CNN founder Ted Turner, outspoken television pioneer, has died at age 87

NEW YORK (AP) – Ted Turner, the brash and outspoken television pioneer who created a media empire and transformed the news business by creating CNN and introducing the 24-hour cable news cycle, died Wednesday. He was 87.

Trump gives go-ahead to major new Canada-US oil pipeline

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) – President Donald Trump granted a key approval Thursday for a major new oil pipeline that would carry oil from Canada into the U.S. where it would be exported and refined.

Now a true pop star, Miley Cyrus returns to her 'Hannah Montana' roots

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Sporting that “Hannah Montana” blond hair and bangs, Miley Cyrus went back to her roots – celebrating 20 years of the TV show that launched the career of a real-life pop star.

Vance, skeptical of foreign wars, becomes face of deal to end war

WASHINGTON (AP) – JD Vance was supposed to be spending the week promoting his new book, the kind of event a potential presidential candidate like the vice president typically uses to speak to a wide audience about his life and values ahead of a campaign.

How notorious billionaire Leona Helmsley's foundation is saving lives

When Marcy Smith’s oncologist told her she needed radiation treatment for breast cancer, her first response was no. She’d already had a lumpectomy and four rounds of chemotherapy. The radiation would require six weeks of treatment in Billings, Montana – 220 miles from her Glendive home.

Bloodhounds have a nose for finding people

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol’s newest recruit has floppy ears, four legs and an amazing knack for finding people. Beau, a 12-week-old puppy, is joining a band of bloodhounds who are in demand for difficult cases across the upper Midwest. They trail missing children, people with dementia and criminal suspects.

Today in History: January 23, the Baker Massacre in Montana

Today is Friday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2026. There are 342 days left in the year.  Today in history: On Jan. 23, 1870, approximately 200 Piegan Blackfoot tribe members, mostly women, children and older adults, were killed by U.S. Army troops under the command of Major Eugene Mortimer Baker in Montana, in what became known as the Baker Massacre.

How Trump decided to sign a deal with Iran at Versailles palace

PARIS (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron offered Donald Trump a glitzy dinner in Versailles – and the U.S. president seized the opportunity to sign an initial deal with Iran inside the palace.