Associated Press

U.S. center / wire-service news (generally mainstream, center-left in critics' ratings)

Stories

• 1 Accenture Stock Closes Up 15.6% After Quarterly Earnings of $3.29 a Share Top Analyst Forecasts
• 3 26 States, Cities and Counties Sue Over NHTSA Rule Lowering the 2031 Fuel Economy Target to 34.9 MPG
• 2 Taiwan Receives First Two of 66 F-16V Fighter Jets Ordered From the U.S. in 2019
• 3 Burhan Adviser Says U.S. 90-Day Sudan Truce Plan Risks 'Libya-Style' Partition, Seeks Monitored RSF Pullout From Cities
• 2 Police Arrest Texas Man Accused of Threatening to 'Shoot Up' State Capitol; Federal Charge Covers a Revolver With a Filed-Off Serial Number
• 2 Pakistani Airstrikes in Kunar and Helmand Kill 9, Afghan Taliban Say; Pakistan Says It Killed 22 Militants
• 2 Trump Says 'We Blow Them Up, Make a Deal' on Iran as Tehran Weighs Official U.S. Reply to Its Hormuz Offer
• 3 Trump Says South Korea Will Put $54 Billion Into Alaska LNG Project; Seoul Says It Has Not Decided Whether to Invest
• 3 Gov. Stein Directs N.C. Revenue Department to Waive State Penalties on Highway Use of Dyed Diesel Through Dec. 31, 2026
• 2 Hegseth Announces Drone-Focused Four-Star Command and 20% Cut in General and Admiral Posts in Quantico Speech to Junior Troops
• 2 Tennessee Halts Its Last 2026 Execution and Orders Outside Review After Christa Pike Survives Two Pentobarbital Doses
• 2 South Korea Says North Korean Mines That Wounded 3 Soldiers Were Buried South of the Border Line; North Korea Denies Crossing
• 5 Kurt Olsen Leaves DOJ's Florida 'Grand Conspiracy' Probe Weeks After Joseph diGenova Resigned; No Charges Filed So Far
• 2 Pentagon Declares End of 12-Year Anti-ISIS Mission in Iraq as Last U.S.-Led Coalition Forces Leave Erbil Air Base
• 2 Doña Ana County Orders Five Hatch Valley Communities to Evacuate After Dam Failure Warning; Four Orders Lifted Same Night