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Trump's video was notable as much for what was left out as what he talked about. Much of it wasn't new, but there was no talk of repealing Obamacare or building a wall.

The family of jailed Egyptian human rights lawyer Hoda Abdelmoniem says she is being held on unspecified charges in a women's prison north of Cairo.

Last year, the State University System Board of Governors gave universities permission to raise out-of-state tuition fees by 10% for the 2025-2026 school year and another 15% for the 2026-2027 school year.

Last year, the state eliminated a tuition benefit that let students receive in-state tuition, regardless of their immigration status.

Jill Stretton of Australia and Cathie Alexander of Scotland have been pen pals since 1950. They didn't meet in person until 1982, but they feel like lifelong friends.

A sanitation company in Indiana took 32 porta-johns, and arranged then in rows, like a choir. And animated face on each one lip-syncs as Christmas classics play.

In Nevada, a camel and its owner were spotted walking into a Bath & Body Works store in Henderson. A woman filmed the camel clopping through the automatic doors.

Tori Monaco and Berkely Cade decided separately that it was time to propose. Both women confided in Cade's mother, who convinced each them to propose at the same time over a game of Pictionary.

A lawyer says someone is sending scores of pizzas to his office. He's received so many he said it's hard to work. The lawyer's office has also been sent sushi, Greek food and sausage.

The daily activity at the Calgary Zoo where you can watch king penguins waddle around was called off because of cold weather. Zoo officials caution these are not Antarctic penguins.

In a photo, a Mexican drug lord is wearing a button down shirt with blue and gray stripes and what looks like black paint splattered all over it. The shirt's maker is using the photo for marketing.

A self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh was recently uncovered at the National Galleries of Scotland, hidden for more than a century on the back of a painting called Head of a Peasant Woman.

The slick, green and white car costs $400,000 and goes more than 200 miles per hour. Police say about 15 percent of the speeding tickets go to motorists driving more than 130 mph.

Meyers Chuck is off the grid, with no roads or cars; just a sprinkling of houses on the water, and a post office that's the social hub of town.

To overcome the challenges Nicaraguans face in accessing the Biden administration's humanitarian parole program, a U.S. network of grassroots volunteers has emerged, including in South Florida.

Despite a daily cleanup that leaves the post-parade landscape remarkably clean, uncaught beads dangle from tree limbs like Spanish moss and get ground into the mud under the feet of passers-by.

Mora Leeb was 9 months old when surgeons removed half her brain. Now 15, she plays soccer and tells jokes. Scientists say Mora is an extreme example of a process known as brain plasticity.

Director Leos Carax's new film, Annette, is a dark fairy tale starring Adam Driver. Nine years since Carax's last film, his movies often feature visions and ghosts.

At this year's festival, the majority of the headliners were women and non-binary artists. Festival-goers said that made for a more relaxed and inclusive audience mood at the two-day event."

U.S. employers added 263,000 jobs in September — a modest slowdown from August. The job market is still tight, though, as the unemployment rate dipped to 3.5%.

The Biden administration is starting a process that could change how the U.S. census and federal surveys produce racial and ethnic data that is used for redistricting and civil rights enforcement.

House Republicans have nominated Kevin McCarthy to serve as Speaker of the House in the next Congress. It's the first step on McCarthy's path to presiding over the House chamber.

Superhero movies transformed the film industry over the last 15 years. But how does the man in charge of some of the most beloved comic book characters chart the years ahead?

Michael Lewis, who wrote the best-seller Liar's Poker, is back with a new book examining those who profited from shorting subprime mortgages. In The Big Short, Lewis profiles extreme characters — outsiders — who are the sane people in an insane world.