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FILE - Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. On Tuesday, March 26, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)
Mifepristone access is coming before the US Supreme Court. How safe is this abortion pill?
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone. That's one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. The case … more
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Jay Fife, language liaison for the Muscogee Nation, looks at luminaries set up at the site of the battle of Horseshoe Bend in Tallapoosa County, Ala., on Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)
Memorial marks 210th anniversary of crucial battle between Native Americans and United States
Members of the Muscogee Creek Nation returned to Alabama this weekend for a memorial service on the 210th anniversary of the battle of Horseshoe Bend. More than 800 American Indians were killed. The … more
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FILE - A local resident passes the apartment building destroyed the day before, by an explosion in Moscow, Friday, Sept. 10, 1999. The attack on a Moscow concert hall in which armed men opened fire and set the building ablaze, killing over 130 people, was the latest in a long series of bombings and sieges that have unsettled and outraged Russians during Vladimir Putin’s nearly quarter-century as either prime minister or president. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, File)
The Moscow concert hall attack wasn't the first during Putin's 25-year rule
The attack on a Moscow concert hall in which armed men opened fire and set the building ablaze, killing at least 133 people, was the latest in a long series of bombings and sieges that have unsettled … more
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A woman lights candles at the fence next to the Crocus City Hall, on the western edge of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. Russia's top state investigative agency says the death toll in the Moscow concert hall attack has risen to over 133. The attack Friday on Crocus City Hall, a sprawling mall and concert venue on Moscow's western edge, also left many wounded and left the building a smoldering ruin. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Deadly attack on Moscow concert hall shakes Russian capital and sows doubts about security
Shocked Russians are bringing flowers and teddy bears to the Crocus City concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow to pay their respects to more than 100 people who died in a grisly attack claimed by … more
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When Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob, angered that a Black family had moved in, drove her family out of their Texas home. Now, the 97-year-old community activist is getting closer to moving into a brand new home on the very same tree-lined corner lot in Fort Worth. Lee, who was one of the driving forces behind Juneteenth becoming a national holiday, joined others in lifting the framework into place for the home's first wall. (AP video: Kendria LaFleur)
85 years after a racist mob drove Opal Lee's family away, she's getting a new home on the same spot
When Opal Lee was 12, a racist mob, angered that a Black family had moved in, drove her family out of their Texas home. Now, the 97-year-old community activist is getting closer to moving into a … more
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Chevron manager jailed in Venezuela amid crackdown on government critics
The Associated Press has learned that a former Venezuelan fighter pilot jailed in Venezuela in February for his ties to a prominent human rights attorney is an employee of U.S. oil firm Chevron. … more
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FILE - Nuns wait for the start of the Palm Sunday's mass celebrate by pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican Sunday, April 2, 2023. Palm Sunday will be celebrated by Christians worldwide Sunday, March 24, 2024. It commemorates the Christian belief in the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, when palm branches were strewn before him. It marks the start of Holy Week. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
What is Palm Sunday? Why is the donkey important to the story? And how is it celebrated worldwide?
Palm Sunday will be celebrated by Christians worldwide this Sunday. It commemorates the Christian belief in the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, when palm branches were strewn before him. It … more
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Texas school bus with more 40 students crashes, killing 2 people, authorities say
Texas authorities say a school bus with more than 40 prekindergarten students has collided with a concrete truck and rolled over while returning from a field trip. Two people have died. Friday's … more
Aid continued to be parachuted into the the Gaza Strip on Friday. The airdrops are part of an international effort to work around extreme difficulties plaguing ground transport of aid into Gaza. Truckloads of aid have been stalled by political and security concerns. It comes as the U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a U.S.-sponsored resolution declaring that “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war is “imperative” to protect civilians and allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to more than 2 million hungry Palestinians. (Mar. 22)
The Latest | Blinken urges Israel not to invade Rafah. Netanyahu says he'll 'do it alone'
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with Israeli leaders in Tel Aviv on the final stop in his sixth urgent trip to the region since the start of the war. Blinken says he will share … more
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Texas medical panel won't provide list of exceptions to abortion ban
A Texas medical panel has rebuffed calls to list specific exceptions to one of the most restrictive abortions bans in the U.S., which physicians say is dangerously unclear and has forced women with … more
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The Princess of Wales said Friday that she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. The announcement came after weeks of speculation about her whereabouts and health since she was hospitalized in January for unspecified abdominal surgery.
What we know and don't know about Kate's cancer diagnosis
Kate, the Princess of Wales, has disclosed that she has cancer but hasn't said what kind. In a video announcement Friday, she revealed that she was undergoing chemotherapy but didn't give further … more
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This photo combo provided by Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office in Idaho shows from left, Nicholas Umphenour and Skylar Meade. Meade and Umphenour were arrested in Twin Falls, Idaho, on Thursday, March 21, 2024, about 36 hours after Umphenour shot two Idaho corrections officers as they were preparing to return Meade to prison from a hospital, police said. They were due to be arraigned Friday. (Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Deaths of dog walker, 83, and resident of a remote cabin possibly tied to escaped Idaho inmate
Authorities are investigating the deaths of an 83-year-old man who was walking his dogs and a 72-year-old man who lived in a remote cabin in connection with the escape of an Idaho white supremacist … more
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FILE - A woman smeared with colors celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade, File)
What is Holi, the Hindu festival of colors and how is it celebrated?
Holi is the Hindu festival of colors, which is celebrated to mark the start of spring in India, Nepal and the diaspora. The festival typically falls in March. Celebrants rejoice by throwing colored … more
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In this photo provided by Petro Andryuschenko, the adviser of the head of Mariupol city's administration, burning trolleybus is seen on the damp of hydroelectric power station after Russian attacks in Dnipro, Ukraine, Friday, March 22, 2024. Over 60 drones and almost 90 missiles of various types were fired that night, Ukrainian officials said. (Telegram Channel of Petro Andryuschenko, the adviser of the head of Mariupol city's administration via AP)
Russia attacks Ukrainian electrical power facilities, including major hydroelectric plant
Russia has attacked electrical power facilities in much of Ukraine, including the country’s largest hydroelectric plant, causing widespread outages. Ukraine's energy minister says the nighttime … more
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Philadelphia Police Academy applicants take a a reading entry exam in Philadelphia, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. The city has moved to lower requirements for the entry physical exam at its police academy as part of a broader effort nationally to reevaluate policies that keep law enforcement applicants out of the job pool amid a hiring crisis. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
With police departments facing a hiring crisis, some policies are being loosened to find more cadets
The Philadelphia Police Department is seeing success in more recruits passing the entry physical fitness exam thanks to a new law that changed the standards. It is part of a broader effort nationally … more
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A water truck worker fills a container outside the homes of residents who use it for drinking, cooking and cleaning, in the Pamplona Alta area in Lima, Peru, Friday, March 8, 2024. Peru’s government gives potable water to 1.5 million of its poorest residents living in the hills. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Drought, heat and mismanagement make getting fresh water an increasingly tough task
As the world warms from human-caused climate change, fresh water for drinking, cooking and cleaning is becoming harder to get for many people. That's because the warming world is leading to erratic … more
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Villagers from Barsana and Nandgaon smeared with colors play Lathmar Holi at Nandagram temple in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Kabir Jhangiani)
AP Week in Pictures: Asia
March 15-21, 2024 Rohingya refugees stand on their capsized boat before being rescued in the waters off western Indonesia. The Los Angeles Dodgers started their Shohei Ohtani era with a memorable … more
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An Alabama woman who claimed she was abducted after stopping her car to check on a wandering toddler pleaded guilty to charges of giving false information to law enforcement. She was given a suspended six-month sentence which will allow her to avoid jail and ordered to pay more than $17,000 restitution.
Alabama woman who faked kidnapping pleads guilty to false reporting
An Alabama woman who faked being abducted after stopping her car to check on a toddler wandering along a highway has pleaded guilty to charges of giving false information to law enforcement. News … more
Terrell County Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland walks to his truck after opening a gate leading to Bone Water Crossing on the Rio Grande River, Thursday, March 21, 2024, in Terrell County, Texas. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco)
Law enforcement officials in Texas wonder how they will enforce migrant arrest law
The nine hours that Texas was allowed to arrest and deport migrants who illegally enter the U.S. provided a glimpse at what sort of obstacles law enforcement agencies in the state face. It revealed … more
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FILE - A member of the Solutions Oriented Addiction Response organization holds a dose of the opioid overdose reversal drug Narcan at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charleston in Charleston, W.Va., Tuesday Sept. 6, 2022. Nearly 108,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022, according to final federal figures released Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham, File)
Drug overdoses reach another record with almost 108,000 Americans in 2022, CDC says
Nearly 108,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022. That's according to final figures the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday. The number of U.S. overdose deaths … more
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