Author Archives: Associated Press

Warning that their futures are being stolen from them, tens of thousands of young people across the U.S. walked out of school to demand action on gun violence Wednesday in one of the biggest student p...

By Robert Barr, The Associated Press LONDON - Stephen Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space though his body was paralyzed by disease, has died, a family spokesman said early Wedne...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump plan to meet in May for nuclear disarmament talks, a whiplash development that would put two leaders who've rep...

NEW YORK - Dick's Sporting Goods will immediately halt sales of assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines at all of its stores and ban the sale of all guns to anyone under 21. The announcement ...

PARKLAND, Fla. - About 50 uniformed officers marched into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School early Wednesday, just one aspect of the heavy security as classes resumed for the first time since 17 stu...

NEW YORK - The National Rifle Association, and now the State of Florida, faced a growing backlash as companies cut ties to the gun industry following the latest school massacre, and student survivors ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - As teachers returned Friday to a high school where a shooter killed 17 people, Florida's governor proposed banning the sale of firearms to anyone younger than 21. Gov. Rick Sco...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Thousands of chanting students, including survivors of the Florida school shooting, rallied at the state capitol on Wednesday, demanding changes to gun laws and threatening to remo...

PARKLAND, Fla. - Thousands of angry students, parents, teachers and neighbours of a Florida high school where 17 people were killed demanded on Saturday that immediate action be taken on gun-control l...

MEXICO CITY - Mexico appeared Saturday to have escaped major destruction after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake rattled the country, but it rekindled fears in a population that still sees daily reminders of...