A quick-moving wildfire has scorched thousands of acres and burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners who were driven out of a nearby camp

Across the country, tens of thousands of college students without legal status are losing access to in-state tuition as part of an immigration crackdown carried out by President Donald Trump and his allies

Officials say a forklift mishap at a beauty products warehouse may have caused a chemical leak and fire in suburban New York

Curtis Sliwa is the bombastic creator of New York Citys Guardian Angels anti-crime patrol group who lost his last election battle with Mayor Eric Adams by almost 40 percentage points

This gallery, curated by AP photo editors, showcases third- and fourth-round matches at the US Open. ___ AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis

The winning numbers in Monday evenings drawing of the Powerball game were: 08-23-25-40-53, Powerball: 5

A man charged with trying to assassinate President Donald Trump last year in South Florida is set to represent himself during a pretrial conference, as final preparations are made for trial

Protesters took to the streets of Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Washington D

San Antonio police say a man and a woman were found dead along a creek following a rainstorm the night before

Trump has shifted his admiration from Andrew Jackson to William McKinley

As Congress returns to Washington this fall after a monthlong August recess, they will have to find a way to work with Democrats or around them as a government shutdown looms

The case against Long Islands suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer has emerged as a potentially precedent-setting battleground in the use of advanced DNA techniques in criminal cases

Authorities say a multi-vehicle crash in East Texas left 17 people injured and shut down a major interstate for hours

Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka have set up a high-profile showdown between two past title winners in the U.S. Opens fourth round

The numbers have been selected for an estimated $1 billion Powerball jackpot, although it is not immediately clear if anyone was a big winner

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has endorsed Derek Dooley for the Republican nomination for the Senate seat in 2026

Handmade cards from classmates are helping to comfort an 11-year-old girl who was wounded in this week's shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis

The winning numbers in Friday evenings drawing of the Mega Millions game were: 13-31-32-44-45, Mega Ball: 21, Megaplier:

A grand jury has indicted two civilian workers on charges they caused the Navy to provide the Hawaii Department of Health with false information about jet fuel that spilled from a Pearl Harbor storage facility before it later seeped into drinking water...

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out speedy deportations of undocumented migrants detained in the interior of the United States

Novak Djokovic shook off a back problem early in the match to beat Cam Norrie on Friday night and at 38 become the oldest man to reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open since Jimmy Connors was the same age in 1991

Signs of a decline in international students have unsettled colleges around the U.S., but some schools are especially vulnerable

The federal criminal case against former Memphis police officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols has taken a shocking, unusual twist: Three of them are getting a new trial because a judge made comments after their convictions that raised q...

A California man has been sentenced to 27 years to life in prison for making racist threats against a pregnant Black woman after prosecutors appealed an earlier, lighter sentence

Randy Duke Cunningham, whose feats as a U.S. Navy flying ace during the Vietnam War catapulted him to a U

The Environmental Protection Agency has fired at least eight employees who signed a letter criticizing the agencys leadership under Administrator Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump

Tennessee authorities say a cold case investigation reveals that a sheriff who inspired a Hollywood movie about an organized crime-busting law enforcement officer actually killed his wife in 1967 and led people to believe she was murdered by his enemies

President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products

California energy regulators pause efforts to penalize oil companies for high profits

Authorities in Kentucky say two Boone County Sheriffs deputies have been shot by a man while serving a warrant at an apartment

A Florida man who fatally stabbed a married couple during a robbery is scheduled for execution in Florida under a death warrant signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the U.S. visas of a number of Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization officials ahead of next months high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly

Since sending the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington, President Donald Trump has openly mused about sending troops to some of the nations most Democratic cities including Chicago and Baltimore where he claims they are needed to crack dow...

President Donald Trump's administration plans to send officers to Chicago for an immigration crackdown

A doctor who sexually abused sedated patients at a New York City hospital and raped women who were unconscious at his home has been sentenced to 24 years in prison

Most categories of crime have continued to fall in Minneapolis after a surge that followed the 2020 killing of George Floyd

President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the National Guard to Chicago and other big cities as a way to fight crime

A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani is expected to be sentenced in federal court

A judge has ordered a new trial for three former Memphis police officers who were convicted of federal charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols

Man convicted of triple murder put to death in record 11th execution in Florida this year

The United States announced it is seeking U.N. authorization for a new Gang Suppression Force to help tackle escalating violence in Haiti where the armed groups are expanding their brutal activities from the capital into the countryside

The U.S. Education Department says Denver Public Schools violated Title IX protections against sex-based discrimination in education by creating all-gender bathrooms and allowing students to use bathrooms corresponding with their gender identity

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading back to Latin America next week for visits to Mexico and Ecuador

The father of an eight-year-old boy fatally shot in a Minneapolis church has spoken out, urging the community to remember his son for his life, not his tragic death

The families of two of the four murdered University of Idaho students have asked a judge to prevent the release of graphic crime scene photos and videos, saying the images are traumatizing and violate their privacy

President Donald Trump has floated the idea of getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which manages federal disaster response

A man captured on camera hurling a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington has been charged with a misdemeanor after prosecutors failed to convince a grand jury to return a more serious felony indictment, according to court papers filed Thursday

Top adviser to RFK Jr. will serve as acting CDC leader after White House pushes out director, AP source says

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from removing Michael Abramowitz as director of Voice of America

A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol action at the site of a wildfire on Washington states Olympic Peninsula has sparked condemnation from Sen. Patty Murray, who says firefighters put risk their lives to keep communities safe