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5:44 PM on Wednesday, October 15

The public release of a Young Republican group chat that included racist language, jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers prompted bipartisan calls for those involved to be removed from or resign their positions

5:28 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Hamas assures they'll honor deal to return dead hostages from Gaza amid Israeli anger about pace of returns: US advisers

5:19 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A sheriff says his deputies continue their methodical investigation into a shooting at a South Carolina bar that killed four people and injured 16 others

5:13 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Ah, rats

4:58 PM on Wednesday, October 15

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has publicly apologized for language he has used in the past to criticize New York Police Department

4:49 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Brown University is rejecting a Trump administration proposal that would provide favorable access to funding in exchange for a wide range of commitments

4:48 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A suburban Atlanta man has been charged with murder in the death of his six-month-old son

4:43 PM on Wednesday, October 15

President Donald Trump says Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personally assured him that India will stop buying Russian oil

4:27 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces on Wednesday, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power

2:44 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Andry Rajoelina, once a young mayor who led protests against Madagascar's government, has been ousted as president

2:13 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the human cost "cannot be tolerated.”

1:48 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Prosecutors say DNA obtained from a discarded straw has led to the indictment of a man accused of sexually assaulting and killing a New York teenager more than 40 years ago

1:40 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A jury has begun deliberations in the upstate New York murder trial of three former corrections officers accused in the fatal beating of an inmate

12:23 PM on Wednesday, October 15

Democratic governors from 14 states and Guam have launched a new public health alliance

9:54 AM on Wednesday, October 15

The last 20 living hostages released by Hamas are beginning a difficult path to recovery that will include rebuilding a sense of control over their lives and following a carefully supervised diet

9:17 AM on Wednesday, October 15

President Donald Trump’s administration for now must stop firing workers during the government shutdown

6:43 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Israel received the remains of two more hostages Wednesday, hours after the Israeli military said that one of the bodies previously turned over was not that of a hostage

2:51 AM on Wednesday, October 15

Israel has received the remains of two more hostages after they were transferred by the Red Cross from Hamas

11:58 PM on Tuesday, October 14

Most U.S. stocks rose following another topsy-turvy day on Wall Street

12:22 PM on Monday, October 13

In some versions of a story published Oct. 13, 2025, The Associated Press erroneously reported that charges were dropped against former DeKalb County, Georgia, Chief Executive Officer Vernon Jones following a rape allegation