Author Archives: Associated Press

By Fares Akram And Ilan Ben Zion GAZA, Palestinian Territory - Israeli soldiers shot and killed at least 41 Palestinians during mass protests along the Gaza border on Monday. It was the deadliest day ...

By Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin And Matthew Lee, The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Envisioning "a very special moment for world peace," President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will meet North Korea's...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the U.S. will pull out of the landmark nuclear accord with Iran, dealing a profound blow to U.S. allies and potentially deepening the president's ...

PAHOA, Hawaii - Sputtering lava, strong earthquakes and toxic gas jolted the southern part of the Big Island of Hawaii as magma shifted underneath a restless Kilauea volcano. The trifecta of natural t...

NEW YORK - A whole lot of superheroes added up to a whole lot of ticket sales. The superhero smorgasbord "Avengers: Infinity Wars" opened with predictable shock-and-awe, earning $250 million in box of...

The Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia - The pungent smell of the rotten durian fruit at an Australian university library has been mistaken for a gas leak, prompting an evacuation of the building. ...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Bill Cosby was convicted Thursday of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, completing the spectacular late-life downfall of a comedian wh...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Joseph DeAngelo's six-year career as a cop came swiftly to an end after being busted for shoplifting a can of dog repellant and a hammer from a Pay N' Save store in a Sacramento s...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Jurors at Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial are poised to start deliberating after a marathon day of closing arguments that portrayed the comedian both as a calculating predator wh...

NASHVILLE - A nearly naked gunman wearing only a green jacket and brandishing an assault rifle stormed a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville early Sunday, shooting four people to death before a custo...