AP National News

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press New commissions approved by voters to reduce partisan gamesmanship in redistricting are instead splitting along…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing a tough reelection battle against his Conservative…

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A survivor of an errant U,S. drone strike that killed 10 members of his family has…

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include new albums from rapper Diddy and “Star Trek” star William Shatner, as…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — When Prince Philip died nearly six months ago at 99, the tributes poured in from far and wide, praising…

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A disaster relief organization founded by actor Sean Penn is boosting Georgia’s drive to…

By JUAN A. LOZANO, ERIC GAY and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is nearing a…

By BERNARD CONDON and JULIE WATSON Associated Press Every night in yet another house in Afghanistan’s capital, a U.S. green card-holding couple…

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s leader has declared a three-day period of mourning for former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, whose…

By MICHELLE LIU and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In the past few weeks, South Carolina has set records for COVID-19…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Four candidates vying to lead Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party _ and replacing outgoing…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press U.S. envoy John Kerry is on a diplomatic quest to stave off the worst scenarios of global warming, but…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The head of Russia’s Communist Party, the country’s second-largest political party, is…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just a month ago, President Joe Biden and his health advisers announced big plans to soon deliver…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is urging European bishops to listen to survivors of clergy sexual abuse and consider…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The top U.S. military officer is in Greece meeting with NATO counterparts this weekend,…

PARIS (AP) — France’s Notre Dame Cathedral is finally stable and secure enough for artisans to start rebuilding it. It took more than two years…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s electricity minister says an attack with explosive devices laid along a natural gas pipeline southeast of…

By AHMED AL-HAJ and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they have executed nine people for their alleged…

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers have set up a ministry for the “propagation of…

MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters have announced Saturday night the formation of a new tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. National…

By DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press KHABAROVSK, Russia (AP) — In the city of Khabarovsk in Russia’s Far East. a few demonstrators gather nightly…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Recent satellite images show North Korea is expanding a uranium enrichment plant at its…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Aluminum wraps designed to protect homes from flames are getting attention as wildfires burn in…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Robert Durst’s long, bizarre and deadly run from the law ended when a Los Angeles…

By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats face a daunting assignment. They’re trying to complete a $3.5…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida searched a vast wildlife reserve near the Gulf Coast for 23-year-old…

THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — Two lightning-sparked wildfires in California merged and made a run to the edge of a grove of ancient sequoias, driving…

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In one stunning afternoon, President Joe Biden was dealt a series of…

By COLLEEN LONG, MICHAEL BALSAMO, NATHAN ELLGREN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With Washington still on edge after…

Associated Press NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida said they are working with the FBI to find 23-year-old Brian Laundrie, whose girlfriend…

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — A small earthquake has shaken the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, but there aren’t any immediate reports of major…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has held emergency consultations on Somalia’s worsening…

By ROD McGUIRK and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s foreign minister has denounced what he called the “duplicity, disdain…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A judge formally approved a plan Friday to turn OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma into a new company no longer owned…

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Federal officials say they will investigate a fiery Tesla crash that left two people dead in South Florida. The National…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — About 500 Haitians headed toward the U.S. border have been ordered off buses by Mexican immigration authorities. Some of the…

MENOMONIE, Wis. (AP) — A suspect in the shooting deaths of four Minnesotans who were found in an abandoned SUV in Wisconsin has surrendered to…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Republicans didn’t draw the huge turnout they needed…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A set of empty chairs and desks at the U.N. headquarters is symbolizing the coronavirus pandemic’s toll on education.…

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian state television says former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who fought for independence from France and…

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — A California prison guard has been arrested on suspicion of beating a Wells Fargo branch manager and calling him a…

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 22-year-old former nursing student pleaded guilty to the murder of one person and the attempted…

By BOUBACAR DIALLO and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea’s ruling junta says that deposed President Alpha Conde…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A federal jury in Delaware has awarded $1.5 million to the daughter of a former Delaware…

SALIDA, Colo. (AP) — A judge has ruled there’s enough evidence for the case to proceed against a southern Colorado man who was charged with…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — A Los Angeles jury convicted Robert Durst on Friday of murdering his best friend 20 years…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly is relying on an honor system to ensure that world leaders have…

By BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah county sheriff said Friday detectives have determined there is no connection between…