Author Archives: Associated Press

By Catherine Lucey And Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump offered support Monday for an effort to strengthen the federal gun background check system a...

By Barbara Ortutay, The Associated Press NEW YORK - Facebook is forging ahead with its messaging app for kids, despite child experts who have pressed the company to shut it down and others who questio...

When a gunman opened fire with an AR-15 at a large high school in south Florida, the 17 dead included students and school workers, young and old. Here is a look at the 17 confirmed dead by authorities...

PARKLAND, Fla. - The Latest on the deadly shooting at a Florida high school (all times local): 9:55 p.m. Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel says the 19-year-old suspect in the deadly school shooting,...

By Danica Kirka, The Associated Press LONDON - Oxfam's deputy chief executive resigned Monday, saying she took "full responsibility" for failing to act immediately in the sexual misconduct scandal inv...

By Jim Heintz, The Associated Press MOSCOW - A Russian passenger plane believed to be carrying 71 people crashed Sunday afternoon near Moscow, shortly after takeoff from one of the city's airports. No...

By James Ellingworth, The Associated Press PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - Russia's desperate attempt to get 45 banned athletes - including several medal favourites - into the Pyeongchang Olympics f...

By Nicole Winfield And Eva Vergara, The Associated Press VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis received a victim's letter in 2015 that graphically detailed how a priest sexually abused him and how other Chilean...

By Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press CAYCE, S.C. - A crash between an Amtrak passenger train and a CSX freight train in South Carolina on Sunday killed two people and injured about 70 others, authorit...

By Menna Zaki, The Associated Press CAIRO - Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 4,400-year-old tomb near the country's famed pyramids at the Giza plateau just outside Cairo, the Antiquities Mini...