Top General News
Biden says Hamas is sufficiently depleted. Israel leaders disagree, casting doubts over cease-fire
JERUSALEM (AP) — At the start of its devastating offensive on the Gaza Strip, Israel set an ambitious goal: destroy Hamas. At the time, the Biden administration committed to the objective, giving Israel considerable stocks of weaponry and voicing its support. Nearly eight months...
Proposed Gaza cease-fire puts Netanyahu at a crossroads that could shape his legacy
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden has placed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a crossroads, with either path likely to shape the legacy of Israel’s longest-serving and deeply divisive leader. The proposal offers the possibility...
Prospective jurors in Hunter Biden's firearms case questioned on gun rights, addiction, politics
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Prospective jurors in a federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter were questioned Monday on their thoughts about gun rights and drug addiction while the first lady watched from the front row of the courtroom in a show of support for her son. ...
Louisiana lawmakers approve surgical castration option for those guilty of sex crimes against kids
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A person found guilty of a sex crime against a child in Louisiana could soon be ordered to undergo surgical castration, in addition to prison time. Louisiana lawmakers gave final approval to a bill Monday that would allow judges the option to sentence...
How Trump's deny-everything strategy could hurt him at sentencing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has had plenty to say since his hush money trial conviction last week. He’s claimed the case was rigged, incorrectly linked President Joe Biden to the state prosecution, called the star witness against him a “sleazebag" and said the judge was a...
More women made the list of top paid CEOs in 2023, but their numbers are still small compared to men
More women are attaining the top job at companies in the S&P 500, but their numbers are still minuscule compared to their male counterparts. Of the 341 CEOs included in the AP's annual compensation survey, 25 are women. That’s the most women making the list since the survey...
Mexico awakes with joy, fear, market jitters to first woman elected president, Claudia Sheinbaum
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hours after declaring victory, Mexico’s newly elected president, the first woman to win the job, faced a market meltdown Monday and a tough path toward reconciling a country deeply divided by outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Claudia Sheinbaum...
As pharmacies shutter, some Western states, Black and Latino communities are left behind
Opening stores used to mean everything to pharmacy chains. CVS Health once boasted of opening or buying more than 2,900 locations in a five-year period. Now it’s shuttering hundreds, while Walgreens, Rite Aid and independent drugstores also pull back. An industry...
How AP covered the D-Day landings and lost photographer Bede Irvin in the battle for Normandy
NEW YORK (AP) — When Associated Press correspondent Don Whitehead arrived with other journalists in southern England to cover the Allies' imminent D-Day invasion of Normandy, a U.S. commander offered them a no-nonsense welcome. “We’ll do everything we can to help you get your...
Kylian Mbappé finally joins Real Madrid in a union of soccer's top player and club
MADRID (AP) — Kylian Mbappé is finally a Real Madrid player. Madrid said on Monday it reached a deal with the France star for the next five seasons, bringing together one of soccer’s top talents and its most successful club. The announcement came after years of...
Latest General News
Dozens more former youth inmates sue over alleged sexual abuse at Illinois detention centers
Dozens more former youth inmates filed lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in damages for sexual abuse they allegedly endured at Illinois detention centers dating back to the late 1990s. Thirteen women and 95 men filed two separate lawsuits Friday in the Illinois Court of Claims...
Seeking to spotlight Republican resistance, Senate Democrats renew push for IVF rights
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are making a renewed push to show their support for ensuring nationwide access to in vitro fertilization, releasing legislation Thursday that is part of an election-year effort to spotlight Republican resistance to protecting reproductive care. ...
Unusual mix of possible candidates line up for Chicago's first school board elections this fall
CHICAGO (AP) — A Grammy-winning rapper, progressive activists and a leader of an afterschool squash program are part of the eclectic mix of possible candidates lining up for Chicago’s first school board elections this fall. America's third-largest city has long been an outlier...
Israel declares 4 more hostages are dead in Gaza, including 3 older men from Hamas video
JERUSALEM (AP) — Four more hostages kidnapped on Oct. 7 were declared dead by the Israeli military — including three older adults seen in a Hamas video begging to be released. Monday's announcement heightens pressure on the Israeli government to agree to a U.S. cease-fire proposal that could...
Stock market today: Wall Street ends mixed after the latest signal of a slowdown
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks ended mixed on Wall Street following the latest signal showing the U.S. economy is slowing. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1% Monday after erasing a midday slump. The benchmark index is coming off its sixth winning month in the last seven. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost...
Company that bred beagles for research pleads guilty to neglect, ordered to pay record $35M fine
A company that bred beagles for medical research agreed Monday to pay a record $35 million as part of a criminal plea admitting it neglected thousands of dogs at its breeding facility in rural Virginia. Prosecutors said the penalties amount to the largest ever levied in an...
Atlanta water woes extend into fourth day as city finally cuts off leak gushing into streets
ATLANTA (AP) — For at least some residents, Atlanta's water problems weren't over Monday. Milena Franco, who lives in the city's Midtown neighborhood, said she and her husband had water all weekend. But Monday morning, the flow was cut off, as Franco discovered when she tried to...
Louisiana lawmakers approve surgical castration option for those guilty of sex crimes against kids
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A person found guilty of a sex crime against a child in Louisiana could soon be ordered to undergo surgical castration, in addition to prison time. Louisiana lawmakers gave final approval to a bill Monday that would allow judges the option to sentence...
Police detain pro-Palestinian demonstrators inside San Francisco building housing Israeli Consulate
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police on Monday detained pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied the lobby of a San Francisco building that houses the Israeli Consulate. It was not immediately clear how many people were detained but an Associated Press journalist saw police zip-tie the...
Meme stocks are roaring again. Yes, again
NEW YORK (AP) — Meme stocks are shaking Wall Street once again Monday. And, as is so usually the case, it all started online. A post on Reddit late Sunday indicated that Keith Gill, a central character in the original 2021 meme stock crack, had built a sizeable stake in GameStop....
