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  • FILE The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier leaves Naval Station Norfolk, June 23, 2025, in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/John Clark, File)Politics

    The most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean as Trump adds to the growing fleet of warships near Venezuela

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • Family at home stressedPolitics

    Meet the military families anxious about whether their next paychecks will arrive: ‘It’s almost like the service is taken for granted’

    By The Associated Press and Ben Finley
  • The American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, on its way into the Oslofjord, at Drobak in Norway, Sept. 12, 2025.Middle East

    Trump’s decision to sail aircraft carrier to South America will leave the Mideast and Europe with none during a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

    By Ben Finley, Konstantin Toropin, and others
  • U.S. military senior leadership listen as President Donald Trump speaks at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 in Quantico, Va.Politics

    Trump says U.S. cities should be ‘training grounds’ for the military to fight an ‘invasion from within’ during unusual speech to generals

    By Ben Finley, Konstantin Toropin, and others
  • Buckingham NicksSuccess

    Before Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham made a cult classic. Now they’re reuniting for a reissue

    By Ben Finley, Kristin M. Hall, and others
  • This courtroom sketch depicts Kilmar Abrego Garcia sitting in court during his detention hearing on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (Diego Fishburn via AP)Politics

    DOJ says Kilmar Abrego Garcia will face trial on federal smuggling charges before it tries to deport him again

    By Ben Finley, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others
  • Protesters gather outside the Federal Courthouse before arguments whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia can be released from jail on Friday, June 13, 2025 in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)Politics

    Judge will order Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s pre-trial release but ICE plans to detain him and possibly try to deport him again

    By Travis Loller, Ben Finley, and others
  • In this photo provided by El Salvador’s presidential press office, prison guards transfer deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (El Salvador presidential press office via AP)Politics

    ICE admits Maryland man sent to El Salvador prison was deported by ‘administrative error’

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • And there’s snow too: Pedestrians cross a snowy street in downtown Kansas City, Mo., as a winter storm passed through the area on Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Environment

    Heavy rains, strong winds threaten California’s burn zones as ‘atmospheric river’ looms

    By Ben Finley, John Raby, and others
  • A man wearing Dodgers apparel stands with a Mega Millions lottery ticket he purchased from a convenience storeLifestyle

    The Mega Millions jackpot is now over $1 billion—and experts say larger payouts are on the horizon once ticket prices increase next year

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • NORAD volunteers track Santa, sitting around the table wearing headsetsLifestyle

    NORAD’s Santa tracker, now used by millions, started as a morale booster during the Cold War

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • woman lays out tarot cards on tableLifestyle

    Offering psychic services in this city could’ve landed you in jail. But the ban was just lifted as fortune telling becomes a $2.3 billion industry

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • Baltimore County Police ChiefTech

    Disgruntled high school athletic director uses AI to clone principal’s voice in racist, antisemitic deep fake

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • Robert McCulloughTech

    An athletic director used AI to fake a high school principal’s racist tirade, and police say state laws need to catch up

    By Ben Finley and The Associated Press
  • Baltimore bridge collapseEnvironment

    Fixing the Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed this week could cost more than $800 million—and take several years to repair

    By Ben Finley, Brian Witte, and others