NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died in Nashville. She was 80 years old. "After bravely facing a brief battle...

Dolly Parton, whose songs, personality, and unmistakable voice made her one of country music's most enduring stars, has died at 80. Her family confirm...

By KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Dolly Parton, the beloved music and film star known for her vibrant personality and poignant songwriting, has died. She was 80 years old. Her career spanned decades, with hits like "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You." Born in Tennessee, s...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) By MANUEL RUEDA and ASTRID SUÁREZ - At least two people were killed and dozens of buildings collapsed in cities across western Colombia on Monday after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the South American nation, trapping residents under debris, leaving more injured and forcing peo...

WASHINGTON (AP) By ROBERT YOON - Minnesota Democrats will decide a competitive U.S. Senate primary Tuesday in another face-off between moderate and progressive candidates that could define the party's identity heading into the midterm elections. Republicans will choose nominees they hope will end their 20-year drought ...

Ukraine attacked the petroleum hub of Nizhnekamsk in central Russia's Tatarstan region on Monday, killing 13 people and injuring 75 others, local authorities said, in one of the deadliest attacks in the country in the 4-year-old war. The Ukrainian military said it hit an oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk, which is about 1,20...

UEFA, CONCACAF and the AFC believe that FIFA president Gianni Infantino's recent plan to sell an interest in the World Cup was a "fundamental breach of trust" with the institutions world soccer's governing body serves. In an "open letter to the football family" revealed on Monday, UEFA, CONCACAF and...

By SARAH RAZA and ED WHITE Associated Press Aug 7, 2026 3:07 PM Summary Surveillance video shows a gunman at an In-N-Out Burger in Idaho killing one of three victims by firing through a drive-up window, before shooting more people outside the fast-food chain restaurant. Police in Twin Falls said at a news conference Fr...

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Aug 7, 2026 7:02 PM Summary WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump's administration must stop construction of the $400 million White House ballroom because Congress has not approved the project. Trump blasted the decis...

By DAVE COLLINS and CYBELE MAYES-OSTERMAN Associated Press Aug 7, 2026 6:10 PM Summary CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities have found 56 bodies improperly stored at a Chicago funeral home. The remains were discovered Thursday in various states of decomposition at South Chicago Chapel. Illinois state officials have suspended the...

Summary Iran says it is in the final stage of drafting an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz waterway with Oman. At least two ships were hit in the strait in the past week, while several others reported near misses or warnings from entities claiming to represent Iran's Revolutionary Guard. Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked...

Summary WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky says he's been discharged from a rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery from home. McConnell gave no specific date for his return to the Capitol, but senators are expected to soon leave Washington for the traditional August recess. The ...

NEW YORK (AP) By DAMIAN J. TROISE- Stocks rose in morning trading on Wall Street Wednesday and added to their records set a day earlier, while oil prices held steady. The S&P 500 climbed 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 487 points, or 0.9%, as of 9:53 a.m. Eastern time. The Nasdaq composite rose 0.3%. T...

WASHINGTON (AP) By ERIC TUCKER - Dr. Anthony Fauci's decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment before Congress will be put to the test this week as a Republican-led committee prepares to vote to hold him in contempt and refer the matter to the Justice Department. A contempt finding could open the door to an investigation ...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) By LINDSEY WASSON, ED WHITE and GENE JOHNSON - A man from Spokane, Washington, was arrested and charged with setting one of the three devastating wildfires that are burning through the region. The Spokane County Sheriff's Office said Aaron F. Farinacci, 37, was arrested Monday and booked on suspicio...

CAIRO (AP) By ELENA BECATOROS and SAMY MAGDY - A British maritime monitoring agency said a cargo ship reported being hit by a projectile overnight off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz, while the United States and Iran made opposing claims about whether they were holding talks. U.S. President Donald Trump on Mo...

By DAVID BRANDT, The Associated Press - The Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies took big swings Monday ahead of baseball's trade deadline, with the Red Sox adding three-time All-Star catcher Adley Rutschman a few hours after the Phillies picked up three-time batting champion Luis Arraez. The pair of aggressive mov...

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press - Wildfires in eastern Washington state forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area while destroying at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures, authorities said Sunday. The fires in and around Spokane, the state's second largest city, burned about 8.2 square miles...

BY By LINDSEY BAHR, the Associated Press - "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" made box office history in its first weekend in theaters. The Sony-released superhero movie became the second-biggest North American opening ever with an astonishing $355 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. It wa...

WASHINGTON (AP) By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - President Donald Trump is taking Friday's Cabinet meeting on the road - to the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland, a rustic backdrop for sessions that have come to be known for being overly long and consumed by administration officials' endless praise for their boss. Whi...

NEW YORK (AP) By CATHY BUSSEWITZ - American oil and gas giants raked in massive spring profits while fighting between Iran and the U.S. impeded petroleum shipments and consumers around the world paid more for fuel and confronted shortages. The conflict, now in its sixth month, halted most shipping through the Strait of...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) By HANNA ARHIROVA and BARRY HATTON- Ukrainian forces hit two of Russia's biggest oil refineries overnight in its latest long-range strikes, officials said Wednesday, as Kyiv deepened its economic, military and diplomatic pressure on Moscow. Ukraine's almost daily long-range drone and missile strikes ...

HONG KONG (AP) By CHAN HO-HIM- The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is banning imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots and power inverters, citing national security risks, in a move that targets China. Beijing quickly accused the U.S. of protectionism. The measures are likely to test relations with Beijing ah...

SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) By DYLAN LOVAN - KFC founder Colonel Sanders ' pressure cooker, black bow tie and dozens of other personal items are up for public auction, along with his former home and a dinner house Sanders opened after selling his iconic restaurant chain. Harland Sanders, still known as the face of the worldw...

An earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.1 shook Kumamoto on Japan's southern main island of Kyushu late Tuesday afternoon, causing damage and injuries, officials said. A tsunami advisory was temporarily issued but was lifted within two hours, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The agency said the tsunami advisory...

SEATTLE (AP) - A suspect arrested after a shootout that killed three people and left at least four others injured at a crowded food festival near Seattle's Space Needle over the weekend is 15 years old, the city's mayor said Monday. The teen was being held in juvenile detention for investigation of firearms violations ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street and oil prices are down 6% after the U.S. and Iran paused their attacks while work resumed on restarting negotiations to end the war. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% early Monday. The index is coming off two weekly losses in a row. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose...

SEATTLE (AP) By GENE JOHNSON - Police searched for a second suspect Monday after gunfire erupted at a crowded food festival beneath Seattle's Space Needle, leaving three people dead and four others wounded, including a toddler. Another suspect was earlier arrested. Investigators believe the two suspects were shooting a...

The USDA plans to resume limited cattle imports from Mexico next month, even as the New World screwworm outbreak continues on both sides of the border. Officials confirmed the Douglas, Arizona, crossing is scheduled to reopen August 24. A spokesperson said in a press release that every animal will be inspected for sig...

NEW YORK (AP) By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER - Nicolás Maduro returns to court with his lawyers Wednesday and is expected to continue objecting to the U.S. military action that snatched the Venezuelan president from power and deposited him in New York to face drug trafficking charges. Maduro, 63, and h...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) By JON GAMBRELL - The United States and Iran exchanged fire across the Middle East on Wednesday, as officials in both nations called into question diplomatic efforts to stop the war as it threatens to again spin out of control. The U.S. launched an 11th night of airstrikes on the Islami...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court has rejected a request by Joe Biden to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before he was elected president. A divided three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit suspended it...

LUVERNE, Minn. (AP) By SARAH RAZA - Crossing the open farmland of southwestern Minnesota, you'll encounter an otherworldly sight: a massive head with a beard, mustache and red-striped top hat looming over the horizon. Pull into the small town of Luverne and the figure - a nearly 66-foot (20-meter) tall nutcracker, deck...

ISLAMABAD (AP) BY JOHN GAMBRELL- An Iranian official began meetings Tuesday with mediators in Pakistan as diplomats sought to salvage the collapsed interim deal between Iran and the United States, even as both countries continued to launch attacks for a 10th day of renewed fighting. The visit by Iran's Interior Ministe...

A small amphibious plane overturned during a water landing in central Minnesota Sunday morning. The Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office says the aircraft came down on Pelican Lake near Nisswa at about 10:30 a.m. Officials say witnesses reported the plane's landing gear appeared to be down when it touched the water. The a...

By CHAN HO-HIM and MATT OTT ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) - Wall Street futures were rising in premarket trading Monday and oil prices retreated, but not before a gallon of gas in the U.S. breached the $4 level again. Futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.6%, while Nasdaq futures jumped 1.1%. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial ...

LONDON (AP) By JILL LAWLESS - The moment for Andy Burnham has finally come. After weeks as leader-in-waiting, Burnham officially became prime minister on Monday during a meeting with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace. He succeeded Keir Starmer, on a day when Britain's political turbulence gave way, at least tempora...

ATLANTA (AP) By BILL BARROW - Federal health officials have identified lettuce from Mexico served by Taco Bell locations across five U.S. states as a source of the widespread outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Thursday confirmed the source and warned co...

LONDON (AP) By JILL LAWLESS - Andy Burnham promised to bring back hope for the British people as he was officially declared leader of the U.K.'s governing Labour Party on Friday, clearing his final hurdle to take office as prime minister next week. The former mayor of Greater Manchester was the only contender in the ce...

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...