Author Archives: Associated Press

Revelers around the globe are bidding farewell Monday to a year filled with challenges to many of the world's most basic institutions, including politics, trade, alliances and religion. Fireworks, spi...

BETHEL, N.Y. - A three-day music festival will be held in August 2019 at the original Woodstock concert site to mark the 50th anniversary of the historic event. The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, a...

By Nomaan Merchant, The Associated Press HOUSTON - U.S. Customs and Border Protection ordered medical checks on every child in its custody Tuesday after an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died, marking ...

WASHINGTON - Irritated with the criticism and fallout from Defence Secretary Jim Mattis' resignation, President Donald Trump on Sunday pushed the Pentagon chief out the door two months earlier than pl...

London's Gatwick Airport was plagued by long lines and flight delays Saturday but no new drone sightings, allowing British officials to hope the worse was over after two people were arrested in connec...

By Lisa Mascaro, Matthew Daly And Zeke Miller, The Associated Press WASHINGTON - A partial federal shutdown took hold early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump's demands fo...

By Raphael Satter And Elena Becatoros, The Associated Press PARIS - Tear gas billowed Saturday across the protest-scarred Champs-Elysees after a day of largely peaceful demonstrations in Paris and a w...

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...