A weekend storm sent temperatures plunging well below zero in the Midwest and dumped heavy snow on parts of the Northeast on Sunday, creating many airport delays and slick roads as the Pacific Northwest braced for more rain after days of flooding and mudslides. The storm began Saturday and brought up to several inches of […]
BEIRUT (AP) — A man who carried out an attack in Syria that killed three U.S. citizens had joined Syria’s internal security forces as a base security guard two months earlier and was recently reassigned amid suspicions that he might be affiliated with the Islamic State group, a Syrian official told The Associated Press Sunday. […]
Police in Rhode Island say they have a person of interest in custody after a shooting at Brown University killed two students and wounded nine others. The incident happened Saturday afternoon in a classroom during final exams. The shooting paralyzed the campus, with students sheltering in place for hours. Nine students with gunshot wounds were […]
WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (AP) — “Christmas at Pemberly Manor” and “Romance at Reindeer Lodge” may never make it to Oscar night, but legions of fans still love these sweet-yet-predictable holiday movies — and this season, many are making pilgrimages to where their favorite scenes were filmed. That’s because Connecticut — the location for at least 22 […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Haruki Murakami was in town last week to hear his words set to music and his praises literally sung. The 76-year-old Tokyo resident and perennial Nobel Prize candidate received a pair of honors in Manhattan for his long career as a storyteller, translator, critic and essayist. On Tuesday night, the Center […]
When Indiana adopted new U.S. House districts four years ago, Republican legislative leaders lauded them as “fair maps” that reflected the state’s communities. But when Gov. Mike Braun recently tried to redraw the lines to help Republicans gain more power, he implored lawmakers to “vote for fair maps.” What changed? The definition of “fair.” As […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Even though Republican Brian Jack is only a first-term congressman, he has become a regular in the Oval Office these days. As the top recruiter for his party’s House campaign team, the Georgia native is often reviewing polling and biographies of potential candidates with President Donald Trump. Lauren Underwood, an Illinois congresswoman […]
BEIRUT (AP) — The death of two U.S. service members and one American civilian in an attack in Syria by an alleged member of the Islamic State group has drawn new attention to the presence of American forces in the country. Saturday’s attack was the first with fatalities since the fall of Syrian President Bashar […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Hundreds of police officers were scouring the Brown University campus along with nearby neighborhoods and poring over video in the hunt for a shooter who opened fire in a classroom, killing two people and wounding nine others. The search stretched late into the night, well after the shooting erupted Saturday afternoon […]
An arctic air blast swept south from Canada, spreading into the northern United States. Meanwhile residents of the Pacific Northwest braced for possible mudslides and levee failures as floodwaters slowly recede. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Providence, R.I. (AP) — A shooter dressed in black killed multiple people and wounded several others at Brown University on Saturday during final exams on the Ivy League campus, authorities said, and police were searching for the suspect. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
A shooting Saturday at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, left two people dead and at least eight other critically injured. Authorities were still searching for a suspect in the hours afterward. The shooting occurred on a Saturday afternoon in a campus building with final exams underway. The suspect was dressed in black and left […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island (all times local): At least 2 killed in Brown University shooting, AP source At least two people have been killed and several others injured in a shooting at Brown University on Saturday, a law enforcement source told The Associated Press. […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police responded to an active shooter situation Saturday at Brown University near an engineering building on the Providence, Rhode Island Campus, according to the school’s alert system. No further details were immediately available.
CAIRO (AP) — A drone strike hit a U.N. facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. The strike hit the U.N. peacekeeping logistics base in the city of Kadugli, in the central region of Kordofan, he said in a statement. Eight other peacekeepers were wounded in the strike. All […]
DULLES, Va. (AP) — A United Airlines flight experienced an engine failure during takeoff from Dulles International Airport on Saturday before safely returning to the airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA said United flight 803 was traveling to Tokyo when the engine failed Saturday afternoon. The plane, a Boeing 777-200 safely returned […]
A blast of arctic air is plunging south from Canada and spreading into parts of the northern U.S., while residents of the Pacific Northwest brace for possible mudslides and levee failures from floodwaters that are expected to be slow to recede. The catastrophic flooding has forced thousands of people to evacuate, including Eddie Wicks and […]
MAYETTA, Kan. (AP) — The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, whose ancestors were uprooted by the U.S. from the Great Lakes region in the 1830s, are facing outrage from fellow Native Americans over plans to profit from another forced removal: President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. A newly established tribal business entity quietly signed a nearly […]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that “we will retaliate” after two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed in a Syria attack that the U.S. blames on the Islamic State group. “This is an ISIS attack,” the American president told reporters at the White House before departing for the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Greene, a character actor best known for his role as the iconic villain Zed in “Pulp Fiction,” has died. He was 60. He died in his home in New York City, his manager, Gregg Edwards confirmed on Friday. His cause of death was not immediately released. “He was just a […]
BAGHDAD (AP) — United National Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was in Baghdad on Saturday to mark the end of the political mission set up in 2003 following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that toppled Saddam Hussein. The U.N. Security Council, at Iraq’s request, voted last year to wind down the mandate of the United Nations Assistance […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Loons are on the mend in Maine, filling more of the state’s lakes and ponds with their haunting calls, although conservations say the birds aren’t out of the woods yet. Maine is home to a few thousand of the distinctive black-and-white waterbirds — the East Coast’s largest loon population — and […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump’s top law enforcement officials were firing and forcing out waves of Justice Department veterans, Sen. Chuck Grassley denounced a “political infection” that had poisoned FBI leadership. The Iowa Republican was not criticizing FBI Director Kash Patel or Attorney General Pam Bondi. In a July statement, he directed his […]
KOTZEBUE, Alaska (AP) — The low autumn light turned the tundra gold as James Schaeffer, 7, and his cousin Charles Gallahorn, 10, raced down a dirt path by the cemetery on the edge of town. Permafrost thaw had buckled the ground, tilting wooden cross grave markers sideways. The boys took turns smashing slabs of ice […]
