AP National News

By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida searched a vast wildlife reserve near the Gulf Coast for 23-year-old…

THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — Two lightning-sparked wildfires in California merged and made a run to the edge of a grove of ancient sequoias, driving…

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In one stunning afternoon, President Joe Biden was dealt a series of…

By COLLEEN LONG, MICHAEL BALSAMO, NATHAN ELLGREN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With Washington still on edge after…

Associated Press NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida said they are working with the FBI to find 23-year-old Brian Laundrie, whose girlfriend…

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — A small earthquake has shaken the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, but there aren’t any immediate reports of major…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has held emergency consultations on Somalia’s worsening…

By ROD McGUIRK and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s foreign minister has denounced what he called the “duplicity, disdain…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A judge formally approved a plan Friday to turn OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma into a new company no longer owned…

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Federal officials say they will investigate a fiery Tesla crash that left two people dead in South Florida. The National…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Republicans didn’t draw the huge turnout they needed…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A set of empty chairs and desks at the U.N. headquarters is symbolizing the coronavirus pandemic’s toll on education.…

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian state television says former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who fought for independence from France and…

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — A California prison guard has been arrested on suspicion of beating a Wells Fargo branch manager and calling him a…

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 22-year-old former nursing student pleaded guilty to the murder of one person and the attempted…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A federal jury in Delaware has awarded $1.5 million to the daughter of a former Delaware…

SALIDA, Colo. (AP) — A judge has ruled there’s enough evidence for the case to proceed against a southern Colorado man who was charged with…

MENOMONIE, Wis. (AP) — A suspect in the shooting deaths of four Minnesotans who were found in an abandoned SUV in Wisconsin has surrendered to…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — A Los Angeles jury convicted Robert Durst on Friday of murdering his best friend 20 years…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly is relying on an honor system to ensure that world leaders have…

By BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah county sheriff said Friday detectives have determined there is no connection between…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors are inching closer to concluding their case at the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial, calling two final…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A longtime prison reform advocate in Tennessee says he’s being held in solitary…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Navy is conducting a deep-sea search for the remains of five sailors and the wreckage of a Navy helicopter that spun out on an…

By JOHN HANNA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kids across the U.S. are posting TikTok videos of themselves smashing…