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.

New York employers must now offer paid medical leave during pregnancy

Pregnant New Yorkers will be entitled to at least 20 hours of paid leave to attend prenatal medical appointments under a new law

12:35PM ( 4 months ago )

Superdome in New Orleans on lockdown for security sweeps after deadly truck attack

The Superdome in New Orleans is on lockdown for security sweeps after a truck plowed into a New Year’s crowd about a mile away, killing 10 people and injuring more than 30

12:18PM ( 4 months ago )

Sugar Bowl CFP quarterfinal between Georgia and Notre Dame postponed after deadly truck attack

The College Football Playoff quarterfinal in New Orleans has been postponed a day after a truck plowed into a New Year’s crowd about a mile away from the site of the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame

12:18PM ( 4 months ago )

Protesters in Syria demand justice for disappeared activists and accountability from all factions

Protesters in Syria have held a sit-in demanding justice for four activists who were forcibly disappeared in 2013 and whose fate remains one of the most haunting mysteries of the country’s 13-year civil war

12:00PM ( 4 months ago )

New Orleans New Year's Day ramming is the latest attack to use a vehicle as a deadly weapon

Authorities say a man who drove a pickup truck at high speed into a crowd of people celebrating the new year in New Orleans was hell-bent on creating carnage

11:53AM ( 4 months ago )

A fireworks explosion in the Honolulu area has killed 2 people and injured 20

Authorities say two people died and another 20 were injured in a New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion in a Honolulu-area neighborhood

11:13AM ( 4 months ago )

A fireworks explosion in the Honolulu area has killed 3 people and injured at least 20

Authorities say three people died and 20 others were critically injured in a New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion in a Honolulu-area neighborhood

11:13AM ( 4 months ago )

Rescuers find gruesome scene at a Honolulu home after a fireworks blast kills 3, injures over 20

Authorities say three people are dead and 20 others injured in a New Year’s fireworks explosion in a Honolulu-area neighborhood

11:13AM ( 4 months ago )

FBI finds 150 homemade bombs at Virginia home in one of the largest such seizures, prosecutors say

Prosecutors say federal agents found one of the largest stockpiles of homemade explosives they’ve ever seized when they arrested a Virginia man on a firearms charge last month

10:30AM ( 4 months ago )

FBI found 150 homemade bombs at Virginia home during search in December, prosecutors say

Prosecutors say federal agents found one of the largest stockpiles of homemade explosives they’ve ever seized when they arrested a Virginia man on a firearms charge last month

10:30AM ( 4 months ago )