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FILE - The State Capitol is seen in Austin, Texas, on June 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Why Texas' redistricting plan isn't a sure bet

6:18 AM on Friday, February 20

State Republicans redrew their congressional map over the summer to make five Democratic-held seats winnable, in line with the explicit expectation set by President Donald Trump

A banner showing President Donald Trump is hung from the Department of Justice, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Trump has stocked his administration with people who have backed his false 2020 election claims

5:44 AM on Friday, February 20

President Donald Trump has long spread conspiracy theories about voting that are designed to explain away his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden

A person bundles up as she takes a walk during a cold weather day in the snow-covered sand at Lake Michigan in Chicago, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Growing number of Americans report experiencing extreme cold, AP-NORC poll finds

5:09 AM on Friday, February 20

A new AP-NORC poll shows more Americans say extreme cold has affected their lives after frigid weather engulfed much of North America at the beginning of 2026

About 7 in 10 Americans have had higher utility bills in the past year because of cold weather, AP-NORC poll finds

5:05 AM on Friday, February 20

About 7 in 10 Americans have had higher utility bills in the past year because of cold weather, AP-NORC poll finds

India's IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, second right, poses for a photograph with U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor, center, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg, first left, and other officials after signing an agreement in New Delhi, India, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo)

India joins US-led initiative to build secure technology supply chains

12:09 AM on Friday, February 20

India joined a U.S.-led initiative to strengthen technology cooperation among strategic allies in a move Friday that underscores the nations’ warming ties after a brief strain over New Delhi’s unabated purchase of discounted Russian oil

Gary C. Watson, Jr., who was born and raised in St. John the Baptist Parish, poses for a photo in Edgard, La., Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, across the river from a Marathon Petroleum Refinery. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

Trump climate health rollback likely to hit poor, minority areas hardest, experts say

12:03 AM on Friday, February 20

The Trump administration’s revocation of a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health is likely to affect communities of color the most

A TV screen shows an image of former South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Ex-South Korean president remains defiant following life sentence for rebellion

11:53 PM on Thursday, February 19

Ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday remained defiant in his first reaction to a life sentence imposed by a Seoul court for his short-lived declaration of martial law but didn’t clearly say whether he would appeal

The spot in a cemetery in Lusaka, Zambia, where authorities want to bury former President Edgar Lungu who died more than eight months ago in South Africa, is photographed Thursday, Feb.12, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodney Muhumuza)

A macabre dispute has kept the body of Zambia's former president unburied for months

11:34 PM on Thursday, February 19

A bitter feud in Zambia has left former President Edgar Lungu’s body unburied in a South African funeral home for more than eight months

A woman gets drinking water distributed by authorities in the city of Donetsk in the Russian-controlled part of eastern Ukraine, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo)

Russian-run areas of Ukraine face water, heat and housing woes

10:08 PM on Thursday, February 19

Nearly four years into its full-scale invasion, Russia controls about 20% of Ukrainian territory

FILE - This Oct. 25, 1942, photo provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History, shows Corporal Refines Slims, Jr., left, and Private Alfred Jalufka shaking hands at the, "Meeting of Bulldozers," for the ALCAN Highway in the Yukon Territory in Beaver Creek, Alaska. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History via AP, File)

Alaska to replace Black Veterans Memorial Bridge, saving part as tribute to Alaska Highway builders

10:05 PM on Thursday, February 19

A historic bridge in Alaska named for segregated Black soldiers who battled extreme weather and terrain to help build the first road link between Alaska and Canada needs to replaced

Civilians gather to receive drinking water distributed by the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry in Mariupol on May 27, 2022, after the seaside city in eastern Ukraine fell to Moscow's troops. (AP Photo, File)

Life is harsh and dangerous in Russian-run parts of Ukraine, activists and former residents say

10:01 PM on Thursday, February 19

Four years into its full-scale invasion, Russia controls about 20% of Ukrainian territory, where an estimated 3 million to 5 million people live

Olympic photo highlights from Day 13 of the Milan Cortina Winter Games

9:01 AM on Thursday, February 19

This photo provided by NASA shows the Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Jim Ross/NASA via AP)

NASA conducts second rocket fueling test that will decide when Artemis astronauts head to the moon

8:54 AM on Thursday, February 19

NASA has taken another crack at fueling its giant moon rocket after leaks halted the initial dress rehearsal

Police officers stand in front of Buckingham Palace in London, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026 after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested and held for hours by British police on suspicion of misconduct in public office related to his links to Jeffrey Epstein.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

What to know about the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

8:03 AM on Thursday, February 19

Police are searching the former property of the brother of King Charles III, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, a day after he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in connection with his close relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Mourners give condolences to Mohammad Abu Siyam, the father of Palestinian-American Nasrallah Abu Siyam, 19, who according to the Palestinian Health Ministry was shot by settlers on Wednesday night, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Mukhmas, east of Ramallah, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israeli settlers kill 19-year-old Palestinian American, officials and witnesses say

4:41 AM on Thursday, February 19

The Palestinian Health Ministry and a witness say that Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian American in an attack on a village

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