Author Archives: Associated Press

RICHMOND, Texas - Texas attorney Rod Ponton's appearance as a fluffy kitten during an online court hearing provided a moment of levity to a pandemic- and Zoom-fatigued world. But that specific, adorab...

WASHINGTON - Prosecutors in Donald Trump's impeachment trial said Wednesday they would prove that Trump was no "innocent bystander" but the "inciter in chief" of the deadly attack at the Capitol aimed...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's second impeachment trial is starting, an undertaking like no other in U.S. history. The defeated former president stands charged by the House with inciting the deadly mob a...

TAMPA, Fla. - Tom Brady made his seventh Super Bowl title look familiar -- despite moving south to a new team and conference during a pandemic. Brady threw two touchdown passes to old friend Rob Gronk...

NEW YORK - Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film "The Sound of Music" and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award acting winner in history, has di...

LONDON - Capt. Tom Moore, the Second World War veteran who walked into the hearts of a nation in lockdown as he shuffled up and down his garden to raise money for health-care workers, has died after t...

LOS ANGELES - Cloris Leachman, an Oscar winner for her portrayal of a lonely housewife in "The Last Picture Show" and a comedic delight as the fearsome Frau Blucher in "Young Frankenstein" and neighbo...

WASHINGTON - As the House prepares to take the impeachment charge against Donald Trump to the Senate for trial, a growing number of Republican senators say they are opposed to the proceeding, dimming ...

By Mary Clare Jalonick And Lisa Mascaro, The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump over the Capitol riot will begin the week of Feb. 8, the f...

By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press LOS ANGELES - Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conver...