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This November 2023 photo provided by Gaorong Li shows a Haootia-like fossil at Yunnan University in Kunming, China. (Gaorong Li via AP)

How we came to be: Scientists get first look at the evolution of early complex animals

1:59 PM on Thursday, April 2

Scientists have discovered fossils in China that reveal a crucial transition from simple to complex life on Earth

FILE - Mississippi State Rep. Celeste Hurst, R-Sandhill, listens to a colleague's questions during her bill presentation in the House chamber, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, file)

Mississippi lawmakers send bill that criminalizes abortion-inducing medication to governor

12:37 PM on Thursday, April 2

Mississippi lawmakers have passed a bill that could imprison people for up to 10 years for distributing abortion-inducing medication

FILE - Attorney Emil Bove returns to the courtroom after a break at Manhattan criminal court, April 16, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool, File)

Activist Mahmoud Khalil wants ex-Justice Department official off panel of judges weighing his appeal

12:33 PM on Thursday, April 2

Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student fighting deportation, have asked Judge Emil Bove to step aside from an appellate panel that could weigh in on his case because of Bove’s previous role as a top Justice Department official involved in investigating student protesters

FILE - Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan talks before convening the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool, File)

Judges say ICC prosecutor in sexual misconduct inquiry can potentially resume work, documents show

12:07 PM on Thursday, April 2

According to documents viewed by The Associated Press, a three-judge panel says the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court can potentially resume his duties following a sexual misconduct investigation

In this image taken from police body camera video released by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff's Office, golfer Tiger Woods performs a field sobriety test for sheriff's deputies following a car crash in Jupiter Island, Fla., Friday, March 27, 2026. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Bodycam shows a stunned Tiger Woods handcuffed after a Florida rollover crash

12:04 PM on Thursday, April 2

Newly released body camera footage shows that Tiger Woods expressed astonishment as he was handcuffed after crashing his vehicle last week in Florida

FILE - Tina Peters, former Mesa County, Colo., clerk, listens during her trial, March 3, 2023, in Grand Junction, Colo. (Scott Crabtree/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)

Colorado court orders resentencing for former county clerk in election fraud scheme

11:08 AM on Thursday, April 2

A Colorado appeals court has ruled that a former county clerk convicted in a scheme that attempted to find proof of fraud in the 2020 presidential election should be resentenced

Charlie Day, from left, Jack Black, Donald Glover, Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Benny Safdie and Keegan Michael Key pose for photographers at the photo call for the film "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" in Tokyo, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Reyes)

Kids ate the multiplex: How family movies are taking over moviegoing, one blockbuster at a time

11:07 AM on Thursday, April 2

As “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” lands in theaters, coloring stations, collectible popcorn containers and mascot Marios are all in place to entice arguably the most prized moviegoers to Hollywood today

FILE - Josh Allen, of the Buffalo Bills, and Hailee Steinfeld appear at the NFL Honors award show ahead of the Super Bowl 59 football game in New Orleans on Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Hailee Steinfeld says she and Bills quarterback Josh Allen have welcomed a baby girl

10:53 AM on Thursday, April 2

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and actor and singer Hailee Steinfeld are proud parents of a baby girl

First group of 12 deportees from the US arrives in Uganda, lawyers say

10:50 AM on Thursday, April 2

Twelve people deported from the U.S. have arrived in Uganda, according to the Uganda Law Society

Police officers stand by a stolen artefact from Romania, the 2,500-year-old Cotofenesti helmet, recovered in Netherlands, is shown during a press conference in Assen, Netherlands, Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Aleksandar Furtula)

A priceless ancient golden helmet stolen from a Dutch museum is recovered

8:18 AM on Thursday, April 2

Dutch authorities have recovered a priceless ancient golden helmet from Romania stolen last year from a museum in the Netherlands

Carlos Paz picks a McValue menu selection at a McDonald's, Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

McDonald's tries a simpler approach with its new McValue menu

7:57 AM on Thursday, April 2

McDonald’s is simplifying its value menu strategy

FILE - Tourists take photos of Jonathan, a then 192-year-old tortoise, on the lawn of Plantation House in Jamestown on the South Atlantic island of St. Helena, Feb. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Nicole Evatt, File)

World's oldest known tortoise still very much alive despite rumor to the contrary

7:38 AM on Thursday, April 2

Reports of the death of Jonathan, the world’s oldest living land animal, have been greatly exaggerated

Gas prices are displayed at a Chevron gas station, in downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Dizzying US fuel prices are determined by factors largely outside of a gas station's control

7:01 AM on Thursday, April 2

U.S. gas prices are climbing fast, and drivers are paying the highest pump prices since 2022 as the Iran war shakes oil markets

President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Trump uses Iran war address to urge an increasingly skeptical electorate to give him a bit more time

6:26 AM on Thursday, April 2

President Donald Trump has used his first major address since launching his war in Iran to assure Americans all his military objectives will be completed “shortly” and urge a skeptical electorate to give him more time

FILE - Residents and rescue workers inspect the site of an airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai, File)

Pakistan says a new round of peace talks with Afghanistan is underway in China

6:25 AM on Thursday, April 2

Pakistan confirms it is holding peace talks with Afghanistan's Taliban government in China

This handout photo from Sept. 15, 2015, provided by the Viking Ship Museum shows the underwater view of a diver as he discovers a cannon, thought to be from Danish flagship "Dannebroge" that sank during the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. (Viking Ship Museum via AP)

Danish warship sunk by Nelson's British fleet discovered after 225 years

1:28 AM on Thursday, April 2

Marine archaeologists have found the wreck of a Danish warship that sank in the 1801 Battle of Copenhagen

Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, right, attends a virtual summit at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London, on Thursday April 2, 2026, with around 35 countries to discuss ways of reopening the Strait of Hormuz. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)

UK gathers more than 40 countries to press Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

12:14 AM on Thursday, April 2

Britain has accused Iran of holding the global economy hostage as diplomats from over 40 countries discuss ways to press Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

Pioneer women's basketball powers fade into the shadows full of pride as money reshapes the game

2:03 AM on Wednesday, April 1

There was a time when Immaculata, Queens College, Wayland Baptist and Delta State were among the powerhouse programs of women’s basketball, much like UConn and South Carolina are today

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