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Of all the tributes paid to Prince, from the president to the Empire State Building lit up in purple, one point can't be stressed enough: Prince made the world come to him. He was an exquisite freak who began on the marg...

To save the world from worse nuclear fallout, the Soviets in 1986 hastily constructed temporary sarcophagus around failed reactor

When the TV critic Andy Greenwald, who is 38, returned to his high school near Philadelphia last May to speak to students about his job, he wondered how it would go. After all, today's students are a digital generation w...

North Korea says it successfully tested a submarine-launched missile, while its foreign minister tells AP his country is ready to give up further nuclear tests under conditions

Official says temporary measure aims to ensure Anbar's provincial capital is cleared of explosives left behind by ISIL.

UN envoy suspends session as representatives of rival Houthi and government delegations fail to make progress.

Authorities say two officers are in stable condition and the suspect is dead following a shooting Saturday at a Walmart in suburban Phoenix

Pope Francis is praying that a "merciful" God will touch the hearts of those in Syria who have abducted Catholic and Orthodox faithful, including bishops and priests, so that the captives will be released soon. …

France's economy minister has confirmed the government supports French energy company EDF's nuclear power plant project in southwest England. …

The Obama administration will likely soon release at least part of a 28-page secret chapter from a congressional inquiry into 9/11 that may shed light on possible Saudi connections to the attackers

A liberal women's group has held a special Passover prayer service at a Jerusalem holy site, drawing criticism from the site's ultra-Orthodox rabbi, who called it a "provocation." …

LOS ANGELES -- When Stella Adler opened her acting school more than 65 years ago, she probably couldn't have envisioned this. But classic stage skills have never been more important in pornographic films than they are no...

A renewed gun control debate has emerged in Australia amid a review of the National Firearms Agreement and questions whether the country should import a particular type of shotgun

The victims were all members of the Rhoden family.

An opposition monitoring group says at least 14 people, including two young siblings, have been killed in Syria's largest city, Aleppo, as rebels and government forces trade fire

The Norwegian Air Force says an F-16 fighter jet accidentally fired at a lookout tower near three military personnel during target practice earlier this month, but that no one was hurt. …

President Obama's final day in the United Kingdom included two British traditions: Shakespeare and golf. A visit to London's Globe Theatre to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespere's death began the president's day. Ob...

The Ukrainian government says three troops have been killed in the volatile eastern Ukraine over the past 24 hours. …

The veteran Florida zookeeper who was mauled by a tiger violated policy when she entered into the big cat's enclosure, zoo officials said.

AP Exclusive: North Korea's foreign minister tells the Associated Press that Pyongyang is ready to halt its nuclear weapons tests if the U.S. suspends its annual war games with South Korea

Gov. LePage, who supports Trump, blasted Cruz's campaign for "lying" about a so-called "unity ticket" of delegates in the state

A report by an outside group of experts says there is evidence that Mexican police tortured some of the key suspects arrested in the disappearance of 43 students. …