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A humpback whale put on a dazzling display of breaches in front of Seattle Thursday morning (Nov. 30) (AP Video by Manuel Valdes)
Photographs capture humpback whale's Seattle visit, breaching in waters in front of Space Needle
Pictures released by a conservation group Soundwatch Boater Education Program show a young humpback whale breaching in front of the Space Needle as it visited the waters off Seattle last week, … more
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Jerrid Joseph Powell appears at an arraignment at Los Angeles superior court on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times, Pool)
Man charged in killings of 3 homeless people and a suburban LA resident, prosecutors say
Prosecutors have charged a man with four counts of murder for the fatal shootings of three homeless men in Los Angeles and a suburban resident last month. Prosecutors say Jerrid Joseph Powell faces … more
COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber speaks during a news conference at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Fossil fuels influence and other takeaways from Monday's climate conference events
The influence of fossil fuels was a focal point Monday at the United Nations annual climate conference known as COP28. The president of the talks, Sultan al-Jaber of the host United Arab Emirates, … more
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Contractors place inflatable bags under a U.S. Navy P-8A in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, so they can float the aircraft over the water and onto land. The Navy plans to use inflatable cylinders to lift the jet off a coral reef and then roll it over to a runway to remove the plane from the ocean where it crashed the week before. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)
US Navy plane removed from Hawaii bay after it overshot runway. Coral damage being evaluated
A Hawaii official says landing gear from a U.S. Navy jet pulverized coral when it landed in a bay after overshooting a military runway. The plane has been moved from a coral reef in an … more
FILE - Law enforcement officials continue their investigation at a Dollar General Store that was the scene of a mass shooting, Aug. 27, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla. Family members of three Black people who were fatally shot this summer inside the Dollar General store by a shooter who had posted racist writings sued the store's owner, operator and security contractor on Monday, Dec. 4, for negligence, claiming lax security led to their loved ones' deaths. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
After racist shooting that killed 3, family sues Dollar General and others over lax security
Family members of three Black people who were killed this summer at a Dollar General store by a shooter who had posted racist writings have filed a lawsuit. They allege negligence, saying that lax … more
In this. image taken from police body camera video released by the Toms River, N.J., Police Department, officers pursue a deer down a hallway at Cedar Grove Elementary School, Nov. 25, 2023, in Toms River, N.J. (Toms River Police Department via AP)
A deer broke into a New Jersey elementary school. Its escape was caught on police bodycams
A New Jersey elementary school had an unexpected visitor over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. A man walking his dog on Nov. 25 saw a young deer smash through a window at the Cedar Grove Elementary … more
FILE - Students walk past the Harriet and Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex at the California State University, Los Angeles campus, April 25, 2019. Faculty at California State University, the largest public university system in the U.S., will hold a series of four one-day strikes starting Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, across four campuses to demand higher pay and more parental leave for thousands of professors, librarians, coaches and other workers. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
California faculty at largest US university system launch strike for better pay
California State University faculty are launching four days of strikes across campuses for better pay and benefits. The strike is being held by the California Faculty Association. The union … more
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FILE - Invasive carp, jolted by an electric current from a research boat, jump from the Illinois River, June 13, 2012, near Havana, Ill. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, that officials pulled 323 invasive carp from the Mississippi River near Trempealeau, Wis., on Thursday, Nov. 30. The agency called it the largest single capture of invasive carp in Minnesota to date. (AP Photo/John Flesher, File)
Minnesota, Wisconsin wildlife officials capture 100s of invasive carp in Mississippi River
Wildlife officials have captured hundreds of invasive carp from the Mississippi River near Trempealeau, Wisconsin. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced Friday that officials caught … more
Man suspected of shoplifting stabs 2 security guards at Philadelphia store, killing 1
Philadelphia police say a man who had tried to steal merchandise from a department store returned 15 minutes later and stabbed two security guards, killing one and injuring the other. The attack at … more
FILE - Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, left, appears before the Kosovo Tribunal as he defends himself in the Hague, on April 3, 2023. International judges on Monday Dec. 4, 2023 rejected a demand by prosecutors for a nearly complete ban on prison visits for three former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders on trial at The Hague for war crimes. Kosovo ex-President Hashim Thaci, former parliamentary Speaker Kadri Veseli and ex-lawmaker Rexhep Selimi face charges including murder, torture and persecution during and after the 1998-1999 war with Serbia. (Koen van Weel/Pool via AP, File)
Judges reject call for near ban on Hague prison visits for 3 former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters
International judges have rejected a demand by prosecutors for a nearly complete ban on prison visits for three former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders on trial at The Hague for war crimes. Kosovo … more
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Governor's office shows Sam Randazzo, the former Public Utilities Commissioner of Ohio. Randazzo, Ohio’s former top utility regulator, surrendered Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme related to a legislative bailout for two Ohio nuclear power plants that has already resulted in a 20-year prison sentence for a former state House speaker. (AP Photo/Ohio Governor's office via AP, File)
Former top Ohio utility regulator surrenders in $60 million bribery scheme linked to energy bill
Ohio’s former top utility regulator has surrendered in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme. Former Ohio public utilities chair Sam Randazzo was indicted in federal court in Cincinnati. The … more
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FILE - An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man stands in front of a menorah on the third eve of Hanukkah, at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site in Jerusalem's old city, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light one additional candle in the menorah candelabra. They do so to commemorate the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem in the 2nd century BC, after a small group of Jewish fighters liberated it from occupying foreign forces. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)
What to know about Hanukkah and how it's celebrated around the world
Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.”  On eight consecutive nightfalls, Jews gather with family and friends to light … more
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Women look at photos of Israelis missing and held captive in Gaza, in downtown Jerusalem, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. Hamas militants kidnapped about 240 people in an Oct. 7 attack and released over 100 of them during a weeklong cease-fire that ended on Friday. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Live updates | Israel’s military calls for more evacuations in southern Gaza as it widens offensive
Israel’s military has called for more evacuations in southern Gaza as it widens its offensive aimed at eliminating the territory’s Hamas rulers. The war has already killed thousands of … more
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FILE - The Maine State House is seen at sunrise, March 16, 2023, in Augusta, Maine. Teachers and science advocates are voicing skepticism about a Maine proposal to update science education standards to incorporate teaching about genocide, eugenics and the Holocaust because of concerns about adequate teacher training and the nuanced nature of the material. The Maine Department of Education is performing the update as part of a review of standards that is required every five years. The proposed updates would have to ultimately be approved by a committee of the Maine Legislature. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
Plan to add teaching of Holocaust, genocide to science education draws questions from Maine teachers
Teachers are voicing skepticism about a Maine proposal to update science education standards to incorporate teaching about genocide, eugenics and the Holocaust. They say they have concerns about … more
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FILE - People walk through the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit as the sun sets, Dec. 2, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
At UN climate talks, fossil fuel interests have hundreds of employees on hand
At least 1,300 employees of organizations representing fossil fuel interests registered to attend this year’s United Nations climate talks in Dubai. That's more than three times the number found in … more
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Two women hug as Muslim and Jewish women gather at an interfaith workshop on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at Rutgers University on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, in New Brunswick, N.J. The latest violence, triggered by the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, is prompting some to question such dialogue, its role, impact -- or how to even have it-- while steeling the resolve of others to connect and wrestle together with the challenges. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
In US, some Muslim-Jewish interfaith initiatives are strained by Israel-Hamas war
The Israel-Hamas war and its polarizing reverberations in America are straining some Muslim-Jewish interfaith relationships in the U.S. more than ever. For many, the losses are too personal, the … more
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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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FILE - A gay rights activist stands with a rainbow flag, in front of journalists, during a protesting picket at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015. Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism, in the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the increasingly conservative country. (AP Photo, File)
Police raid Moscow gay bars after a Supreme Court ruling labeled LGBTQ+ movement 'extremist'
Russian security forces have raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow less than 48 hours after the country’s top court banned what it called the “global LGBTQ+ movement” as an extremist … more
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