Author Archives: Associated Press

By Mesfin Fekadu NEW YORK - The Swedish-born producer and DJ known as Avicii has been found dead in Oman. Publicist Diana Baron said in a statement that the 28-year-old DJ, born Tim Bergling, was in M...

HOUSTON - Former first lady Barbara Bush is in "failing health" and won't seek additional medical treatment, a Bush family spokesman said Sunday. "Following a recent series of hospitalizations, and af...

By Mesfin Fekadu, The Associated Press Country music is making a major return to Las Vegas with the 2018 ACM Awards, six months after a lone gunman killed 58 people at a country music festival in Sin ...

By Mesfin Fekadu, The Associated Press CLEVELAND - Bon Jovi, the Cars and four first-time nominees, including Nina Simone, will be inducted as the 2018 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class. Dire Straits...

Robert Burns, Jill Colvin And Zeke Miller, The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Allied missiles struck at the heart of Syrian chemical weapons arsenal in a show of force and resolve aimed at punishing th...

WASHINGTON - The Latest on U.S.-led missile strikes on Syria (all times local): 10 a.m. The Pentagon is backing President Donald Trump's assertion that the missile strikes on Syria were "Mission Accom...

WASHINGTON - The United States, France and Britain together launched military strikes in Syria to punish President Bashar Assad for a suspected chemical attack against civilians and to deter him from ...

By William J. Kole, The Associated Press BOSTON - One was an attacker. One was a volunteer first responder. One lost her leg. Another lost his little boy. And a police officer very nearly lost his own...

NEW YORK - Ultimate fighting star Conor McGregor is facing criminal charges in the wake of a backstage melee he allegedly instigated that has forced the removal of three fights from UFC's biggest card...

By Jeff Chiu And Sudhin Thanawala, The Associated Press SAN BRUNO, Calif. - A woman opened fire at YouTube's headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area Tuesday, wounding three people before she shot a...