Thursday August 21st, 2025 4:07AM

AP National News

US organ donation system faces scrutiny and changes after reports of disturbing near-misses
The U.S. is developing new safeguards for the organ transplant system after a government investigation found a Kentucky group continued preparations for donation by some patients who showed signs of life
4:44PM ( 4 weeks ago )
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff to visit the Middle East in push for a ceasefire in Gaza
President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is heading to the Middle East as the U.S. tries once again to solidify a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas
4:19PM ( 4 weeks ago )
Witkoff plans to visit the Mideast in push for Gaza ceasefire, State Department spokesperson says
The State Department's spokesperson says President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is planning to head to the Middle East as the U.S. tries once again to solidify a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas
4:19PM ( 4 weeks ago )
Police deny wrongdoing in death of Alabama man, dispute family's account
An Alabama police department denies any wrongdoing in the death of Phillip Reeder, who died while handcuffed in August 2024
4:09PM ( 4 weeks ago )
Woman who killed baby in 1986 sentenced to probation in cold case DNA probe
A Florida woman has been sentenced to five years of probation for killing her infant son in Greenwich, Connecticut, in 1986
4:00PM ( 4 weeks ago )
What to know about Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend
Federal investigators want to talk with Ghislaine Maxwell more than three years after she was convicted of helping financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls
3:26PM ( 4 weeks ago )
What to know about soda sweeteners as sugar returns to American Coke
President Donald Trump teased the announcement last week, but Coca-Cola finally confirmed it Tuesday: a version of Coke’s trademark cola sweetened with cane sugar will be released in the U.S. this fall
3:18PM ( 4 weeks ago )
Driver accused of ramming into crowd outside LA nightclub charged with 37 counts of attempted murder
Los Angeles prosecutors have announced charges in connection with a car crash outside a nightclub over the weekend that injured 37 people and led to the driver being shot
3:15PM ( 4 weeks ago )
Trump likes renaming people, places and things. He's not the first to deploy that perk of power
History, it has been said, is written by the winners
2:49PM ( 4 weeks ago )
Billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times says he will take the newspaper public in the coming year
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, the billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times since 2018, says he intends to take the newspaper public in the coming year
2:39PM ( 4 weeks ago )