Pope Leo XIV introduces María Montserrat Alvarado as the Vatican’s new communications chief, highlighting her experience and creativity. Alvarado, the first woman to hold this position, replaces …
Oscar-winning Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio has died in Santiago, Chile, at 52. His family announced his death Friday on Instagram, citing health reasons but not specifying the cause. Lelio was …
Police in Denmark and the Czech Republic are investigating threats to air traffic. Meanwhile, a flight from Prague to Bucharest operated by Romanian carrier Tarom received a bomb threat Friday. The …
Japan’s stock benchmark tumbled more than 6% after trading opened Friday, and other Asian stocks also declined following a widespread selloff on Wall Street of shares related to artificial …
Jay Rockefeller, the last member of his family’s political dynasty who served as West Virginia’s governor and later a longtime U.S. senator, has died. He was 89. Rockefeller died Thursday night …
Zoo Atlanta has welcomed two new pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, who arrived from China in September. The pandas made their public debut Friday after acclimating to their new habitat. The 6-year-old …
Former NFL star Antonio Brown has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with a firearm in connection with a 2025 shooting in Miami. Brown entered the plea to the reduced charge in state court in Miami …
A Tanzanian court sentenced opposition leader Tundu Lissu to four years in prison for inciting people to disrupt last year’s election but acquitted him of treason, ruling that prosecutors had …
Pope Leo XIV says that he was “proud to be an American and to exercise the right” to vote in U.S. midterm elections that gave control of Congress to the Democrats in a repudiation of U.S. …
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomes a Democratic push to repeal U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada after their sweeping midterm victory. He says Friday that restoring free …
Protesters have broken into a Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam. Some climbed a crane and set off flares while others clashed with police. The protest group, Geef Tegengas, aims to …
A spokesperson for the Iran-backed Houthi rebels' health ministry says that at least 20 have been killed in airstrikes on a market in southwestern Yemen. It would be one of the deadliest attacks …
Serbia’s capital Belgrade has been getting a makeover after a youth-led movement’s victory over a long-ruling strongman and his government in Oct. 25 elections. Residents in various parts of the …
Pat Tillman's legacy keeps pushing forward on his 50th birthday. The ideals the former NFL player lived by still inspire millions of people in the 22 years since he was killed while serving as an …
DAHIYAH, Israel (AP) — When Adnan Abu Wadi voted in Israel’s recent election, he carried with him the fresh memory of his now-demolished home. Just weeks before the vote, authorities came to …
Borrowers around the country are turning to private lenders to help pay for college since the Trump administration imposed new limits on federal student loans. Changes that took effect this fall for …
Kenyan pastor Paul Mackenzie has been sentenced to 200 years in prison after being convicted on 191 murder charges in one of the world’s worst cult-related tragedies. Hundreds of bodies were …
A bus crash in eastern France has killed one minor and one young adult. The bus's passengers included children and teenagers going to school when it crashed Friday morning. Sixteen people were …
Federal regulators acted improperly when they granted a permit in 2024 for a controversial gold mining project near Nome, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason, in a Nov. 2 ruling, said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated both the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act when […]
Matthew Martinez has lived nearly all his 60 years on a piece of property on the Navajo River and never saw severe flooding until now. In the past two weeks, the Navajo River surged twice through his …