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President Donald Trump speaks to business leaders at a dinner event in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump's lawyers ask New York appeals court to toss out his hush money criminal conviction

7:56 AM on Tuesday, October 28

President Donald Trump's lawyers want a New York state appeals court to toss out his hush money criminal conviction

Steve Platt, of the City of Lakeland's Parks and Recreation Dept., reaches out to catch a swan during the city of Lakeland's 45th annual swan roundup on Lake Morton Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in Lakeland, Fla. The Lake Morton swan population dates back to 1957, when Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom gifted a pair of swans to the city. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Lakeland's swans, descendants of Queen Elizabeth II's gift, get annual health checkup

7:42 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Dozens of swans descended from a pair gifted by Queen Elizabeth II to Lakeland, Florida, in the 1950s have been rounded up for their annual health checkup

Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, speaks during the Triple M Tailgate fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, in Iowa City, Iowa, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette via AP)

Republican US Rep. Randy Feenstra officially jumps into 2026 race for Iowa governor

7:27 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Randy Feenstra, the Republican U.S. congressman representing Iowa’s 4th District, is running for governor

US consumer confidence weakens slightly in October with Americans anxious about future prospects

7:05 AM on Tuesday, October 28

US consumer confidence weakens slightly in October with Americans anxious about future prospects

Hegseth says US carried out 3 strikes on 4 alleged drug-running boats in eastern Pacific, killing 14 with 1 survivor

6:43 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Hegseth says US carried out 3 strikes on 4 alleged drug-running boats in eastern Pacific, killing 14 with 1 survivor

Pope Leo XIV, flanked by Cardinal Jose Tolentino de Mendonca, right, shows the apostolic letter on education before celebrating a Mass for the opening of the academic year of the Pontifical University and for the Jubilee of the Educational World in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025.(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope urges Catholic teachers to focus less on professional outcomes, more on spiritual lives

5:46 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Pope Leo XIV is urging Catholic teachers to focus less on pre-professional outcomes and more on educating students to have rich spiritual lives

FILE - Elizabeth Alexander speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on April 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

The new $50M Literary Arts Fund will support independent publishers and nonprofits

5:01 AM on Tuesday, October 28

A coalition of seven charitable foundations has established a Literary Arts Fund to support independent publishers and nonprofit organizations

FILE - Actress Prunella Scales delivers a petition carrying the signatures of 100 prominent women to 10 Downing Street, London on February 11, 1975. (AP Photo/Robert Dear, File)

Prunella Scales, who played Sybil in British sitcom 'Fawlty Towers,' dies at 93

4:39 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Actor Prunella Scales has died at 93

FILE _ Sam Desai, right, takes a Halloween-themed photo of his wife, Sonia Desai, and son, Rishan Desai, in downtown Dallas, Sept. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

How Americans will be celebrating Halloween, according to a new AP-NORC poll

4:18 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Sherry Jenkins lives in Blairstown, New Jersey, where the first “Friday the 13th” was mostly filmed

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz addresses the High-Level Security Council on Palestinians and Israel during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

How Mike Waltz is leading the Trump administration's 'a la carte' approach to UN funding

4:14 AM on Tuesday, October 28

The new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has been making the case that the United States will no longer be footing the bill the way it has since the world body’s founding eight decades ago

Israel says hostage remains returned by Hamas overnight are body parts of a hostage troops previously recovered in Gaza

3:21 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Israel says hostage remains returned by Hamas overnight are body parts of a hostage troops previously recovered in Gaza

Children play on the monkey bars outside Funston Elementary School as night falls, in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

'We have to be good or ICE will get us': Takeaways from Chicago children caught in immigration raids

3:08 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Some Chicago parents and teachers say children were traumatized by a recent immigration enforcement action involving tear gas

Three sisters, whose single mother fears being mistakenly detained by federal immigration agents because she is of Puerto Rican descent and speaks Spanish, walk into Funston Elementary School after being dropped off for the start of the school day, in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns

3:06 AM on Tuesday, October 28

In Chicago, children and families have been traumatized by an immigration enforcement action involving tear gas

Amazon to cut 14,000 corporate jobs as it ramps up spending on artificial intelligence

3:00 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Amazon to cut 14,000 corporate jobs as it ramps up spending on artificial intelligence

Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman celebrates his walk off home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during the 18th inning in Game 3 of baseball's World Series, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Freeman's homer in 18th inning lifts Dodgers over Blue Jays 6-5 in World Series classic

12:13 AM on Tuesday, October 28

Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the 18th inning, Shohei Ohtani went deep twice during another record-setting performance and the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in a World Series classic

A shopper makes a purchase with food stamps on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Food banks are preparing for a surge as federal food aid could be paused in the government shutdown

9:01 PM on Monday, October 27

Food banks and pantries are preparing for a surge in demand if federal food aid is paused this weekend from the government shutdown

President Donald Trump, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shake hands before their summit talk at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)

Trump bonds with Japan's new prime minister and says her nation is delivering on US investments

1:59 PM on Monday, October 27

President Donald Trump spent his day in Japan bonding with new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, taking her with him as he spoke to U.S. troops aboard an aircraft carrier

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell walks to a meeting during the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Federal Reserve likely to cut key rate Wednesday and may signal another cut to follow

1:08 PM on Monday, October 27

The Federal Reserve will almost certainly cut its key interest rate on Wednesday and could signal it expects another cut in December as the central bank seeks to bolster hiring

Today in History: October 28, Statue of Liberty dedicated in New York

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