NEW YORK (AP) By STEPHEN WHYNO and TIM REYNOLDS - If LeBron James knows where he will play this coming season, he's still not saying. The NBA's career scoring king and current free agent spoke publicly for the first time in weeks Thursday afternoon, though stopped short of revealing which team he'll choose to play for ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Two of the eight men indicted in an alleged drone and sniper plot to attack President Donald Trump's UFC cage-fighting show on the White House lawn pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal conspiracy charges. Clothed in jail garb and shackled, Tycen Proper, 19, of Danville, Ohio,...

NEW YORK (AP) By TAMMY WEBBER and PHILIP MARCELO - Heavy, pungent smoke from Canadian wildfires darkened skies in the U.S. on Thursday, from the Great Lakes to parts of the East Coast, reducing visibility for commuters and prompting warnings about air quality that made outdoor activities dangerous. Detroit's air qualit...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The United States intensified its strikes on Iran early Thursday, hitting targets further north as American forces also fired into a ship the U.S. accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic. Iran retaliated with missile and drone fire targeting U.S. allies i...

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer, Jul 15, 2026 7:00 AM Summary CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronomers have discovered a faint new world orbiting a young star after more than a decade of cosmic hide-and-seek. In an unusual twist, two teams working independently discovered the planet a few days apart late last year us...

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer, Jul 15, 2026 9:22 AM Summary NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Joe Biden plans to publish his memoir, "Promise Me, America," this fall. Little, Brown and Company says the book is set for release Nov. 17 and will cover topics from the economy to Biden's decision not to seek ...

By HANNA ARHIROVA and BARRY HATTON Associated Press, Jul 15, 2026 7:43 AM Summary KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is marking Ukraine's Statehood Day in Kyiv by pledging continued military and financial support against Russia's invasion. Ukraine's sovereignty has been threatened s...

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer, Jul 14, 2026 12:55 PM Summary NEW YORK (AP) - Infections from the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora are surging, with 2026 already the nation's worst year for reported cases. More than 30 states have reported infections this year, and current data from them shows the number of infec...

By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press, Jul 13, 2026 5:23 PM Summary Another round of sweltering heat is in store for much of the U.S. this week. The National Weather Service predicts that more than 90 temperature records across the U.S. will be tied or broken this week through Wednesday. Most of those will be overnight heat ...

By MEG KINNARD and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press, Jul 14, 2026 6:00 AM Summary COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has named Darline Graham Nordone as her late brother, Lindsey Graham's, temporary replacement in the U.S. Senate. Graham died at age 71 over the weekend. Nordone will serve the rema...

Summary KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's air force says its air defenses intercepted five ballistic missiles launched by Russia in overnight attacks. It is the first time in nearly two weeks that Ukraine claims to have downed Russian ballistic missiles, which are hard to stop and have pummeled the country in Moscow's 4-y...

Summary BANGKOK (AP) - Officials say the death toll from a huge fire in a Bangkok music bar has increased to 30. Bangkok city officials say more than 70 people were injured, with 24 of them still in critical condition. The blaze at the Rong Beer Na Ladprao bar, the city's deadliest in 17 years, broke out late Sunday in...

Summary WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. inflation cooled last month as the cost of gas, clothes, and used cars fell, providing some relief to consumers, though much of the progress could be reversed if the Iran war keeps worsening. Prices dropped 0.4% in June from May, the largest monthly drop in four years, the Labor Departmen...

By SEUNG MIN KIM, MARY CLARE JALONICK and MEG KINNARD Associated Press, Jul 13, 2026 2:24 AM Summary WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close ally of President Donald Trump, has died after a brief illness. The South Carolina Republican was 71. Graham was known for advocating a strong U.S. foreign policy. He initi...

By ANTON L. DELGADO and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press, Jul 13, 2026 8:01 AM Summary BANGKOK (AP) - A huge fire that engulfed a beer hall in Bangkok overnight has killed at least 27 people and injured dozens more. Firefighters brought the blaze under control early Monday. Rescuers said the fire was reported arou...

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press, Jul 13, 2026 7:45 AM Summary DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The United States and Iran each say they control the Strait of Hormuz after attacks over the weekend stretching across the wider Middle East. The latest exchange was sparked by an Iranian attack on a container ship on Sund...

Summary Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed in June, but a key measure of home prices climbed to an all-time high, adding to prospective homebuyers' affordability challenges. The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that existing home sales fell 2.4% last month from May to a seasonally adjusted ann...

Summary WASHINGTON (AP) - A former Olympic canoe racer has pleaded not guilty to deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. David Hearn, who competed in three Summer Olympics, entered the plea on Thursday in D.C. Superior Court. Hearn, 67, from Bethesda, Maryland, faces a felony count of property destr...

Summary KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - New suspected Ebola cases have been reported in previously unaffected parts of Congo, according to the government. The death toll in the latest outbreak has reached 600. Two new cases are suspected in Kisangani, Tshopo province. One case is linked to the location where the first cases wer...

AP video by: Juan Arraez Venezuelans affected by the devastating earthquakes last month received some aid on Wednesday but increasingly face challenges accessing clean water as well as sanitation and hygiene services. Families in the hardest-hit state, La Guaira, have taken to the beach to shower and relieve themselves...

Summary Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced Welsh pop star known for "Total Eclipse of the Heart," has died at 75. She was hospitalized in Portugal in May 2026 for emergency surgery and placed in an induced coma. Tyler earned three Grammy nominations and represented Britain at Eurovision in 2013. Her iconic son...

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press Jul 8, 2026 12:11 PM Summary PROVO, Utah (AP) - Lawyers for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk are expected to keep questioning the reliability of DNA testing that prosecutors say links the defendant to the suspected murder weapon. A mem...

Jul 8, 2026 8:17 AM Wu reported from Bangkok. Associated Press reporters Geir Moulson and Fanny Brodersen in Berlin, Molly Quell and Mike Corder in The Hague, Netherlands, Jaimie Ding in Los Angeles and Jill Lawless in London contributed to this report. Summary BERLIN (AP) - A German investigation into an online predat...

Thousands of protestors from leftist parties, syndicates and women's groups on Tuesday marched in central Istanbul against the NATO summit at the end of the first day of the conference. U.S. President Donald Trump and his NATO counterparts are gathering in Turkey on Tuesday for a two-day summit that comes at a turning ...

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Jul 8, 2026 7:22 AM Summary U.S. stock futures slid lower and oil prices surged more than 5% after President Donald Trump said that the interim agreement with Iran is over, though he will allow talks to continue. Futures for the S&P 500 were down 0.7% before the...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) By SEUNG MIN KIM, LORNE COOK, SUZAN FRASER and ABBY SEWELL - President Donald Trump on Tuesday insisted that the United States should be in control of Greenland rather than NATO ally Denmark, renewing tensions in Europe even as the trans-Atlantic military alliance at a summit was announcing billions...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) By JON GAMBREL- Two tankers were struck by projectiles Tuesday in the Strait of Hormuz, the British military said, in the latest attacks targeting vessels moving through the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf. One of the tankers was traveling off the coast of Oman and caught fire, accordi...

By The Associated Press - The weeklong preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk enters its second day on Tuesday. Prosecutors aim to show that they have enough evidence against Tyler Robinson to proceed to a trial. After the hearing concludes, state District Judge Tony Graf ...

SEATTLE (AP) By RONALD BLUM - Images told the story of the United States' World Cup downfall. Christian Pulisic sprawled on the field in agony after hurting an ankle. Matt Freese holding his hands on his head after his gaffe gifted a goal. Chris Richards crumpling to the ground, his face pressed on the grass. Mauricio ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Monday demanded that members put forward "clear, concrete and credible plans" to reach the organization's defense spending targets at its annual summit in Ankara. Rutte spoke in the Turkish capital ahead of the two-day summit starting on Tuesday at a ...

Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall on Monday, over a tiny U.S. territorial island in the western Pacific near Guam, bringing powerful winds and torrential rain to the Northern Mariana Islands. The eye of the storm passed over the island of Rota Monday morning local time, bringing winds of more than 150 mph (241 kph), acc...

SEATTLE (AP) - President Trump intervened on behalf of star U.S. forward Folarin Balogun, whose red-card suspension was lifted in a decision that allows him to play in a World Cup match against Belgium on Monday. Balogun, the American leader with three goals in the tournament, received a red card for stepping awkwardly...

By JESSICA HILL, WUFEI YU and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press - With wildfires burning across many Western states, wildland firefighters gathered Sunday to pay tribute to three of their own who died after they were trapped by flames a week ago. Emily Barker, Nick Hutcherson and Sydney Watson were remembered as courageous ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) By HANNA ARHIROVA and SAMYA KULLAB - Russia launched waves of missiles and drones at Kyiv early Monday, killing at least 12 people in an attack that exposed widening gaps in Ukraine's air defenses, authorities said. All of the ballistic missiles launched by Russia struck their targets, underscoring K...

Source: JORDAN PUBLIC SECURITY DIRECTORATE The sole survivor rescued in Venezuela by Tuesday afternoon was a toddler who had been trapped for six days under a collapsed building, National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez said. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez identified the boy as 3-year-old Klieber Mor...

By The Associated Press - Despite severe fuel shortages across Russia, President Vladimir Putin appears unbothered by Ukraine's increasing attacks on his country's oil refineries. He has shrugged off the setback for one of the world's leading oil-producing nations as "not critical," dismissed ceasefire propos...

WASHINGTON (AP) By STEVEN SLOAN - Festivities commemorating the 250th anniversary of American independence from Great Britain kick into higher gear across the United States on Friday as celebrations are balanced with efforts to stay safe as much of the country bakes under extreme heat. President Donald Trump will trave...

WASHINGTON (AP) By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MEG KINNARD - A former Olympian was indicted Thursday on a felony charge in what President Donald Trump has called vandalism of the Reflecting Pool. David Hearn, a former Olympic canoe racer, was indicted on a single count of property destruction in Washington, D.C. court. Dist...

WASHINGTON (AP) By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer - U.S. employers slowed hiring last month and added only 57,000 jobs, less than half the previous month's total and a sign companies still have a cautious economic outlook. The Labor Department said Thursday that the unemployment rate declined to a low 4.2% fro...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) By HANNA ARHIROVA and ILLIA NOVIKOV - Russia hammered Kyiv in an 11-hour drone and missile attack overnight into Thursday morning, killing at least 18 civilians in the city and injuring scores more in what Moscow said was retaliation for Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil facilities. Loud explosions sh...

WASHINGTON (AP) By JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON and JOSH BOAK - President Donald Trump on Wednesday is taking his maiden voyage on a new Air Force One - a retrofitted Boeing 747 worth $400 million gifted by Qatar that embeds his personality more deeply into the institution of the American presidency. Gone is the trademark l...

Dramatic footage showed a man escaping from a fire at an apartment block on the outskirts of the Belgian city of Antwerp, climbing from a balcony to a nearby window. The blaze was caused by a technical failure on the ground floor of the building, where more than 200 people live in 80 apartments, in the city's Linkeroev...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) By JACK DURA - President Donald Trump will visit North Dakota on Wednesday to see the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, a massive facility exploring the 26th president's life, built in the rugged, lonely landscape where the young easterner built his conservation values while ranching and hunt...

MIAMI By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer- Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz made his sales pitch. So did DJ Khaled, the New York Jets and the Winnipeg Jets. Even the PGA Tour took a swing, trying to appeal to someone who has quickly become obsessed with golf. "We're waiting for you Bron," the tour posted on social me...

WASHINGTON (AP) By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday erased limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president, striking down a federal election law that is more than 50 years old. Prodded by a Republican-led lawsuit that includes Vice ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump's executive order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The decision, in line with the longstanding judicial interpretatio...

The first full moon of the summer was visible over Vienna on Monday evening. First appearing at dawn around 21:30 Central European Time, the so-called 'Strawberry Moon' drew spectators on Vienna's Kahlenberg, the highest vantage point of the city. Its name comes from several Indigenous tribes who noticed that its timin...

By The Associated Press - The Supreme Court on Tuesday will rule on the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The decision comes on the final day of a Supreme ...

By The Associated Press - Paraguay beat Germany in a penalty shootout, a shocking result early in the World Cup Round of 32. The Germans missed three penalty kicks to lose the shootout 4-3 after a 1-1 draw in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Germany is a four-time World Cup champion, tied for the second most in history. Anot...

HONG KONG (AP) By CHAN HO-HIM and ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writers - Markets in Europe and Asia were mostly higher on Tuesday, tracking Wall Street gains, while the Japanese yen was trading near a 40-year low against the U.S. dollar. U.S. futures were little changed. In Germany, the DAX climbed 0.8% to 24,810.48 w...