Here are some favorites β lore and fiction, with maybe some truth sprinkled throughout β that The Associated Press gathered from its journalists around the planet.
Officials in Kyle, Saskatchewan, Canada, said no one is running for mayor in the upcoming November election.
Paddington Bear has been issued a British passport, 66 years after he first arrived in London
The NFLβs aggressive international growth plan could include holding a Super Bowl outside the United States for the first time, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Saturday.
More than a dozen states, including North and South Carolina filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday, saying that the popular short-form video app is designed to be addictive to kids and harms their mental health.
Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a barrage of rockets into Israel on Monday asΒ mourners marked the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack, without disrupting a nearby ceremony.
The Israeli military on Thursday warned people to evacuate a city and other communities in southern Lebanon that are north of a U.N.-declared buffer zone.
Devastation across the southeast, including in western North Carolina, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Asheville is one of the biggest and hardest hit areas. Chief meteorologist Nicole Madden joined Rising live from Biltmore Village in Asheville.
Across the Carolinas, hundreds of thousands are still without power. Crews are working to make repairs, but it could be some time. We talked with Jacob Puckett, the Digital Communications Manager for Blue Ridge Energy about the situation on the ground in the mountains.
The Israeli military said Tuesday that Iran has fired missiles at Israel, and air raid sirens sounded across the country as residents were ordered to remain close to bomb shelters.
A pair of paintings byΒ Dutch master Vincent van GoghΒ at Londonβs National Gallery were vandalized Friday when a group of climate activists splattered what appeared to be tomato soup on them.
Israel's defense minister declares a βnew phaseβ of war as Hezbollah officials and Lebanon's state media say explosions went off in Beirut and multiple parts of Lebanon in an apparent second wave of detonations of electronic devices.
Veetee Foods, Inc., known as Veetee Food Group in the United Kingdom, will establish a major production plant in Johnston County creating 200 jobs, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.
LG is turning high tech into high fashion, as the company unveiled its wearable screens on the runway at the Seoul Fashion Week.
The spectacle will be visible in clear skies across North America and South America Tuesday night.
A tech billionaire has performed the first private spacewalk hundreds of miles above Earth. It was a high-risk endeavor reserved for professional astronauts β until now. Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman teamed up with SpaceX to test the companyβs brand new spacesuits on his chartered flight.
President Joe Biden releases statement on the Passing of James Earl Jones.
The Israeli military said Tuesday that an American activist who was killed in the West Bank last week was likely shot βindirectly and unintentionallyβ by Israeli forces who were aiming at someone else.
Kate, the princess of Wales, says she has completed chemotherapy and will return to some public duties in the coming months.
Jannik Sinner beat Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 with a relentless baseline game to win the U.S. Open menβs championship on Sunday.
