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Kilauea displays lava fountains for the 37th time since its eruption began last year

The on-and-off eruption that’s been dazzling residents and visitors on Hawaii’s Big Island for nearly a year resumed Tuesday as Kilauea volcano sent fountains of lava soaring 400 feet (122 meters) into the air. The molten rock was confined within Kilauea’s summit caldera inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, the U.S. Geological Survey said. No homes were threatened. It’s the […]

NOV. 26, 2025

Under a cloud, the Olympic flame begins its journey to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

The Olympic flame began its journey Wednesday to the Milan Cortina Winter Games — missing a little of its usual magic. Bad weather lashing western Greece forced organizers to move the torch-lighting ceremony indoors, from Olympia’s ancient stadium and temples to a nearby museum. The flame is lit by focusing the sun’s rays with a […]

NOV. 26, 2025

Ambitious plan to store CO2 beneath the North Sea set to start operations

Appearing first as a dot on the horizon, the remote Nini oil field on Europe’s rugged North Sea slowly comes into view from a helicopter. Used to extract fossil fuels, the field is now getting a second lease on life as a means of permanently storing planet-warming carbon dioxide beneath the seabed. In a process that […]

NOV. 26, 2025

UConn’s narrow victory keeps Huskies No. 1 in women’s AP Top 25, South Carolina, UCLA and Texas next

UConn passed its first test of the season to remain No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll on Monday. The Huskies received 30 of the 32 first-place votes from a national media panel after beating No. 6 Michigan 72-69 last Friday in the Naismith Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase. South Carolina, UCLA and Texas followed […]

NOV. 24, 2025

Arizona jumps to No. 2 behind Purdue in AP Top 25, Alabama into top 10; Kansas falls out of rankings

Purdue remained at No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, while Arizona jumped to No. 2 to continue its opening-month rise after another impressive win against a ranked opponent. The Boilermakers (6-0) earned 46 of 61 first-place votes in Monday’s poll to remain at the top after beating then-No. 15 Texas Tech by 30 to […]

NOV. 24, 2025

Sweet potato or pumpkin? The Thanksgiving pie debate

They’re both round, orange and probably bad for your health, but which is the better Thanksgiving dessert: pumpkin or sweet potato pie? For most people, the answer likely depends on where they’re from. The two Thanksgiving favorites have more in common than not. They’re similar in color, taste and texture, and derived from European carrot pie. Those similarities make […]

NOV. 24, 2025

AP Fund for Journalism secures over $30 million to bring AP content to local US newsrooms

AP Fund for Journalism today announced significant commitments from several organizations, including the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc. and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, that will help power its first-of-its kind local news program to support the U.S. local news ecosystem. The combined investment of more than […]

NOV. 20, 2025

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NOV. 20, 2025

Massa lawsuit over 2008 F1 title loss survives attempts to have it thrown out

Felipe Massa’s 64 million pounds ($83 million) claim against Formula 1, its governing body the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone can go to trial, a High Court judge ruled on Thursday. Lewis Hamilton’s first F1 world championship in 2008 is the subject of legal action, with Brazilian driver Massa saying he is the rightful winner of […]

NOV. 20, 2025

Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns

The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found. The predictive intelligence program has resulted in people being stopped, searched and in some cases arrested. A network of cameras scans and records vehicle license plate […]

NOV. 20, 2025

Descendants obtain works of enslaved potter in landmark restitution deal

 Inside the wide mouth of a stoneware jar, Daisy Whitner’s fingertips found a slight rise in the clay — a mark she hoped was a trace left behind by her ancestor, an enslaved potter who shaped the vessel nearly 175 years ago in South Carolina. Standing in the gallery of the Museum of Fine Arts […]

NOV. 20, 2025

Wisconsin archaeologists identify 16 ancient canoes in a prehistoric lake ‘parking lot’

Archaeologists have identified more than a dozen ancient canoes that Indigenous people apparently left behind in a sort of prehistoric parking lot along a Wisconsin lakeshore. The Wisconsin Historical Society announced Wednesday that archaeologists have mapped the location of 16 canoes submerged in the lake bed of Lake Mendota in Madison. Tamara Thomsen, the state’s […]

NOV. 19, 2025