AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Donald Trump tried Friday to turn a major celebratory event for Kamala Harris into an attack line tied to his favorite subject, immigration.

Hours before Harris was scheduled to appear with superstar Beyoncé in Houston, Trump made his own stop in Texas and accused Harris of hanging out with "woke celebrities" but not with the families of people who have been killed by migrants.

2. How Americans voted in 2020, and what it could mean for 2024 - Friday, October 11, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Election Day draws nearer, Democrat Kamala Harris is trying to maintain a diverse coalition of voters who were driven four years ago by their fierce opposition to Republican Donald Trump and anxiety over a deadly pandemic.

3. Trump heads to Colorado to drive his anti-immigration message - Friday, October 11, 2024

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Donald Trump is detouring from the battleground states Friday to visit a Colorado suburb that's been in the news over illegal immigration as he drives a message that migrants are causing chaos in smaller American cities and towns, often using false or misleading claims to do so.

4. Trump and Harris mark somber anniversary of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel - Friday, October 4, 2024

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are marking the first anniversary of the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust as the presidential candidates approach the final weeks of the campaign during a widening conflict in the Middle East.

5. Mayorkas warns FEMA doesn't have enough funding to last through hurricane season - Friday, October 4, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency can meet immediate needs but does not have enough funding to make it through the hurricane season, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters Wednesday.

6. Search crews with cadaver dogs wade through muck of communities 'wiped off the map' by Helene - Friday, September 27, 2024

SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Cadaver dogs and search crews trudged through knee-deep muck and debris in the mountains of western North Carolina on Tuesday looking for more victims of Hurricane Helene days after the storm carved a deadly and destructive path through the Southeast.

7. Supplies arrive by plane, mule to North Carolina as Helene death toll tops 100 - Friday, September 27, 2024

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came to light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered houses, crushed cargo containers and mud-covered highways in one of the worst storms in U.S. history. The death toll topped 130.

8. Hurricane Helene's death toll passes 150 as crews search for survivors - Friday, September 27, 2024

SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Cadaver dogs and search crews trudged through knee-deep muck and debris in the mountains of western North Carolina on Tuesday looking for victims of Hurricane Helene, days after the storm carved a deadly and destructive path through the Southeast.

9. Trump escalates attacks on Harris' mental fitness, suggests she should be prosecuted - Friday, September 27, 2024

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump escalated his personal attacks on his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, on Sunday by repeating an insult that she was "mentally impaired" while also saying she should be "impeached and prosecuted."

10. Supplies arrive by plane and mule to North Carolina as Helene death toll tops 100 - Friday, September 27, 2024

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came into light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered houses, crushed cargo containers and mud-covered highways in one of the worst storms in U.S. history. The death toll rose to 121.

11. All welcome: Advocates fight to ensure citizens not fluent in English have equal access to elections - Friday, September 13, 2024

LAS VEGAS (AP) — In the heart of Las Vegas' Chinatown, on the second floor of a sprawling shopping plaza that serves as a hub for the city's Asian community, residents gather for a celebration of the annual Dragon Boat Festival.

12. Biden plans to travel to Wisconsin next week to highlight energy policies and efforts to lower costs - Friday, August 23, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to travel to southwest Wisconsin on Sept. 5, using a visit focused on small towns and rural areas to highlight his policies to lower costs and encourage renewable energy and advanced manufacturing.

13. Jill Biden's speech at convention honors President Biden and marks an end for the first lady, too - Friday, August 16, 2024

CHICAGO (AP) — Jill Biden once said that she knew marrying Joe Biden — then a senator from Delaware — would mean "a life in the spotlight that I had never wanted."

On Monday night, now very accustomed to that spotlight, the first lady stood before the Democratic National Convention to do her part to highlight her husband's 50 years of public service as his presidency begins to draw to a close.

14. Democrats had feared Georgia was a lost cause with Biden running. Harris will campaign there today - Friday, July 26, 2024

ATLANTA (AP) — Little more than a week ago, Georgia appeared to be slipping out of the Democrats' reach: President Joe Biden's campaign pledged to concentrate more on holding the Midwestern "blue wall" states and indicated they might be willing to forsake "Sun Belt" battlegrounds.

15. Wood pellets production boomed to feed EU demand. It comes at a cost for Black people in the US South - Friday, July 26, 2024

GLOSTER, Miss. (AP) — This southern Mississippi town's expansive wood pellet plant was so close to Shelia Mae Dobbins' home that she sometimes heard company loudspeakers. She says industrial residues coated her truck and she no longer enjoys spending time in the air outdoors.

16. US says cyberattacks against water supplies are rising, and utilities need to do more to stop them - Friday, May 17, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cyberattacks against water utilities across the country are becoming more frequent and more severe, the Environmental Protection Agency warned Monday as it issued an enforcement alert urging water systems to take immediate actions to protect the nation's drinking water.

17. Trump or Biden? Either way, US seems poised to preserve heavy tariffs on imports - Friday, May 17, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — As president, Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on foreign steel, which hurt Clips & Clamps Industries, a Michigan auto supplier — raising its materials prices, making it harder to compete with overseas rivals and costing it several contracts.

18. Retail sales were unchanged in April from March as inflation and interest rates curb spending - Friday, May 10, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans unexpectedly paused their spending in April from March as inflation continued to sting and elevated interest rates made taking on debt more burdensome.

Retail sales were unchanged, coming in well below economists' expectations, and follow a revised 0.6% pace in March, according to Commerce Department data released Wednesday. Sales rose 0.9% in February. That comes after sales fell 1.1% in January, dragged down in part by inclement weather.

19. McNamara named VU dean of Arts and Science - Friday, April 26, 2024

Vanderbilt University has named Timothy P. McNamara as the Ginny and Conner Searcy Dean of the College of Arts and Science. McNamara’s appointment for a two-year term follows McNamara’s service as interim dean since July 2023.

20. Opt out of gun ‘education?’ Not in Tennessee schools - Friday, March 29, 2024

In 2008, Barack Obama, running for the Democratic nomination for president, stepped in a bit of political cow plop when talking about disaffected working-class voters in faded industrial towns.

“[T]hey cling to guns or religion,” he said in comments that provided an easy opening for his chief opponent, Hillary Rodham Clinton. She quickly jumped on the remarks as “elitist and out of touch.”

21. Transcript of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address - Friday, March 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A transcript of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on March 7, 2024, as prepared for delivery and provided by the White House:

Good evening.

Mr. Speaker. Madam Vice President. Members of Congress. My Fellow Americans.

22. Katie Britt calls Biden a 'diminished leader' in GOP response to the State of the Union - Friday, March 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sitting at her kitchen table in Alabama, Sen. Katie Britt called President Joe Biden a "dithering and diminished leader" and warned of a bleak American future under his presidency in the Republican rebuttal to his State of the Union address Thursday evening.

23. Biden will try to use State of the Union address to convince voters he deserves a second term - Friday, March 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to use his State of the Union address Thursday to promote his vision for a second term to a dispirited electorate that questions whether he's up to the job and to warn that GOP front-runner Donald Trump would be a dangerous alternative.

24. Biden and Trump dominate Super Tuesday races and move closer to a November rematch - Friday, March 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, romped through more than a dozen states on Super Tuesday, all but cementing a November rematch and pushing the former president's last major rival, Nikki Haley, out of the Republican race.

25. Biden and Trump barrel into Super Tuesday, toward a likely November rematch despite voter concerns - Friday, March 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are poised to move much closer to winning their parties' nominations Tuesday during the biggest day of the primary campaign, despite many voters preferring something other than a November rematch from four years ago.

26. State GOP leaders see no issue with state's voting-rights restoration system - Friday, January 26, 2024

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's top Republican lawmakers say they have no issue with the state's strict policy on restoring voting rights for those convicted of a felony, arguing that people shouldn't have violated the law if they wanted to continue casting ballots.

27. Trump rides to New Hampshire victory on the strength of support from the GOP base, AP VoteCast shows - Friday, January 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump had rock-solid support from the party faithful in his primary victory Tuesday, with even most backers of rival Nikki Haley acknowledging the GOP belongs to him.

28. Haley campaigns in South Carolina after losing to Trump in the New Hampshire primary - Friday, January 19, 2024

Donald Trump and President Joe Biden have won the New Hampshire primaries.

The former president clinched his second straight victory in his quest for the 2024 GOP nomination after knocking out most of the field with a commanding win in Iowa. His GOP rival Nikki Haley, meanwhile, came up short in her effort to capitalize on her strength with independent and anti-Trump voters eager for a fresh voice to lead the party.

29. What to expect in the New Hampshire primaries - Friday, January 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The race for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations will converge in New Hampshire on Tuesday in the first primary election of the season — though on the Democratic side, the contest may count only for bragging rights.

30. Democratic drama and Biden write-ins promise a New Hampshire primary to remember - Friday, January 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Is a New Hampshire primary without the frontrunner on the ballot and no delegates up for grabs still a New Hampshire primary? Depends on who you ask.

On Tuesday, voters in the Granite State will once again help kick off the presidential primary season, on the heels of the Iowa caucuses that began the nomination process on the Republican side Monday. But this year, there's something different about the traditional first-in-the-nation primary, at least on the Democratic side.

31. White House infrastructure czar Landrieu leaving job and expected to make case for Biden reelection - Friday, January 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House infrastructure coordinator Mitch Landrieu is leaving his post after two years and is expected to help push publicly for President Joe Biden's reelection.

The Democratic president tasked the former New Orleans mayor with setting up a system to invest more than $1 trillion over the coming years on roads, bridges, sewer systems, fiberoptic cable, ports and an array of other projects tied to the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law.

32. Trump says he didn't know his immigration rhetoric echoes Hitler. That's part of a broader pattern - Friday, December 22, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has centered his unlikely rise from reality television star to onetime — and potentially future — president on the idea that he's wiser than Washington's bumbling political class, once going so far as to label himself a "very stable genius."

33. Families of American hostages in Gaza say Biden reaffirms commitment to freeing their loved ones - Friday, December 8, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday held his first in-person meeting with families of some of the eight Americans still unaccounted for and presumed taken captive by Hamas during its deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel, reassuring the families that his administration was committed to reuniting them with their loved ones.

34. Holidays too much? Time for a mini vacation - Friday, December 15, 2023

Make no mistake … the restlessness will set in. It might come after the craziness of the holidays or right in the middle. Maybe it’ll be when you realize you need to burn some vacation time before it’s too late. Or maybe you just haven’t logged enough time behind a wheel and outside your house lately.

35. Short haul long on comfort - Friday, December 1, 2023

At what point does a road trip become a hassle? And what’s the threshold at which the scale tips between “Do we take the car?” and “Do we brave the airport?” What’s the sweet spot of the Venn diagram crossing the circles of time, distance, money and sanity?

36. 2024 presidential general election debates are planned for September, October in 3 college towns - Friday, November 17, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three debates for next year's presidential general election are set to be held in college towns in Texas, Virginia and Utah between Sept. 16 and Oct. 9, with the lone vice presidential debate happening in between in Pennsylvania — though it remains to be seen whether the Republican nominee will participate.

37. Biden's team says progress on big public works projects may hinge on the outcome of the 2024 vote - Friday, November 10, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has started 40,000 construction projects since the passage of major infrastructure legislation two years ago and is seeking to make the case that continued progress could depend on keeping Joe Biden in the White House after 2024.

38. 6 months after the East Palestine train derailment, Congress is deadlocked on new rules for safety - Friday, August 4, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress responded to the fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio earlier this year with bipartisan alarm, holding a flurry of hearings about the potential for railroad crashes to trigger even larger disasters. Both parties agreed that a legislative response was needed.

39. Biden looks to provide relief from extreme heat as record high temperatures persist across the US - Friday, July 28, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — With heat waves spreading across the United States, President Joe Biden on Thursday announced new steps to protect workers — including a hazard alert notifying employers and employees about ways to stay protected from extreme heat — as well as measures to improve weather forecasts and make drinking water more accessible.

40. US sets a grim milestone with new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings - Friday, July 14, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — Slain at the hands of strangers or gunned down by loved ones. Massacred in small towns, in big cities, inside their own homes or outside in broad daylight. This year's unrelenting bloodshed across the U.S. has led to the grimmest of milestones: The deadliest six months of mass killings recorded since at least 2006.

41. Biden is wrapping a campaign fundraising blitz aimed at making a bold early statement - Friday, June 30, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has cozied up to high-dollar donors at Upper East Side penthouses in New York and on West Coast decks in recent weeks. He has two more fundraisers in Manhattan on Thursday that will close out an end-of-quarter campaign blitz that his team believes will put him on strong financial footing for a 2024 White House contest expected to set spending records.

42. Biden's broadband plan aims to connect every home and business in U.S. by 2030. What's next? - Friday, June 23, 2023

Southwestern New Mexico is poised to become a center of economic vitality, according to Christie Ann Harvey, but it might not reach its full potential without better internet service.

43. Biden, Sunak vow to stick together on Ukraine, deepen cooperation on clean energy transition, AI - Friday, June 9, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday reiterated their commitment to help Ukraine repel Russia's ongoing invasion, while agreeing to step up cooperation on challenges their economies face with artificial intelligence, clean energy, and critical minerals.

44. Biden, Sunak vow to stick together on Ukraine, deepen cooperation on clean energy transition, AI - Friday, June 9, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday reiterated their commitment to help Ukraine repel Russia's ongoing invasion, while agreeing to step up cooperation on clean energy and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence.

45. Rishi Sunak goes to Washington with Ukraine, economy and AI on agenda for Biden meeting - Friday, June 2, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The war in Ukraine was top of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's agenda Wednesday as he started a two-day trip to Washington carrying the message that post-Brexit Britain remains an essential American ally in a world of emboldened authoritarian states.

46. Biden creates national monuments, marine sanctuary in West - Friday, March 17, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday he is establishing national monuments in Nevada and Texas and creating a marine sanctuary in U.S. waters near the Pacific Remote Islands southwest of Hawaii. Biden called the conservation measures part of an effort to "protect the heart and soul of our national pride."

47. Going beyond 'green,' activism new standard in ski industry - Friday, March 10, 2023

ASPEN, Colorado (AP) — Snow falls thick as skiers shed their gear and duck into the Sundeck Restaurant, one of the first certified energy efficient buildings in the U.S. – this one at 11,200 feet (3,413 meters) above sea level atop Aspen Mountain in Colorado. Skiers in brightly colored helmets jockey for a spot at the bar, their bodies warmed by thick, insulated walls and highly efficient condensing boilers.

48. Trump lawyers questioned Nevada's 2020 vote, records show - Friday, January 6, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nevada's most populous county has provided the U.S. Justice Department special counsel with correspondence that shows lawyers for then-President Donald Trump raising concerns about the integrity of the 2020 voting process that were later deemed baseless, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

49. Kremlin warning: More US arms to Ukraine will aggravate war - Friday, December 16, 2022

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Kremlin warned Wednesday that increasing the supply of U.S. arms to Kyiv would aggravate the devastating 10-month war ignited by Russia's illegal invasion and "does not bode well" for embattled Ukraine.

50. Ukraine PM urges more military aid to counter Russia attacks - Friday, December 9, 2022

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's prime minister is appealing for Patriot missile batteries and other hi-tech air defense systems to counter Russian attacks, as more Russian shelling was reported on Monday in the eastern regions of Ukraine where Moscow is trying to make battlefield gains.

51. Notable uncalled House races include Boebert, Katie Porter - Friday, November 11, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The new U.S. House majority is still undetermined, but one thing is clear: The majority party's margin will be narrow.

With a number of races closer than expected, here is a look at some notable contests that had not yet been called by Thursday night.

52. Concerns rise as Russia resumes grain blockade of Ukraine - Friday, October 28, 2022

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia resumed its blockade of Ukrainian ports on Sunday, cutting off urgently needed grain exports to hungry parts of the world in what U.S. President Joe Biden called a "really outrageous" act.

53. USDA announces $759M for high-speed internet in rural areas - Friday, October 28, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making available $759 million in grants and loans to enable rural communities to access high-speed internet, part of the broader $65 billion push for high-speed connectivity from last year's infrastructure law.

54. UN, G7 decry Russian attack on Ukraine as possible war crime - Friday, October 7, 2022

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces showered Ukraine with more missiles and munition-carrying drones Tuesday after widespread strikes killed at least 19 people in an attack the U.N. human rights office described as "particularly shocking" and amounting to potential war crimes.

55. Biden: Classified documents at Mar-a-Lago raise concerns - Friday, September 16, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the discovery of top-secret documents at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate raised concerns that sensitive data was compromised and called it "irresponsible."

56. 'Car guy' Biden touts electric vehicles at Detroit auto show - Friday, September 9, 2022

DETROIT (AP) — President Joe Biden, a "car guy" with his own vintage Corvette, showcased his administration's efforts to promote electric vehicles during a visit Wednesday to the Detroit auto show.

57. Can green hydrogen save a coal town and slow climate change? - Friday, July 15, 2022

DELTA, Utah (AP) — The coal plant is closing. In this tiny Utah town surrounded by cattle, alfalfa fields and scrub-lined desert highways, hundreds of workers over the next few years will be laid off — casualties of environmental regulations and competition from cheaper energy sources.

58. Voters switch lopsidedly to GOP, in warning for Dems - Friday, July 8, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — A political shift is beginning to take hold across the U.S. as tens of thousands of suburban voters who helped fuel the Democratic Party's gains in recent years are becoming Republicans.

59. More than 1 million voters switch to GOP in warning for Dems - Friday, June 24, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — A political shift is beginning to take hold across the U.S. as tens of thousands of suburban swing voters who helped fuel the Democratic Party's gains in recent years are becoming Republicans.

60. How Tennessee, other U.S. states have banned, limited, protected abortion - Friday, June 24, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion. Friday's ruling is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. In anticipation of the decision, several states led by Democrats have taken steps to protect abortion access. The decision also sets up the potential for legal fights between the states over whether providers and those who help women obtain abortions can be sued or prosecuted.

61. Top Davidson County commercial sales for May 2022 - Friday, June 17, 2022

Top commercial real estate sales, May 2022, for Davidson County, as compiled by the Nashville Ledger.

62. Biden says US sending medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine - Friday, May 27, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it will send Ukraine a small number of high-tech, medium-range rocket systems, a critical weapon that Ukrainian leaders have been begging for as they struggle to stall Russian progress in the Donbas region.

63. Russian sentenced to life in Ukraine's 1st war crimes trial - Friday, May 20, 2022

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian court sentenced a 21-year-old Russian soldier to life in prison Monday for killing a civilian, sealing the first conviction for war crimes since Moscow's invasion three months ago.

64. Hyundai announces $5.5B electric vehicle plant in Georgia - Friday, May 20, 2022

ELLABELL, Ga. (AP) — Hyundai Motor Group confirmed Friday the company will spend $5.5 billion on a huge electric vehicle plant near Savannah that will employ thousands — a deal Georgia's governor called the largest economic development project in the state's history.

65. Parents swap, sell baby formula; Biden to talk to businesses - Friday, May 13, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — A baby formula shortage in the United States is driving parents to swap, sell and offer leftover supplies to each other, while President Joe Biden plans to speak with manufacturers and retailers Thursday about the plight facing families.

66. Housing shortage, soaring rents squeeze US college students - Friday, April 22, 2022

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — UC Berkeley sophomore Terrell Thompson slept in his car for nearly two weeks at the start of the school year last fall, living out of a suitcase stashed in the trunk and texting dozens of landlords a day in a desperate search for a place to live.

67. Possible mass graves near Mariupol shown in satellite images - Friday, April 22, 2022

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — New satellite images show apparent mass graves near Mariupol, where local officials accused Russia of burying up to 9,000 Ukrainian civilians to conceal the slaughter taking place in the ruined port city that's almost entirely under Russian control.

68. Bipartisan push on mental health crisis that COVID worsened - Friday, April 8, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — A major effort to overhaul care for people in the United States with mental health and drug problems is gaining traction as Congress and the Biden administration work on overlapping plans to address concerns across dividing lines of politics, geography and race.

69. Polish, Baltic presidents visit Ukraine in show of support - Friday, April 8, 2022

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The presidents of four countries on Russia's doorstep visited Ukraine on Wednesday in a show of support for the embattled country, after Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to continue his bloody offensive until its "full completion."

70. Russian retreat reveals destruction as Ukraine asks for help - Friday, April 8, 2022

CHERNIHIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops retreating from this northern Ukrainian city left behind crushed buildings, streets littered with destroyed cars and residents in dire need of food and other aid — images that added fuel to Kyiv's calls Thursday for more Western help to halt Moscow's next offensive.

71. EXPLAINER: Russia is not a 'most favored nation.' What now? - Friday, April 8, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — With Congress voting to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and ban the importation of its oil, President Joe Biden's action to tighten the U.S. squeeze on Russia's economy now can intensify.

72. Russia faces global outrage over bodies in Ukraine's streets - Friday, April 1, 2022

BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow faced global revulsion and accusations of war crimes Monday after the Russian pullout from the outskirts of Kyiv revealed streets, buildings and yards strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians, many of them evidently killed at close range.

73. Biden: Putin should face war crimes trial for Bucha killings - Friday, April 1, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday called for a war crimes trial against Russia President Vladimir Putin and said he'd seek more sanctions after reported atrocities in Ukraine.

"You saw what happened in Bucha," Biden said. He added that Putin "is a war criminal."

74. Russia faces global outrage over bodies in Ukraine's streets - Friday, April 1, 2022

BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow faced global revulsion and accusations of war crimes Monday after the Russian pullout from the outskirts of Kyiv revealed streets strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians, some of whom had seemingly been killed deliberately at close range.

75. Russia bombards areas where it pledged to scale back - Friday, March 25, 2022

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces bombarded areas around Kyiv and another city just hours after pledging to scale back operations in those zones to promote trust between the two sides, Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday.

76. Ukraine pleads for help, says Russia wants to split nation - Friday, March 25, 2022

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the West of cowardice Sunday while another top official said Russia was trying to split the nation in two, like North and South Korea.

77. Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict - Friday, March 11, 2022

With Russia's invasion of Ukraine now in its third week, Russian forces appear to be expanding the offensive by striking new areas in the west of the country. Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved the recruitment of "volunteer" fighters from Syria and elsewhere to fight in Ukraine.

78. Russian strikes hit western Ukraine as offensive widens - Friday, March 11, 2022

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia widened its offensive in Ukraine on Friday, striking airfields in the west and an industrial city in the east, while the huge armored column that had been stalled for over a week outside Kyiv was on the move again, spreading out into forests and towns near the capital.

79. Ukrainians evacuate Kyiv suburbs amid deepening crisis - Friday, March 4, 2022

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Residents of the bombarded suburbs of Ukraine's capital snaked their way across the slippery wooden planks of a makeshift bridge that provided the only way to escape Russian shelling, amid renewed efforts Wednesday to rescue civilians from besieged cities.

80. Tennessee lawmakers pass ban on instant runoff voting - Friday, February 11, 2022

NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers passed a ban Monday against instant runoff voting in elections, a move that seeks to end a long-running legal dispute between state election officials and the city of Memphis.

81. NTSB chief to fed agency: Stop using misleading statistics - Friday, January 14, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — With traffic fatalities spiking higher, the nation's top safety investigator says a widely cited government statistic that 94% of serious crashes are solely due to driver error is misleading and that the Transportation Department should stop using it.

82. Biden pledges 'whatever it takes' to assist tornado victims - Friday, December 17, 2021

DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged to do "whatever it takes, as long as it takes" to help Kentucky and other states after a series of deadly tornadoes that he said left a trail of unimaginable devastation. "You will recover and rebuild," he said.

83. The gift of great writing: Read Colson Whitehead - Friday, December 17, 2021

If the ticking clock on the gift-buying season finds you still wondering what to get that discerning reader on your Christmas list, here’s an author suggestion:

Colson Whitehead.

I realize I am late to this party. Part of that is because my fiction reading tends to involve official good guys arresting criminals (e.g., Lucas Davenport) or unofficial good guys beating them to a pulp (Jack Reacher). Whitehead’s writing falls into neither category.

84. US: More threats, more desperate refugees as climate warms - Friday, October 22, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Earth's warming and resulting natural disasters are creating a more dangerous world of desperate leaders and peoples, the Biden administration said Thursday in the federal government's starkest assessments yet of security and migration challenges facing the United States as the climate worsens.

85. States, cities slow to spend federal pandemic money - Friday, October 1, 2021

As Congress considered a massive COVID-19 relief package earlier this year, hundreds of mayors from across the U.S. pleaded for "immediate action" on billions of dollars targeted to shore up their finances and revive their communities.

86. Prisons, border wall: How GOP is looking to use COVID money - Friday, October 1, 2021

CHICAGO (AP) — When Democrats passed President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, Republicans called it liberal "pet projects" disguised as pandemic aid.

But now that Republican governors and local leaders have the money in hand, they are using it for things on their wish lists, too.

87. Final victim found in Tennessee flooding disaster search - Friday, August 27, 2021

WAVERLY (AP) — The body of the final person missing from a devastating weekend flood in Middle Tennessee was recovered on Wednesday, prompting the search for victims to be suspended as the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency toured the area.

88. FEMA administrator tours Tennessee flooding disaster - Friday, August 20, 2021

WAVERLY (AP) — The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency toured flood-devastated areas of Middle Tennessee on Wednesday to assess the damage from a weekend deluge that caught residents off guard in the morning hours, killing more than a dozen people and leaving hundreds homeless.

89. Gulf Coast's beloved 'Redneck Riviera' now a virus hotspot - Friday, August 20, 2021

GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) — Tourists and servers alike dance atop tables and in the aisles at one restaurant on the "Redneck Riviera," a beloved stretch of towns along the northern Gulf Coast where beaches, bars and stores are packed. Yet just a few miles away, a hospital is running out of critical care beds, its rooms full of unvaccinated people fighting for their lives.

90. Can Biden's plans manufacture more US factory jobs? - Friday, July 23, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will be trying to connect with blue-collar workers Wednesday when he travels to a truck factory in Pennsylvania to advocate for government investments and clean energy as ways to strengthen U.S. manufacturing.

91. Cuba, Haiti stir fresh political pressures for US president - Friday, July 9, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — They are two tiny Caribbean states whose intractable problems have vexed U.S. presidents for decades. Now, Haiti and Cuba are suddenly posing a growing challenge for President Joe Biden that could have political ramifications for him in the battleground state of Florida.

92. EXPLAINER: Infrastructure deal targets lead pipes - Friday, June 25, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Included in the bipartisan infrastructure deal reached with President Joe Biden last week is a plan to eliminate the country's remaining lead pipes and service lines, which for decades have posed a risk for contaminated water in millions of homes and schools.

93. US hits encouraging milestones on virus deaths and shots - Friday, June 18, 2021

COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have dipped below 300 a day for the first time since the early days of the disaster in March 2020, while the drive to put shots in arms hit another encouraging milestone Monday: 150 million Americans fully vaccinated.

94. Travel numbers climb as Americans hit the road for holiday - Friday, May 28, 2021

Americans hit the road in near-record numbers at the start of the Memorial Day weekend, as their eagerness to break free from coronavirus confinement overcame higher prices for flights, gasoline and hotels.

95. Republicans promote pandemic relief they voted against - Friday, May 7, 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., said it pained her to vote against the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.

But in the weeks that followed, the first-term Republican issued a news release celebrating more than $3.7 million from the package that went to community health centers in her district as one of her "achievements." She said she prided herself on "bringing federal funding to the district and back into the pockets of taxpayers."

96. Australia plans to spend $417M on hydrogen, carbon capture - Friday, April 16, 2021

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's prime minister has proposed spending an extra 539 million Australian dollars ($417 million) on hydrogen and carbon sequestration projects, seeking to burnish his government's green credentials ahead of a climate summit to be hosted by President Joe Biden.

97. GOP governors ignore Biden's latest plea on mask mandates - Friday, March 26, 2021

President Joe Biden's pleas for states to stick with mask mandates to slow the spread of the coronavirus were being largely ignored Tuesday as several Republican governors stayed on track to drop the requirement in their states.

98. Buttigieg pitches infrastructure needs to divided Congress - Friday, March 26, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is warning that the country's infrastructure needs exceed $1 trillion and that other countries, namely China, are pulling ahead of the U.S. with their public works investments, a scenario he describes as "a threat to our collective future."

99. Gov't data show race, region disparities in school reopening - Friday, March 19, 2021

Nearly half of the nation's elementary schools were open for full-time classroom learning as of last month, but the share of students learning in-person has varied greatly by region and by race, with most nonwhite students learning entirely online, according to results from a national survey conducted by the Biden administration.

100. Local pharmacists step up in COVID-19 vaccination effort - Friday, March 5, 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — They're just your regular neighborhood pharmacists, but some now wear superhero capes.

Local pharmacy owners are filling in the gaps as federal, state and county authorities across the country struggle to ramp up vaccinations vital to crushing the COVID-19 pandemic. In some small towns across the U.S., an independent pharmacy is the only local place where residents can get a COVID-19 vaccination.