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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law banning the sale of single-use, battery-powered vapes to combat plastic pollution

A Utah judge on Monday ordered a 71-year-old man to be released on bail who spent decades on death row after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence did not match him

Major League Baseball has been considering holding a game in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has recused himself from a major climate-change case

The security agreement signed by the U_S_, Denmark and Greenland last week strengthens the defense of Greenland, the NATO area, and the American continent.

One of the youngest women sent to death row is set to be executed in Tennessee

A new study finds that metal mixtures found in smoke, ash and debris after the 2023 Maui wildfires affected human lung health

Many churches across America have roadside signs with frequently changing messages that range from the practical to the witty to the profound

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for taking homemade explosive devices to a Washington, D.C., church that was preparing for an annual Mass celebrating the start of the Supreme Courts term

The owners of Camp Mystic have proposed selling off the riverfront property in bankruptcy

The U.S. ambassador to China says President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy weapons from the United States

There's a program in Indiana for people with physical or intellectual disabilities to learn how to dance

Global shares are trading mixed Monday after a cooldown in oil prices last week helped U.S. stock close out their first winning week in the last three

Hurricane Nolo is moving away from the Hawaiian Islands amid a lingering threat of heavy rain and flash flooding

The Trump administration on Monday plans to release new fuel economy standards that would relax regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks

A limited series adaptation of East of Eden and a new album from Quavo are among streaming releases coming in October

Five years after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Mose, dozens of people arrested in connection with the killing in the troubled Caribbean nation are still awaiting trial in Miami

Officials say two groups of people shot at each other during a party at a park.

Tropical Storm Rachel forms off Mexico's southwest coast, forecasters say

Officials say three people were killed and four more were injured when an argument turned into gunfire at an after-hours strip club in Detroit

A powerful, slow-moving noreaster continued to batter the Northeast on Sunday, leaving more than 130,000 customers without power and threatening coastal communities with another round of flooding at high tide

Presidents, premiers, monarchs and cabinet ministers have plenty to say at their annual gathering at the U.N. General Assembly

The beach in this small Southern California community has been shrinking due to rising ocean waters

Two giant pandas have departed Chengdu in southwestern China for their new homes in Atlanta as part of an agreement between the Chinese and American governments

UNITED NATIONS (AP) China and Russia got their turns to speak at the United Nations on Saturday, but that wasn't call. Watchers from across the globe could find news that affected their lives at the U.N. General Assembly meetings. Here are a few moments: ___ Redefining Netanyahu's words The foreign minister of Iceland, Thorgerdur Katrn Gunnarsdttir, used part of her time on the world stage Saturday to turn Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's words on Friday upside down. Netanyahu, addre

The German and Russian foreign ministers have met on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly

CNN says it has been left off Air Force One for President Donald Trumps Saturday trip to a college football game

Chinas vice president has unfurled the nations familiar list of global talking points at the U.N. He emphasized development, issued mild statements about the U.S. war with Iran, artificial intelligence and protectionism and made no direct mention of ...

At least six states will require documentation that individuals are too sick to meet Medicaid work requirements kicking in next year

Iran's president and top diplomat have spent a busy week in New York proposing a deal to the Trump administration to end the fighting and open the Strait of Hormuz in seven days

TikTok has agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and implement safety features for teens as part of a settlement that resolved an impending trial

President Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress

A prosecutor who has been accused of misconduct over a failed attempt to bring felony charges against six protesters of the federal immigration crackdown in Chicago has resigned

Police in Mississippi say they believe a Black woman found hanging in a tree was dead before her body was placed there

New Jerseys Democratic lieutenant governor has resigned after the governor demanded he step down over allegations of inappropriate behavior with women

A new report on Charlie Kirks assassination last year says his Turning Point USA organization insisted he speak outdoors despite security concerns, while the university where he was killed didnt properly assess dangers like the possibility of a rooft...

Police are investigating suspected hazing after about 30 partially-clothed young men covered in food, condiments and other liquids were found in the basement of a fraternity house near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus this week

Mississippi Today reports that a few recipients received a large share of federal funds to boost rural health in Mississippi

The Brightline companies that bet more than $5 billion on developing the nations only privately held passenger railroad are reworking their debt in bankruptcy court, but the bright yellow trains will continue running between Miami and Orlando

The federal government is defending its officers after a fatal crash last weekend involving an immigrant in western Michigan

Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty in the upcoming trial against a 71-year-old Utah man who spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing that he says he didnt commit

Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow quick third-country deportations

A ruling to halt deportations of people to countries other than their own has thrown a core immigration policy of the Trump administration into question, at least temporarily, and prompted a desperate appeal to the Supreme Court

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the world cannot allow countries and cultures to vanish beneath the waves

The hurricane season in the Pacific Ocean already has been very active, thanks to the El Nino weather phenomenon

Many leaders saying many things about many topics that matter to them, to their regions, to the world: Thats what the U.N. General Assembly invariably produces each year. And each year, certain voices dominate. Here, The Associated Press takes the opposite approach and spotlights some thoughts from leaders who might have not captured the headlines and airtime on Thursday, the third day of the 2026 General Debate. ___ The time for simply setting out goals is behind us. Mia Amor Mottley, president

Yemens internationally recognized government is pressing world leaders anew for help defeating the Iran-backed Houthi rebels

New Jerseys governor has called on her hand-picked lieutenant governor to resign by Friday after a law firm hired by her office concluded he behaved inappropriately around women

President Donald Trump warmly welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping, but protesters gathered outside the White House

Nolo strengthens to a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean as forecasts warn it could bring catastrophic flooding to Hawaii