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The TikTok law kicks off a new showdown between Beijing and Washington. What’s coming next?

April 25, 2024, 1:09pm Business

TikTok is gearing up for a legal fight against a U.S. law that would force the social media platform to break ties with its China-based parent company, a move almost… Read story

Fellow reservists who served with Maine killer before mass shootings say they warned of his decline

April 25, 2024, 1:00pm Nation & World

A U.S. Army reservist who sounded the clearest warning ahead of Maine’s deadliest mass shooting is answering questions Thursday from the commission investigating the tragedy. Read story

New York Times journalist David Montgomery is walked to be medically evaluated after accidentally being knocked over during a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas, Wednesday April 24, 2024, in Austin, Texas.

Some campuses call in police to break up pro-Palestinian demonstrations, while others wait it out

New York Times journalist David Montgomery is walked to be medically evaluated after accidentally being knocked over during a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas, Wednesday April 24, 2024, in Austin, Texas.

April 25, 2024, 12:55pm Nation & World

With graduations looming, student protesters doubled down early Thursday on their discontent of the Israel-Hamas war on campuses across the country, with multiple arrests made at campuses in Massachusetts and California as universities have become quick to call in the police to end the demonstrations and make arrests. Read story

Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Thursday, April 25, 2024.(Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)

Former tabloid publisher testifies about scheme to shield his old friend Trump from damaging stories

Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Thursday, April 25, 2024.(Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)

April 25, 2024, 12:47pm Latest News

As Donald Trump was running for president in 2016, his old friend at the National Enquirer was scooping up potentially damaging stories about the candidate and paying out tens of thousands of dollars to keep them from the public eye. Read story

Soldiers deploy outside the Prime Minister&rsquo;s office in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, April 25, 2024. A transitional council tasked with selecting a new prime minister and cabinet is expected to be sworn-in on Thursday.

Ariel Henry resigns as prime minister of Haiti, paving the way for a new government to take power

Soldiers deploy outside the Prime Minister&rsquo;s office in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, April 25, 2024. A transitional council tasked with selecting a new prime minister and cabinet is expected to be sworn-in on Thursday.

April 25, 2024, 8:33am Nation & World

Ariel Henry resigned Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by gang violence that killed or injured more than 2,500 people from January to March. Read story

Arizona Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, D-Tucson, speaks to reporters after a vote on the proposed repeal of Arizona&rsquo;s near-total ban on abortions prior to won approval from the state House Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D.

US abortion battle rages on with moves to repeal Arizona ban and a Supreme Court case

Arizona Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, D-Tucson, speaks to reporters after a vote on the proposed repeal of Arizona&rsquo;s near-total ban on abortions prior to won approval from the state House Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D.

April 25, 2024, 8:29am Nation & World

Action in courts and state capitals around the U.S. this week have made it clear again: The overturning of Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to abortion did not settle the issue. Read story

A bulk carrier moves through a newly opened deep-water channel in Baltimore after being stuck in the harbor since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed four weeks ago, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

New deep-water channel allows first ship to pass Key bridge wreckage in Baltimore

A bulk carrier moves through a newly opened deep-water channel in Baltimore after being stuck in the harbor since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed four weeks ago, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

April 25, 2024, 8:28am Nation & World

The first cargo ship passed through a newly opened deep-water channel in Baltimore on Thursday after being stuck in the harbor since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed four weeks ago, halting most maritime traffic through the city’s port. Read story

FILE - A pregnant woman stands for a portrait in Dallas, Thursday, May 18, 2023. According to provisional statistics for 2023 released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, April 25, 2024, U.S. births fell last year, in a substantial drop marking an apparent end to pandemic-related fluctuations and a return to a long-standing national decline. A little under 3.6 million babies were born in the U.S. last year, about 76,000 fewer than the year before.

US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say

FILE - A pregnant woman stands for a portrait in Dallas, Thursday, May 18, 2023. According to provisional statistics for 2023 released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, April 25, 2024, U.S. births fell last year, in a substantial drop marking an apparent end to pandemic-related fluctuations and a return to a long-standing national decline. A little under 3.6 million babies were born in the U.S. last year, about 76,000 fewer than the year before.

April 25, 2024, 8:23am Health

U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide. Read story

Khalil al-Hayya, a high-ranking Hamas official who has represented the Palestinian militant group in negotiations for a cease-fire and hostage exchange deal, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established

Khalil al-Hayya, a high-ranking Hamas official who has represented the Palestinian militant group in negotiations for a cease-fire and hostage exchange deal, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

April 25, 2024, 8:22am Nation & World

A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967… Read story

FILE - A poster depicting Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin is displayed in Re&rsquo;im, southern Israel at the Gaza border, Feb. 26, 2024, at a memorial site for the Nova music festival site where he was kidnapped to Gaza by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas on Wednesday, April 24, 2023, released a recorded video of an Israeli American still being held by the group. The video was the first sign of life of Hersh Goldberg-Polin since Hamas&rsquo; Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel. It was not clear when the video was taken.

Hamas releases video showing well-known Israeli-American hostage

FILE - A poster depicting Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin is displayed in Re&rsquo;im, southern Israel at the Gaza border, Feb. 26, 2024, at a memorial site for the Nova music festival site where he was kidnapped to Gaza by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas on Wednesday, April 24, 2023, released a recorded video of an Israeli American still being held by the group. The video was the first sign of life of Hersh Goldberg-Polin since Hamas&rsquo; Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel. It was not clear when the video was taken.

April 25, 2024, 8:22am Nation & World

Hamas released a hostage video on Wednesday showing a well-known Israeli-American man who was among scores of people abducted by the militants in the attack that ignited the war in Gaza. Read story