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FILE - A child shows off her teeth after a dental exam in Concord, N.H., Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, file)

FDA restricts use of kids' fluoride supplements citing emerging health risks

7:02 PM on Friday, October 31

The Food and Drug Administration is restricting the use of fluoride supplements used to strengthen children’s teeth

FILE - A mechanized shovel loads coal into a haul truck at a mine near Decker, Mont., on Nov. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Trump efforts to help US coal undercut by export drop during trade war

6:50 PM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump’s efforts to help the U.S. coal industry at home are being offset by falling sales abroad

CORRECTS SOURCE TO NEWS&RECORD = N.C. House Rep. Cecil Brockman talks with early voters at Brown Recreation Center, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Greensboro, N.C. (Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record via AP)

North Carolina lawmaker accused of sex crimes resigns from state House

6:40 PM on Friday, October 31

A North Carolina state legislator accused by authorities of sex-related crimes involving a 15-year-old has resigned from the General Assembly

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a joint press conference with Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in Tokyo Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

New Pentagon policy undercuts trans troops' ability to ask to stay in the military, AP learns

6:35 PM on Friday, October 31

The Pentagon has rolled out a new policy that will severely undercut the ability for transgender troops who have been banned from the armed forces by the Trump administration to turn to boards of their peers to argue for their right to stay in the military

New Pentagon policy undercuts ability for trans troops to argue to remain in the military following Trump ban, AP learns

6:34 PM on Friday, October 31

New Pentagon policy undercuts ability for trans troops to argue to remain in the military following Trump ban, AP learns

FILE - Sean Combs arrives at the Pre-Grammy Gala And Salute To Industry Icons at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Jan. 25, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Invision/AP, File)

Sean 'Diddy' Combs transferred to New Jersey prison to serve 4-year prostitution-related sentence

6:00 PM on Friday, October 31

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been transferred to a prison in New Jersey to serve out the remainder of his four-year prison sentence on prostitution-related charges

FILE - Presidential candidate Azruddin Mohamed of the We Invest in Nationhood party displays his ink-stained finger after voting in general elections in Georgetown, Guyana, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Guyana arrests incoming opposition leader following US extradition request

5:41 PM on Friday, October 31

Authorities in Guyana have arrested the South American country’s incoming opposition leader following an extradition request from the U.S. government

FILE - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton makes a statement at his office, May 26, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

NY judge dismisses legal challenge from Texas in early test of abortion shield law

5:35 PM on Friday, October 31

A New York judge has dismissed a legal challenge from Texas seeking to enforce a civil judgment against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a Dallas-area woman

Red Cross says it transferred unidentified remains of three people to Israel that a military source says came from Hamas

5:29 PM on Friday, October 31

Red Cross says it transferred unidentified remains of three people to Israel that a military source says came from Hamas

This photo released by UNICEF shows displaced children and families from el-Fasher at a displacement camp where they sought refuge from fighting between government forces and the RSF, in Tawila, Darfur region, Sudan, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (Mohammed Jammal/UNICEF via AP)

Militia attack on hospital in Darfur came in waves, WHO says

1:24 PM on Friday, October 31

The World Health Organization reports that gunmen who reportedly killed at least 460 people at a hospital in Sudan's Darfur region returned three times to the facility during their assault

FILE - The JetBlue logo is seen at the check-in counter at the Richmond International Airport in Sandston, Va., Oct. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Drop in altitude on JetBlue flight that forced emergency landing injured at least 15, officials say

1:13 PM on Friday, October 31

Officials say at least 15 JetBlue passengers were injured after a sudden drop in altitude forced an emergency landing in Florida

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., right, during a lunch with Republican Senators on the Rose Garden patio at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

What's the filibuster and why does Trump want to get rid of it during the shutdown?

12:42 PM on Friday, October 31

President Donald Trump wants Republicans in the Senate to kill a longstanding rule called the filibuster

China's Long March 2F rocket, carrying three astronauts for the Shenzhou 21 manned space mission, blasts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwestern China, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China's Shenzhou 21 docks with space station, sets the country's own speed record

10:42 AM on Friday, October 31

China has announced that its Shenzhou 21 spaceship docked with the country's space station at the country's own record speed

A volunteer prepares meals at the Philabundance Community Kitchen in Philadelphia, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Judges order Trump administration to use emergency reserves for SNAP payments during the shutdown

10:03 AM on Friday, October 31

Two federal judge have ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP food aid program using emergency reserve funds during the government shutdown

An FBI agent enters a home in a Dearborn, Mich., neighborhood on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

Multiple people have been arrested in Michigan in a Halloween weekend attack plot, FBI director says

9:08 AM on Friday, October 31

FBI Director Kash Patel says federal officials have arrested multiple people in Michigan who had allegedly been plotting a violent attack over the Halloween weekend

Protesters gather outside an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Court says Border Patrol official won't have to brief judge on Chicago-area immigration sweeps

8:38 AM on Friday, October 31

An appeals court has ruled in favor of the Trump administration and stopped a judge from trying to get daily updates from a Border Patrol official about the government’s immigration crackdown in the Chicago area

FILE - From left, Pat Mcafee, Nick Saban and Kirk Herbstreit talk on the set of ESPN College Gameday on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Craft, File)

Disney pulls ABC, ESPN and more from YouTube TV as talks break down

7:23 AM on Friday, October 31

YouTube TV viewers have lost access to Disney channels, including ABC and ESPN, after contract talks broke down

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