Friday August 15th, 2025 8:44AM

AP National News

How Trump's mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the US West, according to fired workers
The termination letters that ended the careers of thousands of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less resources will be available to help prevent and fight wildfires
12:04AM ( 5 months ago )
Survivors of past air disasters offer support after Toronto crash
Survivors of past aviation accidents are offering advice and support to the 80 passengers and crew members of the plane that crashed and flipped over in Toronto
12:04AM ( 5 months ago )
How LA wildfires are making an already tough rental market even worse
The Los Angeles wildfires wiped out thousands of homes, forcing families to find new places to live
12:01AM ( 5 months ago )
Connor McDavid scores in OT to give Canada 3-2 win over United States in 4 Nations Face-Off final
Connor McDavid scored at 8:18 of overtime in the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game to give Canada a 3-2 victory over the United States on Thursday night as the North American rivals turned what had been a tune-up for the 2026 Olympics into an geopolitical brawl over anthems and annexation as much as international hockey supremacy
11:17PM ( 5 months ago )
Singer of Canadian anthem at 4 Nations Face-Off changes lyric to protest Trump's 51st state remarks
The anthem singer who performed the Canadian anthem prior to the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game changed a lyric in “O Canada” from “in all of us command” to “that only us command.”
9:22PM ( 5 months ago )
For Dominican baseball hopefuls, age fraud cases and a curveball from Japan reflect a broken system
Despite years of corruption and criticism, the entry point for talented players from the Dominican Republic into Major League Baseball's development pipeline remains a Wild West form of free agency
7:37PM ( 5 months ago )
Huge cuts in National Institutes of Health research funding go before a federal judge
A court battle is resuming over the Trump administration’s drastic cuts in medical research funding
6:48PM ( 5 months ago )
Senate staying up all night to push GOP budget over objections from Democrats
Senators are chugging through an late-night budget “vote-a-rama,” a crucial, if dreaded, step toward President Donald Trump's agenda
6:27PM ( 5 months ago )
Senate Republicans approve budget framework, pushing past Democratic objections after all-night vote
Republican senators pushed a $340 billion budget framework to passage over Democratic objections after a nearly all-night vote
6:27PM ( 5 months ago )
Georgia justices order new look at whether lawsuit challenging near-ban on abortion can proceed
A lawsuit challenging Georgia’s near-ban on abortion is headed back to a trial court to decide if the people who want to overturn the law have legal standing to sue
6:02PM ( 5 months ago )