The University of Oklahoma's iconic covered wagon mascot, the Sooner Schooner, has been pulled onto Owen Field in Norman for 60 years.

A federal judge’s 223-page opinion delivers a blistering account of federal agents using tear gas, rubber bullets and other force against Chicago-area protesters and journalists, often without warning or justification.

Barbara Lee has been Oakland’s mayor for half a year.

“High Horse: The Black Cowboy,” a new docuseries executive produced by Jordan Peele and his Monkeypaw Productions that is now streaming on Peacock, highlights who it says are the first American cowboys – Black men.

Ofelia Herrera and Rafael Hernandez have refused to alter their routines as street food vendors during an immigration enforcement blitz in Chicago that has caused many without legal status to stay home since it began in early September.

Israel’s prime minister has met with top security officials to assess a rising tide of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank.

A federal judge has ordered the release of 16 people detained by immigration officials during an FBI-led raid at a rural Idaho racetrack last month.

Tribal leaders and education advocates say the Education Department failed to meet a legal requirement by not consulting with tribes before announcing the transfer of dozens of Native American education programs to other federal agencies.

The family of enslaved potter David Drake — known as “Dave the Potter” — has reclaimed two rare stoneware jars he created in South Carolina before the Civil War in what experts call the first major U.S. art restitution case involving works made by an enslaved person.

For nearly two months, federal agents have been carrying out surprise raids in Chicago in pursuit of the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, emerging from unmarked vehicles in neighborhoods throughout the city to confront and detain stunned members of the public.

A federal appeals court is temporarily halting an order that restricts the use of force by federal immigration agents in the Chicago area, calling it “overbroad” and “too prescriptive.”.

Archaeologists have identified more than a dozen ancient canoes that Indigenous people apparently left behind in a prehistoric parking lot along a Wisconsin lakeshore.

Federal agents have now arrested more than 250 people during an immigration crackdown in North Carolina centered around Charlotte, the state’s largest city.

The Education Department is breaking off several of its main offices and giving their responsibilities to other federal agencies, an early look at how President Donald Trump could fulfill his campaign pledge to close the department entirely.

A judge has dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit challenging New York's policies that block immigration officials from making arrests at state courthouses.

Tribal citizens are among communities navigating the impacts of massive cuts in federal spending and the effects of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

As an unprecedented immigration crackdown enters a third month, a growing number of Chicago residents are fighting back against what they deem a racist and aggressive overreach of the federal government.

A program in New Mexico highlights the contributions of women through historical markers.

As President Donald Trump reshapes immigration and the nation’s relationship with immigrants, some naturalized citizens are wondering if the country they made a commitment to when they took the oath of citizenship is still making one to them.

A federal appeals court has upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia more than five years ago.

Officials and community leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, are opposing a pending federal immigration crackdown.

A new Netflix documentary offers an intimate portrayal of the life and career of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.

Photos and video of immigrants in custody have been a hallmark of President Donald Trump’s administration, and illustrate his agenda to crack down on immigration.

Some of the more than 300 South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid at Hyundai's sprawling manufacturing site in Georgia have returned to their U.S. jobs two months later.

A Chicago day care employee detained by immigration agents has been released, her attorneys say.

A federal judge has signaled that hundreds of people arrested and detained in the Chicago area immigration crackdown could soon be released on bond while they await immigration hearings.

A deal to end the government shutdown is too late for about 30 bison on the Fort Peck reservation in northern Montana.

A suburban Chicago father says he and his 1-year-old daughter were pepper-sprayed at close range as they headed grocery shopping over the weekend and happened upon federal immigration agents.

Tensions over the Israel-Hamas war have spilled into K-12 schools around the U.S., with advocates reporting a rise in antisemitism since the 2023 surprise attack on Israel.

Vice President JD Vance’s recent comments about hoping his Hindu wife converts to Christianity have sparked discussions about interfaith marriages.

A federal judge expressed optimism Friday at the government’s progress in making required changes to a Chicago-area federal immigration facility with alleged “inhumane” conditions.

Atlanta Falcons coach Raheem Morris has prepared a video to show his players in case they need to get up to speed on Jesse Owens’ accomplishments at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

An 1861 job-reference letter from Abraham Lincoln on behalf of a young Black friend and valet provides a glimpse of an extraordinary relationship the two had despite the demands the new president had undertaken.

A federal judge in Chicago issued an extensive injunction restricting federal agents’ use of force, saying Thursday that a top Border Patrol official leading an immigration crackdown repeatedly lied about threats posed by protesters and news media.

For much of the 19th and 20th centuries, the United States government and Christian denominations operated boarding schools where generations of Native American children were isolated from their families.

The latest round of exhumations of Native American students from a cemetery at the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania resulted in the remains of 17 students being repatriated to their families and tribes, the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the deportation of a Brown Medicine physician.

Witnesses say a Chicago daycare employee was detained at work during a drop-off time for children, reflecting the Trump administration’s increasingly aggressive enforcement tactics.

Zohran Mamdani's historic New York City's mayoral race victory has sparked excitement and hope among many American Muslims.

There were signs in the AP Voter Poll that there’s plenty of room for Democrats to make up ground among groups that moved toward President Donald Trump in last year’s election.

A historian’s hunch about what might lie hidden within the walls of a Japanese church in Salt Lake City led congregants to uncover a century-old time capsule recalling the city's once vibrant Japantown.

The government shutdown has cut off funds for some school systems that rely on federal money for the bulk of their budgets.

A federal judge has ordered improvements at a Chicago-area immigration facility after detainees sued over "inhumane" conditions.

The Kansas House's top Republican has given up for now on forcing a special session of the Legislature to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts to give the GOP an additional seat.

A judge has heard testimony about overflowing toilets, crowded cells, no beds and water that “tasted like sewer” at a Chicago-area immigration building.

The government shutdown is triggering a wave of closures of Head Start centers, leaving many working parents scrambling for child care and shutting some of the nation’s neediest children out of preschool.

One in eight Americans use federal food aid but halting the SNAP program would hurt Black Americans more than anyone else.

Day of the Dead commemorations in early November are a crucial religious, family and community celebration for most Mexicans and many other Latin Americans.

A recent FBI-led raid at an Idaho race track shows how immigration is driving federal law enforcement under the Trump administration.

Mexican American families are gathering to honor their ancestors with altars, marigolds and sugar skulls on Dia de los Muertos — the Day of the Dead.

In Minneapolis, where Somali refugees helped revitalize entire neighborhoods, the community was stunned by the presidential order capping annual refugee admissions at 7,500, the lowest number since the program began in 1980.

The South African government has criticized the U.S. policy shift that will give priority to Afrikaners for asylum.

A new inquest into the 1967 death of South African Nobel Peace Prize winner and anti-apartheid leader Albert Luthuli has found that he was beaten to death.

The Justice Department is investigating whether leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement defrauded donors who contributed millions of dollars during racial justice protests in 2020.

The killing of Sonya Massey in her home by an Illinois sheriff’s deputy was pursued by prosecutors as a first-degree murder case with a possible life prison sentence.

Netflix's “Love Is Blind” explores love beyond appearances, with adaptations in various cultures.

A Yup'ik community near the Bering Sea in southwest Alaska was spared the widespread devastation other communities experienced from the remnants of Typhoon Halong earlier this month.

An Illinois jury has convicted a sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 to report a suspected prowler.

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

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration must release millions in grants meant to address the shortage of mental health workers in schools.

The Shrine of the Sacred Heart, a Catholic church a short drive from the White House, was intended to be a sanctuary for worshippers.

The Los Angeles District Attorney's Office says a grand jury indictment was unsealed charging a former Los Angeles police officer in the 2015 shooting death of an unarmed homeless man.

A new poll shows President Donald Trump’s favorability has fallen among Hispanic adults since the beginning of the year, a potential warning sign from a key constituency that helped secure his victory in the 2024 election.

Statues of Rosa Parks and Helen Keller were unveiled Friday on the grounds of the Alabama Capitol.

In a story published Oct. 23, 2025, about state rules regarding driver’s licenses, The Associated Press erroneously reported about state rules for driver’s licenses.

As federal agents ramp up an immigration crackdown in the Chicago area, an increasing number of elected officials in the Democratic stronghold are getting caught in the crosshairs.

An Associated Press analysis finds that the number of Black students enrolling at many elite colleges has dropped in the two years since the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in admissions.

Sellers are noticeably scarce on Manhattan's Canal Street a day after a mass of federal agents questioned street vendors and sparked spontaneous protests on Manhattan’s Canal Street.

Ballerina Misty Copeland has taken one last passionate spin on the ballet stage before saying goodbye.

An immigration enforcement sweep targeting vendors on New York City’s famed Canal Street turned chaotic Tuesday afternoon, as bystanders and protesters confronted federal agents and tried to block their path.

A Vermont state senator who took part in a Young Republicans group chat on Telegram in which members made racist comments and joked about rape and gas chambers has resigned.

Five athletes are becoming the first from South Africa to compete in the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston as part of a crew comprised of all people of color.

Hopes for a resumption of long-stalled talks to heal Cyprus’ decades-old ethnic rift have been buoyed after Turkish Cypriots elected a leader who campaigned on getting back to negotiating a two-zone federation with rival Greek Cypriots after an eight-year stalemate.

Jack Ciattarelli has been endorsed by Donald Trump in next month's New Jersey governor's election and is a strong supporter of the Republican president and his agenda.

Jason Momoa prepared for his role in “Chief of War” with a personal language coach who lived with him for nearly a year.

Kamala Harris sounds like a party elder and a future candidate at the same time.

Filipinos set foot on the North American continent for the first time over four centuries ago, and Filipino Americans are still on a quest to make a cultural footprint.

Black lawmakers and voting rights advocates are expressing concern about a potential decline in minority political representation following oral arguments in a Supreme Court case.

More evacuees from coastal Alaska villages inundated by high surf last weekend are arriving in Anchorage.

The Supreme Court has indicated a willingness to limit race-based districts under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

A jury has begun deliberations in the upstate New York murder trial of three former corrections officers accused in the fatal beating of an inmate.

Some authors, publishers, readers and influencers are finding new ways to elevate Hispanic stories despite underrepresentation in the mainstream world of books.

Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is the primary way plaintiffs can challenge racially discriminatory election practices.

Officials say one of the “most significant” airlifts in Alaska history is underway to evacuate hundreds of people from storm-devastated coastal towns.

A new AAPI Data/AP-NORC poll finds that after months of aggressive immigration enforcement measures from the Trump administration, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults are more likely to disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of immigration than they were in March.

Officials in Alaska are rushing to find housing for people from tiny coastal villages devastated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong.

Federal officials have rejected a company’s bid to acquire 167 million tons of coal on public lands in Montana for less than a penny per ton.

Black residents in a newly created Louisiana congressional district fear they could lose their representation under a case being heard before the U.S. Supreme Court.

From Seattle to Baltimore, people in the United States are recognizing Monday as Indigenous Peoples Day.

A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that's designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out another pillar of the 60-year-old law.

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A new law signed by California's governor attempts to shield the identities of sidewalk vendors from federal immigration enforcement officers.

The woman long blamed for the fall of the Aztec empire in 1521 is finally getting a modern makeover.

The indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James on allegations of mortgage fraud has raised alarms among her allies and Black leaders, who condemned it as a politicization of the justice system for President Donald Trump's personal grievances.

As the National Guard enters Memphis, some longtime residents are recalling the thousands sent there in 1968.

Before white settlers came to Onondaga Lake and the city of Syracuse grew along its shore, it was a sacred place for the Onondaga Nation.

The sheriff’s office for metro Phoenix has spent millions of dollars budgeted for compliance costs in a racial profiling case over Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns on things that had little or nothing to do with a court-ordered overhaul of the agency.

A New York City judge has dismissed a civil summons against Alex O’Keefe, a former writer for FX’s “The Bear.”.

The new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas spells trouble for rural parts of the U.S. that rely on immigrants to fill vacancies in skilled professions.

A prosecutor told a jury that three former upstate New York prison guards on trial in the fatal beating of Black handcuffed inmate were part of a “gang” that took part in an act of of “sheer, unimaginable brutality.”.