CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — The Carlisle Indian Industrial School had not yet held its first class when Matavito Horse and Leah Road Traveler were taken there in October 1879, drafted into the U.S. government's campaign to erase Native American tribes by wiping their children's identities. A few ...

BOSTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration's emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown. A judge had given the Republican administration until Friday to make the payments through the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A divided federal appeals court in Ohio ruled against the state's fourth largest school district on Thursday in a case that pitted its gender pronoun policies against the rights of students who believe there are only two genders. The full Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of ...

OAK HILL, W.Va. (AP) — Lisa Emery loves to talk about her "boys." With each word, the respiratory therapist's face softens and shines with pride. But keep her talking, and it doesn't take long for that passion to switch to hurt. She knows the names, ages, families and the intimate stories of ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah university where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated is expanding its police force and adding security managers after the school received harsh criticism for its lack of key safety measures on the day of the shooting. Utah Valley University is ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — All three of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices who sought reelection Tuesday will get another term, ensuring Democratic jurists keep their majority on the presidential battleground state's highest court — one at the center of pivotal fights over voting rights, ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Investigators say a third Michigan man is now facing charges in a plot to stage a terror attack on Halloween. He traveled to Cedar Point, an amusement park in Ohio, to scout the location, they said. Ayob Nasser, 19, was arrested Wednesday. He is accused of participating ...

By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84. Cheney died Monday night due to ...

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's voters are deciding the outcome of a generational and ideological divide that will resonate across the country Tuesday as they choose the next mayor to run the nation's largest city. Zohran Mamdani, ...

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey faces a steep challenge in Tuesday's election from a democratic socialist, a race that highlights different visions of how to govern in a liberal city confronting persistent problems with ...

By OLIVIA DIAZ and BILL BARROW Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia voters are deciding a history-making race for governor Tuesday that will serve as a barometer of attitudes toward President Donald Trump and Democrats' attempts to regain their footing on the national ...

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania voters on Tuesday will decide whether to keep a Democratic majority on the state's highest court — the center of pivotal fights over voting rights, redistricting and elections — or potentially plunge the court into a ...

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge is expected to hear arguments Tuesday after Illinois groups sued federal authorities last week for what they described as "inhumane" conditions at a Chicago-area immigration facility. U.S. District Judge Robert ...

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump won't be going in person to the Supreme Court hearing Wednesday that will determine the fate of the tariffs at the heart of his economic and foreign policy -- but his treasury secretary says he will be ...

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press From Coney Island to the Bronx, the candidates in New York City's mayoral race spent Monday crisscrossing the five boroughs in a final, frenzied day of campaigning on the eve of Election Day. As candidates made final pitch to voters, President Donald ...

By JOHN RABY and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press Courts in Tennessee and West Virginia heard arguments Monday challenging the deployment of their states' National Guard troops to patrol the streets of Memphis and Washington, D.C., respectively, as part of President Donald Trump's push to ...

By MIKE CATALINI, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press TOTOWA, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Republicans are trying to ride the coattails of Donald Trump's 2024 electoral momentum, with gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli courting voters in a key — and traditionally ...

By JOSH FUNK and RIO YAMAT AP Transportation and Airlines Writers The U.S. government shutdown has now dragged on for over a month, and shortages of air traffic controllers are straining operations — with flight disruptions piling up nationwide. Staffing shortages have caused flight ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — George Banks, one of the most notorious mass murderers in the U.S., has died. Banks, 83, died Sunday afternoon at Phoenix state prison in Pennsylvania, the state Department of Corrections said. Banks died of complications from renal neoplasm, or kidney cancer, said ...

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two separate courts have ordered immigration officials not to deport a Pennsylvania man who spent four decades in prison before his murder conviction was overturned. Subramanyam Vedam, 64, is currently detained at a short-term ...