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.

Heavy rains set off flash floods in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 50 people

A Taliban official says that flash floods from seasonal rains in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan have killed at least 50 people

1:40PM ( 4 months ago )

700 union workers launch 48-hour strike at Virgin Hotels casino off Las Vegas Strip

About 700 workers have walked off the job at a hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip in what union organizers say will be a 48-hour strike after spending months trying to reach a deal for new five-year contract with Virgin Hotels

1:33PM ( 4 months ago )

700 hotel union workers launch 48-hour strike at Virgin Hotels casino near Las Vegas Strip

1:33PM ( 4 months ago )

How West Virginia's first transgender elected official is influencing local politics

Rosemary Ketchum became West Virginia's first openly transgender lawmaker when she was elected to the Wheeling City Council in 2020

1:31PM ( 4 months ago )

Film academy launches $500M fundraising campaign ahead of 100th Oscar anniversary

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a $500 million fundraising campaign Friday to ensure long-term, global support for its Oscar prizes, museum, educational programming and screenings in view of its 100th anniversary in 2028

1:15PM ( 4 months ago )

US pledges money and other aid to help track and contain bird flu on dairy farms

U.S. officials pledged nearly $200 million in new spending and other efforts Friday to help track and contain an outbreak of bird flu in the nation's dairy cows

1:07PM ( 4 months ago )

Civil War General William T. Sherman's sword and other relics to be auctioned off in Ohio

Bidders will fight with their dollars next week for personal relics and a sword used by Civil War Union General William Tecumseh Sherman at an auction house in Columbus, Ohio

1:05PM ( 4 months ago )

A train in central Buenos Aires strikes a boxcar on the track, injuring dozens

Authorities in Argentina say at least 90 people were injured in Buenos Aires when a passenger train struck an empty box car on the tracks and derailed

12:57PM ( 4 months ago )

A cyberattack on a big US health system diverts ambulances and takes records offline

A cyberattack on the Ascension health system across the U.S. diverted ambulances, caused patients to miss medical visits and blocked online access to their records

12:56PM ( 4 months ago )

A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records offline

A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests and blocked online access to patient records

12:56PM ( 4 months ago )