Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball's 11-man competition committee recently approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major leagues ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Deadpan is not so much a type of joke as a mode of delivery, a manner of address to an audience that often provokes nervous laughter. Comedian Nathan Fielder's persona is marked by ...

As Hurricane Maria roared over Puerto Rico in September 2017, Marena Pérez and Aureo Andino hunkered down inside their ballet studio. The couple never imagined that they, their daughter and Pérez's ...

A single mother who relied on federal food assistance lost her benefits in 2020 after Kentucky investigators concluded she'd committed fraud. The state alleged she had made multiple same-day purchases ...

Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as " Alligator Alcatraz " are given color-coded uniforms and wrist-bands, then segregated based on their criminal ...

Even for an agency accustomed to criticism, this summer's debate over Republicans' big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts was a harsh one for the Congressional Budget Office. "Notorious for getting ...

With weeks to go in New Jersey's high-stakes governor's race, key members of Democrats' diverse coalition, including union and Black leaders, have been raising concerns — even when they're not ...

MATT O'BRIEN AP Technology Writer ABILENE, Texas (AP) — The afternoon sun was so hot that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman traded his usual crewneck sweater for a T-shirt on the last legs of a recent visit to ...