Today is Sunday, April 26, the 116th day of 2026. There are 249 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 26, 1986, in the worst nuclear disaster in history, an explosion and fire …

An amateur pop choir in Serbia is finding unexpected success across the country. Its motto is simple: Anyone can sing. While community choirs are common elsewhere, they are rare in Serbia. The …

Donald Trump is expected to make his first appearance as president at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington. The annual event is designed to celebrate press freedoms. But …

DEIR AL-BALAH, central Gaza (AP) — Dozens of brides were dressed in traditional Palestinian prints, while grooms wore suits with keffiyehs around their necks as they walked hand-in-hand past …

A small plane crash near Minneapolis on Saturday has killed North Dakota state legislator Liz Conmy and the pilot. The plane went down shortly after taking off from Crystal Airport. The North Dakota …

In the weeks after the April 26, 1986, explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, it was difficult to get any information about the scope of the disaster, aside from terse announcements …

A shooting at a hospital in Chicago has led to its campus being put on lockdown. The Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital campus said Saturday that patients and staff were safe and that by midafternoon …

Palestinians will vote in local elections, the first in two decades in Gaza and the first in the occupied West Bank since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. Turnout in Saturday's vote for village and …

Law enforcement authorities in Florida say they have found the body of one of the two missing University of South Florida doctoral students on a bridge over Tampa Bay, and a roommate has been taken …

Former Idaho Gov. and U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has died at age 74. His family said in a written statement that he died Friday evening in Boise. No cause was given, but he had been …

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is embracing a statue it once kept at arm’s length. A new exhibition, “Rising Up: Rocky and the Making of Monuments,” brings the bronze figure of Rocky Balboa …

Police officer killed, another injured in Chicago hospital shooting.

President Donald Trump's attempts to cancel offshore wind projects have drawn opposition not only from environmentalists but also from Republicans. One of them is Jen Kiggans, a congresswoman who …

The White House says President Donald Trump is sending envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan to take part in a new round of talks with Iran. Officials in Pakistan say Iran Foreign …

Texas A&M-Texarkana says a long-distance runner has died after collapsing during a competition in New Orleans. The school says Graycen Vargo of Dallas suffered a medical emergency and collapsed …

The post-Oct. 7 order in the Middle East is barely pieced together by conditional ceasefires and mutual threats. Israel has inflicted heavy blows on Iran and its allies Hezbollah and Hamas, but it …

Two wildfires in southeastern Georgia continue to threaten homes and lives as officials warn that strong winds could spread the flames. Brantley County Manager Joey Cason posted a video to social …

Authorities have filed murder charges against the roommate of a Bangladeshi doctoral student who disappeared with his girlfriend from the University of South Florida. Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, faces …

At the peak of the crackdown, carloads of masked immigration officers were a common sight in the streets of Minneapolis, while thousands of people were being arrested every week in Texas, Florida and …

Public dissent appears to be deepening in Russia. Some Russian influencers recently released public appeals to President Vladimir Putin, criticizing his government and policies. Some of Putin's …