Associated Press
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The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business.
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Police say two people, including a suspected gunman, are dead after a shooting at an apartment building in Atlanta’s midtown neighborhood early Wednesday.
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Police say three people are dead and two others critically wounded following a shooting at a home in the southeastern Wisconsin city of Kenosha.
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New York City will require police officers, firefighters and other municipal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be placed on unpaid leave, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday, giving an ultimatum to public employees who’ve refused and ensuring a fight with some of the unions representing them.
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A Maryland couple arrested earlier this month on charges of trying to sell information about nuclear-powered warships to a foreign country have been indicted, according to the Justice Department.
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Bricusse began writing music for stage and screen in the 1950s and enjoyed success over more than five decades.
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The guilty pleas will set the stage for a penalty trial in which jurors will determine whether Cruz should be sentenced to death or life in prison without parole.
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In-N-Out's only San Francisco location was temporarily closed after authorities said it refused to bar clients who couldn’t show proof of vaccination.
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North Korea announced Wednesday that it had tested a newly developed missile designed to be launched from a submarine, the first such weapons test in two years and one it says will bolster its military’s underwater operational capability.
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Authorities and family members asked for public help in trying to track down Maya Millete's remains.
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Failure to act on climate change would have far-reaching consequences in the U.S. and abroad.
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Southwest Airlines will let unvaccinated employees keep working past early December instead of putting them on unpaid leave if they apply for an exemption on medical or religious grounds.
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The missionary group, which included five children, was kidnapped by the “400 Mawozo” gang on Saturday after visiting an orphanage near the capital Port-au-Prince.
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A Texas nurse was convicted Tuesday of capital murder in the deaths of four patients who died after prosecutors say he injected them with air following heart surgeries.
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Proctor & Gamble is raising prices on a range of goods as higher commodity and freight costs are set to take a bite out of its profits.
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President Joe Biden’s most aggressive move yet to combat the COVID-19 pandemic is almost ready to see the light of day.
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The Department of Homeland Security says Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has tested positive for COVID-19.
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For more than 55 years, Medicare has followed a simple policy: covered benefits are the same, no matter if you’re rich, poor, or in-between.
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Duggar, who appeared in TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting,” was charged in April with two counts of downloading and possessing child pornography.
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Queen Elizabeth II is Britain’s longest-lived and longest-reigning monarch. But don’t call her an oldie.
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Federal agents conducted “law enforcement activity” on Tuesday at a Washington house owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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The move follows years of pressure from medical experts and consumer advocates to make the devices cheaper and easier to get.
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The USDA says the industry has succeeded in reducing the level of salmonella contamination found in poultry plants in recent years, but that hasn’t translated into the reduction in illnesses the agency wants to see.
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The agency is preparing to OK getting a different brand of booster shot than the one a person initially received. The New York Times reported the FDA might note that getting the same vaccine as a booster is preferable, but it is not planning to recommend one shot over the other.
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The Florida Highway Patrol says the 52-year-old man died at the scene Monday night.
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An Israeli scuba diver has salvaged an ancient sword off the country’s Mediterranean coast that experts say dates back to the Crusaders.
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Officials say a 4-year-old boy who fell off a 70-foot cliff at Red River Gorge in eastern Kentucky suffered a few scratches and bruises, but walked away without any severe injuries.
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Here’s a deeper look at the House committee investigating the riot, its mission and how it operates.
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The Corolla Wild Horse Fund says on social media that the American persimmon is a fruit-bearing tree native to the coast and can be found growing throughout where the horses roam.
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Police have released the name of a third suspect wanted in a shooting that wounded two adults and three teenagers outside a high school football game in Alabama.
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The test firing would mark possibly the most significant demonstration of the North's military might since President Joe Biden took office.
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State employees were required to be vaccinated by Monday. Rolovich applied for a religious exemption, which was denied.
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The vice president is pitching the administration’s $3.5 trillion spending plan as critical to tackling climate change.
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The maps that overhaul how Texas’ nearly 30 million residents are sorted into political districts bookends a highly charged year in the state over voting rights.
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Former President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit to block the release of documents to the Jan. 6 committee, challenging President Joe Biden’s decision.
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A Los Angeles judge on Monday approved the request of the rapper, producer and fashion designer to legally change his name from Kanye Omari West to just Ye, with no middle or last name. The petition filed Aug. 24 cited “personal reasons.”
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The plaintiffs’ lawyer, Benjamin Dictor, said Trump was questioned on a variety of topics, including comments he’s made at campaign rallies in which he appeared to encourage security personnel to treat protesters harshly.
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Microsoft has confirmed that executives in 2008 warned Bill Gates to stop sending flirtatious emails to a female employee but dropped the matter after he told them he would stop.
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The lawmakers are giving Amazon until Nov. 1 to “correct the record” and provide new documents and evidence.
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The Walt Disney Co. is pushing back the release dates of many of its upcoming titles, including the untitled Indiana Jones movie and the Black Panther sequel “Wakanda Forever.”
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Facebook said it plans to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union over the next five years to work on a new computing platform that promises to connect people virtually but could raise concerns about privacy and the social platform gaining more control in people’s online lives.
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Some experts wonder if the booster campaign is a bit of a missed opportunity to target delta and its likely descendants.
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State lawmakers on Sunday approved a measure that requires transgender athletes to play on teams that align with the gender listed on their original birth certificate, not their current gender identity. The bill pushed by the Legislature’s Republican majority now goes to GOP Gov. Greg Abbott, who is expected to sign it into law.
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Police inspector Per Thomas Omholt said it was likely the suspect first used arrows to wound his victims and then killed them by stabbing them with an unspecified weapon or weapons in Wednesday’s attack.
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U.S. industrial production fell 1.3% in September, much more than expected as the lingering effects of Hurricane Ida continue to stymie activity.
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U.S. safety regulators are investigating fuel pump failures in more than 600,000 diesel Ram trucks that could cause the engines to stall or lose power.
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Superior Court Judge David Lee scheduled a court hearing for Monday in the long-running ``Leandro’' school funding case.
Ronnie Tutt, a legendary drummer who spent years playing alongside Elvis Presley and teamed up with other superstars ranging from Johnny Cash to Stevie Nicks, has died. He was 83.
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Lynn appeared as Thelma Lou on the show from 1961 until 1966. She reprised her role in the made-for-TV movie “Return to Mayberry,” in which Thelma Lou and Barney got married.
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Two people in Arkansas died from stab wounds and a third person was shot and killed by an officer.
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The suspect had been released from prison in September 2020 after serving 27 years of a 40-year sentence for the 1993 beating and strangling of a 17-year-old.