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FILE - Trucks come and go from the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Collier County, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Federal judge denies request to close Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz'

4:48 PM on Thursday, December 18

A federal judge has denied a request to close an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua (12) reacts after a first down during the first half of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Katie Chin)

Rams WR Puka Nacua apologizes for antisemitic gesture, saying he was unaware of offensive meaning

4:43 PM on Thursday, December 18

Los Angeles Rams receiver Puka Nacua has apologized for making a gesture linked to antisemitic tropes during an internet livestream

James Madison team celebrates after winning the Sun Belt championship NCAA college football game against Troy, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, in Harrisonburg, Va. (AP Photo/Robert Simmons)

Betting interest wanes as 1st round of College Football Playoff lacks excitement

4:40 PM on Thursday, December 18

Bettors aren't rushing to place wagers on the opening week of this season's College Football Playoff, except for Friday night's Alabama-Oklahoma showdown

EU delays massive free-trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur, European Commission says

4:35 PM on Thursday, December 18

EU delays massive free-trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur, European Commission says

Miami mayor-elect Eileen Higgins speaks at her campaign headquarters Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Democrat Eileen Higgins sworn in as Miami's first female mayor after 30 years of GOP control

4:34 PM on Thursday, December 18

Eileen Higgins has been sworn in as Miami's first female mayor, taking office two weeks after defeating a Trump-endorsed Republican

FILE - Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal throws during the first inning in Game 5 of baseball's American League Division Series against the Seattle Mariners, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Tarik Skubal joins Paul Skenes on US World Baseball Classic pitching staff

4:33 PM on Thursday, December 18

Two-time AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers has agreed to pitch for the United States in the World Baseball Classic

Police believe retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and family are among 7 dead in plane crash in North Carolina.

4:31 PM on Thursday, December 18

Police believe retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and family are among 7 dead in plane crash in North Carolina.

FILE - The WNBA logo is seen near a hoop before an WNBA basketball game at Mohegan Sun Arena, May 14, 2019, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

WNBA players union authorizes negotiators to call a strike if needed during CBA talks

4:05 PM on Thursday, December 18

The WNBA players have authorized their union’s executive council to call a strike if necessary

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters as Republicans struggle with a plan to address growing health care costs, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson was ready to move on from ACA subsidies. But his members had other plans

4:01 PM on Thursday, December 18

Speaker Mike Johnson has stayed on message that a Republican health care package will help all Americans and not just those on Affordable Care Act plans

President Donald Trump displays an executive order reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Cloud lifts over cannabis companies' future amid push to reclassify the drug

3:52 PM on Thursday, December 18

Cannabis companies like Tilray Brands and Canopy Growth could soon face a more mellow path ahead following President Donald Trump’s move to help reclassify the drug’s status

FILE - The Miami-Dade College parking lot, the area where Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing to establish President Donald Trump's presidential library, is seen next to the Freedom Tower, left, on Sept. 23, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

Judge dismisses complaint against Miami land transfer for Trump’s presidential library

3:50 PM on Thursday, December 18

A judge in Miami has dismissed a complaint challenging a college’s decision to gift prime downtown real estate for President Donald Trump’s future presidential library

A couch that was blown off the balcony of a high-rise condominium building sits crumpled after falling to the street as hurricane-force winds whipped through the area Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Hurricane-force wind downs power lines, fans wildfires in Colorado with more on way

3:32 PM on Thursday, December 18

Work crews are mopping up but bracing for more after hurricane-force wind downed power lines and fanned wildfires along the Colorado Front Range and onto the Great Plains

A woman lights a candle at a memorial set up in front of the Barus and Holley engineering building at Brown University in Providence, RI, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/ Mark Stockwell)

Police are investigating link between Brown shooting and killing of MIT professor, AP sources say

3:07 PM on Thursday, December 18

Authorities are investigating a connection between the mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor two days later

This photo provided by the office of Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee shows Gov. Bill Lee, left, giving country musician Jelly Roll news of his official pardon Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, at the Tennessee Governor's Mansion in Oak Hill, Tenn. (Brandon Hull/Office of Gov. Bill Lee via AP)

Tennessee governor pardons country star Jelly Roll, who has sought redemption from criminal past

3:06 PM on Thursday, December 18

Tennessee’s governor has pardoned country music star Jelly Roll, a Nashville native who for years has spoken about his criminal record and his path to finding redemption

President Donald Trump displays an executive order reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump signs executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug

2:06 PM on Thursday, December 18

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug

First responders tend to the scene of a reported plane crash at a regional airport in Statesville, N.C., Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)

Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and family among 7 killed in North Carolina plane crash

11:46 AM on Thursday, December 18

A business jet with six people crashed at a regional airport in North Carolina, erupting in a large fire and killing multiple people

Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court for an evidence hearing, Thursday , Dec. 18, 2025, in New York. (Curtis Means/Pool Photo via AP)

A bag, a hoagie and a long wait for a ruling: What we learned at Luigi Mangione’s pretrial hearing

10:39 AM on Thursday, December 18

A three-week pretrial hearing on Mangione’s fight to exclude evidence from his New York murder case revealed new details about his December 2024 arrest in Altoona, Pennsylvania, steps prosecutors say he took to elude authorities for five days, and what he may have revealed about himself after he was taken into custody

President Donald Trump speaks during an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

The Latest: Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children

8:40 AM on Thursday, December 18

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors

FILE - The download screen for Truth Social app is seen on a laptop computer, March 20, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Trump Media to merge with nuclear fusion company that wants to power AI

7:38 AM on Thursday, December 18

The parent company of President Donald Trump’s Truth Social media platform announced Thursday it is merging with a fusion power company, an unusual pairing of the Trump name with a futuristic clean energy venture that aims to power the next wave of artificial intelligence

This courtroom sketch depicts Judge Laura Gramling Perez at Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan's trial in court, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wis. (Adela Tesnow via AP, Pool)

Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan's defense argues 'top levels of government' pushed to bring charges

12:05 AM on Thursday, December 18

Prosecutors are trying to convince a jury that a Wisconsin judge put her personal beliefs above the law and helped a Mexican immigrant evade federal authorities seeking to arrest him in the courthouse

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