Author Archives: Associated Press

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...

By Colleen Barry, The Associated Press MILAN - A lone Italian gunman wounded six African immigrants in a two-hour drive-by shooting spree Saturday in a small Italian city where just days earlier a Nig...

By David Eggert And Mike Householder, The Associated Press CHARLOTTE, Mich. - A distraught father seething over sexual abuse suffered by three daughters tried to attack former sports doctor Larry Nass...

By Colleen Barry, The Associated Press MILAN - A lone gunman opened fire on foreigners in drive-by shootings in a central Italian city, wounding an undisclosed number of people Saturday morning before...

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Associated Press HONOLULU - A former Hawaii state worker who sent a false missile alert last month said Friday he's devastated about causing panic but was "100 per cent...

LOS ANGELES - A wrongful death lawsuit filed against Jim Carrey by the husband and mother of his ex-girlfriend has been dismissed. The suit was dismissed on January 25 in Los Angeles Superior Court. M...