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FILE - An Army Kiowa helicopter flies over a convoy of U.S. soldiers at the Makua Military Reservation in Hawaii, Dec. 8, 2003. In December 2023, the U.S. military confirmed that it will permanently end live-fire training in Makua Valley on Oahu, in a major win for Native Hawaiian groups and environmentalists after decades of activism. (AP Photo/Carol Cunningham, File)
US military affirms it will end live-fire training in Hawaii's Makua Valley
The U.S. military has confirmed that it will permanently end live-fire training in Makua Valley on Oahu. Hawaii News Now reported it's a major win for Native Hawaiian groups and environmentalists … more
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin makes remarks at a virtual Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Defense head calls out those who advocate isolationism and 'an American retreat from responsibility'
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is denouncing those advocate what he says is “an American retreat from responsibility.” The Pentagon chief says sustained U.S. leadership is needed to help keep the … more
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FILE - Bishop Carlton Pearson speaks at a news conference accompanied by several other clergy members, April 4, 2013, in Chicago. Before his peers would label him a heretic, the late Bishop Carlton D. Pearson was once one of the best known preachers in the nation. In the 2000s. Pearson underwent a cataclysmic theological shift that altered the course of his life – and his legacy among the canon of American Christian leaders. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, file)
Send-offs show Carlton Pearson's split legacy spurred by his inclusive beliefs, rejection of hell
Before his peers would label him a heretic, the late Bishop Carlton D. Pearson was once one of the best known preachers in the United States. His skilled biblical oration helped swell the membership … more
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World leaders were gathering for discussions on tackling climate change on Friday in Dubai at the COP28 summit. The AP explains the importance of the talks over the next two weeks. (Dec. 1)
Takeaways from Friday's events at UN climate conference known as COP28
Friday was a day for speechmaking at the United Nations annual climate conference known as COP28, as heads of state each gave short speeches to deliver their views on the planet’s climate crisis, … more
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FILE - A migrant from Columbia stands at a floating buoy barrier as he looks to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico into the U.S., Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. Texas must move a floating barrier on the Rio Grande that drew backlash from Mexico, a federal appeals court ruled Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, dealing a blow to one of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's aggressive measures aimed at stopping migrants from entering the U.S. illegally. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Court orders Texas to move floating buoy barrier that drew backlash from Mexico
A federal appeals court has ruled that Texas must move a floating barrier on the Rio Grande that drew backlash from Mexico. The decision Friday comes months after the Biden administration sued Texas … more
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Palestinians evacuate wounded in Israeli bombardment Rafah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
Live updates | Israeli strikes kill over 175 people in Gaza after cease-fire ends, officials say
Health officials in Gaza say Israeli strikes have killed dozens of people after fighting in the Gaza Strip resumed. Israel bombarded houses and buildings on Friday, just minutes after a temporary … more
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FILE - People gather in the parking lot of the Hamilton County Board of Elections as people arrive for early in-person voting in Cincinnati, Nov. 2, 2023. A federal appeals court ruled Nov. 30 that a regulation allowing federal family planning grants for organizations that provide abortions will be paused, but only for Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Court pauses federal policy allowing abortion clinic operators to get grants -- but only in Ohio
An appeals court has paused enforcement of a federal government regulation that allows abortion providers to receive family planning grants — but only in Ohio. Since the 1980s, Republican … more
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FILE - Eddie Terrell Parker, right, and Michael Corey Jenkins, center, listen as one of six former Mississippi law officers pleads guilty to state charges at the Rankin County Circuit Court in Brandon, Miss., Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. Information unveiled in a justice department investigation and media reports show that a Mississippi sheriff who leads a department where former deputies tortured the two Black men in a racially motivated assault failed to train his deputies properly, the men's attorneys say in an amended civil complaint. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
Mississippi sheriff changes policies after violent abuse. Victims say it's to escape accountability
Attorneys for the victims of a racist episode of police torture say new policies unveiled by a Mississippi sheriff’s department this week were introduced so the sheriff can escape liability in a … more
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FILE - A sign advertises free pregnancy tests and abortion information outside the Woman's Choice Pregnancy Resource Center in Charleston, W.Va., on June 17, 2022. A West Virginia coalition that helps support a network of anti-abortion pregnancy centers in the state is receiving $1 million in taxpayer dollars to distribute to organizations committed to encouraging people not to end their pregnancies. (AP Photo/Leah M. Willingham, File)
West Virginia places anti-abortion pregnancy center coalition at the helm of $1M grant program
A West Virginia coalition that helps support a network of anti-abortion pregnancy centers in the state is receiving $1 million to distribute to organizations committed to encouraging people not to … more
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FILE - Sandra Day O'Connor waves as she arrives at the Capitol in this Sept. 10, 1981 black-and-white file photo, shortly after her nomination to the Supreme Court was confirmed by the Senate. From left, Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., Attorney General William French Smith, O'Connor, Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., and Sen. Dennis DeConcini, D-Ariz. O'Connor, who joined the Supreme Court in 1981 as the nation's first female justice, has died at age 93. (AP Photo/Scott Applewhite, File)
Excerpts of Supreme Court opinions by Sandra Day O’Connor
Sandra Day O’Connor's influence could best be seen in the Supreme Court's court’s rulings on abortion. In one such decision, she balked at letting states outlaw most abortions, refusing in 1989 … more
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Maruja Inquilla walks on a dried out portion of Lake Titicaca in Coata, Peru, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, due to falling water levels amid a winter heat wave. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Nov. 23- 30, 2023 A woman walks on a dried-out portion of Lake Titicaca in Coata, Peru. Demonstrators who are demanding the resignation of Attorney General Consuelo Porras consume a roast pig … more
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Young Sikhs light candles at the illuminated Golden Temple, Sikhs holiest shrine, early morning to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru and the founder of Sikhism, in Amritsar, India, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)
AP Week in Pictures: Global | Nov. 24 - Nov. 30, 2023
NOVEMBER 24 - 30, 2023 From young Sikhs lighting candles at the illuminated Golden Temple in India, to a Christmas Market in Frankfurt, to demonstrations on the International Day for the … more
Gal Tarshansky, who was released last night, sits with her father in an IDF helicopter en route from Hatzerim Air Base to Schneider Hospital, in Israel, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. (GPO/Handout via AP)
Live updates | More Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are released under truce
The Israeli military has released 30 more Palestinian prisoners after eight more Israeli hostages were freed from captivity in the Gaza Strip under the temporary cease-fire. The army says the Israeli … more
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Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is pictured in his office on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in New York. U.S. authorities said an Indian government official directed a plot to assassinate Pannun in New York City after he advocated for a sovereign state for Sikhs. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
US prosecutors say plots to assassinate Sikh leaders were part of a campaign of planned killings
Law enforcement authorities say in court papers that the plot driven by a government official in India to assassinate a prominent Sikh separatist leader in New York City was meant to precede another … more
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FILE - The Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, W.Va., is seen in this undated photo. Five former correctional officers in West Virginia were indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in connection with the 2022 death of an incarcerated person who was beaten while handcuffed and restrained in an interview room and later a prison cell at the jail. (Rick Barbero/The Register-Herald via AP, File)
Six West Virginia jail employees indicted in connection with death of incarcerated man
Five former correctional officers in West Virginia have been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the 2022 death of a man at a regional jail. The inmate was allegedly beaten while … more
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The RNC's rules for the 2024 convention don't address what would happen if Donald Trump is convicted
The Republican National Committee’s rules for next year’s nominating contest and convention have been released, but a major question is unaddressed: Can delegates vote for a different candidate … more
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FILE - The Serbian flag, left, flies on a lamppost in front of a Kosovo flag on the city hall in the town of Zubin Potok, northern Kosovo, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Kosovo’s government has postponed a deadline by two weeks for ethnic Serbs living in the country to register their vehicles with Kosovo license plates instead of Serbian ones. The move on Thursday, Nov. 30 was made to give ethnic Serbs more time to comply with the order. (AP Photo/Marjan Vucetic, file)
A deadline for ethnic Serbs to sign up for Kosovo license plates has been postponed by 2 weeks
Kosovo’s government has postponed a deadline by two weeks for ethnic Serbs living in the country to register their vehicles with Kosovo license plates instead of Serbian ones. The move on Thursday … more
A for sale sign stands outside a single-family residence on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023, in Denver. On Thursday, Freddie Mac reports on this week's average U.S. mortgage rates. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
The average long-term US mortgage rate falls to 7.22%, sliding to lowest level since late September
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell for the fifth week in a row, more good news for prospective homebuyers grappling with an increasingly unaffordable housing market. The latest decline … more
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, front, attends the plenary session of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) Ministerial Council meeting, in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
Russia's foreign minister faces Western critics at security meeting and walks out after speech
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has faced Western critics while attending international security talks in Northern Macedonia. Lavrov arrived in Skopje to attend meetings hosted by the … more
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FILE - In this photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Phillip Hancock is pictured on June 29, 2011. Hancock, 59, is scheduled to receive a three-drug lethal injection on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. (Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP, File)
Oklahoma prepares to execute man for 2001 double slaying despite self-defense claim
Oklahoma is preparing to execute a man for a double slaying in 2001 despite his claims that he acted in self-defense. Phillip Hancock is scheduled to receive a three-drug lethal injection Thursday … more
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