Former first lady Michelle Obama is putting new force behind efforts to ensure girls overcome educational barriers in some of the world’s most economically disadvantaged areas

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione say a New York federal judge should dismiss criminal charges, including a death-eligible count, from a federal indictment brought against him in the December assassination of UnitedHealthcare's chief executive

Officials are investigating a blast that leveled an explosives plant in rural Tennessee, as families of the 18 people missing and feared dead wait anxiously for answers

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A family cleaning their backyard in New Orleans discovered an unusual marble tablet with some characters in Latin

Venezuelans in the U.S. are welcoming the news that opposition leader leader Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Price

National Guard troops have started patrolling in Memphis, Tennessee

Two jurors who voted in June to convict Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault said they regret the decision and only did so because others on the panel bullied them, the former movie mogul’s lawyers said in a newly public court filing

New York Attorney General Letitia James has battled big tech, opioid manufacturers and the National Rifle Association

The Trump administration has provided a $300 million infusion to a food aid program for low-income mothers and children, easing concerns about funding during the government shutdown

A South Carolina inmate who spent 42 years on death row has died of natural causes at a prison hospital

A North Carolina state legislator accused of sex-related crimes involving a 15-year-old has received a bond just over $1 million

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military is moving forward with plans to build a dedicated facility in Idaho to train pilots from Qatar, an important U.S. ally in the Middle East

Questions have been swirling for weeks over whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents might target the Chicago Marathon

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he understands the frustrations and worries of air traffic controllers who have to work without a paycheck during the government shutdown, but he and the union that represents controllers are also now emphasizin...

Authorities in southeast Georgia have arrested a woman in connection with the death of an 86-year-old woman who was mauled by two dogs

A retired Army officer has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for conspiring to transmit classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine on a foreign dating platform

MIT's president said she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump’s political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding

A powerful blast has ripped through a military explosives manufacturing plant in rural Tennessee

Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell sent a letter to Big Ten presidents, warning that a move into private equity could have negative consequences, including impacting the schools’ tax-exempt status

Houses of worship have faced various types of attacks throughout history, but such assaults are not relics of the past

Statistically, attending a weekly worship service is a remarkably safe thing to do

Indiana officials have executed a man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl

Subtropical Storm Karen forms far from land in the north Atlantic Ocean

The Senate has voted to repeal the resolution that authorized the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, following a House vote last month that would return the basic war power to Congress more than two decades later

Visitors to Athens can now enjoy an unobstructed view of the Parthenon

Wolfgang Bivour, a renowned fungi expert in Germany, leads mushroom hunting tours near Potsdam

Power was restored to more than 800,000 residents in Kyiv on Saturday following major Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid that wounded at least 20 people and caused widespread blackouts

Pakistani police say at least seven officers and six militants were killed after gunmen attacked a police training center in the country's northwest

The people of Seychelles were voting Saturday in a runoff between President Wavel Ramkalawan and opposition challenger Patrick Herminie, whose party seeks a return to power after previously ruling the country for four decades

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un showcases his military's most powerful weapons at a massive parade attended by foreign leaders

Authorities report that heavy rains in central and southeastern Mexico have caused flooding, leading to at least 22 deaths

Haiti’s government has pledged to respond quickly to growing hunger in the troubled Caribbean country as a new report warns that more than half the population is experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse

The U.N. human rights chief says fighting in western Sudan has killed at least 53 civilians and wounded over 60 others

Peruvians woke up to their seventh president in less than a decade Friday

María Corina Machado, a key figure in Venezuela's opposition, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

At least three gunmen have attacked a main house of worship of the Ahmadi sect in eastern Pakistan, wounding six worshippers

The Taliban government accuses Pakistan of bombing Kabul and a market in eastern Afghanistan

Burkina Faso said it has refused a proposal from the Trump administration to accept deportees from the United States

Judges at the International Criminal Court have rejected a request from former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to be released from detention

NATO has announced that its major annual nuclear exercise, "Steadfast Noon," is starting next week

Officials say violent clashes have erupted between police and Islamists in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore after security forces tried to stop thousands of demonstrators from leaving for the national capital, Islamabad where they planned to stage a p...

Two Chinese warships have arrived on what China called a friendship and training visit to Cambodia, Beijing’s closest ally in Southeast Asia, at a time of some diplomatic disquiet

Japan's Komeito says it is leaving the coalition with the ruling Liberal Democrats, citing a failure to clean up graft

Pakistan's military says its security forces have killed 30 militants in multiple raids on Pakistani Taliban hideouts in the country's northwestern region where insurgents this week ambushed a security convoy, killing 11 soldiers

South Korean investigators on Friday have indicted the 82-year-old leader of the Unification Church, Hak Ja Han, over allegations that she instructed church officials to bribe the wife of jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol and a conservative lawmake...

Peru’s Congress votes to remove President Boluarte as a crime wave grips the country

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te has pledged to accelerate the building of a “T-Dome” air defense system in the face of the threat from China

A shooting at a concert in Peru's capital has intensified calls for President Dina Boluarte's removal

Tsunami threat widens to parts of Indonesia and Palau after earthquake off southern Philippines

He says the issue may come up when he meets with Vice President JD Vance later this week.

Democrats are trying to block the redraw in the state by denying the state legislature a quorum.

The co-host of "The Breakfast Club" radio show labeled the president as “Donkey of the Day” on Monday.

The Texas governor's court threat could take months to resolve — despite a fast-approaching redistricting deadline.

Ritchie Torres is threading a needle after emphatic defense of Israel for most of the war.

There's little evidence so far that Democrats are going to crash the gates of Washington.

The Delaware congresswoman also explains why voters “feel like Democrats have sort of been assholes to them” and what the party must do to win them back.

Possible 2028 contenders’ leadership PACs have raised and spent millions of dollars combined this year, new filings show.

They spoke from a Democratic Governors Association meeting in the purple state of Wisconsin.

The former governor is six points up in what will be one of the most competitive Senate races in the country next year.

The president can’t run again, but he can put his war chest to use next year.

Rep. Sara Jacobs represents her party's dilemma.

The next week, he said he was starting a third party.

Joe Biden is staffed by only one or two aides. He holes up for hours at a time in Delaware working on his memoir with a new ghostwriter, while undergoing treatment for an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Welcome to life after the White House.

Ottawa’s recognition of Palestinian statehood will make it “very hard” to reach an agreement, the U.S. president warned.

The former North Carolina governor set a fundraising record with his day-one haul for his Senate campaign.

He joins an increasingly crowded field hoping to take control of one of South Carolina’s Senate seats.

The Food and Drug Administration commissioner reveals what health officials are prioritizing in a forthcoming report on childhood chronic disease.

The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has brought this week’s Nobel announcements to a conclusion

Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction and more than half of bird species around the world are declining

Tsunami threat widens to parts of Indonesia and Palau after earthquake off southern Philippines

Philippine seismologists say that a new offshore earthquake with a preliminary 6.9 magnitude hit the same southern region struck earlier by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4

Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, a target of false conspiracy theories since the 2020 election, has been bought by a firm run by a former Republican elections official

Federal auto safety regulators have opened yet another investigation into Tesla’s so-called full-self driving technology after dozens of incidents in which the electric vehicle maker’s cars ran red lights or drove on the wrong side of the road, sometim...

Meteorologists say La Nina has arrived, bringing cooler weather patterns worldwide

Ferrari has raised its 2025 financial forecast despite facing 15% tariffs on foreign car imports to the U.S. The company on Thursday unveiled the powertrain and chassis of its first fully electric vehicle the Ferrari Elettrica set for delivery late nex...

China has outlined new curbs on exports of rare earths and related technologies, extending controls over the use of the elements critical for many products

Apple has introduced a new call screening feature for iPhone users to combat nuisance calls

Financial institutions are raising concerns about a potential AI investment bubble

This year’s Nobel Prize science winners got the good news from early morning phone calls and door knocks

Verizon has signed a deal to provide cellular service from space through AST SpaceMobile beginning next year

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Tesla announced the launch of cheaper versions of two of its electric vehicles Tuesday in hopes of reviving flagging sales

The U.S. government shutdown could raise a caution flag for private companies considering a move to the public market for investors

Deloitte Australia will partially refund the Australian government for a report filled with apparent AI-generated errors

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to protect Google from a year-old order requiring a major makeover of its Android app store

October’s supermoon — a phenomenon when the moon is closest to earth, making it appear larger and brighter — is the first of three this year. The subtle difference can be observed without special equipment if skies are clear. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

FIFA is employing an alternative review system that allows coaches to appeal two referee’s decisions per match at the Under-20 soccer World Cup in Chile

AMD is announcing a deal to supply its chips to OpenAI for building AI infrastructure

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Mysterious drone flights over the airspace of European Union member countries in recent weeks have alarmed the public and elected officials

The first supermoon of the year is almost here

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John Lodge, the singer and bassist of The Moody Blues, has died at 82

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are urging parents to stand against wealthy social media companies that they said prey upon children with algorithms designed to exploit personal data

Angel Reese is getting a pair of wings

For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, visitors to Rome’s Colosseum can walk through a hidden imperial passage

Kiss rock star Gene Simmons is recovering after he fainted while driving along California’s Pacific Coast Highway and crashed his SUV into a parked car

Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel Prize in literature

Sharing a Glasgow hotel with pop star Katy Perry hasn’t been much of a distraction for Scotland coach Steve Clarke as he prepares his team for two crucial World Cup qualifiers this week

Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai has won the Nobel Prize in literature for his "compelling and visionary oeuvre."

In Luca Guadagnino's “After the Hunt” Yale academics go at each other on everything from Foucault to feminism in a psychological battle set across a #MeToo minefield

Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny’s music catalog has seen a jump in streams since his 2026 Super Bowl halftime performance was announced last week

A star-studded lineup of music icons is set to present at this year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony

Turkish authorities are questioning several high-profile celebrities in a drugs-related investigation

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Tenor Rolando Villazón has made his Metropolitan Opera directing debut with Bellini's “La Sonnambula.”

Filmmaker Derek Cianfrance goes to extreme lengths to make immersive environments for his actors

Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edebiri did not expect some of the discourse around “After the Hunt.”

Taylor Swift did not turn down the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show

The Skins Game is returning to Thanksgiving weekend with a few twists

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations

Five years after their influential drummer Neil Peart died of glioblastoma, the Canadian band Rush have announced a reunion tour Monday

Taylor Swift's new film, “The Official Release Party of a Show Girl,” has topped the weekend box office with $33 million in North America

The 190th Oktoberfest has come to a close, wrapping up the world’s largest folk festival with the traditional Bavarian marksmen’s gun salute in Munich, after a bomb threat closed it for hours last week

A Lebanese pop star turned wanted militant has surrendered to military intelligence after 12 years on the run

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