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This undated image provided by Popcorn Park Animal Refuge shows Forrest, a young adult rhesus macaque that spent several days on the lam after escaping from a truck that crashed on a rural Mississippi highway earlier this year and now has a permanent home at a New Jersey wildlife refuge. (Popcorn Park Animal Refuge/Megan Velardo via AP)

Monkey who escaped Mississippi highway crash has new permanent home at New Jersey refuge

3:39 PM on Wednesday, December 3

A monkey who spent several days on the lam after escaping from a truck that crashed on a rural Mississippi highway earlier this year now has a permanent home at a New Jersey nonprofit wildlife refuge

FILE - A sign for the Christian Aid Ministries offices is seen in Berlin, Ohio, Dec. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar, File)

Ex-missionary from Ohio charged with sexually abusing 4 children in Haiti

3:37 PM on Wednesday, December 3

A former missionary with an Ohio-based ministry has been indicted on federal charges of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with four different minors in Haiti over multiple years

Pentagon knew September boat attack left survivors but still launched a follow-on strike to sink vessel, AP sources say

3:20 PM on Wednesday, December 3

Pentagon knew September boat attack left survivors but still launched a follow-on strike to sink vessel, AP sources say

NTSB describes final moments of flight that killed missionary father and daughter in Florida crash

2:56 PM on Wednesday, December 3

The National Transportation Safety Board described the fatal Nov. 10 flight that killed a Christian missionary father and his daughter in its preliminary report

FILE - Guitarist, songwriter and record producer Steve Cropper poses Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey,File)

Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, has died at age 84

2:54 PM on Wednesday, December 3

Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classic songs, including “(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay” and “In the Midnight Hour,” during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died

FILE - Arkansas Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin is interviewed in his office at the state Capitol, Jan. 16, 2015, in Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Arkansas attorney general says pardoned nursing home operator should serve state sentence

2:49 PM on Wednesday, December 3

Attorney General Tim Griffin has asked a judge to send Joseph Schwartz, a former nursing home operator pardoned by President Trump, to an Arkansas prison for Medicaid fraud and tax evasion

Trump aides to meet with top Ukrainian negotiator Thursday in Miami for more Russia-Ukraine peace talks, AP source says

2:46 PM on Wednesday, December 3

Trump aides to meet with top Ukrainian negotiator Thursday in Miami for more Russia-Ukraine peace talks, AP source says

Steve Cropper, influential guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the MGs, has died at age 84.

2:44 PM on Wednesday, December 3

Steve Cropper, influential guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the MGs, has died at age 84.

Kashish Ali and Elliott McKnight stock a One Love Community Fridge with food, Nov. 15, 2025, in Brooklyn, New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Americans gave $4B on GivingTuesday 2025 as donations and volunteering gain big over last year

2:37 PM on Wednesday, December 3

Americans gave $4 billion to nonprofits on GivingTuesday in 2025, an increase from the $3.6 billion they gave in 2024

How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 12/3/2025

2:17 PM on Wednesday, December 3

U.S. stocks rose near their record levels

Doctor who sold ketamine to ‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry before his overdose death gets 2 1/2 years in prison

2:10 PM on Wednesday, December 3

Doctor who sold ketamine to ‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry before his overdose death gets 2 1/2 years in prison

President Donald Trump listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

FACT FOCUS: Trump says tariffs can eventually replace federal income taxes. Experts disagree

2:05 PM on Wednesday, December 3

President Donald Trump has long praised tariffs as key to increasing wealth in the United States, idealizing Gilded Age policies that preceded the implementation of a modern federal income tax

This image released by the Mayoral Photography Office shows New York Mayor Eric Adams, second left, during his visit to Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Nov. 18, 2025, which was attacked during the October 7th terrorist attacks on Israel. (Benny Polatseck/Mayoral Photography Office via AP)

As NYC prepares for Mamdani, departing Mayor Eric Adams wanders the globe

2:02 PM on Wednesday, December 3

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is embracing his love for travel in his final month in office

FILE - The gurney used for lethal injections sits behind glass windows in a small cinder block building at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Ga., Sept. 7, 2007. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Georgia sets execution date for man convicted of killing two real estate agents in 2003

1:53 PM on Wednesday, December 3

Georgia prison officials have scheduled an execution for Stacey Humphreys, who was convicted of killing two real estate agents in 2003

This image taken from video shows Julian Alcala leaving federal court in St. Louis, Friday, Nov. 25, 2024. (Dana Rieck/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Ex-Missouri officer pleads guilty to searching women's phones for sexual photos during stops

1:03 PM on Wednesday, December 3

A former suburban St. Louis police officer has admitted that over several months last year, he pulled over 20 women’s vehicles and searched their phones for nude photos and videos

FILE - SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at a gas station in Riverwoods, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)

What to know about the administration's plan to withhold states' money to manage SNAP food aid

12:47 PM on Wednesday, December 3

President Donald Trump's administration says it will withhold money to help manage SNAP food aid from states that don't give the federal government information on individual recipients

A mother cries at the coffin of her son Oleh Borovyk, a Ukrainian serviceman who was killed in fighting with Russian forces near Pokrovsk, during his funeral ceremony in Boiarka, Ukraine, on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Europeans accuse Putin of feigning interest in peace after talks with US envoys

2:24 AM on Wednesday, December 3

Ukraine and its European allies have accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of feigning interest in peace efforts after five hours of talks with U.S. envoys at the Kremlin produced no breakthrough

Trader John Romolo works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Wall Street pulls near its all-time high

11:22 PM on Tuesday, December 2

U.S. stocks rose near their record levels

In this photo provided by EssilorLuxottica in October 2025, refractions caused by lenslets embedded in the company's Stellest eyeglass lens are projected onto a table. (Luxottica via AP)

New FDA-approved glasses can slow nearsightedness in kids

10:00 PM on Sunday, November 30

A new type of lens approved by the FDA promises to slow nearsightedness in children

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