AP National News

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press HOUMA, La. (AP) — When Hurricane Ida swept ashore, the town of Houma was the first major population center in…

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban say they have seized the last province not in their control after their…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press CHATHAM, Mass. (AP) — Cape Cod is slowly embracing its shark reputation, three summers after the popular…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — In Thailand’s worst coronavirus surge yet, lockdown measures have reduced what little Bangkok’s…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The southern winter that just ended in New Zealand was the warmest ever recorded, and…

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press SARATOGA, Wyo. (AP) — The North Platte River in southern Wyoming is flowing low, slow and warm — not great…

BERLIN (AP) — The German Foreign Ministry says the country’s new ambassador to China, who was previously a senior adviser to Chancellor…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Police have arrested a man who allegedly attacked with a pickax a car carrying Japan’s…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Ask anyone old enough to remember travel before Sept. 11, 2001, and you’re likely to get a…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libyan officials say they have released one of Muammar Gadhafi’s sons after more than seven years of…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s World Cup qualifier against Argentina has been suspended amid chaotic scenes…

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Salvage crews have finished cutting apart the last two sections of a cargo ship that overturned along the Georgia…

By DAVID PORTER and CRAIG RUTTLE Associated Press PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) — As residents and businesses across New Jersey spent the holiday weekend…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a gay substitute teacher was wrongfully fired by a Roman Catholic school after he announced…

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Police say seven people were hurt after a gunman fired into a crowd of people in Georgia. Athens-Clarke County police say the…

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Nicolai Højgaard sunk a birdie putt on the 18th hole to win the Italian Open a…

By LISA RATHKE and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press The destruction left by the remnants of Hurricane Ida have officials and experts agreeing that…

HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say firefighters found two adults and two children dead of apparent gunshot wounds after extinguishing a blaze at a…

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea’s World Cup qualifier against Morocco has been postponed after a Guinean army colonel seized control of state…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — On what’s traditionally one of the sleepiest weekends at the movies, the Marvel film “Shang-Chi…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — As patients stream into Mississippi hospitals, doctors and nurses have…

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people forced to flee South Lake Tahoe because of a California wildfire could begin to return…

BERLIN (AP) — A 29-year-old Afghan man in Germany has attacked and severely injured a 58-year-old landscape gardener who was working in a park in…

BANGKOK (AP) — Protesters have rallied in the Thai capital Bangkok, seeking to rejuvenate their movement to oust the country’s prime minister and…

By ANGELA CHARLTON and ALEX TURNBULL Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat watched with fascination as Taliban fighters…