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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A man and two women were killed in the shootings Monday afternoon inside a South Carolina home.
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The number of people who came in families also likely reached its second-highest total on record.
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Investigators conducting an inquiry into sexual harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo questioned him for eleven hours when he met with them last month, according to The New York Times.
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The eviction system, which saw a dramatic drop in cases before a federal moratorium expired over the weekend, rumbled back into action Monday, with activists girding for the first of what could be millions of affected tenants to be tossed onto the street.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sought to speed up consideration of a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package Monday, promising that Democrats would work with Republicans to put together amendments.
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John Fawcett, who works on the “Kudlow” show hosted by Larry Kudlow on Fox Business Network, claims in his lawsuit filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan that “sexual harassment, sex discrimination, and racial discrimination are still tolerated at Fox.”
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A judge has denied a convicted man’s request for a new trial in the 2018 killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts.
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A campaign to put Missouri’s new gas tax increase to a public vote has been tabled.
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DaBaby, whose real name is Jonathan Kirk, apologized to the LGBTQ+ community for his “hurtful and triggering” comments.
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Nick Saban is set to make $8.7 million this year with annual raises of $400,000.
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Kathy Griffin has revealed that she is undergoing surgery for lung cancer and her doctors are optimistic she “should be up and running around as usual in a month or less.”
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Two leading obstetricians’ groups on Friday recommended COVID-19 shots for all pregnant women, citing concerns over rising cases and low vaccination rates.
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Nearly 22,000 firefighters and support personnel were battling 91 large, active wildfires covering 2,813 square miles in mostly western states,
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Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard finally got to compete at the Tokyo Olympics.
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A German court has set a trial date for a 100-year-old man who is charged with 3,518 counts of accessory to murder on allegations he served as a Nazi SS guard at a concentration camp on the outskirts of Berlin during World War II.
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Eight judges already have been confirmed, including potential Supreme Court pick Ketanji Brown Jackson to the federal appeals court in Washington. More than 30 other judicial nominations are pending for more than 100 openings.
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The 21-year-old from Arizona bounced back from a frightening stumble during the vault final on Sunday to claim the top spot on floor.
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Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory that competes under its own flag at the Olympics, has one more track gold medal than the deepest team at the Games as the meet approaches its halfway point.
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An animal welfare proposition approved overwhelmingly by voters in 2018 requires more space for breeding pigs, egg-laying chickens and veal calves.
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The bipartisan bill calls for what could be one of the more substantial expenditures on the nation’s roads, bridges, waterworks, broadband and the electric grid in years.
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Anger and frustration mounted in Congress over the weekend as a nationwide eviction moratorium expired during a surge in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Firefighters in Oregon reported good progress in the battle against the nation’s largest wildfire, while authorities canceled evacuation orders near a major blaze in Northern California.
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Florida has broken a previous record for current hospitalizations due to COVID-19.
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Rapper DaBaby has been cut from the final day of Lollapalooza's lineup following crude and homophobic remarks he made last week at a Miami-area music festival.
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Marcell Jacobs won the men’s Olympic 100-meter race Sunday night, crossing the line in 9.8 seconds to bring the marquee sprint gold to Italy for the first time.
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San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane denied allegations his wife made on social media that he bet on NHL games, including against his own team.
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Police say at least 10 people were wounded when two men opened fire on a large crowd in the New York City borough of Queens.
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Three Arkansas police officers have been placed on administrative leave after a man died while in their custody.
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Fauci said he doesn’t foresee additional lockdowns in the U.S. because he believes enough people are vaccinated to avoid a recurrence of last winter, but he said not enough are inoculated to “crush the outbreak” at this point.
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The U.S. won bronze five years ago in Rio de Janeiro and brought back eight players from that team.
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Police are working with prosecutors to add a second murder count against the suspected shooter.
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Nina Derwael of Belgium won the gold medal in the uneven bars and Olympic all-around gymnastics champion Sunisa Lee added a bronze medal to her haul at the Tokyo Games.
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Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade captured the gold, and Yeo Seojeong of Korea took the bronze.
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Clergy, politicians, constituents and musicians all spoke out about the proposals to impose voter ID requirements, limit ballot drop boxes and mail voting, and strip local officials of their election authority.
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FINA banned use of the Soul Cap for natural hair in the Tokyo Games in a decision many decried as yet another example of the lack of diversity in swimming.
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The competition was so tense that on the final hole, nine players were still in the running for all three medals.
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Caeleb Dressel joins an elite club of just four other swimmers ever with at least five gold medals at one games.
The state has become the new national epicenter for the virus, accounting for around a fifth of all new cases in the U.S.
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USA Gymnastics says Biles has not decided whether to participate in Tuesday's balance beam final.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the chamber should be able to process the legislation quickly given the bipartisan support.
The NHL will reportedly investigate claims by Evander Kane’s wife that the San Jose hockey player bet on own games and tried to lose for profit.
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The number of reported coronavirus cases in Arkansas has increased by more than 1,300 and hospitalizations due to COVID-19 is now above 1,100.
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The president, health officials and state leaders are betting the financial incentive will spur hesitant people to get the shot just as the contagious and potentially more powerful delta variant sweeps through parts of the country — particularly those with low vaccination rates.
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She broke a 33-year-old Olympic record held by none other than Florence Griffith Joyner.
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The controversy is unfolding at a time when many Americans are at their wits’ end with pandemic restrictions and others fear their children will be put at risk by those who don’t take the virus seriously enough.
Caeleb Dressel led right from the start and held off Hungary’s Kristof Milak to win in 49.45 seconds, breaking the mark of 49.50 that he set two years ago at the 2019 world championships.
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Katie Ledecky led all the way in a race she hasn’t lost since 2010. But she was pushed hard by Australian rival Ariarne Titmus, who claimed the silver
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The U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in San Francisco, consolidates allegations made in six whistleblower complaints.
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Alexis Saborit was charged Friday with second-degree intentional murder in the knife attack on America Thayer, which happened Wednesday afternoon in Shakopee.
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Russia has been the most prominent target of the anti-doping movement after revelations that it launched a massive state-sponsored program to elude testers ahead of the 2014 Sochi Winter Games.