By KRISTIN M. HALL and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — This school year, students in elementary, middle and high schools in some states will get a new lesson on safety: what to do if they find a firearm. Arkansas, Tennessee and Utah are the first states to enact ...

By MARC LEVY and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press Voter anger over the cost of living is hurtling forward into next year's midterm elections, when pivotal contests will be decided by communities that are home to fast-rising electric bills or fights over who's footing the bill to power Big ...

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press Vice President JD Vance recently told a packed college arena that he hopes his Hindu wife would someday convert to Christianity, thrusting into the spotlight the deeply sensitive challenges facing interfaith couples. Experts who have counseled hundreds of ...

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Joe Biden slowly but steadily walked onto the stage in Omaha on Friday. As he did, 800 people in the downtown Hilton ballroom rose to their feet cheering. "Did you see the results Tuesday?" he asked, igniting another round of cheers ...

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a federal judge Friday to dismiss a mortgage fraud case against her, calling it a vindictive and politically motivated prosecution brought at the behest of a president who regards her as an ...

By DAVID A. LIEB, MICHAEL CASEY, SCOTT BAUER and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration's emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown, even though ...

By CLAIRE RUSH and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge in Oregon ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's administration failed to meet the legal requirements for deploying the National Guard to Portland after the city and state sued in September to ...

CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — The Carlisle Indian Industrial School had not yet held its first class when Matavito Horse and Leah Road Traveler were taken there in October 1879, drafted into the U.S. government's campaign to erase Native American tribes by wiping their children's identities. A few ...

BOSTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration's emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown. A judge had given the Republican administration until Friday to make the payments through the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A divided federal appeals court in Ohio ruled against the state's fourth largest school district on Thursday in a case that pitted its gender pronoun policies against the rights of students who believe there are only two genders. The full Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of ...

OAK HILL, W.Va. (AP) — Lisa Emery loves to talk about her "boys." With each word, the respiratory therapist's face softens and shines with pride. But keep her talking, and it doesn't take long for that passion to switch to hurt. She knows the names, ages, families and the intimate stories of ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah university where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated is expanding its police force and adding security managers after the school received harsh criticism for its lack of key safety measures on the day of the shooting. Utah Valley University is ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — All three of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices who sought reelection Tuesday will get another term, ensuring Democratic jurists keep their majority on the presidential battleground state's highest court — one at the center of pivotal fights over voting rights, ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Investigators say a third Michigan man is now facing charges in a plot to stage a terror attack on Halloween. He traveled to Cedar Point, an amusement park in Ohio, to scout the location, they said. Ayob Nasser, 19, was arrested Wednesday. He is accused of participating ...

By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84. Cheney died Monday night due to ...

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's voters are deciding the outcome of a generational and ideological divide that will resonate across the country Tuesday as they choose the next mayor to run the nation's largest city. Zohran Mamdani, ...

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey faces a steep challenge in Tuesday's election from a democratic socialist, a race that highlights different visions of how to govern in a liberal city confronting persistent problems with ...

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania voters on Tuesday will decide whether to keep a Democratic majority on the state's highest court — the center of pivotal fights over voting rights, redistricting and elections — or potentially plunge the court into a ...

By OLIVIA DIAZ and BILL BARROW Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia voters are deciding a history-making race for governor Tuesday that will serve as a barometer of attitudes toward President Donald Trump and Democrats' attempts to regain their footing on the national ...

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump won't be going in person to the Supreme Court hearing Wednesday that will determine the fate of the tariffs at the heart of his economic and foreign policy -- but his treasury secretary says he will be ...