose information about crimes on campus and for its treatment of sexual assault survivors

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 13: Rev. William Barber II speaks during a rally organized by the Poor People’s Campaign to lobby for the Build Back Better Act at Union Square on Monday December 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)Retail

    A civil rights leader went to see ‘The Color Purple’ with his mother—then AMC ejected him for using his own chair

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • This image provided by Wright Auction House shows a vase by Italian architect and designer Carlo Scarpa which was part of his Pennelatte series in the 1940s. Jessica Vincent purchased it at a Goodwill store outside Richmond, Va., in June for $3.99. It was sold through the Wright Auction House in Chicago on Wednesday Dec. 13, 2023, to a private European collector for $107,100. (Wright Auction House via AP)<br /> This image provided by Jessica Vincent shows Jessica Vincent holding a vase by Italian architect and designer Carlo Scarpa which was part of his Pennelatte series in the 1940s at her home in Henrico County, Virginia. Vincent purchased it at a Goodwill store outside Richmond, Va., in June for $3.99. It was sold through the Wright Auction House in Chicago on Wednesday Dec. 13, 2023, to a private European collector for $107,100. (Jessica Vincent via AP) AP_12_19_2023_153021Lifestyle

    Glass vase bought at Goodwill for $3.99 turns out to be a rare masterpiece that just sold for $107,000

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press