The Associated Press

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Updated: 25 minutes ago
|By The Associated Press and NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press
Israel says it will maintain the truce if Hamas keeps freeing hostages, but its other major goal, the annihilation of the militant group, could be slipping out of reach.
Updated: 28 minutes ago
|By The Associated Press and MATTHEW BROWN
About 300 surviving animals in the contiguous U.S. live in fragmented, isolated groups at high elevations.
Updated: 34 minutes ago
|By The Associated Press
Rosalynn Carter will be buried in view of the front porch of the home where the 39th American president still lives.
Updated: 1 hour ago
|By The Associated Press and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press
Coast guard aircraft and patrol boats found one person, who was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, and gray-colored debris believed to be from the aircraft, an official said.
Trump embraces the Jan. 6 rioters on the trail. In court, his lawyers hope to distance him from them
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Defense attorneys have made clear their strategy involves distancing the former president from the horde of rioters, whom they describe as “independent actors at the Capitol.”
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and FATIMA HUSSEIN and CHRIS MEGERIAN
The trip comes as Biden struggles with low approval ratings while he prepares for a likely 2024 rematch against former President Donald Trump, leaving Democrats eager for opportunities to score political points against Republicans.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and MIKE STOBBE
Even with the large increase, U.S. life expectancy is only back to 77 years, 6 months — about what it was two decades ago.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By The Associated Press
She was charged with a count of murder and could face a sentence of 25 years to life in state prison if convicted.
Hunter Biden offers to testify publicly before Congress, setting up a potential high-stakes face-off
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Hunter Biden’s lawyer called the inquiry a “fishing expedition.”
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By The Associated Press
Expelling Rep. George Santos, a Republican from New York, would require support from at least two-thirds of House members voting.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By The Associated Press
Charlie Munger, who helped Warren Buffett build Berkshire Hathaway into an investment powerhouse, has died. He was 99.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By The Associated Press
The National Christmas Tree in front of the White House fell down Tuesday afternoon amid high winter winds.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and BILL BARROW
The former president, who is 10 months into home hospice care and hasn’t been seen in public since September, stayed Monday night at The Carter Center, CEO Paige Alexander said, steps from where the former first lady lay in repose.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and WAFAA SHURAFA, JACK JEFFERY and LEE KEATH Associated Press
Mediators are meeting in Qatar in hopes of extending the truce.
Ransomware attack prompts multistate hospital chain to divert some emergency room patients elsewhere
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and JONATHAN MATTISE
Ardent Health Services said it cannot yet confirm the extent of any patient health or financial information that has been compromised.
Updated: 17 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press
The Biden administration underscored to the Israelis that they must operate with far greater precision in southern Gaza than they did in the north, officials said.
Updated: 18 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.
Revolt announced Combs’ decision on social media Tuesday, and it's not clear when he will return to his media company.
In new challenge to indictment, Trump’s lawyers argue he had good basis to question election results
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and ERIC TUCKER
A defense motion filed late Monday in federal court in Washington asserts that Trump was not obligated to accept at face value the judgments of government officials who found no widespread fraud in the election.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By The Associated Press
The woman is seeking unspecified monetary damages.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By The Associated Press and JENNIFER PELTZ
The loans are a focus of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit contending that Trump and his company deceived lenders and insurers by giving them financial statements that baldly overstated his asset values and overall net worth.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By The Associated Press
Sytch, who was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011, pleaded no contest in August to driving under the influence, manslaughter and other charges.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By The Associated Press
They got trapped on Nov. 12, when a landslide caused a portion of the 4.5-kilometer (2.8-mile) tunnel they were building in Uttarakhand state in India to collapse about 200 meters (650 feet) from the entrance.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2023 at 7:01 AM EST
|By The Associated Press
The list of the accused contained many familiar names from past #MeToo scandals and a few new ones.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2023 at 2:46 AM EST
|By The Associated Press
Gershkovich is the first American reporter to be charged with espionage in Russia since 1986.
Suspect in shooting of 3 men of Palestinian descent near the University of Vermont pleads not guilty
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 10:39 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and KATHY McCORMACK
He appeared in court Monday by video from jail, speaking only to confirm his identity.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 10:35 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
“Magic, Wonder and Joy” is the theme this year, the Bidens’ third in the White House.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 9:56 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and SARA CLINE
Family, friends, fans and veterans of the music world mourned the loss of the Grammy-nominated singer who was considered a musical powerhouse and an integral part of New Orleans’ music legacy.
Blinken will return to Israel and the West Bank to discuss further extensions of the Gaza cease-fire
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 8:27 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and MATTHEW LEE
Blinken will travel to Israel and the West Bank after attending Ukraine-focused meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday in Brussels and Skopje, where foreign ministers from NATO and the Organization for Peace and Security in Europe are gathering.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 8:04 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and TIA GOLDENBERG, JACK JEFFERY and SAMY MAGDY
The deal for two additional days of cease-fire, announced by Qatar, raised hopes for further extensions, which also allow more aid into Gaza.
Pope Francis getting antibiotics intravenously for lung problem, limiting appointments, Vatican says
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 7:17 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
Pope Francis himself on Sunday revealed that he was suffering from the inflammation problem, explaining why he didn’t keep his weekly window appointment to greet people in St. Peter’s Square.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 6:38 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and HALELUYA HADERO
Adobe Analytics, which tracks online shopping, expects consumers to spend between $12.0 billion and $12.4 billion on Monday, making it the biggest online shopping day of all time.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 6:27 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and DEE-ANN DURBIN
Airlines were eager to avoid the meltdowns that marred travel last December when severe winter storms knocked out thousands of flights and left millions of passengers stranded.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 6:25 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and JENNIFER PELTZ
Donald Trump’s company no longer prepares the sweeping financial statements that New York state contends were full of deceptive numbers for years, an executive testified Monday at the former president’s civil fraud trial.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 4:46 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
The comedian revealed on social media Monday that he’s recovering after surgery, wiping out planned shows for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 3:30 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and JOSH BOAK
The announcement comes after supply chain problems fueled higher inflation as the United States recovered from the pandemic.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 2:46 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
Accounts that haven’t been used for a long time are more likely to be compromised.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 12:54 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
The billionaire met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who scolded him over content on the platform previously known as Twitter, and joined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a tour of the Kfar Azza kibbutz.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 10:59 AM EST
|By The Associated Press
Delilah and her baby are in good condition as the calf is now able to stand upright and walk.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 8:39 AM EST
|By The Associated Press and LEANNE ITALIE
2023 marks Merriam-Webster’s 20th anniversary choosing a top word.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2023 at 1:16 AM EST
|By The Associated Press
The complaint also alleges the company knew, but never disclosed, it had received millions of complaints about underage users on Instagram but only acted on a fraction of those accounts.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 11:17 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
In three years of dating one of the things the couple bonded over is their shared love of hunting.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 9:37 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
A landslide in southeast Alaska tore down a wooded mountainside, smashing into homes in a remote fishing village.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 7:30 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press
Hamas for the first time says it will seek to extend the deal by looking to release a larger number of hostages.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 7:26 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
Meta communications director Andy Stone was put on the wanted list in February 2022, but authorities made no related statements at the time and no news media reported on the matter until this week.
Republicans want to pair border security with aid for Ukraine. Here’s why that makes a deal so tough
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 6:40 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and MARY CLARE JALONICK and STEPHEN GROVES
A small, bipartisan group in the Senate is taking the lead and working to find a narrow compromise that can overcome a likely filibuster by winning 60 votes.
Biden says 4-year-old Abigail Edan was released by Hamas, and hopes more U.S. hostages will be freed
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 6:20 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG
Abigail Edan’s transfer is the first successful release of an American hostage since the start of the truce between Israel and Hamas.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 5:26 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
He skipped his weekly Sunday appearance at a window overlooking St. Peter's Square, a day after the Vatican said he was suffering from a mild flu.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 4:02 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
In their main habitat the population density of Mexican axolotls has plummeted 99.5% in under two decades, according to scientists behind the fundraiser.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2023 at 10:38 AM EST
|By The Associated Press
Clemson defensive back Khalil Barnes scored the team’s lone touchdown.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2023 at 8:40 PM EST
|By The Associated Press and NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and DAVID RISING Associated Press
The deal has allowed critical humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and given civilians their first respite after seven weeks of war.