Author Archives: Associated Press

By Kathleen Ronayne, The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Insurance claims from last month's California wildfires already are at $9 billion and expected to increase, the state's insurance commiss...

NEW YORK - Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's once-devoted lawyer and all-around fixer, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for allowing what he said was his "blind loyalty" to Trump...

LONDON - British Conservative lawmakers forced a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May for Wednesday, throwing U.K. politics deeper into crisis and Brexit further into doubt. May vowed to f...

By Angela Charlton, The Associated Press Paris tourist sites reopened, workers cleaned up broken glass and shop owners tried to put the city on its feet again Sunday, a day after running battles betwe...

By Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A SpaceX delivery full of Christmas goodies arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, following a slight delay caused by a com...

By Angela Charlton And John Leicester, The Associated Press PARIS - French riot police fired tear gas and water cannon in Paris on Saturday, trying to stop thousands of yellow-vested protesters from c...

HOUSTON - George H.W. Bush, who shaped history as America's 41st president and patriarch of a family that occupied the White House for a dozen years, is going to his final rest Thursday in Texas. More...

WASHINGTON - The nation's capital embraced George H.W. Bush in death with solemn ceremony and high tributes to his service and decency, as the remains of the 41st president took their place in the Cap...

By Sylvie Corbet, The Associated Press PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron visited the graffiti-damaged Arc de Triomphe monument and held an emergency meeting on security Sunday, a day after cent...

By Michael Graczyk, The Associated Press HOUSTON - He was the man who sought a "kinder, and gentler nation," and the one who sternly invited Americans to read his lips - he would not raise taxes. He w...