AP National News

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — At least 16 people have died in floods and mudslides in Sri Lanka following more than a week of heavy rain. The disaster…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has hosted senior security officials from Russia, Iran and five Central Asian countries to…

By JOSH BOAK and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — President Joe Biden is touting his $1 trillion infrastructure plan as an eventual…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Women — and some men — in Congress have been fighting for government…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An activist group says South Korea has rejected refugee status for four ethnic Chinese…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At least 13 former Trump administration officials violated the law by intermingling campaigning…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to block the release…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, ERIC TUCKER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House investigators have issued subpoenas to 10 more former…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Rudd has been crowned as 2021’s Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine.…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As vaccination rates rise in many parts of the world and even countries that previously had…

By JANIE HAR Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — U.S. food banks dealing with increased demand from families sidelined by the pandemic now face…

By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors have concluded testimony at Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial after…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom will visit a COVID-19 vaccine and flu shot clinic in Los…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Legal experts say Kyle Rittenhouse held his own on the witness stand. Rittenhouse is…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Writers BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Never in its 50-year history has Starbucks relied on union…

By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse testified Wednesday that he was under attack…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The lawyer for an American journalist jailed in Myanmar for more than five months says his client has…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s police chief says organizers of the Astroworld music festival haven’t provided…

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese military forces are holding exercises near Taiwan in response to a visit by a U.S. congressional delegation to the island.…

By DAVID RISING and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — An autistic Cambodian teenager has been released from prison after…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Making coronavirus vaccines more accessible and reducing carbon emissions were two…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Fumio Kishida is set to be reelected as Japan’s prime minister after clearing the first major…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to block the release…

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli has won his second acquittal on charges he tapped the phones of opponents and…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Salvadoran immigrant who admitted fatally shooting four people during a two-week rampage in…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Myanmar has sentenced two members of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party to…