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16 people died in a blast at a Tennessee explosives factory early Friday, the sheriff says

McEWEN, Tenn. (AP) — A blast in rural Tennessee that leveled an explosives plant and was felt for miles around killed 16 people and left no survivors, authorities said. The explosion left a ...

Hundreds told to evacuate as tropical storm remnants cause Colorado mountain streams to flood

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — The remnants of a tropical storm brought flooding across parts of the Southwest on Saturday, prompting hundreds of evacuations in southwestern Colorado as mountain...

Mississippi school homecoming celebrations turn deadly as 8 people are killed in separate shootings

LELAND, Miss. (AP) — High school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi ended in gunfire, with two separate shootings on opposite sides of the state Friday night that left at least eight peo...

As the National Guard enters Memphis, memories of MLK and 1968 unrest resurface

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — As National Guard troops arrive in Memphis, the memory of thousands of them with bayonetted rifles and tanks in 1968 is still fresh for Joe Calhoun. Back then, he march...

Palestinians return to ruins and US expects hostages freed on Monday as Gaza ceasefire holds

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Gaza ceasefire held in its second day as tens of thousands of Palestinians returned to their neighborhoods Saturday and Israelis cheered Monday's expected re...

Trump directs the Pentagon to use 'all available funds' to ensure troops are paid despite shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has directed the Defense Department to use “all available funds” to ensure U.S. troops are paid Wednesday despite the governmen...

Court: National Guard troops sent to Illinois by Trump can stay but can’t be deployed for now

CHICAGO (AP) — National Guard troops sent to Illinois by President Donald Trump can stay in the state and under federal control, but can’t be deployed to protect federal property or go on pa...

Luigi Mangione's lawyers seek dismissal of federal charges in assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO

NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Luigi Mangione asked a New York federal judge Saturday to dismiss some criminal charges, including the only count for which he could face the death penalty, from ...

A long-lost ancient Roman artifact reappears in a New Orleans backyard

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans family cleaning up their overgrown backyard made an extremely unusual find: Under the weeds was a mysterious marble tablet with Latin characters that include...

Many unresolved questions remain as a ceasefire holds in Gaza

CAIRO (AP) — A ceasefire was holding in Gaza between Israel and Hamas on Saturday after two years of war. But will the agreement lead, as U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed, to “a Strong...

Biden is receiving radiation and hormone therapy to treat his prostate cancer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Joe Biden is receiving radiation and hormone therapy as part of a new phase of treating the aggressive form of prostate cancer he was diagnosed with after ...

Drone footage above Gaza City shows the toll of 2 years of war

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — New drone footage shows what remains of Gaza City after two years of war and as a ceasefire holds in its second day. The footage taken by The Associated Press on...