A group of more than 10 people were pulled far from shore and scattered along a “dog-leg” rip current, which bends and abruptly changes direction.

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The remaining descendants of the last ship carrying enslaved Africans to land in the U.S. in 1860 met Saturday in Mobile, Alabama, for a memorial ceremony. Attendees, many of them dressed in white, gathered near Africatown Bridge on…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Fourth of July is about all things American: parades, cookouts, cold beer and of course, fireworks. Those pyrotechnics remain at the center of Independence Day, a holiday 247 years in the making. Massive fireworks lit up the skyli…

Heavy rains have caused devastating flash floods in Texas Hill Country, killing at least 24 people and leaving many others missing.

WASHINGTON (AP) — At a Fourth of July White House picnic, President Donald Trump signed a major tax and spending bill, celebrating its passage through the Republican-led Congress. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

Texas parents are frantically posting photos of their daughters and pleas for information as more than 20 campers from an all-girls summer camp remain missing after floods tore through the state’s south-central region.

CONEY ISLAND, New York (AP) — Competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut reclaimed his title Friday at the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, and defending champion in the women’s division, Miki Sudo of Tampa, Florida, won her 11th titl…

A United Nations report says Rwanda provided critical support to the M23 rebels who seized key cities earlier this year in Congo.

On Jan. 7, the Palisades fire tore through Pacific Palisades and surrounding areas, destroying more than 6,000 structures.

Annexed militarized zones on public land will soon cover nearly one-third of the U.S. border with Mexico, empowering soldiers to arrest people who cross the border illegally and facilitating new criminal trespassing charges.