CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER

Associated Press
A person walks through the Georgia Tech campus with the downtown skyline in the background, March 11, 2016, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
Visa cancellations sow panic for international students, with hundreds fearing deportation
The speed and scope of the federal government’s efforts to terminate the legal status of international students have stunned colleges and universities across the country.
 
A chain link fence protects a satellite station and other equipment behind the Bureau of Reclamation office Thursday, March 13, 2025, in Boise, Idaho. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone)
Hundreds of federal offices could begin closing this summer at DOGE’s behest, AP reveals
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is listing all the federal real estate leases it is ending, but new records obtained by The Associated Press show when those cancellations are expected to take effect.
 
A resident of a senior center is evacuated as the Eaton Fire approaches Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)
Too little, too late: Residents say they were in the dark as fire spread with no evacuation order
When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby dangers and instructions to help them stay safe.
 
A woman cries as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Homes were burning and roads already jammed when Pacific Palisades evacuation order came, AP finds
An Associated Press analysis of emergency communications shows that the first evacuation order covering neighborhoods closest to the start of the devastating Pacific Palisades wildfire didn’t come until about 40 minutes after some of those homes were already burning.
 
Destroyed homes from the Palisades Fire are visible on Jan. 15, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years
Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s.
 
Voters cast their ballots at the Your Vote Center in the Andalucia Shopping Center on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Albuquerque, N.M. (Gino Gutierrez/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
Democrats retain hold on New Mexico despite shifting support for Republicans
Democrats may have retained their hold on New Mexico with wins in every congressional race and the presidential contest, but shrinking margins of victory show voter support is shifting toward Republicans across much of the state.
 
Border Patrol vehicles survey a steel fence at the Southwest border with Mexico at Sunland Park, N.M., Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)
Migrant deaths in New Mexico have increased tenfold
New Mexico authorities are grappling with a growing number of migrants dying in the state’s border region, with the remains of more than 100 found in the first eight months of the year in the state.
 
Tony Brazzale removes part of a tree felled by a tornado from in front of his house in Wellington, Fla., Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephany Matat)
Far from where Hurricane Milton’s eye hit, tornadoes wrought unexpected damage
Tony Brazzale expected Hurricane Milton would be a “nonevent” for his family. It was forecast to hit Florida’s west coast and track across the state well to the north of their home in Wellington, near West Palm Beach.
 
Police advance on pro-Palestinian demonstrators on the UCLA campus Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
More than 2,100 people have been arrested during pro-Palestinian protests on US college campuses
Police have arrested more than 2,100 people during pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks.
 
FILE - Photos of victims are displayed under white crosses at a memorial for victims of the August 2023 wildfire, above the Lahaina Bypass highway, Dec. 6, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
Takeaways from this week’s reports on the deadly 2023 Maui fire that destroyed Lahaina
Officials are still trying to determine exactly what went wrong when the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century burned through a historic Hawaii town, more than a half-year after the disaster.
 
FILE - Rays of sunlight pierce through the clouds, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, above homes burned by wildfires in Lahaina, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without alerts amid Maui fire
A new report shows that the head of Maui’s emergency management agency dragged his heels about returning to the island as wildfires ripped across the island last August.
 
FILE - The hall of historic Waiola Church in Lahaina and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames along Wainee Street, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Matthew Thayer/The Maui News via AP, File)
In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged a barricade survived
As flames tore through a West Maui neighborhood, fleeing residents headed for the only paved road out of town in a dash for safety. Many were turned back toward the rapidly spreading fire by a barricade blocking access to Highway 30.