Sunday March 30th, 2025 10:41AM

AP National News

Thousands in Taiwan and China celebrate the Lantern Festival with high hopes and rice dumplings
Thousands in Taiwan and China have celebrated the Lantern Festival, a holiday that marks the end of the Lunar New Year period and is celebrated annually on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar
12:08PM ( 1 month ago )
Christian aid groups weigh life-threatening choices about who to help after USAID funding pause
Christian aid groups are being hard-hit after the Trump administration froze most foreign aid and sidelined the U.S. Agency for International Development
11:26AM ( 1 month ago )
Could obesity drugs help with alcohol cravings? New study suggests potential
A new study suggests that medications that have transformed the treatment of obesity may also help people drink less alcohol
11:01AM ( 1 month ago )
Which US companies are pulling back on diversity initiatives?
A growing number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests that accompanied the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in 2020
10:59AM ( 1 month ago )
Family of Sonya Massey, Black woman shot in home by sheriff's deputy, accepts $10M settlement
County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman shot and killed in her home last summer by a sheriff’s deputy responding to her call for help
10:38AM ( 1 month ago )
Lawyers for Sonya Massey's family say $10M settlement 'first step;' await trial, legislative changes
Attorneys for the family of Sonya Massey say a $10 million settlement from county officials in Illinois is the “first step in getting full justice” for the Black woman fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy
10:38AM ( 1 month ago )
Government watchdogs fired by Trump sue his administration and ask a judge to reinstate them
Eight government watchdogs have sued over their mass firing that removed oversight of President Donald Trump’s new administration
10:06AM ( 1 month ago )
Too few tents entering Gaza threatens the truce. Here’s what’s happening
Three weeks into the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the number of tents and temporary homes entering Gaza risks falling short of the goals set for the deal’s first phase
10:06AM ( 1 month ago )
Senate confirms Gabbard as Trump's director of national intelligence after Republicans fall in line
The Senate has confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence
10:05AM ( 1 month ago )
Baseball welcomes another season, with most pitchers and catchers reporting Wednesday
There’s a new No. 2 in the New York Yankees’ rotation behind Gerrit Cole
8:33AM ( 1 month ago )