At the heart of combating misinformation is critical thinking and recognizing when you’re being spun for corporate profit.
June 22, 2026
Two top United Nations officials are urging Western nations to engage with Afghanistan to prevent the country from sliding back into instability
July 08, 2026
The Democratic Socialists of America, a left-wing political group, is now playing an influential role in the U.S. Democratic Party.
July 08, 2026
Utah prosecutors played a video on Tuesday that an investigator said showed the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk last year in a
July 07, 2026
The weeklong preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk has entered its second day
July 07, 2026
Lack of accessibility; Woman and daughter stranded at auto repair shop
July 08, 2026
An Indian court directed the federal government to unblock the X account of the youth Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Tuesday, more than a month since it went offline
July 07, 2026
Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark wanted to talk about the league’s upcoming season, not the Brendan Sorsby gambling saga at Texas Tech. But that was the first thing Yormark was asked about Tuesday after his opening remarks at Big 12 football media days
July 08, 2026
Countries around the world must take decisive action to close a $4 trillion annual financing gap to ensure that sustainable development targets set just
July 07, 2026
‘We do need to defund the police’: 2020 interviews undermine Abdul El-Sayed’s claim he never advocated for unpopular movement
July 08, 2026
When tornadoes threaten in Nashville, Tennessee, many people here turn to Nashville Severe Weather
July 07, 2026
Vietnam veterans to be honored with traveling exhibit coming to Iowa
July 07, 2026
Fifteen-year-old from Grand Rapids called up for Guatemalan national team tryout
July 07, 2026
New World screwworm confirmed in South Texas, prompting Flour Bluff hobby farm to take action
July 07, 2026
Underground Railroad camp brings history to life for students
July 07, 2026
A new AP-NORC poll reveals a dramatic erosion of support for Israel, after decades of bipartisan backing
July 07, 2026
Swim instructor saves woman from drowning at Wollaston Beach
July 07, 2026
Veteran-owned tree service helps neighbors clean up after severe storms
July 07, 2026
Clemson students surprised but hopeful after new president steps away
July 07, 2026
A film about the late disability rights activist Judith Heumann will open the 51st Toronto International Film Festival
July 07, 2026
As schools focus more on evidence-based reading instruction, less time is available for children to practice reading for pleasure.
July 07, 2026
Utilities face a dilemma: How to deliver power through dry, windy regions without accidentally starting a catastrophic fire.
July 07, 2026
How will Democrats in Congress deal with the DSA-affiliated candidates likely to join their ranks in the new year? There are lessons from the tea party’s challenge to traditional GOP values.
July 07, 2026
The boundaries of heterosexuality are bending for women but not for men, who appear to have less room to explore and are bound to a more rigid, traditional concept of masculinity.
July 07, 2026
Philadelphia police revoked the carry licenses of five members of the Black Lion Party for International Solidarity, citing ‘good cause.’ Is that constitutional?
July 07, 2026
Potential Democratic presidential candidate Rahm Emanuel plans to deliver a strong message in Tel Aviv about U_S_-Israeli relations being "at a crossroads."
July 07, 2026
Too ugly, too noisy, too… American? France’s great air con debate
July 07, 2026
The world’s most livable city for 2026 has been revealed
July 07, 2026
A former campus police officer says he found an apparent “sniper pad” on a gravel rooftop near where Charlie Kirk was assassinated
July 06, 2026
A five-day preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk has begun in Utah
July 06, 2026
The grandfather of a man shot and killed by two members of the Tennessee National Guard in Memphis says he wants answers
July 07, 2026
The U.S.
July 07, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to block Texas from enforcing a state law that requires age verification and parental consent for users seeking to download apps or make in-app purchases on mobile phones
July 07, 2026
Read texts police say Kirk shooting suspect and former roommate exchanged, which prosecutors could use as key evidence
September 17, 2025
12-year-old boy named hometown hero after saving drowning man
July 07, 2026
The United States today is home to countless stories
July 06, 2026
Flood recovery efforts underway at Parkside East Apartments, almost 400 displaced
July 07, 2026
'Live for Sterling': Family hopes teen's legacy inspires kindness
July 06, 2026
Marshall Fire survivor connects families to free trauma resources amid Colorado wildfires
July 06, 2026
Evacuation resource described as 'Uber for horses' aims to expand as wildfires continue to burn across state
July 06, 2026
Friendship bench reminds people they are not alone
July 06, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Monday the government had deposited the first $1,000 into more than 500,000 "Trump Accounts," a program
July 06, 2026
Trump Accounts are now live. Here’s what you need to know
July 04, 2026
Both faults are along plate boundaries that move in similar ways and have ruptured in enormously destructive earthquakes in the past.
June 26, 2026
Educator spends 27 summers helping children with disabilities feel seen, included
July 06, 2026
Boston identifies gravestone believed to be among oldest of free Black person in America
July 06, 2026
Forsyth County Sheriff showcases humanoid robot with advanced capabilities
July 06, 2026
West Virginia Attorney General (R) JB McCuskey reacts to the Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday which ruled that states may bar transgender students from playing on girls sports teams.
July 05, 2026
Families rally to help seniors displaced by Darby House fire: 'We have to take care of them'
July 06, 2026
What has the Sunshine State learned from 27 years of school choice?
July 06, 2026
Supporters of the ban argue that kids need a break from constant phone notifications so they can focus on learning and social skills instead.
July 06, 2026
Coach receives heartwarming welcome home after freak track meet accident
July 06, 2026
(Corrects paragraph 6 to say 47% refers to the share of families expecting to spend more than last year, not the percentage increase in spending. Removes the incorrect reference in the first bullet.)
July 06, 2026
There’s no such thing as a ‘chemical-free’ life, but some simple steps can help you minimize exposures to daily chemicals.
July 06, 2026
Your fingers’ lengths are just one feature of many that let your hands grasp, press, pull and otherwise interact with the world.
July 06, 2026
Birds that migrate longer distances are the ones having the most trouble keeping up with climate change.
July 06, 2026
Picking up food more frequently from supermarkets doesn’t close the gap between what’s donated and could be donated, a supply chain scholar explains.
July 06, 2026
Ancient DNA reveals clues about mysterious ‘Golden Man’ and rise of the Scythian elites
July 06, 2026
What the Guadalupe River left behind
July 06, 2026
White House report accuses Smithsonian leadership of radical ideology
July 06, 2026
Indonesian police named 14 more people as suspects in an alleged child abuse and neglect case at a daycare centre in Yogyakarta city, an official said on Monday, bringing
July 06, 2026
Burn survivor hopes fireworks safety message lasts beyond the holiday
July 06, 2026
They spend their weekends stitching historically accurate uniforms and portraying Revolutionary War figures. Just don't mistake them for the biggest Fourth of July fans—their passion is history, not patriotic celebrations.
July 04, 2026
A White House report brands the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, especially at the National Museum of American History, as radical activists who cannot be trusted
July 05, 2026
Josh Abbott's "27 Little Butterflies" honors Camp Mystic flood victims, supports families
July 06, 2026
Marine veteran memorializes his best friend with documentary
July 06, 2026
How the Supreme Court has changed on transgender rights since 2020
July 05, 2026
The 23-year-old man accused of killing Charlie Kirk will be in court this week for the case's most substantial hearing so far
July 05, 2026
A group of 150 people from 50 countries has become U.S. citizens at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate
July 05, 2026
Georgia lifeguard called a hero after saving young boy from drowning at waterpark
July 05, 2026
Many California drivers to retake written DMV test after receiving letter that stated "irregularities"
July 04, 2026
Every year, the number of human-caused fires spikes on July 4, and many of them are related to fireworks. When trees and grasses are dry and the temperature high, the risk rises even more.
June 29, 2026
11-year-old girl shot in head in McDonald's parking lot thanks doctors, first responders for saving her life
July 04, 2026
After months of fanfare, President Donald Trump's administration will launch its flagship cradle-to-adulthood investment program, Trump Accounts, on Saturday, as the
July 04, 2026
Doctors and others are sounding an alarm: More U.S. children have been drowning in recent years
July 04, 2026
A federal court has given President Donald Trump's administration permission to reinstall interpretive panels that critics say whitewash the history of slavery at the site of President George Washington's home in Philadelphia
July 04, 2026
Mamdani marks July 4 with a pro-immigration speech, ripping Trump’s policies without using his name
July 04, 2026
Pope Leo praised the United States' history of welcoming immigrants in his first major address to his home country on Friday, urging in a video
July 03, 2026
A California farmer has been giving away free nectarines this week amid a legal dispute with a food market and distributing company claiming exclusive rights over the variety of white nectarine he grows
July 03, 2026
On the eve of America’s birthday, the first American pope takes center stage
July 03, 2026
Trump’s Freedom 250 gives the founders an AI glow-up
July 03, 2026
President Donald Trump has offered a running commentary on his predecessors, his physique, and how he’s spending his time in the White House on second lady Usha Vance's podcast where guests are supposed to read picture books to children
July 03, 2026
Daring rescue mission launches to save a 3,200-pound NASA observatory from an untimely end
July 03, 2026
Why is premium gas so expensive? More Americans are filling their cars with it
July 03, 2026
911 calls released after high school student was stabbed and killed in classroom
July 03, 2026
10 years after Morgan Angerbauer's in-custody death, family fights for jail reforms
July 03, 2026
'That's always a concern': Sheriff comments on eastern NC jail takeover
July 03, 2026
Atlanta middle school cuts discipline referrals by 50% through kindness-focused approach: "Every class, every day, our teachers start with connection before content."
July 03, 2026
Iran is preparing for the dayslong funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
July 03, 2026
A few minutes' walk from Philadelphia's Independence Hall, where the nation's founding ideals were debated and declared, another part of the
July 03, 2026
Some federal employees bristle at America’s 250th birthday festivities after year of agonizing government overhaul
July 03, 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has formally apologized for the British state's role in separating unmarried mothers from their babies
July 02, 2026
The discovery of 16 siblings living in deplorable conditions in rural Ohio has left people wondering why the life-threatening squalor wasn’t detected earlier
July 03, 2026
New legislation in Denver created a program to build, repair and maintain sidewalks throughout the city.
July 02, 2026
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday lifted a judge's order requiring President Donald Trump's administration to reinstall dozens of exhibits that it removed
July 02, 2026
Visually impaired girl enjoys drone show, thanks to company
July 03, 2026
Senior citizens help train service pets
July 03, 2026
Black women artists explore 250 years of U.S. history in new Maryland exhibit
July 03, 2026
America 250: Eight decades after Pearl Harbor, DNA technology brings a sailor home
July 03, 2026
From train tracks to highways, how Indiana became the "Crossroads of America"
July 03, 2026
New requirements for sports agents in Louisiana aim to protect student-athletes
July 03, 2026
Man who had stroke at 9 writes memoir one keystroke at a time
July 03, 2026
Firefighters prepare to assist autistic patients with new tools and training
July 03, 2026
Before the Strip: How a desert spring and an adobe fort gave birth to the city of Las Vegas
July 03, 2026
Employment data offers a grim outlook for secretaries and administrative assistants in the age of artificial intelligence, but workers in the women-dominated occupation say the numbers don’t tell the whole story
July 02, 2026
Kids rescue missing dog ejected from car
July 03, 2026
13-year-old girl found driving car with loaded gun inside after noise complaint
July 03, 2026
Friends born on July 4, 1976, are turning 50 as America marks its 250th birthday
July 03, 2026
Revolutionary War soldier's legacy lives on in Blue Springs founding family's story
July 02, 2026
Oklahoma makes statewide cell phone ban in public schools permanent
July 02, 2026
Jane Calvert has spent 25 years championing John Dickinson, a lesser-known Revolutionary War figure
July 02, 2026
California has enacted many changes over the years that were intended to boost voter turnout
July 02, 2026
The medical tools of the Revolutionary period help flesh out the picture of what physical well-being felt like for people living in the American colonies 250 years ago.
July 02, 2026
A little-known law called ERISA bars millions of patients from suing for damages when health insurers wrongly deny claims.
July 02, 2026
Montesquieu shaped how Americans understood liberty, and his warning about a ‘tyranny of opinion’ speaks to today’s polarization.
July 02, 2026
Mail-in voting was created during the Civil War so soldiers could vote. That legacy helped shape how the Supreme Court ruled more than 160 years later.
July 02, 2026
Supreme Court's birthright citizenship ruling brings relief to immigrant advocacy group in Baltimore
July 02, 2026
Investigators pinpoint haunting echoes between Texas child disasters
July 02, 2026
Inside a cavernous aircraft hangar in the Mojave Desert, JetZero is building a full-size demonstrator of what could be a 200-plus-seat jet, a
July 02, 2026
Hungary will launch a means-tested school-start benefit program at a cost of 40 billion forints ($128.41 million) per year, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Thursday,
July 02, 2026
When the U.S.
July 02, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer apologised on Thursday to women forced to give up their babies or separated from their mothers at birth under a system of
July 02, 2026
The Feb. 28 attack on a primary school in southeastern Iran was the deadliest reported strike in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran
July 01, 2026
Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ is driving aspiring doctors to reconsider their careers
July 02, 2026
The families of those killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting will indirectly receive money from Alex Jones after a billion-dollar defamation verdict
July 02, 2026
The command center hums with activity as radios crackle to life, medical staff stop in to say hello and supplies are
July 02, 2026
UPS never required the detailed inspections needed to spot the problem that allowed an engine to fly off one of its planes before it crashed and killed 15 people last fall even after Boeing recommended it years earlier
July 02, 2026
Martial arts icon Bruce Lee, who was born in San Francisco, will become the first Chinese American in California history with an annual namesake day
July 02, 2026
Authorities say 16 children from the same family who were rescued from a run-down home in rural Ohio were living in horrific conditions and were confined to just one room over much of the past four years
July 01, 2026
An Ohio judge will make a ruling next week on a preliminary injunction request from 24 men’s and women’s college basketball players suing the NCAA in a state court, claiming the new age-based model unfairly shuts them out of further competition
July 02, 2026
President Donald Trump visited the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota on Wednesday
July 01, 2026
St. Dorothy Parish in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, says goodbye to Father Murphy after 38 years
July 02, 2026
The fifth-largest public school district in Kansas said on Wednesday it disagreed with the Trump administration's accusation that it violated federal
July 02, 2026
Man accuses police of losing his car after an accident. It's still missing nearly a year later.
July 02, 2026
An escaped giraffe has managed to stay a few steps ahead of a private ranch owner and local officials in Texas Hill Country for nearly two weeks
June 25, 2026
7-year-old boy reunites with first responders who saved his life after crash
July 02, 2026
If students choose to listen to music while studying, they should consider music that is less distracting – and save high-energy playlists for when they don’t need to focus.
June 29, 2026
Georgia Archives documents give multifaceted look at America's story during country's 250th birthday
July 01, 2026
Mark Sherman has covered the Supreme Court for The Associated Press for 20 years during some of the most momentous decisions in history
July 01, 2026
Teen homicides spark community action at apartment complex; landlord says security changes on the way
July 01, 2026
Disney spotlight sends Oklahoma City mobile library books pouring in from across the country
July 01, 2026
Woman spends decades rescuing homeless animals at shelter she helped build
July 01, 2026
America 250: How two roads in Detroit changed American driving forever
July 01, 2026
Officer under review for controversial Juneteenth arrest used same tactic earlier that day
July 01, 2026
America’s Forgotten Soldiers: The Black Patriots Project
July 01, 2026
Canadian boy, 11, died from rabies after waking up with bat on his mouth
July 01, 2026
CNN's Wolf Blitzer speaks with ACLU Senior Counsel Joshua Block after the Supreme Court lets states ban trans athletes from playing on girl's sports teams. Block also represented plaintiff Becky Pepper-Jackson and argued on her behalf in front of the Supreme Court. Block spoke about her courage and what this case means for other trans athletes.
July 01, 2026
Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time
July 01, 2026
On Tuesday, the U.S.
July 01, 2026
Bangkok governor vows tighter regulations as pub fire death toll rises to 30
China tells some banks not to re-discount bills at rates below 0.5%, sources say
Global investors turn most bullish since February, BofA survey shows
Peace in Ukraine unlikely to be reached soon, Polish PM says
BHP workers to proceed with strike after talks fail, union says
Watches of Switzerland sees robust US demand, signs of UK recovery
What injured athletes can teach us about recovery and resilience