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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Investigators are still trying to determine a motive for the shooting.
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The NBA recommends that coaches and players who are vaccinated receive a booster shot as soon as possible.
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The Biden administration is expected to take steps in the coming days to toughen testing requirements for international travelers to the U.S., amid the spread of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus.
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Wall Street’s losses deepened on Tuesday after the head of the Federal Reserve said it will consider shutting off its support for financial markets sooner than expected.
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Former Chicago police detective Michael Theis testified Tuesday at Smollett's trial.
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A woman testified on Tuesday that she had repeated sexual contact with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein when she 14 and that Ghislaine Maxwell was there when it happened.
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Author Alice Sebold has apologized to the man who was exonerated last week in the 1981 rape that was the basis for her memoir “Lucky.”
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Biden is facing the threat of the new omicron strain of the coronavirus and dealing with high levels of inflation even as vital parts of his agenda are still awaiting congressional approval.
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also said no federal pay will be provided to those Guard members who fail to comply with the vaccine mandate.
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Police say a man accused of accidentally firing a gun in his bag at the Atlanta airport has turned himself in.
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department exercised a search warrant at the home of rock star Marilyn Manson, in a sexual assault and domestic violence investigation that dates back from 2009 to 2011.
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Lawmakers say the records could shed light on the events leading up to the insurrection and Trump's efforts to delegitimize an election he lost.
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The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison after pleading guilty to helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire.
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Viruses mutate constantly. To find and track new versions of the coronavirus, scientists analyze the genetic makeup of a portion of samples that test positive.
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Gunowners’ rights groups have been trying to get firearms cases before a more conservative U.S. Supreme Court and immediately promised to seek the high court’s review.
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A Houston man has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison after he was accused of using federal COVID-19 relief funding on a Lamborghini, a Rolex watch and trips to strip clubs.
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As supply chain bottlenecks create shortages on many items, some charities are struggling to secure holiday gift wishes from kids in need.
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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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An Alabama woman who says she was falsely arrested for shoplifting at a Walmart and then threatened by the company after her case was dismissed has been awarded $2.1 million in damages.
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The drive to become a republic began more than two decades ago and culminated with the island’s Parliament electing its first ever president last month.
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Police ruled the 45-year-old man's death an accident.
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The victims were found Sunday night in a home in the city of Lancaster in the high desert Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles.
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Tiger Woods is hopeful of playing golf again, just not very much. He says he's not even at the halfway point of a return.
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Transcripts released Monday shed new light on CNN anchor Chris Cuomo’s behind-the-scenes role advising his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in the face of sexual harassment allegations that forced him from office.
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While the latest order aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus took effect Nov. 8, city officials spent the past three weeks providing business owners the information and resources business they need to comply.
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Elizabeth Holmes described herself as the abused puppet of her former lover and business partner Sunny Balwani in tearful testimony on Monday, part of her attempt to refute accusations that she lied about a flawed blood-testing technology she had hailed as a major breakthrough.
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Prosecutors asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision that overturned Bill Cosby’s conviction.
The outcome of the study, which began in March at Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s direction, reflects a complex security picture facing the Biden administration, which fully withdrew from Afghanistan in August but is increasingly concerned about countering China in the Asia-Pacific region and Russia in Europe.
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The rare move was first announced on Monday by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which spearheaded the union organizing movement. A National Labor Relations Board spokeswoman confirmed the decision.
The charges against her stem from allegations of four women who say she and Epstein victimized them as teens from 1994 to 2004.
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A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection will vote Wednesday to pursue contempt charges against a former Justice Department official, seeking criminal charges against a defiant witness for a second time after holding former White House aide Steve Bannon in contempt last month.
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Designer Virgil Abloh, a leading fashion executive hailed as the Karl Lagerfeld of his generation, has died after a private battle with cancer. He was 41.
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Investors are waiting for more clues about just how much damage the new strain may do to the economy.
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Two southeast Iowa teenagers charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of their high school Spanish teacher have pleaded not guilty.
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With an expanded definition to reflect the times, Merriam-Webster has declared an omnipresent truth as its 2021 word of the year: vaccine.
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Many countries have moved to tighten their borders after the new omicron variant of the coronavirus was found in a number of nations.
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In Congress, Meek championed affirmative action, economic opportunities for the poor and efforts to bolster democracy in Haiti.
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Actor Matthew McConaughey isn’t running for Texas governor after months of publicly flirting with the idea of becoming the latest celebrity candidate.
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Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper claims in a lawsuit against the Defense Department that material is being improperly withheld from his use as he seeks to publish an “unvarnished and candid memoir” of his time in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci is blasting Sen. Ted Cruz for suggesting that Fauci be investigated for statements he made about COVID-19.
With Epstein gone and no apparent recordings of alleged incidents that occurred two decades ago, the trial will likely hinge on the women’s allegations and Maxwell’s denial.
He was charged with felony disorderly conduct after law enforcement and prosecutors said he lied to police about what happened in the early morning hours of Jan. 29, 2019, in downtown Chicago.
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The U.S. Geological Survey says a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 has struck in northern Peru.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the man was taken to a hospital for evaluation.
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A reward of $32,500 is being offered for information that leads to an arrest in the retired police officer's killing.
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Authorities say shots were fired near a food court at a shopping mall in Tacoma, Washington.
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Police say two of the victims were 15- and 18-year-old brothers. A suspect was among those killed.
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The state only allows wrongful imprisonment payments to people who were exonerated through DNA evidence, so the 62-year-old Strickland wouldn’t qualify.
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The Dayton Board of Zoning Appeals has approved the city’s request to demolish a 129-year-old historic building that once was the site of the Wright brothers’ first bike shop.
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Postal workers who recall packages and letters piled up in distribution hubs are better prepared this time as they gear up for another pandemic crunch.