Today is Wednesday, March 18, the 77th day of 2026. There are 288 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 18, 1925, nearly 700 people died when the Tri-State Tornado struck …
Georgia’s Patriarch Ilia II, the longtime head of the Georgian Orthodox Church and one of the country’s most influential figures, has died at the age of 93. Ilia II died late Tuesday after being …
March 11-17, 2026 AP mobile scroll: a selection of standout vertical images published by The Associated Press in the past week. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Venezuelan and American fans have packed Miami for the U.S.-Venezuela World Baseball Classic final, and many feel proud of both sides. On Tuesday night, the crowd turned the Marlins’ ballpark into …
Illinois voters are deciding primaries for six open U.S. House and Senate seats that will spur a new generation of leadership in the state’s heavily Democratic congressional delegation. The …
Becky O’Brien always wanted to work with ocean life, but she didn’t realize she’d be able to do the job in the middle of the Las Vegas desert. She works as the lead aquarist for the Shark Reef …
Wisconsin lawmakers are taking a shot at expanding sports betting in the state. The state legislature gave final approval Tuesday to a measure that could allow tribes to offer online sports betting …
Arizona has become the first state to file criminal charges against Kalshi, accusing the prediction market platform of operating an illegal gambling business within its borders. A 20-count charging …
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele and his party are pushing forward a constitutional reform that would permit life prison sentences in a country that has imprisoned more than 1% of its population …
Military officials say a shooting at a U.S. Air Force base in New Mexico has left one person dead and another wounded. Officials say the Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo was put on lockdown at …
State media in the United Arab Emirates reports a drone attack sparked a fire at an oil tank farm in the emirate of Fujairah. The UAE also closed its airspace briefly Tuesday as the military …
Hundreds of flights are canceled or delayed one day after powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and disrupted thousands of others. The flight-tracking site FlightAware says …
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A rare winter heat wave is sweeping across the U.S. West, bringing unusually high temperatures and threatening records from California to the desert Southwest. In San …
Authorities found 2.1 pounds of marijuana in Alabama basketball star Aden Holloway’s apartment when they arrested him Monday on a felony drug charge. That's according to court records released …
Police in Georgia said they were responding to a shooting Tuesday at a VA clinic, and at least one person was airlifted to the hospital.Jasper police were sent to the VA clinic around 1:30 p.m. …
A rare March heat wave is pushing San Francisco close to 90 degrees and setting records across the West. People were packing into sunny spots on Tuesday as the city sees its hottest March in at least …
A Florida man convicted of abducting, raping and murdering a young mother is set to be executed. Fifty-four-year-old Michael Lee King is scheduled to receive a three-drug injection starting at 6 p.m. …
A Live Nation Entertainment ticketing employee says it was immature and unacceptable that he called customers stupid. Ticketing worker Benjamin Baker testified Tuesday in Manhattan federal court at …
Florida man is executed for the killing of a young mother who frantically called 911 while tied up in a car.
A 7-ton meteor that sped across the Cleveland sky at 45,000 miles per hour on Tuesday broke apart in a thunderous boom that startled residents who feared an explosion. People several states away …