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4:49 PM on Thursday, December 18

Federal judge denies request to close Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz'

4:48 PM on Thursday, December 18

A federal judge has denied a request to close an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

EU delays massive free-trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur, European Commission says

4:35 PM on Thursday, December 18

EU delays massive free-trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur, European Commission says

Police believe retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and family are among 7 dead in plane crash in North Carolina.

4:31 PM on Thursday, December 18

Police believe retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and family are among 7 dead in plane crash in North Carolina.

How major US stock indexes fared Thursday, 12/18/2025

4:18 PM on Thursday, December 18

U.S. stocks rose following an encouraging report on inflation that could help the Federal Reserve keep cutting interest rates next year

FILE - A list of nine homicide victims all linked to a convicted felon is displayed by the Phoenix Police Department at a news conference, Jan. 18, 2018 in Phoenix. Cleophus Cooksey Jr. was charged and convicted in eight of the killings. (AP Photo/Terry Tang, File)

What to know about the Arizona serial killings that resulted in the death penalty

4:01 PM on Thursday, December 18

An Arizona man has been sentenced to death in a string of fatal shootings in metro Phoenix in 2017

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters as Republicans struggle with a plan to address growing health care costs, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson was ready to move on from ACA subsidies. But his members had other plans

4:01 PM on Thursday, December 18

Speaker Mike Johnson has stayed on message that a Republican health care package will help all Americans and not just those on Affordable Care Act plans

FILE - The Miami-Dade College parking lot, the area where Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing to establish President Donald Trump's presidential library, is seen next to the Freedom Tower, left, on Sept. 23, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

Judge dismisses complaint against Miami land transfer for Trump’s presidential library

3:50 PM on Thursday, December 18

A judge in Miami has dismissed a complaint challenging a college’s decision to gift prime downtown real estate for President Donald Trump’s future presidential library

How kosher is beer? As with other products, it's increasingly complicated.

3:27 PM on Thursday, December 18

In November, three of America’s largest kosher certifying organizations came together to release new guidance regarding the status of beer, which has long been considered kosher by default

President Donald Trump speaks during an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Trump's new $1,776 ‘Warrior Dividend’ to troops is coming from Pentagon funding, not tariffs

3:18 PM on Thursday, December 18

The “Warrior Dividend” that President Donald Trump announced Wednesday is not a Christmas bonus made possible by tariff revenues, as the president appeared to suggest during his televised address to the nation

Police are investigating connection between shooting at Brown University and killing of MIT professor, AP sources say

3:17 PM on Thursday, December 18

Police are investigating connection between shooting at Brown University and killing of MIT professor, AP sources say

The Illinois Accountability Commission listens to a witness' account during the first hearing at Arturo Velasquez Institute at Richard J. Daley College in the Lower West Side of Chicago, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Illinois panel's first meeting over federal misconduct focuses on chemical agents

3:14 PM on Thursday, December 18

A commission formed to document alleged harassment and abuse by federal agents amid an immigration crackdown in the Chicago area has focused its first public hearing on the wide use of chemical agents

FILE - Cars drive past data centers that house computer servers and hardware required to support modern internet use, such as artificial intelligence, in Ashburn, Virginia, July 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

House backs bill to speed permitting reviews for new energy and infrastructure projects

3:11 PM on Thursday, December 18

The House has approved bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up permitting reviews for new energy and infrastructure projects and limiting judicial review

This photo provided by the office of Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee shows Gov. Bill Lee, left, giving country musician Jelly Roll news of his official pardon Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, at the Tennessee Governor's Mansion in Oak Hill, Tenn. (Brandon Hull/Office of Gov. Bill Lee via AP)

Tennessee governor pardons country star Jelly Roll, who has sought redemption from criminal past

3:06 PM on Thursday, December 18

Tennessee’s governor has pardoned country music star Jelly Roll, a Nashville native who for years has spoken about his criminal record and his path to finding redemption

President Donald Trump displays an executive order reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump signs executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug

2:06 PM on Thursday, December 18

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug

A sign is shown as first Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson, not seen, delivers remarks during a news conference at the U.S. Attorney's Office inside the United States Courthouse on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Minneapolis. (Kerem Yücel/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

Half of $18B in federal funds for Minnesota-run programs may have been defrauded, official says

1:15 PM on Thursday, December 18

Federal prosecutors say about half of the roughly $18 billion in federal funds that supported 14 Minnesota-run programs since 2018 may have been stolen

FILE - The download screen for Truth Social app is seen on a laptop computer, March 20, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Trump Media to merge with nuclear fusion company that wants to power AI

7:38 AM on Thursday, December 18

The parent company of President Donald Trump’s Truth Social media platform announced Thursday it is merging with a fusion power company, an unusual pairing of the Trump name with a futuristic clean energy venture that aims to power the next wave of artificial intelligence

Trader Anthony Confusione works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Wall Street rises after an encouraging inflation update, as Micron helps AI stocks stop their slide

12:26 AM on Thursday, December 18

U.S. stocks rose following an encouraging report on inflation that could help the Federal Reserve keep cutting interest rates next year

FILE - Associated Press correspondent Peter Arnett, left, marches with Vietnamese troops in Vietnam, Nov. 11, 1965. (AP Photo, File)

Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died

8:57 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, who traveled the world covering wars from Vietnam to Iraq, has died

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