Southern California is seeing a burst of summerlike heat, and forecasters warn that it raises the risk of heat illness.

The State Department will permanently close the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, which has been America’s closest diplomatic mission to the Afghan border.

Police are investigating the death of a 12-year-old girl who was hospitalized after a fistfight near a school bus stop in her neighborhood.

The widow of Haiti’s last elected president described being shot and wounded during the 2021 assassination of her husband Jovenel Moïse.

Newly released surveillance video appears to show a man buying a fuse at a fireworks store days before authorities say he and another man brought homemade bombs to a protest outside the New York City mayor’s residence.

Powerful storms swept across northern Illinois and northwest Indiana, spawning multiple tornadoes and causing widespread damage. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

Ecuador’s interior minister says the country is preparing a major crackdown on criminal groups set to begin this weekend with logistical support from the United States.

The superintendent of Los Angeles public schools who’s on paid leave during a federal investigation, denies any wrongdoing and asks to be reinstated as head of the nation’s second-largest district.

Harvard University has handed over rare 1850 photos of enslaved people to a museum in Charleston.

Authorities say a man was taken into custody after driving his van into a security barrier at the White House, The Secret Service says the man crashed into the temporary security barrier Wednesday morning just before 6:30 a.m. He was immediately arrest…