AP National News

By JOHN ANTCZAK and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has emerged largely unscathed from drenching rainfall and heavy…

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — An electrical engineer who examined the USS Bonhomme Richard after it was destroyed by fire last…

By BRITTANY PETERSON and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Water leaders in California, Arizona and Nevada have signed an agreement…

By KRISTEN GELINEAU, VICTORIA MILKO and LORI HINNANT Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — In February, Myanmar’s military took over the…

By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA and EVENS SANON Associated Press CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) — Nelly Joseph picked through the twisted metal roofing,…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jurors at the Kim Potter trial are getting two versions of the officer who…

By SCOTT BAUER and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A use-of-force expert has testified that former Minnesota police officer Kim…

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has delivered its first formal response to Republican Rep. Lauren…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A group of six French lawmakers has arrived in Taiwan for a five-day visit, following a similar trip led by a group of French…

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United Arab Emirates is suspending talks on a $23 billion deal to purchase American-made…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Halting its steps toward normalcy, South Korea will clamp down on social gatherings and cut the hours of some businesses…

By The Associated Press Melting glaciers, deadly floods in Germany, record high summer temperatures in generally mild Oregon, more urgent pleas for…

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s mayor has announced even more initiatives aimed at curbing open drug use…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has topped 800,000. That is according to the count kept by Johns Hopkins…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Since taking power 10 years ago, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has cherished his…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Next week’s launch of NASA’s new space telescope is delayed for at least…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials and family members have marked the renaming of the busy Las Vegas airport as Harry Reid International Airport. Reid…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife officials have advanced plans that could allow grizzly bear hunting in…

BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Charges are expected soon for a Minnesota grocery cart delivery worker accused of driving over sacks of food meant for an…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by former President Donald Trump in his…

By The Associated Press The year started with a lot of promise. The world had a vaccine. And even as the planet reached 2 million dead by the middle…

By The Associated Press The Associated Press spent months contacting hundreds of local election offices in the political battleground states where…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says the investigation he ordered into the…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The star-filled readings of old episodes of ‘The Facts of Life’ and ‘Diff’rent…