Even Godzilla can be felled by an old hazard: the sophomore slump. Though Godzilla has been stomping around for more than half a century, Godzilla Minus Zero is a sequel. It follows the quite excellent, Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One, a reset for the kaiju franchise that brought Godzilla back to its postwar Japan roots. Director,...

It's fun to have the latest phone, and carriers often offer annual upgrades. But a D.C. consumer expert explains why keeping your phone for several years is the better financial move.

A man who used the pretext of a marijuana purchase to rob and fatally shoot a 20-year-old man last year in Gaithersburg, according to prosecutors, was sentenced Monday to life in prison, with all but 45 years suspended.

A morning rally for U.S. stocks petered out as the tech and AI industries remained shaky following their sell-off last week. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% Monday after erasing a gain that reached 1.1% early in the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.4%, while the Nasdaq composite fell 1.1%. The mixed performance for...

Michigan State University Trustee Mike Balow says he has worked behind the scenes for months to get the universitys board to modify its controversial ethics policy, updated last spring to include what some viewed as a loyalty clause amid some trustees publicly questioning university policies. Balow decided hes had enough. This week, he filed a...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Nearly 50 years after he signed with Florida State to play for Bobby Bowden, interim head coach Rick Stockstill takes over at his alma mater in turbulent times. When Stockstill arrived at Florida State in 1977, the program was coming off four straight losing seasons. The Seminoles went 4-29 before Bowden...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) Authorities in New Mexico have filed murder and other charges against the mother of a 10-year-old boy who fatally shot a teenage neighbor in a dispute over loud music. Elaina Gomez-Villeda, 40, was scheduled to make her first court appearance Monday afternoon on an open count of murder as well as...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) One of Haitis most powerful gang leaders has written the U.N. Secretary General and requested that the organization deploy a delegation to Haiti for dialogue and mediation amid fears that Salvadoran troops deployed after the disappearance of aviation technicians from that country could escalate violence. Wilson Joseph, best ...

ALLISON PARK, Pa. (AP) I stood with my mother behind the curtain in the Hampton Township municipal building north of Pittsburgh, watching her pull actual metal levers in an actual voting booth. It was 1976, and she was deciding between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter for president. I remember the way the curtain shot...

NEW YORK (AP) A chaotic climate phenomenon is intensifying heavy rains and floods in the Southwest, experts say. A natural warming cycle called El Nio is sizzling Pacific Ocean waters, leaking moisture into the air that can fuel passing storms. Such El Nio events can happen irregularly every couple of years, but scientists say...

An elections expert from the University of Maryland said election officials are bracing for more contests to go from the ballot box to the courtroom following Tuesday's midterms.

NEW YORK (AP) A person in Washington state has died from complications of the bird flu, the first such U.S. death in a year. The Yakima County resident, who had previous health conditions, was exposed to avian influenza at a dairy with infected cattle and had been hospitalized, county health officials announced Sunday. Two...

Monday No. 1 South Carolina (0-0) vs. No. 20 Maryland. Next: at No. 12 North Carolina, Sunday. No. 2 UConn (0-0) vs. Cornell. Next: at No. 5 Michigan, Thursday. No. 3 USC (0-0) at UNLV. Next: vs. Utah State, Sunday. No. 4 Duke (0-0) did not play. Next: vs. Green Bay, Tuesday. No. 5 Michigan...

Geologists and hydrologists can use scientific charts and graphs to understand the increasing water challenges facing South Dakota, but it only takes a brief visit to Bear Butte State Park near Sturgis for a non-scientist to see the outcome of decreasing water levels. The lake that forms the centerpiece of the state park is usually...

Families around the world honor the dead with flowers, candles and prayers. Day of the Dead, observed Nov. 1-2, All Saints’ Day on Nov. 1 and All Souls’ Day on Nov. 2 bring communities together to remember loved ones through colorful altars, cemetery visits and religious services. This is a photo gallery curated by AP...

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who is accused of intentionally ramming his car into a Mexican construction worker in Houston turned himself in Monday, his attorney said. Mario Alberto Morales made his first court appearance on a felony charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for striking Miguel Parra Hernandez with an...

Meta said it was postponing the rollout of new terms for its business accounts after an outcry from media companies and open-web advocates who said the updated rules would allow the tech giant to scrape vast amounts of data and potentially build competing services. The new rules, originally scheduled to go into effect Oct. 30,...

A utility company spokesperson said a "developing" situation at a Pepco substation has left about customers without power in Northwest D.C. and canceled morning classes at The George Washington University.

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed and fellow Michigan Democrats scrambled on Monday to refocus attention on turning out voters for Election Day after his former primary rival stunned the party by endorsing the Republican candidate in one of the countrys most closely watched races. The final push before Tuesday’s midterms followed a...

A 20-year-old woman with a pilot’s license was among nine people killed when a small jet crashed and exploded in South Florida, her family said. Camila Corteleti told the New York Post and New York Times that her daughter, Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, was the copilot flying a Learjet from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas, Sunday...

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) Serbian authorities Monday detained the owner of a private bank on suspicion he was siphoning money from the lender that was used for some public utility payments during the previous government of former President Aleksandar Vucic. Alta Bank rose to prominence under the rule of Vucics Serbian Progressive Party that was...

NEW YORK (AP) It’s official: The influential New Jersey rock outfit My Chemical Romance has the No. 1 record in the U.S., having topped the all-genre Billboard 200 for the first time in their career. It just happens to be with an album that is two decades old. The Black Parade (20th Anniversary Deluxe...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Anthropic’s quarterly revenue swelled to $17 billion but it still posted a net loss for the latest three months, the artificial intelligence giant said in an updated IPO filing released on Monday. The San Francisco-based company behind the Claude chatbot also disclosed that it has committed to spend $895.4 billion on...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Millions of dollars of settlement money from the largest known methane leak in the United States are now available to affected residents to replace gas-powered appliances with electric ones. Organizations involved in distributing the money say it will help create safer and cleaner homes. The announcement makes available the first $20...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) All KFC and Taco Bell restaurants in Puerto Rico have temporarily closed after Yum! Brands ended its relationship with an island-based operator, officials announced Monday. Both restaurants posted brief statements accusing local franchisee Encanto Restaurants of failing to meet quality standards. KFC Puerto Rico and Taco Bell ...