Tammy Blanton’s life unraveled after years of taking opioids initially prescribed for migraines, according to her daughter Mary Anne, who says the drugs left
April 24, 2026
Oil prices whipsawed in volatile trade on Friday, but were higher on the week, as traders weighed supply disruptions against the
April 24, 2026
The U.S.
April 25, 2026
British businesses ramped up their expectations for selling prices in the year ahead, according to a survey published by the Bank of England on Friday that added to a run of
April 24, 2026
Public dissent appears to be deepening in Russia
April 25, 2026
A proposal that would require California to verify proof of citizenship when a person registers to vote — and require voters to provide identification at polling places — will appear on the November ballot
April 25, 2026
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Friday to discuss
April 24, 2026
The U.S. military says it launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people Friday
April 25, 2026
LeBron James scored 29 points, including a tying 3-pointer with 13 seconds left in regulation, Marcus Smart had eight points in overtime and the Los Angeles Lakers took advantage of a Houston Rockets team missing Kevin Durant for a 112-108 win Friday night to take a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference first-round series
April 25, 2026
Lane Hutson scored on a slap shot at 2:09 of overtime and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in the first-round series that has opened with three extra-time thrillers
April 25, 2026
Tunisian authorities on Friday ordered a one-month suspension of activities by the Human Rights League (LTDH), according to a statement from the group, which was among the
April 25, 2026
A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for Texas authorities to enforce a Republican-backed state law that would let them arrest and prosecute people
April 25, 2026
Court overturns subway bomber’s conviction for giving ISIS ‘material support,’ raising questions about terrorism prosecutions
April 25, 2026
Pattern shift brings back-to-back days of severe weather threats to central US
April 24, 2026
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is announcing a special session for judicial redistricting following an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a major Voting Rights Act case
April 25, 2026
Officials say a powerful storm churned up multiple tornadoes that barreled through Oklahoma, damaging at least 40 homes and sending emergency crews door-to-door in a hard hit neighborhood
April 24, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump is sending envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan on Saturday to continue talks with Iran
April 24, 2026
German biotech company CureVac sued Moderna in Delaware federal court on Friday, alleging that Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax infringed CureVac patents
April 25, 2026
The sovereignty of the Falkland Islands rests with Britain, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday after an internal Pentagon email suggested
April 24, 2026
U.S.
April 24, 2026
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States of abandoning internationally recognised diplomatic conventions in pursuit of its own interests, particularly in
April 25, 2026
Colombian President Gustavo Petro and his Venezuelan counterpart Delcy Rodriguez agreed intelligence-sharing measures to combat
April 24, 2026
U.S.
April 25, 2026
OpenAI’s Sam Altman apologizes to Canadian community after failing to flag mass shooter’s conversations with its AI chatbot
April 25, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. does not plan a third renewal of a waiver allowing the purchase of Russian oil that is currently at sea
April 25, 2026
Officials say a volunteer firefighter has died battling a wildfire in Florida, while two large fires in Georgia have destroyed more than 120 homes
April 24, 2026
The U.S.
April 25, 2026
U.S.
April 25, 2026
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs on Friday, bolstered by optimism for possible negotiations between the U.S. and Iran
April 24, 2026
Pope Leo condemned capital punishment for a second day running on Friday, calling for its abolition in the United States just as President Donald Trump's
April 25, 2026
U.S.
April 24, 2026
Castelion, a small California defense startup, has won a $105 million U.S.
April 25, 2026
Argentina's government on Friday reiterated its willingness to resume bilateral negotiations with the United Kingdom in regards to a sovereignty dispute over the
April 25, 2026
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq notched all-time closing highs on Friday as investors assessed signs of progress in U.S.-Iran peace talks and weighed solid
April 24, 2026
A U.S.
April 24, 2026
US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400,000 on Maduro raid
April 24, 2026
Nottingham Forest has taken a huge step toward ensuring its Premier League survival by beating Sunderland 5-0 away from home
April 25, 2026
Only five ships, including one Iranian oil products tanker, have passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours, Friday shipping data showed,
April 24, 2026
President Donald Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan to meet with Iran’s foreign minister as officials in the South Asian nation push to revive ceasefire talks
April 24, 2026
Scott McTominay has scored and missed a penalty and Napoli has beaten relegation-threatened Cremonese 4-0 in Serie A
April 25, 2026
The Southern Poverty Law Center has been indicted on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to secretly pay leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups for inside information
April 21, 2026
A surge for Intel following a blowout profit report led the U.S. stock market to more records, while oil prices kept yo-yoing in the wait for what’s next with the Iran war
April 24, 2026
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani will participate in a 9/11 memorial wreath-laying ceremony with Britain's King Charles when he visits next week, his
April 25, 2026
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, called for the resumption of talks to secure a rapid,
April 25, 2026
An Argentine appellate court has upheld a lower court decision for the assets of former Argentine President Cristina Kirchner to be confiscated in
April 24, 2026
Top oilfield services companies SLB and Baker Hughes said on Friday they expect higher spending on oil
April 25, 2026
Leading medical journal The Lancet will decline a request to provide evidence for a U.S.
April 25, 2026
Canada has approved a C$4 billion ($2.93 billion) expansion of Enbridge's Westcoast natural gas pipeline system in British Columbia, the first major
April 24, 2026
New York sued the Trump administration for withholding more than $73.5 million in highway funding over the state's decision not to revoke some
April 25, 2026
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani discussed developments in the Washington-Tehran ceasefire agreement in a phone call with U.S.
April 25, 2026
The Trump administration again plans to terminate the legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants, after a judge blocked its initial effort to revoke
April 25, 2026
The dollar fell on Friday, pressured by the Justice Department's decision to close its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair
April 24, 2026
Israeli fire killed at least 12 people including six police officers across Gaza on Friday, Palestinian health officials said.
April 24, 2026
A U.S. appeals court has blocked President Donald Trump's executive order suspending asylum access at the southern border
April 24, 2026
U.S.
April 25, 2026
The U.S.
April 24, 2026
World's oldest nun, Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella, celebrates 113th birthday on Long Island
April 25, 2026
A U.S. Army major employed as a nurse on a military base near Washington, D.C., has been charged with conspiring to provide financial and tactical support to separatist fighters in his native Cameroon
April 25, 2026
Jack Thornell, the Associated Press photographer whose picture from an assassination attempt on James Meredith in 1966 won a Pulitzer Prize, has died at age 86
April 24, 2026
A U.S. soldier involved with the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been granted bond, a day after being charged with using classified information about the operation to win more than $400,000 in an online prediction market
April 24, 2026
Speculation about links among a handful U.S. scientists who have died or disappeared in recent years was largely confined to niche online communities less than two months ago
April 25, 2026
Couple convicted in ‘kill list’ manifesto case
April 25, 2026
U.S.
April 24, 2026
White-knuckle trading this month in car rental firm Avis Budget has taken one of the longest-standing U.S. stock indexes for its own thrill ride.
April 24, 2026
Ukraine and Russia conducted a prisoner of war swap on Friday, sending back 193 captured personnel each in an exchange both sides said was facilitated by the United
April 24, 2026
The U.S. and the European Union on Friday deepened their coordination on critical minerals as part of a broader push by Western allies
April 24, 2026
DeepSeek, the Chinese startup whose low-cost AI model stunned the world last year, launched on Friday a preview of a highly
April 24, 2026
Brazil's planned critical minerals rules do not involve fresh tax breaks, Finance Minister Dario Durigan said on Friday, adding that
April 25, 2026
A U.S.
April 24, 2026
Second border wall construction underway in Southern Arizona
April 25, 2026
The Trump administration is sanctioning a major China-based oil refinery and about 40 shipping companies
April 25, 2026
Cal State Monterey Bay students protest after racially charged graffiti incidents
April 25, 2026
The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases
April 25, 2026
Trump’s Justice Department is bringing back firing squads for federal executions
April 24, 2026
Florida police arrest man for first-degree murder after fatal beating over $12 debt
April 25, 2026
'Hiding in plain sight': Millard Public Schools moves to terminate teacher accused of generating child pornography
April 25, 2026
The Gaza playbook: Satellite images reveal scale of Israeli destruction in Lebanon
April 25, 2026
U.S.
April 24, 2026
Microsoft to offer voluntary retirement to thousands of US employees for the first time
April 25, 2026
Trump’s effort to bar migrants from claiming asylum at the border rejected, setting up possible Supreme Court showdown
April 24, 2026
The Sombrero galaxy and its glowing halo of stars have never looked this good
April 24, 2026
The Justice Department has ended its investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, clearing a major roadblock to the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as his successor
April 24, 2026
The Russian central bank reduced its key rate by 50 basis points to 14.5% on Friday, as expected by analysts, despite pressure from
April 24, 2026
China's Commerce Ministry said on Friday it was banning exports of dual-use items to seven European entities over arms sales to Taiwan, placing them immediately on its
April 24, 2026
Next week combines the big three obsessions for investors right now - the war in Iran, the path of interest rates and the AI boom.
April 24, 2026
Trading stocks round-the-clock, seven days a week could damage markets by fragmenting liquidity, German exchange operator
April 24, 2026
The U.N. human rights office said on Friday it has documented patterns of attacks on civilians in populated areas and residential buildings in
April 24, 2026
European Union countries agreed on Friday to keep pushing for a global price on shipping's CO2 emissions in U.N. talks next week,
April 24, 2026
France wound up a meeting of G7 environment ministers on Friday defending its "pragmatic" decision to keep climate change off the agenda to avoid a clash with the U.S. U.S.
April 24, 2026
An internal Pentagon email outlines options for the United States to punish NATO allies it believes failed to support U.S. operations in the war with
April 24, 2026
UK's main stock indexes recorded weekly losses as investors assessed tentative signs of renewed U.S.-Iran peace talks, while a Bank of England warning that global stocks could
April 24, 2026
At a Romanian base overlooking the Black Sea, camouflaged figures squinted up into the sky and drones whined far overhead - the final test of a
April 24, 2026
The U.S. health regulator on Friday moved to speed up the development of new treatments for serious mental illness by awarding the national
April 24, 2026
Prominent Tunisian reporter Zied Heni was detained on Friday after writing an article criticising the judiciary, according to his lawyer, a move the journalists' union said
April 24, 2026
Police raided the home of Peru's former chief electoral official on Friday as part of a new probe into alleged electoral irregularities,
April 24, 2026
A proposed bill allowing terminally ill adults in England and Wales to end their lives has failed
April 24, 2026
Businesses have doled out up to $4 million to send ships through the Panama Canal while trying to avoid the Iran war's risks and effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz
April 24, 2026
A former police officer was arrested in Florida on Wednesday after authorities found information suggesting he planned a mass shooting at a festival in New Orleans, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. Christopher Gillum of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is wanted in Orleans Parish on a charge of making terroristic threats. This story is breaking.
April 24, 2026
Children’s entertainer ‘Ms. Rachel’ calls for release of Maine teen from ICE custody in Texas
April 24, 2026
US freezes $344 million in cryptocurrency said to be linked to Iran
April 24, 2026
'You are evidence evil exists': Milwaukee man sentenced to life in prison for killing of 4-year-old son
April 24, 2026
Video recovered from deputy's bodycam hit with bullet amid Deltona shooting
April 24, 2026
Woman charged with planning ‘mass-casualty event’ at Houston synagogue, Davidson County deputies say
April 24, 2026
The PGA of America has confirmed an AP report that Jim Furyk is the next U.S. Ryder Cup captain
April 24, 2026
Norway said on Friday it would present a bill in parliament by year-end to ban children from using social media until they turn 16, making technology companies responsible
April 24, 2026
Mexico's economic activity expanded slightly in February but missed expectations, extending its rough patch since the start of the year, official data showed on
April 24, 2026
Brazil's current account deficit totaled $6.036 billion in March, central bank data showed on Friday, exceeding the $5.489 billion shortfall expected by economists in a
April 24, 2026
Canadian retail sales rose 0.7% in February from January to C$72.06 billion ($52.68 billion) on higher sales at motor vehicle and parts dealers, Statistics Canada said on
April 24, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that he had received successful treatment for early-stage prostate cancer, without specifying when the treatment
April 24, 2026
South African authorities promised on Friday to crack down on anyone carrying out xenophobic attacks on Ghanaians and other foreign nationals, a day after Ghana
April 24, 2026
China plans to restrict top technology firms, including leading AI startups, from accepting U.S. capital without government approval, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing
April 24, 2026
Marching bands blew horns, women ululated and men cheered on Friday to celebrate King Mswati III's 40 years on Eswatini's throne,
April 24, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested on Friday that the European Union could ease sanctions on Tehran as part of a comprehensive deal that would end the Iran war,
April 24, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin could travel to the G20 summit in Miami in December, the Kremlin said on Friday after
April 24, 2026
SLB said it is seeking to recover higher costs from customers after the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz disrupted
April 24, 2026
DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence startup that shook up world markets last year, has launched preview versions of its latest major update
April 24, 2026
Denys Khomenko betrays no emotion recalling the night last year when a Russian strike drone tore into
April 24, 2026
The United States is discussing currency swap lines with other countries including Gulf and Asian partners, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
April 24, 2026
U.S. consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble on Friday warned of a roughly $1 billion post-tax hit to its fiscal 2027 profit from surging
April 24, 2026
Lebanon's Hezbollah said a U.S.-mediated ceasefire in the war with Israel was meaningless a day after it was extended for
April 24, 2026
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) said it had opened an investigation into Peter Mandelson, Britain's former ambassador to the U.S. and an ex-EU
April 24, 2026
U.S. consumer sentiment fell to a record low in April as households shrugged off a ceasefire in the war with Iran, remaining focused on the inflation
April 24, 2026
A lobbyist who helped a nursing home owner convicted of tax fraud secure a pardon from President Donald Trump has been indicted on extortion charges, court
April 24, 2026
The United States and European Union on Friday released an action plan to coordinate trade policies and measures on critical minerals supply chains,
April 24, 2026
A court in Pristina on Friday convicted three men on terrorism charges over a 2023 attack in northern Kosovo when Serb gunmen stormed a village and battled police in a
April 24, 2026
By Feras Dalatey April 24 - Syria's Interior Ministry said on Friday it had arrested the main suspect in the 2013 Tadamon massacre, one of the worst acts of violence attributed to the former
April 24, 2026
Luxury group Brunello Cucinelli has strengthened its controls to monitor compliance with European Union sanctions on Russia, its 2025 annual report shows, following
April 24, 2026
The Food and Drug Administration says it will offer ultra-fast review to three psychedelic drugs being studied for hard-to-treat mental health conditions, including major depression
April 24, 2026
Wildfires are often thought to be a problem for Western North America, but climate change and other factors are making fires nastier in the East, especially this year
April 24, 2026
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced the Iranian regime’s killing of protesters but stressed that, “as a pastor,” he cannot support the US-Israeli war with Iran.
April 24, 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is declining to engage in a dispute with the U.S. over reports that the Pentagon is considering punishing NATO members who don't support U.S. operations in the Iran war
April 24, 2026
Consumer sentiment rebounds slightly after hitting lowest level on record
April 24, 2026
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that a U.S. blockade on Iran is going global, adding Tehran had a chance to make a "good deal" with Washington.
April 24, 2026
The Palm Beach Zoo in Florida has two reasons to celebrate
April 24, 2026
State lawmakers across the U.S. are increasing security measures as political violence rises
April 24, 2026
Donald Trump’s ire and Russian criticism are helping Giorgia Meloni at home
April 24, 2026
World Cup final tickets now reselling for over $2 million each
April 24, 2026
Norway should use some of the income from its $2.2 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, to help civilians suffering from the war in Iran,
April 24, 2026
The chief of Europe’s securities regulator said the risks from and potential speed of cyberattacks are growing, joining a chorus
April 24, 2026
A passenger plane overran the runway and careered into roadside bushes at a remote airstrip in northeastern Kenya on Friday, but all 36 people on board escaped without
April 24, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday visited Saudi Arabia for the second time in a month, as Kyiv seeks to bolster security co-operation and advertise its
April 24, 2026
Norfolk Southern said on Friday that surging fuel prices will continue to pressure earnings in the coming quarters after higher fuel costs weighed on margins and
April 24, 2026
Meta Platforms and Amazon.com on Friday said Meta will use Amazon Web Services' (AWS) Graviton5 central processing unit (CPU) chips, a deal an AWS
April 24, 2026
The ancient mountain kingdom where fantasy comes to life
April 24, 2026
Russia said on Friday that it stood in solidarity with Cuba and would continue to provide humanitarian aid to the Communist‑run island republic, rejecting what it
April 24, 2026
The Bank of Canada will hold its overnight rate steady next week and through the rest of the year, according to a majority of economists polled by Reuters, most
April 24, 2026
Canadian wholesale trade most likely rose 1.3% in March from February, largely driven by higher sales in the machinery, equipment and supplies subsector, Statistics Canada said in
April 24, 2026
Poland will file a complaint to the European Union's top court about the bloc's free trade agreement with South America, Deputy Prime Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz
April 24, 2026
Ankit Yadav, a seafarer from India, has been stuck on a boat at an inland Iranian port for about 2-1/2 weeks, surviving with his three fellow mariners
April 24, 2026
One of two Georgia wildfires doubles in size, officials say
Sound of gunfire carries eerie echoes of Reagan's shooting outside the same Washington hotel
Buckingham Palace says King Charles' trip to the US to go ahead
Palestinian authorities call local elections in a Gaza community and the West Bank a success
Visualizing the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting incident in maps
Peru's Fujimori, leftist Sanchez deadlocked in presidential runoff poll
Family returns home 19 months after Helene
Direction of the Boston Red Sox feels 'up in the air' after Cora's firing, Trevor Story says
Spurs star Victor Wembanyama available to play vs. Trail Blazers after clearing concussion protocol