Author Archives: Associated Press

NEW YORK - In the wake of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg embarked on a rare media mini-blitz in an attempt to take some of the public and ...

By Paul J. Weber And Will Weissert, The Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas - A package bomb believed to be linked to the recent bombings in Austin exploded early Tuesday inside a FedEx distribution centre...

GREAT MILLS, Md. - A student with a handgun shot two classmates inside his Maryland high school Tuesday before he was fatally wounded during a confrontation with a school resource officer, a sheriff s...

By Paul J. Weber And Will Weissert, The Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas - The hunt for the serial bomber who has been leaving deadly explosives in packages on Austin doorsteps took an even more siniste...

By Darlene Superville, The Associated Press WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's plan to combat opioid drug addiction nationwide calls for stiffer penalties for drug traffickers, including the death ...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Former "Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon said on Twitter Monday that she'll challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York's Democratic primary in September. Her announcement sets up a rac...

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas' capital city was rocked by a fourth bombing this month, which injured two people and was caused by a tripwire that investigators say showed "a different level of skill" than the...

MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin rolled to a crushing re-election victory Sunday for six more years as Russia's president, and he told cheering supporters in a triumphant but brief speech that "we are bound fo...

MIAMI - A pedestrian bridge that was under construction collapsed onto a busy Miami highway Thursday afternoon, crushing vehicles beneath massive slabs of concrete and steel and killing at least four ...

WASHINGTON - After the brazen poisoning of a former spy, British Prime Minister Theresa May quickly pinned the blame on Russia. So did U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, in what ultimately became ...