Jury finds Jacksonville man guilty of 9 counts of sexual battery, could face life in prison

A Duval County jury found Ronnie Roman guilty of nine counts of sexual battery on a minor. Roman faces up to life in Florida State Prison following the verdict announced by State Attorney Melissa ...

‘RHOC’ star Jeana Keough shares tongue cancer diagnosis, says she can’t talk

The family of former “Real Housewives of Orange County” star Jeana Keough has revealed she has tongue cancer and is undergoing treatment. Keough said on July 19 that she was diagnosed with squamous ...

Quake survivors in southwestern Japan sleep in cars in sweltering heat as death toll rises to 34

Thousands of survivors of a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan have spent Friday in crowded shelters or sleeping in ...

As progressives seek to take on inequality, some cite religion as a motivating factor

The jokes practically wrote themselves as an eclectic group of progressive pastors, imams and a rabbi walked into a room, finding their seats around a table to talk about religion and politics. Though ...

Hamas reached an agreement to disarm, officials say. It's a significant move but faces challenges

Hamas reached an agreement to disarm, officials told The Associated Press on Friday, a significant move that could help end the war in Gaza — but one that will face many hurdles and could take a long ...

Sheriff: Man recently executed for killing Lake County girl, also abducted, killed Polk County girl

Jeanifer Weldon, 14, was abducted and murdered in Polk County in 1987. Nearly three decades later after the case went cold, Sheriff Grady Judd said Thursday her killer was James Duckett, the ...

EU to crack down on AI deepfakes, illicit imagery and hacking with new team in Brussels

The European Union rolled out a new team on Friday to rein in AI companies across the world, in one of the most aggressive regulations the high-tech sector has so far faced as fears rise over the ...

Firefighters battle the last hot spots of a monster wildfire in the southwest

Firefighters in southwestern France were working to control the last hot spots of a massive wildfire on Friday that has burned an area four times the size of Paris and forced thousands out of their ...

Rights group says Russia-linked airstrike in Mali killed 8 civilians last month

Human Rights Watch says Russian-controlled aircraft killed eight civilians in an airstrike in central Mali last month ...

At least 18 die after breach of border between Morocco and Spanish exclave of Ceuta

MADRID — At least eighteen migrants have died trying to reach the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, where Spain deployed its military after thousands of people breached the border with Morocco and poured into ...

34 miners killed in a methane explosion at a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan

QUETTA, Pakistan — A methane gas explosion at a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan killed 34 miners, authorities said on Friday, despite an overnight rescue attempt.

Israelis worry about weakening connection with younger Jewish Americans

Israelis across political and religious lines are worried about the weakening connection with younger Jewish Americans ...