American consumers are feeling less confident in December, a business research group says.

The Container Store has filed for bankruptcy protection, as the storage and organizational goods retailer with roots dating back to 1978 grapples with mounting losses and cash flow shortages.

The battles over abortion in the U.S. are increasingly focusing on the pills that are now the most common way pregnancies are ended.

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street at the start of a holiday-shortened week.

The Los Angeles Dodgers topped a record nine teams owing Major League Baseball’s luxury tax this year with an unprecedented $103 million penalty.

The man charged with gunning down United Healthcare’s CEO outside a Manhattan hotel is now in a federal jail after being returned to New York City in dramatic fashion.

A federal regulator has sued JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Bank of America.

Discount chain Big Lots is conducting going-out-of-business sales at its remaining locations after a sale of the company didn’t materialize.

As The Associated Press’ music writer, Maria Sherman has seen more than 80 concerts in 2024.

A handful of prominent Democratic governors are quickly adjusting their approach to President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office in January.

Cody Bellinger experienced a World Series title at old Yankee Stadium.

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Amy Allen might not yet be a household name, but her work lives in your brain rent free.

U.S. life expectancy jumped last year, and preliminary data suggests there may be another — much smaller — improvement this year.

In the first 10 days after Juan Soto spurned the Yankees for a record $765 million, 15-year contract with the Mets, the Yankees signed left-hander Max Fried to a $218 million, eight-year contract, acquired closer Devin Williams from the Milwaukee Brewers and Bellinger, a former NL MVP, from the Chicago Cubs.

Billionaire author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott acknowledged $2 billion in 2024 donations in a blog post on Wednesday, bringing the total she’s given away since 2019 to $19.2 billion.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been blocked from quickly advancing a bill that would allow local law enforcement agencies to track aerial drones.

Scholars are hailing the discovery of a fossilized mastodon jaw discovered by a man who spotted two giant teeth while gardening at his upstate New York home this year.

The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments has been sold at an auction for more than $5 million.

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A new novel from Kiran Desai, her first fiction since the Booker Prize-winning “The Inheritance of Loss” came out nearly 20 years ago, will be published next fall.

Rafael Nadal says in an essay posted online that he thought about taking a mental health break from tennis a few years ago.

Teen drug use hasn’t rebounded from its drop during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Bluey” is heading to the big screen.

U.S. stock indexes trimmed some of their stellar gains for the year.

Experts say it’s easy to confuse drones and airplanes, especially at night.

Efforts to save an imperiled 150-year-old lighthouse in New York are getting a boost with federal officials announcing new funding to study ways to protect the structure.

Experts say that the holidays can put a strain on your mental health.

U.S. stock indexes drifted through mixed trading ahead of a meeting by the Federal Reserve later this week that could set Wall Street’s direction into next year.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer is urging the federal government to deploy advanced drone-tracking technology following weeks of reported drone sightings in parts of New York and New Jersey that have stirred fear and bewilderment.

Inclement weather has plagued areas of the U.S. in the first half of the weekend, with dangerous conditions including heavy snow, a major ice storm and unusual tornado activity.

President-elect Donald Trump wants to turn the lights out on daylight saving time.

Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine.

Frankie Muniz, Bryan Cranston and Jane Kaczmarek are reuniting for a new four-episode run of “Malcolm in the Middle” for Disney+ — 25 years after the beloved sitcom first launched.

Some banks and banking trade groups are suing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over a finalized rule that limits overdraft fees banks can charge.

Authorities say a bird strike involving an American Airlines jetliner disabled one of the plane’s two engines shortly after takeoff from New York’s LaGuardia Airport.

Stock indexes closed mixed on Wall Street at the end of a rare bumpy week.

President-elect Donald Trump is offering his support for the dockworkers union before their contract expires next month at Eastern and Gulf Coast ports.

The popularity of drones has exploded in recent years, as small unmanned aircraft have become cheap enough for many hobbyists to buy.

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The killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO in New York has prompted health care companies to rethink and increase security for executives.

Up to $60,000 in reward money from the FBI and the New York Police Department's Crime Stoppers program was offered for tips leading to a break in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

The New York Mets wanted Juan Soto to know his future with them could be set in stone.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday it's capping overdraft fees at $5 with a rule set to take effect in October 2025, if it isn't overturned by Congress or altered under a Trump administration.

U.S. stock indexes fell following some potentially discouraging data on the economy.

Trae Young was dribbling out the clock when he leaned down toward New York's center-court logo and pretended he was shooting dice.

Trae Young had 22 points and 11 assists, De’Andre Hunter and Jalen Johnson outplayed the Knicks frontcourt and the Atlanta Hawks took their surprising NBA Cup run all the way to the semifinals in Las Vegas, beating New York 108-100 on Wednesday night.

The WNBA and the league’s players union met in person to discuss a new collective bargaining agreement.

George Joseph Kresge Jr., otherwise known to TV watchers as the mesmerizing entertainer and mentalist The Amazing Kreskin, has died at age 89.

Wall Street got back to climbing after the latest update on inflation appeared to clear the way for more help for the economy from the Federal Reserve.

Chaz Lanier scored 22 points, and No. 1 Tennessee beat struggling Miami 75-62 on Tuesday night at the Jimmy V Classic in Madison Square Garden.

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Alaska Airlines says it will launch service from Seattle to Tokyo and Seoul next year as part of a plan to boost international flying in the next several years.

Ang Lee, the protean filmmaker of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Brokeback Mountain,” will receive the Directors Guild of America’s lifetime achievement award.

U.S. consumers who were tricked into purchases they didn’t want from Fortnite maker Epic Games are now starting to receive refund checks, the Federal Trade Commission said this week.

Former congressman Matt Gaetz, who withdrew last month as President-elect Trump's nominee to be U.S. attorney general, has landed a job with the One America News Network.

Even through a year of nonstop news about elections, climate change, protests and the price of eggs, Americans still found time to read.

Staffers at Thank You Books in Birmingham, Alabama, San Francisco’s City Lights Books and The Nook in Cedar Falls, Iowa, are among 600 booksellers receiving $500 holiday bonuses from James Patterson.

U.S. stock indexes drifted lower in the runup to the highlight of the week for the market, the latest update on inflation.

The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments, dating from 300 to 800 A.D., will be sold in New York this month.

Tennessee is back in the AP Top 25 at No. 19, ending the school’s longest drought in the 48-year history of the women’s basketball poll.

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour brought in approximately $2.2 billion in its nearly two-year run, making it the highest-grossing tour of all time for a second year in a row.

A slide for market superstar Nvidia helped pull U.S. stock indexes down from their records.

Police don’t know who he is, where he is, or why he did it.

A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that pitcher Clay Holmes and the New York Mets have agreed to a $38 million, three-year contract.

When it comes to holiday decorations, Jorge Melendez believes there’s no such thing as too much. His passion for creating a Christmas masterpiece began at a young age.

The Anaheim Ducks have acquired New York Rangers captain Jacob Trouba in a trade for defenseman Urho Vaakanainen and a future fourth-round pick.

The most expensive dinosaur fossil ever discovered will be on view in New York starting this weekend.

Bitcoin burst on the scene after trust had withered in the financial system and Washington’s ability to protect people from it.

Smartmatic does not need to give Fox News any information about U.S. federal charges against the voting machine company’s co-founder over alleged bribery in the Philippines.

Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman has chosen 10 of the best songs of 2024.

Chinese online retailer Temu has been told to suspend operations in Vietnam after it failed to meet an end-of-November deadline to register with the country's Ministry of Industry and Trade.

U.S. stocks edged back from their records as Wall Street counted down to a big jobs report that’s coming on Friday.

Just one retail chain was enough for Taylor Swift to have the top-selling book last week and the biggest publishing launch of 2024.

U.S. donors gave $3.6 billion on Tuesday, an increase from the past two years, according to estimates from the nonprofit GivingTuesday.

The man accused of killing the head of one of the biggest U.S. health insurance companies has been charged in New York with murder as an act of terrorism.

The birth of Lauren Mayberry as a solo artist should be marked by something like a wolf cry.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is locked in a legal dispute with rival Elon Musk.

U.S. stock indexes rose to more records after tech companies talked up how much artificial intelligence is boosting their results.

The men’s and women’s basketball teams at St. John’s will wear “Lou” patches on their uniform jerseys for the rest of this season to honor Hall of Fame coach Lou Carnesecca, who died Saturday at age 99.

The founder and former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges, admitting that he misled customers about the business.

When SmileDirectClub shut down a year ago, scores of existing customers of the teeth-straightening company were left in limbo.

Brady Corbet’s 3 1/2-hour postwar epic “The Brutalist” won best film from the New York Film Critics Circle on Tuesday, while its lead, Adrien Brody, also won best actor.

Cleanup work is still taking place around parts of the Great Lakes region socked by lake-effect snowstorms that dropped several feet of snow over the weekend.

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Oprah Winfrey has her next book club pick and a new platform to talk books and other topics of the day.

BlackRock is buying credit investment manager HPS Investment Partners in a stock deal valued at about $12 billion, giving it more ways to service its insurance clients.

U.S. stocks tiptoed to more records after a quiet day of trading.

The lake-effect snow that has fallen in parts of upstate New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan is the result of cold, moist air that blew over the Great Lakes region.

Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” topped Apple Music’s global song chart in 2024 as the giant music streamer released year-end lists Tuesday and provided listeners with data on their own most listened-to tunes.

President-elect Donald Trump is demanding the immediate release of the Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza, saying that if they are not freed before he is sworn into office there will be “HELL TO PAY.”.

An expanded WNBA with more games and a new franchise will tip off on May 16.

Some storm-weary residents of the Great Lakes region have seen continued snowfall and are facing the prospect of even more accumulations this week.

Franz Wagner had 20 points, nine rebounds, eight assists and two blocks, and the Orlando Magic claimed their sixth straight win, and second in three days over the Nets, with a 100-92 victory against Brooklyn.

Lake-effect snow blanketed swaths of the U.S. as Thanksgiving travelers journeyed home this holiday weekend, with more snow expected to fall over the Great Lakes region through the week.

The first big snowfall of the season is blanketing towns in upstate New York and northwestern Pennsylvania as the hectic holiday travel and shopping weekend winds down.

Franz Wagner scored 29 points, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 19 and the Orlando Magic eased to a 123-100 victory over the Brooklyn Nets in an NBA Cup game.

Black Friday is giving way to a white weekend in parts of New York state.

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who had bought a piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, for $6.2 million last week ate the fruit in Hong Kong on Friday.

Delta Airlines is investigating a bizarre passenger situation.