Author Archives: Associated Press

By Matthew Barakat, Chad Day And Eric Tucker, The Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Paul Manafort, the longtime political operative who for months led Donald Trump's winning presidential campaign, wa...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis issued a letter to Catholics around the world Monday condemning the crime of priestly sexual abuse and its coverup. He demanded accountability but offered no indication of ...

DETROIT - Aretha Franklin, the undisputed "Queen of Soul" who sang with matchless style on such classics as "Think," "I Say a Little Prayer" and her signature song, "Respect," and stood as a cultural ...

MILAN - A 51-year-old highway bridge in the Italian port city of Genoa collapsed in a driving rain Tuesday, killing at least 26 people and injuring 16 others as it sent dozens of vehicles tumbling int...

STOWE, Vt. - The divisions between United States governors regarding President Donald Trump's approach to NAFTA negotiations were on display Monday at a mountain resort in Vermont during the annual co...

By: Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A day after tensions between police and community activists nearly boiled over on the University of Virginia's campus, the city of Ch...

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - Ahead of campaigning in Ohio on Saturday, President Donald Trump unleashed a withering attack on the state's favourite son, savaging LeBron James in a late-night tweet that derided...

LAS VEGAS - In the months before unleashing a hail of bullets into a Las Vegas concert crowd, Stephen Paddock burned through more than $1.5 million, became obsessed with guns and increasingly unstable...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit widened in June for the first time in four months as exports fell and imports grew. Politically sensitive trade gaps with China, Mexico and Canada all increased. Th...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Paul Manafort inflated his business income by millions of dollars and kept his bookkeeper in the dark about the foreign bank accounts he was using to buy luxury items and pay persona...