President Joe Biden says he will speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and believes an all-out war in the Middle East has to be avoided. He spoke to reporters as he boarded Air Force ...

Some residents east of Atlanta were evacuated and others told to shelter in place after a fire at a chemical plant in Rockdale County. Fire Chief Marian McDaniel told reporters that a sprinkler head ...

John Ashton, the veteran character actor who memorably played the gruff but lovable police detective John Taggart in the “Beverly Hills Cop” films, has died. He was 76. Ashton died Thursday in Fort ...

The Justice Department sued Alabama on Friday over the state’s recent effort to remove more than 3,000 names from its voter rolls, arguing the move violated federal law prohibiting such action from ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin has appointed a former rival as a member of his Cabinet. Sunday’s appointment of Gideon Saar will expand his collation and likely strengthen his hold on office. Under ...

AP College Football Writer Alabama returned to No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in two years Sunday following its dizzying victory over Georgia, making this 16 of ...

The University of Pennsylvania law school says it is imposing a one-year suspension at half-pay and other sanctions on a professor over her comments about race in recent years. The two-year probe bega ...

A Pakistani police officer says gunmen stormed a camp and and kidnapped 20 laborers in the country’s southwest. It’s the second assault in as many days in restive Balochistan province, where ...

If longshore workers at East and Gulf Coast ports go on strike Tuesday, as now appears likely, it could choke off the supplies of many popular products that flow over those docks. But not necessarily ...

Some Republicans have sought to distance themselves from Donald Trump’s latest escalation of personal attacks on Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. His comments came during a rambling weekend rally in ...

UNITED NATIONS The world’s greatest stage is the sprawling Midtown Manhattan complex where leaders meet each year to discuss humanity’s future. The most varied speeches at the United Nations General ...

Pope Francis suggested Sunday that Israel’s attacks in Gaza and Lebanon have been “immoral” and disproportionate, saying its military domination has gone beyond the rules of war. Francis was asked en ...