AP National News

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s first earth observation satellite has been launched into space after two…

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary force battled fiercely in the capital and other areas, dealing a new blow to…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A self-portrait shows Nothando Chiwanga covering her face with a yellow miner’s…

By THIBAULT CAMUS Associated Press A week ago, I traveled with a group of journalists assigned to cover French President Emmanuel Macron’s trip to…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China’s senior official overseeing Hong Kong’s affairs says that protests are not the only way…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese basketball authorities have ordered an investigation into a championship-round game that ended with a last-minute,…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — With a bagpiper playing “The Bells of Dunblane” and a few runners looking on, families of those…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and FOSTER KLUG Associated Press WAKAYAMA, Japan (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed Saturday…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer HANOI (AP) — Fifty years after the last U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam, Secretary of State Antony…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Friday he will shut down Notimex, a national news agency that has…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Silicon Valley city councilman has been charged with perjury after he allegedly lied about leaking a grand jury report to…

By AMY BETH HANSON and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s House gave final passage Friday to a bill banning the…

By DEBORÁ REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — With trembling hands, the bingo players at a Buenos Aires retirement center put the…

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Waiting two weeks to experience their first loss of the season didn’t make defeat any easier for…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence ramped up his criticism of fellow Republicans at a GOP donor…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has cleared the final hurdle for launching its new giant Starship from Texas…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says he’s not making much money from his social media…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Ellie Bridgman spent her Thursday night shift at a local gas station in Union, Missouri,…

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A grand jury has indicted an Alaska children’s book illustrator on charges of terroristic threatening after authorities…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican prosecutors say they have arrested three more officials of the country’s immigration agency for a fire at a detention…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities in northwestern New Mexico on Friday released body camera footage of…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Prosecutors in Washington state have charged former NBA star Shawn Kemp with first-degree assault…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland joined members of Nevada’s congressional delegation and tribal leaders on…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill on Friday that could have penalized doctors accused of not providing enough care to…

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press The tiny rain-fed wildflowers, no bigger than a few inches, are so vivid and abundant across California this year…

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md. __ NBC’s “Meet…

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge has won a dispute over trademarks used to promote the New York Yankees slugger. The U.S. Patent and Trademark…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Libertarians lined up with Democrats on Friday against a proposal that would effectively…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man has been ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison for hiring a hitman…

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Foothill areas of Sequoia National Park reopened to the public Friday following extensive storm damage to…

SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered the country’s federal police to take testimony from former President Jair…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A mom accused of killing her two youngest children and a romantic rival described some people as possessed or “zombies,”…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A man in Chile is infected with a bird flu that has concerning mutations, but the threat to people…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Step into a U.S. military recreation hall at a base almost anywhere in the world and you’re bound…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Gov. Kim Reynolds that…

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Peyton List’s new series “School Spirits” is a YA mystery where she stars as a dead teen stuck in limbo…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s largest banks appear to be weathering the current turmoil in their industry just…

NOMAAN MERCHANT and MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press DIGHTON, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking highly…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The “giant pothole” that Arnold Schwarzenegger said he recently filled on a street in his Los Angeles neighborhood was…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Putin on Friday signed a bill allowing authorities to issue electronic notices to draftees and reservists amid the…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, COLLEEN LONG and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press KNOCK, Ireland (AP) — President Joe Biden was moved to tears on Friday during…

By JESSE BEDAYN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A trio of health care bills enshrining access to abortion and…

By FARES AKRAM Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Iran’s president has delivered an unprecedented speech to an annual pro-Palestinian…