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6:17 PM on Thursday, December 18

A Kansas tribe said it has walked away from a nearly $30 million federal contract to come up with preliminary designs for immigrant detention centers after facing a wave of online criticism

5:53 PM on Thursday, December 18

Four-term North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt, a major figure in late 20th-century state politics, has died at 88

5:51 PM on Thursday, December 18

TikTok has signed a deal to sell its U.S. business to three American investors — Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX — ensuring the popular social video platform can continue operating in the United States

5:45 PM on Thursday, December 18

A British baker's critique of Mexican bread has sparked outrage on social media, leading to a public apology

5:44 PM on Thursday, December 18

TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake

5:35 PM on Thursday, December 18

Giannis Antetokounmpo says he’s more focused on getting healthy and helping the Milwaukee Bucks turn their season around than dealing with rumors about his future plans

5:32 PM on Thursday, December 18

A man accused of setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train last month has been indicted on an additional charge alleging he attempted to set City Hall on fire days before the train attack

5:31 PM on Thursday, December 18

Brian Smith was fired as Ohio University’s head football coach for multiple violations of his contract, including an extramarital affair with an undergraduate student, according to records obtained Thursday by The Associated Press through a public records request

5:07 PM on Thursday, December 18

The U.S. military has amassed an unusually large force in the Caribbean Sea and the waters off the coast of Venezuela since this summer, when the Trump administration first began to shift assets to the region as part of its anti-drug trafficking operations

4:34 PM on Thursday, December 18

Eileen Higgins has been sworn in as Miami's first female mayor, taking office two weeks after defeating a Trump-endorsed Republican

4:05 PM on Thursday, December 18

The WNBA players have authorized their union’s executive council to call a strike if necessary

4:05 PM on Thursday, December 18

Delivery company Instacart will pay $60 million in customer refunds under a settlement reached with the Federal Trade Commission

3:32 PM on Thursday, December 18

Work crews are mopping up but bracing for more after hurricane-force wind downed power lines and fanned wildfires along the Colorado Front Range and onto the Great Plains

1:31 PM on Thursday, December 18

President Donald Trump’s handpicked board has voted to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump Kennedy Center

11:46 AM on Thursday, December 18

Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his wife, and their two children are among the seven people killed in a plane crash in North Carolina

11:11 AM on Thursday, December 18

U.S. officials are proposing new restrictions that are designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors

8:40 AM on Thursday, December 18

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors

7:09 AM on Thursday, December 18

The U.N. refugee agency in Lebanon says the U.S. lifting of sanctions on Syria could encourage more refugees to return

11:51 PM on Wednesday, December 17

EU leaders are working into the night to reassure Belgium about protection from Russian retaliation if it supports a major loan for Ukraine

11:58 AM on Wednesday, December 17

In a story published Dec. 17, 2025, about Nebraska implementing work requirements for Medicaid, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of former President Barack Obama