The Associated Press

The Associated Press is an American multinational nonprofit news agency headquartered in New York City. The AP is owned by its contributing newspapers, radio, and television stations in the United States, all of which contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists.

More than 1.5 million foreign Muslims arrive in Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimage

Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca for the Hajj, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental scale

1:02AM ( 4 months ago )

Top investigator in Karen Read murder case questioned over inappropriate texts

Defense attorneys have grilled the lead investigator in the case of a woman accused of leaving her Boston police officer boyfriend for dead in a snowbank about offensive and inappropriate texts he wrote about her

12:23AM ( 4 months ago )

After years of delays, scaled-back plans underway for memorial to Florida nightclub massacre

Survivors and relatives of the victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub massacre in Florida had hoped by now to have a permanent memorial place at the site

12:20AM ( 4 months ago )

With 1 out of 3 Californians on Medicaid, doctors push ballot measure to force state to pay more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to back out of a deal he made last year to pay doctors more money to treat Medicaid patients

12:15AM ( 4 months ago )

Americans celebrate their flag every year, and the holiday was born in Wisconsin

Each June, Waubeka, Wisconsin, venerates one of the nation's more enduring symbols with a holiday that escapes the notice of many Americans

12:13AM ( 4 months ago )

Heavy snows and drought of deadly 'dzud' kill more than 7 million head of livestock in Mongolia

An extreme weather phenomenon known as the dzud has killed more than 7.1 million animals in Mongolia, endangering herders' livelihoods and way of life

12:09AM ( 4 months ago )