CANTON, Mich. (AP) - A toddler pulled out a loaded pistol Monday at a daycare in southeast Michigan and a police officer who is one of the child's parents has been taken into custody as the investigation continues, officials said. No one ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate passed a sweeping bipartisan bill on Monday that would regulate college sports, an attempt to end "chaos" in an industry that has been upended by skyrocketing athlete payments and near-unrestricted transfers between schools...

A Utah judge on Monday ordered a 71-year-old man who spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing to be released on bail, despite objections from the victim's family, after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence did not match him. ...

MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Hanna formed Monday in the Atlantic Ocean and isn't threatening land, forecasters said. The storm was located about 870 miles (1,400 kilometers) east-northeast of Bermuda and was moving east, according to an ad...

SpaceX launched its enormous Starship toward orbit for the first time Monday, aiming for six full laps around Earth to prove its readiness for NASA's Artemis moon program. The company stressed that everything needed to be operating proper...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea likely planted the land mines that injured three South Korean soldiers last week along the heavily fortified border separating the countries, South Korea's military said Monday. The preliminary finding could furthe...

FAIRFORD, England (AP) - Five young British men arrested on explosives and terror charges near a U.S.-operated air force base in England were released on bail Monday, and counterterror detectives said they were investigating "multiple lines of inquiry,...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) - Hurricane Nolo was moving away from the Hawaiian Islands on Sunday, but the threat of heavy rain, flash flooding and strong winds persisted in areas still recovering from previous storms. Mexico's Baja Peninsula, meanw...

LOURDES, France (AP) - Pope Leo XIV on Sunday condemned the legalization of medically assisted death as immoral "false compassion," reaffirming Catholic teaching on the sanctity of life during a visit to Lourdes, the French shrine associated with mirac...

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Serbia's populist President Aleksandar Vucic resigned Sunday to pursue a bid to become prime minister in an upcoming early parliamentary election that will test his firm rule in the Balkan country, which was rattled by nearly tw...

BERLIN (AP) - A bus carrying tourists from the Philippines toward the Oktoberfest festival in Munich veered off a highway and overturned on Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring at least eight others, Germany 's dpa news agency reported. ...

BUKAVU, Congo (AP) - A vessel carrying traders capsized in Lake Kivu in eastern Congo, killing at least 12 and leaving dozens missing, authorities said Sunday. The vessel was carrying more than 50 people when it capsized on Saturday night...

LONDON (AP) - U.K. police said that five men arrested in the early hours of Sunday near an air base used by the United States during its war against Iran are being held on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act that appeared to involve three trucks. ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Two separate mass shootings in South African townships within hours of each other have left at least 27 people dead, police said on Sunday. South Africa has struggled with violent crime for years, but recen...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week if the U.S. meets certain conditions. Meanwhile, Iranian media outlets said the country's president has left New York after the ...

PARIS (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of people packed Paris' iconic Champs-Élysées avenue to attend an open-air Mass with Pope Leo XIV on Saturday, a sign of the Catholic Church's enduring appeal in the once staunchly Catholic but officially secular coun...

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - Gunmen opened fire on an ambulance attending the scene of a suicide bomb attack at a roadside police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan that killed at least 12 people on Saturday and wounded about 35 others, officials...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A passenger bus overturned in Iran, killing 11 people and injuring 24 others, state television reported Saturday. The crash occurred on the Saveh-Hamedan freeway in central Markazi province. Provincial traffic police s...

The White House signaled Friday night that CNN would be left off Air Force One for President Donald Trump's Saturday trip, the latest media restriction from the administration in an ongoing dispute with First Amendment implications. The n...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, the White House announced on Friday, using a rare and contested power to axe funding for immigrant services and diversity-focused initiatives. ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday turned away an attempt to use a new Missouri congressional map backed by President Donald Trump, putting an end to a long-running legal dispute as absentee voting is underway in the midterm electio...

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) - Morocco's Authenticity and Modernity Party won the most seats in the country's parliamentary election, taking 97 of 395 seats in the House of Representatives, according to final results announced by the Interior Ministry on F...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - In a story published Sept. 25, 2026, The Associated Press reported Jackson police Detective Samuel Dukes said Tasia Fortune was apparently killed in a drug dispute before her body was hung in a tree in a "staged" lynching. Dukes d...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) - Residents on Hawaii's Big Island were bracing Friday for potentially life-threatening and catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Nolo, while Mexico was still under the threat of Hurricane Polo as it headed toward the Baja Peninsula af...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey 's Democratic lieutenant governor resigned Friday, pushed out by the state's governor after less than a year in office over accusations of ethics lapses and inappropriate behavior with women. Gov. Mikie She...

A new report on Charlie Kirk's assassination says his Turning Point USA organization insisted he speak outdoors despite security concerns, while the university where he was killed didn't properly assess dangers such as the possibility of a rooftop shoo...

NEW YORK (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on a controversial federal voter database before November's elections, granting President Donald Trump a temporary win in his aggressive campaign against noncitizen voting. T...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up his state visit to Washington on Friday by announcing that he expects to meet President Donald Trump two more times before the end of the year, doubling the number of face-to-face discussions be...