Law enforcement to beef up in Dallas entertainment district after shootings and nationwide violence

Federal authorities in Texas planned to detail their response Monday to a series of shootings in Dallas, one of numerous gun incidents across the nation on Halloween weekend that left at least ...

Rain clears but flood risk remains high after destructive storms swamp normally arid US Southwest

Some rivers began receding in the flood-weary Southwest on Monday, including in a Colorado tourist town that has to alter its Election Day voting plans, while others were still rising, keeping ...

Parts of a Learjet may have broken off midair before Florida crash that killed 9, investigators say

A business jet crashed into a South Florida neighborhood and erupted into a ball of flames, killing all nine people on board ...

Powerful Haitian gang leader tells AP he wrote UN seeking dialogue as clashes intensify

One of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders has written the U.N. Secretary General and requested that the organization deploy a delegation to Haiti for dialogue and ...
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After Election Day, Trump stares down the specter of Democratic probes and the race to succeed him

WASHINGTON (AP) — For Donald Trump, Tuesday’s elections will chart the course for the final two years of his presidency. If his party loses control of Congress in the midterm elections, the rest of ...
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Election Day arrives after a surge in early voting, with observers keeping close watch at the polls

WASHINGTON (AP) — The final day of voting in this year’s midterm elections arrives Tuesday against a backdrop of uncertainty after a year in which President Donald Trump has tried to interfere in how ...
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Midterm elections coming to a close as voters pass judgment on Trump’s second term

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters struggling with high prices and angry over an unpopular war with Iran will decide whether to drastically shift power in Washington in midterm elections Tuesday that will serve ...
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Parents of 1-year-old fatally shot by police protest at Mississippi Attorney General’s Office

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The parents of a 1-year-old boy who was shot and killed by a police officer in Mississippi led a protest Monday at the office of the state’s attorney general, who ruled last ...
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How My Chemical Romance’s ‘The Black Parade’ hit No. 1 in the US, 20 years later

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s official: The influential New Jersey rock outfit My Chemical Romance has the No. 1 record in the U.S., having topped the all-genre Billboard 200 for the first time in their career ...
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Courtroom chaos hits college basketball as dozens play after judges block NCAA eligibility rules

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The college basketball season tipped off in earnest Monday with something never before seen in the century-plus history of the game: Dozens of players across the country suited ...
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Dodge announces its return to the NASCAR Cup Series beginning at the Daytona 500

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Dodge is returning to the NASCAR Cup Series in 2027, a year earlier than initially expected. The Stellantis-owned Dodge brand announced its return at the Specialty Equipment Market ...

A referendum on Trump, election monitors and a Democratic shift: What to watch on Election Day

President Donald Trump has repeatedly encouraged voters to pretend he’s on the ballot this Election Day. He’s not, of course. But there is reason to believe that ...