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The Latest: Judge sends Lindsay Clancy's deadlocked jurors home

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial went home without a verdict Thursday following a dramatic sixth day of deliberations.

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Tech stocks lead a rally on Wall Street as bond yields ease some more

Stocks on Wall Street closed higher Thursday as a recent run-up in bond yields eased further and big technology companies rallied, helping the market recoup its losses from earlier in the week.

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The Latest: ICE officer federally charged with lying about Minneapolis shooting, AP source says

Federal prosecutors have charged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with lying to investigators about the events leading up to the nonfatal shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown earlier this year, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity. The officer, Christian Castro, shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg in January, authorities say.

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Report finds holes and delays in how Secret Service updates its protection policy

The U.S. Secret Service dealt with several drone-related incidents without adjusting its protection policies or documenting why it didn't, according to a government report released Thursday. That information may have helped illustrate the emerging threat of civilian drone use before one was used in the 2024 assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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Across US history, the AP has watched, chronicled and helped people understand a complex world

NEW YORK (AP) — Precisely 180 years ago, a handful of New York news executives looking to save money on coverage had an idea. Today, it is called The Associated Press.

Former Tropical Storm Edouard lingers over Texas, flooding homes and roadways

LIVINGSTON, Texas (AP) — Texas authorities rescued dozens of people from stranded cars, homes surrounded by floodwaters and an assisted living facility Wednesday as former Tropical Storm Edouard lingered over rural parts of the state and dumped nearly 2 feet of rain in some places.

Edouard weakens into a tropical depression after landfall but still dumping rain into Texas

PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) — The former Tropical Storm Edouard weakened into a depression Tuesday night while unleashing heavy rains and strong winds on parts of Texas, knocking out power to thousands, toppling trees and flooding roads.

Raúl Castro absent as Cuba celebrates anniversary of key revolutionary attack

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba held a traditional rally on Sunday to commemorate one of the revolution’s most important anniversaries, with former President Raúl Castro, 95, conspicuously absent.

Stocks slip on Wall Street under pressure from higher oil prices and rising bond yields

Stocks closed broadly lower Tuesday as another round of U.S. military strikes on Iran sent oil prices higher, stoking worries about stubbornly high inflation. A bond market sell-off deepened, putting more pressure on stocks.

DA says a teen who recorded San Diego mosque shooting livestream has been charged with murder

A 17-year-old North Carolina girl who recorded a livestream of a shooting that killed three people at a San Diego mosque and then disseminated the attackers’ white-supremacist writings has been charged with murder by aiding and abetting, a district attorney said Monday.

UN report finds Syria was building a nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under former President Assad

VIENNA (AP) — Syria was constructing a nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under the leadership of ousted former President Bashar Assad, according to a U.N. report seen Tuesday by The Associated Press.

Rescuers saved some 80 people in Grand Canyon floods that left 2 dead and 1 missing, officials say

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — The bodies of a Texas chiropractor and a lifelong martial artist have been found after a major flash flood swept through the Grand Canyon. One person remains unaccounted for after about 80 others were rescued over the weekend, officials said Monday.

Tropical Storm Edouard forms near Texas and Louisiana, while another storm moves toward Hawaii

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Edouard formed Monday in the Gulf of Mexico and was expected to gain strength before bringing potentially heavy rains and flooding into parts of Texas and Louisiana.

Bessent huddles with G20 to try to rally allies on Iran as tariffs strain ties

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is meeting with finance ministers of the world’s largest economies this week at a time when the United States has disrupted the international order with aggressive tariffs on major allies and an unpopular war on Iran that is keeping gas prices high for consumers.

Kalshi bans ex-Congressman George Santos for life after concluding he likely was insider trading

NEW YORK (AP) — The online prediction market platform Kalshi said Monday that it has permanently banned former U.S. Rep. George Santos for his bets on whether he'd attend the State of the Union address and has fined and temporarily banned North Carolina congressional candidate Laurie Buckhout for bets she now calls a “dumb mistake.”

Russia cements its role as Africa junta protector after helping quell Niger's mutiny

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Niger's junta survived its most severe internal threat since seizing power in a 2023 coup when renegade soldiers staged a mutiny over the weekend, triggering a 24-hour standoff that ended with Russian intervention.

Trump cannot deport students for criticizing Israel, judge rules

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Citing the importance of the First Amendment, a federal judge in California says the U.S. government is unconstitutionally silencing critics of Israel's war in Gaza and others as part of the Trump administration 's quest to deport noncitizens who it says disrupted college campuses while expressing their views.

US families with relatives missing in the Nepal-China floods plead for more rescue help

Mukti Patel has huddled with family and friends at her parents' Richmond, Virginia, home since her dad, sister and two other relatives went missing in the catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border.

Civil rights groups make urgent plea for voting rights in DC, ahead of midterm elections

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting rights, the work of the Civil Rights Movement and racial justice took center stage on the National Mall Friday, with protesters gathering ahead of midterm elections and following a wave of changes to voting laws and redistricting that some have condemned as detrimental to Black Americans.

Pelican Harbor Seabird Station frees survivor treated for about 3 months

The Pelican Harbor Seabird Station, a wildlife rescue service based near North Bay Village, released a pelican on Friday after treatment for injuries in Miami-Dade County.

Rescuers retrieve flood survivors caked in mud as death toll in Nepal-China border disaster climbs

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers pulled out survivors caked in dark brown mud and helicopters lifted stranded people to safety, as Nepal and China raced to respond to catastrophic flash floods that killed nearly 600 people and left almost 2,500 missing.

The bond market prepares for a hike to interest rates, while US stocks drift lower

NEW YORK (AP) — The bond market swung Friday as investors built bets that the Federal Reserve may hike interest rates soon to get the nation’s high inflation under control. U.S. stocks, meanwhile, dipped but not by much after economists said a speech by Chairman Kevin Warsh helped strengthen faith that the Fed will do what’s needed to bring inflation down, even if it causes pain for the economy in the short term.

Police officers accuse felon — on probation for weapon-related offense — of shooting man in the face in Miami Gardens

A 38-year-old felon was back behind bars on Friday in Miami-Dade County after detectives accused him of shooting a man in the face — while on probation for a weapon-related offense, records show.

Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities, dies as a prisoner at 84

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Ratko Mladic, the bullish Bosnian Serb general whose forces besieged the Bosnian capital for several years in the 1990s and carried out the worst massacre in Europe since World War II, died Thursday while serving a life sentence for his crimes, U.N. officials said. He was 84.