AP National News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have released video of follow-home robbers targeting a mother with a baby in a stroller after she opened the…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky author Ed McClanahan has died at his home at the age of 89. McClanahan was a friend of counterculture icon Ken…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A person in California has become the first in the U.S. to have an identified…

By JAY REEVES Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s governor is honoring the state’s first Black poet laureate, a creative…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Rep. Peter DeFazio, the longest serving U.S. House member in Oregon’s history, is retiring. The 74-year-old Democrat is the…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The head of Visa says he believes the pandemic caused a permanent shift of how consumers…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that the Federal Reserve can’t be sure that…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization is hailing steps by its member states to launch work…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — An 11-year-old girl who survived a Michigan plane crash that killed her father and three other people has been released…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda deployed foot soldiers inside Congolese territory, intensifying a military…

DALLAS (AP) — Marcus Lamb, CEO and founder of the conservative Christian Daystar Television Network who was outspoken against COVID-19 vaccines,…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska is asking a judge to toss out statements he made to federal authorities who were…

By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer A Miami judge says a summer trial is likely for lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in damages from the…

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A Swedish company that provides customer care call centers and other services to businesses is building its North American…

By PARKER PURIFOY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a crowded scene outside the Supreme Court, where hundreds of abortion debate…

The four teenagers killed by a fellow student at Oxford High School in Michigan are being remembered for their commitment to athletics, art and…

BERLIN (AP) — A court has ruled that German authorities are justified in banning three pornographic websites based in Cyprus from operating in…

By EMILIO MORENATTI Associated Press LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands (AP) — A fresh river of lava from the volcano on Spain’s La Palma…

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian health officials have confirmed a third known case of the omicron coronavirus…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The warming of the planet is taking a deadly toll on seabirds, which are in decline…

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a man who had long been considered a person of interest in the killing of a 21-year-old South Florida woman…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Scientists in Chile have found the fossils of a strange new dinosaur species. This dog-sized dino had a tail…

By MATT OTT AP Business Reporter SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — U.S. manufacturing activity grew at a faster pace in November as companies continue to…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Charlie Baker says he won’t seek a third term as governor of Massachusetts.…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A human rights group in Belarus says authorities have raided the homes of dozens of…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A gang has rammed vehicles into a prison in central Mexico and escaped with nine inmates. It’s one of the most dramatic…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A 69-year-old man drifted in choppy waters for nearly a day while clinging to the bottom of his…

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A U.K. parliamentary committee has criticized government plans to deter migrants…