Jeff Webb, the founder of Varsity Spirit who helped turn cheerleading into a sport recognized by the International Olympic Committee, has died

Conservatives are holding one of their largest annual gatherings as President Donald Trump faces a tough moment and a growing rift over the war in Iran

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to France this week to try to sell America’s skeptical Group of Seven allies on the Iran war that has sent global fuel prices soaring

Officials say an oil refinery fire near the Texas coast has been put out and a shelter-in-place order has been lifted, hours after a large explosion at the complex shot plumes of smoke into the air

A U.N. Security Council resolution calling for countries to use “all necessary means” to keep the Strait of Hormuz open is facing some opposition for raising the possibility of U.N.-backed military action against Iran

California jury awards woman a total of nearly $60 million after finding that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted her in 1972

A prosecutor says a former upstate New York prison guard repeatedly stomped on the head of a 22-year-old inmate during a brutal beating by a group of guards

Georgia lawmakers may require that every public school student be checked for weapons each day

A New Mexico jury finds that social media conglomerate Meta is harmful to children’s mental health and in violation of state consumer protection law

Jewish and Muslim communities in the United States observed some of the most sacred holidays of their respective religions despite increased security measures and concerns over hateful rhetoric as the war in the Middle East continues

Lawmakers in states where abortion is already banned are focusing on measures intended to crack down on abortion pills

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether mail ballots that arrive after Election Day should be counted

European Union and Australia agree on text of free trade pact and announce a new defense partnership

A U.S. Park Police officer was seriously wounded Monday evening in Washington in what law enforcement officials called an ambush

Investigators are continuing to delve into what caused the high speed crash between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport

Maryland authorities say a professional cornhole player who is also a quadruple amputee fatally shot a passenger in the front seat of a car he was driving during an argument

Minnesota officials have filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of withholding evidence related to three shootings by federal officers, including the shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti

Crews are evaluating damage from a surprise downpour that sent floodwaters raging through a neighborhood near downtown Honolulu

More than 2,000 people remain without power Sunday afternoon because of historic flooding in Hawaii

A coalition of preservation groups is suing to stop major physical changes at the Kennedy Center under President Donald Trump’s renovation plans

Some journalists at Voice of America charged in a lawsuit Monday that the Trump administration — while largely shutting down the government-run outlet that provides news around the world — wants the operation to be more of a voice for propaganda

The Rev. Edward Flanagan, who founded the renowned Boys Town home for at-risk youth in Nebraska, is one step closer to possible sainthood

The Department of Interior says a French energy company has agreed to give up two U.S. offshore wind leases and invest in fossil fuel projects instead

The United States and Iran are threatening to target critical infrastructure as the war in the Middle East puts lives and livelihoods at risk

A new AAPI Data/AP-NORC poll finds that most Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders believe President Donald Trump has done more harm than good on the issue of immigration and border security in his second term so far

British police are hunting three suspects after an arson attack on ambulances that has left Britain's Jewish community feeling vulnerable

Airstrikes battered Iran and Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel’s Tel Aviv and sites across the Mideast

The European Union and Australia have agreed on the final text of a free trade agreement some two years after negotiations broke down over Australian demands for more red meat market access and complaints about Australian products labeled with traditio...

The USGS says a strong preliminary magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean on Tuesday

Cyprus has raised concerns that it was kept in the dark when a Shahed drone struck a hangar at a British air base on the island’s southern coastline minutes after midnight on March 2

European Union and Australia agree on text of free trade pact and announce a new defense partnership

A veil of blossoming trees unfolds each spring across the plains of Greece’s largest peach-producing region

Russia has unleashed a massive drone and missile barrage on civilian areas of Ukraine and is stepping up ground attacks along the front

Japanese authorities have confirmed the arrest of a Japanese army soldier on suspicion of trespass, a day after China protested over an alleged break-in at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo

Cambodia says fighting with Thailand has left the Preah Vihear temple badly damaged and too dangerous for visitors

Colombia’s attorney general says her office has obtained arrest warrants for seven members of a rebel group for the killing of Miguel Uribe, a conservative presidential hopeful who was shot in the head during a rally in Bogota in June 2025

Vietnam and Russia have signed a deal to build a nuclear power plant, marking a revival of Hanoi’s nuclear ambitions

Thousands marched in Buenos Aires and across Argentina to mark 50 years since the 1976 military coup that led to a dictatorship responsible for widespread human rights abuses

The first ship of an international flotilla bringing humanitarian aid to Cuba has arrived in Havana loaded with solar panels, bicycles, food and medicine as the island’s economic and energy crises deepen

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged to irreversibly cement his country’s status as a nuclear power while maintaining a hard-line stance toward South Korea, which he called the “most hostile” state

An exit poll pointed to a disappointing showing for the party of Denmark’s prime minister in an election

Iran names Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr as new secretary of Supreme National Security Council, replacing late Ali Larijani

Rescue teams in northern Germany are working to refloat a humpback whale stranded in shallow water in the Baltic Sea

Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, has emerged as a possible U.S. contact for talks even as the Iranian leadership remains under fire during the war

Lebanon withdraws accreditation of Iran's ambassador and orders him to leave country

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has questioned the use of secondhand planes by his nation’s armed forces

Journalists and civilians have been held in shipping containers under brutal conditions by M23 rebels in eastern Congo, according to the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) group

A Thai court on Tuesday found a major gold mine operator liable for pollution that has harmed nearby villagers, in a ruling that could influence future environmental lawsuits

French financial prosecutors say searches were carried out at several locations, including the Paris arm of Swiss private bank Edmond de Rothschild, as part of an investigation tied to revelations from the Jeffrey Epstein files

A top Brazilian justice has granted former President Jair Bolsonaro permission to serve his 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at home instead of in prison because of his failing health