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Stephen King is the most banned author in U.S. schools, PEN report says

By Hillel Italie, Associated Press

PEN America's "Banned in the USA," released Wednesday, tracks over 6,800 instances of books being pulled for the 2024-2025 school year.

U.S. will allow South Koreans with short-term visas and waivers to work at industrial sites, Seoul says

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

The announcement came weeks after South Korea flew home more than 300 of its nationals who had been detained in a massive immigration raid at a battery factory being built on Hyundai's sprawling auto plant campus near Savannah, Georgia.

Turning Point, moving forward without Charlie Kirk, makes first return to Utah since his killing

By Hannah Schoenbaum, Jill Colvin, Associated Press

Tuesday's stop at Utah State University in Logan was about two hours north of Utah Valley University, where a gunman killed Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10. Conservative podcast host Alex Clark told the crowd she was not…

At gathering of military leaders, Trump hints at deployment in U.S. cities

By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi

President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke to nearly the entire senior officer corps of the military. It was an unprecedented gathering at a Marine base south of Washington. Hegseth announced new directives, and the president laid out a…

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Why so many mothers with young children are leaving the workforce

By Paul Solman, Diane Lincoln Estes, Daria Nastasia

A growing share of mothers with young children in America are leaving the workforce, erasing gains made after the COVID-19 pandemic when working remotely became more common. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on the impact.

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Here’s why experts think Trump took ‘a sledgehammer’ to the H-1B visa worker program

By Hannah Grabenstein

Business leaders support the visas as a way to bring talent to the U.S., while others say the program allows companies to hire foreign workers at lower wages than they would pay Americans.

National Flood Insurance Program is set to expire with government shutdown, halting new policies and some home loans

By Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Associated Press

During a roughly 30-day freeze in June 2010, the National Association of Realtors estimated 1,400 home sales were canceled or delayed each day.

What the government’s phase-out of paper checks means for you

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

The U.S. government is phasing out paper checks for most programs. The change starts Tuesday and affects recipients of benefits like Social Security, Supplemental Security Income and tax refunds.

Prosecutors seeking an 11-year prison sentence for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

Prosecutors filed their sentencing recommendation early Tuesday, along with letters from some of his accusers describing how his violence and demands had impacted their lives.