Harry Belafonte mourned by entertainment world, Biden, Obama
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Reaction poured in Tuesday from heads of state, civil-rights leaders and the entertainment world following…
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By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Reaction poured in Tuesday from heads of state, civil-rights leaders and the entertainment world following…
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By SAMY MAGDY The Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An attack on the prison holding deposed Sudanese strongman Omar al-Bashir has raised questions…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Seven people are dead, including one soldier, following a shootout between gunmen and troops in rural western Mexico.…
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — John Fithian, the outgoing CEO of the National Association of Theater Owners, assured exhibitors…
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BERLIN (AP) — The German Catholic Church says a senior priest has been removed from office after criticism of his handling of abuse allegations…
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Preliminary autopsy reports show eight members of an Oklahoma family found dead inside their burning home were each shot. The…
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LEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say an explosion and fire at a suburban Chicago petroleum refinery killed one person and injured a second Tuesday…
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By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Money earmarked for thousands of new IRS employees would be transferred to a grant program allowing schools…
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By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Sitting in front of a hulking red tractor, Democratic Gov. Jared Polis signed a…
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By THOMAS BEAUMONT and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — Many loyal Republicans in the state that kicks off the presidential…
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By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United Nations says at least 150 civilians may have been killed and many others injured…
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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria has condemned the European Union’s new sanctions on Damascus over making and trafficking an amphetamine, saying the…
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By LESLIE AMBRIZ Associated Press Broadway legend Chita Rivera reminisces about her career, love life and family in her new book, “Chita: A…
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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ED WHITE Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The former head of a Michigan marijuana licensing board has pleaded…
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Before ousting Tucker Carlson, Fox News had twice fired wildly popular hosts – and both times the…
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By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man who posted a fake Craigslist ad with a legislative candidate’s phone…
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox will broadcast 29 of 64 Women’s World Cup games from Australia and New Zealand this summer on its main network, up from 22…
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Harry Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreaking actor…
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The granddaughter of late Latino labor activist Cesar Chavez is moving from President Joe…
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BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have detained a Syrian man on suspicion of planning to carry out an explosives attack motivated by Islamic…
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden has informed Russia that five employees with the Russian Embassy in Stockholm have been asked to leave the country, saying…
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A stage play about the making of the blockbuster movie “Jaws” will soon take a huge…
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer PIACAGUERA INDIGENOUS LAND, Brazil (AP) — As a bonfire lit by children finished burning, the winners at the…
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SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The national gas system operators of Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia have agreed to boost the transfer of natural…
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By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Jeff Drummond spends days and nights alone in a tiny room with fake wood paneling, two…
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The seditious conspiracy case against former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four…
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer The All England Club will pay for two rooms for Ukrainian tennis players and their teams during the grass-court…
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By JAMEY KEATEN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.N. officials say one side in the Sudan conflict has seized control of a national…
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BERLIN (AP) — A court in Germany has rejected a married couple’s request to legally change their Russian-sounding surname. The couple had sought…
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By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has formally announced he’s seeking reelection. But he’s also…
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By AMY TAXIN and JAE C. HONG Associated Press LEMOORE, Calif. (AP) — In the heart of California, some rural communities are facing the prospect of…
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By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet Traveling while pregnant can be tough. Activities like adventure sports, scuba diving and going to high-altitude…
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police in Japan are investigating a suspicious object found in a paper bag inside a commercial…
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Dozens of dog farmers in South Korea are rallying to criticize the country’s first…
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BEIJING (AP) — The family of a veteran Chinese journalist says he faces espionage charges after being detained while meeting with a Japanese…
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By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Russia has convicted a former police officer of publicly spreading false…
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By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Major central banks are standing down from their offer of daily emergency dollar loans…
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By JENNIFER O’MAHONY and DAVID BILLER Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is due to arrive in…
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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer A handful of big-name stars around the NHL have been invisible or close to it during the first week of the…
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By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The trade of quarterback Aaron Rodgers from Green Bay to New York puts one of…
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A former member of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group who’s seeking asylum in Norway has admitted…
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By TOM KRISHER AP Business Writer DETROIT (AP) — General Motors and South Korea’s Samsung SDI plan to invest more than $3 billion in a new…
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says police have detained 110 people for alleged links to Kurdish militants in raids…
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says it has fired one of its doctors who faced allegations, first…
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Swiss bank UBS says it took in $28 billion in new money from wealthy clients in the first three…
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By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say a Russian missile has hit a museum building in the north of the…
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SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine (AP) — The graves are dug in the morning. Four plots, each two meters deep in the section of a…
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By OHAD ZWIGENBERG and LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is marking its Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of…
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By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese and foreigners streamed out of the capital of Khartoum and other battle zones, as fighting…
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday as worries about the health of global economies grew…
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By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The coronation of King Charles III is luring royal fans fascinated by the pageantry, spectacle and…
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By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say the twin blasts that struck a counterterrorism facility in the…
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By JOHNSON LAI Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The president of Guatemala has appealed to other governments to respect Taiwan’s…
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By EMRAH GUREL Associated Press CANAKKALE, Turkey (AP) — Hundreds of people have gathered near the former World War I battlefields in Turkey to pay…
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By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged Myanmar’s ruling military to take the…
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By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader says the city is planning to overhaul its last major political…
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By JENNIFER PELTZ and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A nearly 30-year-old rape claim against Donald Trump went to trial Tuesday…
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sony chairman and CEO Tom Rothman did not hold back on the opening night of CinemaCon. Speaking to…
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By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer After six weeks of waiting, Aaron Rodgers is leaving behind his brilliant legacy in Green Bay and heading…
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By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Asa Hutchinson is launching his bid for president in the northwest Arkansas city where…
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By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer A Japanese company’s spacecraft apparently crashed while attempting to land on the moon. Flight controllers lost…
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By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally announced that he is running for reelection…
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief and representatives from Western nations berated Russia’s top…
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By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY Associated Press The College Board says changes will be made to its new AP African American studies course, after critics said…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in Mexico say they have charged two men in the Jan. 15 disappearance of two environmental and community activists in…
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By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Australians gathered at dawn services and veterans’ street…
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By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press LWERA WETLAND, Uganda (AP) — The excavator grunts in the heart of the wetland, baring its teeth. There are…
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The killing and deportation of Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 1900s is being remembered in Southern California.…
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By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s Department of Corrections has agreed to pay $1.6 million to the family of a…
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By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada Democratic U.S. senator is looking to Congress to ensure mining companies can use…
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By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials won’t be allowed to use environmental, social and governance factors in…
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama and Mississippi closed most government offices Monday for Confederate Memorial Day as efforts have stalled to…
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Fort Wayne police say an officer whose vehicle fatally injured a pedestrian in a crosswalk was disciplined for four…
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By JOSH BOAK and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has honored the nation’s best teachers. He says they go…
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HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s fuel shortages have increased dramatically with authorities suspending activities, including a concert by the…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Tucker Carlson has been ousted by Fox News, where he hosted the conservative cable network’s most popular program. Carlson is the…
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong undersea earthquake has sent streams of people fleeing to higher ground in western Indonesia before the tsunami…
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JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a chemical company has been ordered to pay $16 million and sentenced to two…
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GASTONIA, N.C (AP) — As the bullet pierced his lung and liver, the only thing Jamie White could think about was getting his 6-year-old daughter to…
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By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s new Attorney General Gentner Drummond plans to ask the state’s…
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By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The $787.5 million settlement between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems spared executives and on-air…
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By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum has signed legislation banning abortion in almost all…
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By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The owner of a Catholic clinic challenging Colorado’s new ban on unproven treatments to reverse…
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ginnie Newhart, who was married to comedy legend Bob Newhart for six decades and inspired the classic ending of his…
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. has brought the sister of an American imprisoned in Russia to the U.N. Security…
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By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — An independent union won the right to bargain at a U.S. auto parts manufacturer in central…
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By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Depositors at First Republic Bank pulled more than $100 billion in deposits out of the bank during…
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By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The prosecutor in Atlanta investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies…
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Crabcakes, beef short ribs and a newfangled banana split have made the cut for this…
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer An appeals court has upheld Apple’s exclusive control over the distribution of iPhone apps. In its ruling…
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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ESPN began informing employees of layoffs Monday, which are job cuts that are taking place throughout its corporate…
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Danny Masterson drugged then raped three women at his Hollywood-area home between…
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MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge is weighing whether to severely limit the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires…
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By SUE OGROCKI and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (AP) — Police say a man shot a 20-year-old student on the campus of Rose State…
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By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill to cut taxes in Kansas by nearly $1.4 billion…
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By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press A bird strike sparked an engine fire on a plane shortly after takeoff from an Ohio airport on Sunday. The strike…
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By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will use this week’s celebratory state visit by South Korean President…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Inspectors from the Mexican Navy say they have found 11,520 tequila bottles bound for export that actually contained…
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By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter accounts operated by authoritarian governments in Russia, China and Iran are benefiting…
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By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A bipartisan congressional group from Nevada and California asked the Biden administration Monday…
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