Author Archives: Associated Press

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) - About 40 people were killed and another 115 injured, most of them seriously, after a fire ripped through a bar's New Year celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort less th...

LONDON (AP) - Thousands of people cheered and danced around Stonehenge as the sun rose over the prehistoric stone circle on Sunday, the winter solstice. The crowds, many dressed as druids and pagans, ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel's Cabinet has approved a proposal for 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, the far-right finance minister said Sunday, as the government pushes ahead wit...

By Kristen Gelineau, Charlotte Graham-mclay and Rod Mcguirk SYDNEY (AP) - An attack at one of the world's most famous beaches killed 16 people, including a child, Australian officials said Monday, aft...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story contains a link to a video that contains content that may be disturbing to some readers. SYDNEY (AP) - A bystander seen in a widely circulated video disarming a gunman during...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Hamas on Sunday confirmed the death of a top commander in Gaza, a day after Israel said it had killed Raed Saad in a strike outside Gaza City. The Hamas statement described Saad as th...

Comedian Amy Schumer says she and her husband, chef Chris Fischer, have decided to end their marriage. Schumer, an actress, author and writer, announced the planned split in a social media post on Fri...

By Susie Blann KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Ukraine overnight into Saturday, after U.S. and Ukrainian officials said they'll meet on Saturday for a third ...

By Sam Mednick TEL AVIV (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country's president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges, seeking to end a long-running trial that...

By Jonathan Landrum Jr. LOS ANGELES (AP) - When an AI-generated country song called Walk My Walk hit No. 1 on Billboard's country digital song sales chart this month, it was credited to a fictional ar...