CAIRO (AP) - Egypt wants the United Nations Security Council to 'œundertake its responsibilities'ť and prevent Ethiopia from starting to fill its massive, newly built hydroelectric dam on the Nile River next month amid a breakdown in negotiations, E...

GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization on Sunday reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases by its count, at more than 183,000 new cases in the latest 24 hours. The UN health agency said Brazil led the way with 54,771 cases t...

BANGKOK (AP) - Shares were mostly higher Monday in Asia despite reports that the number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. and worldwide has surged sharply. Tokyo, Sydney and Shanghai logged modest gains and Hong Kong slipped. Australian shares got ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - It's a clash over water usage that Egypt calls an existential threat and Ethiopia calls a lifeline for millions out of poverty. Just weeks remain before the filling of Africa's most powerful hydroelectric dam might begin...

Education is “the civil rights issue of our generation,” Elgin High School Principal Krystal Thomas said, quoting former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. “And if you care about promoting opportunity and reducing inequity, the classroom is a ...

After months of working out by himself, Alec Palella is looking forward to training outdoors with teammates to get in shape for the fall football season. "I'm just ready to get back out on the field. It's been too long," said the 17-year-old tight e...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Employers added jobs in 46 states last month, evidence that the U.S. economy's surprise hiring gain in May was spread broadly across the country - in both states that began reopening their economies early and those that did so only...

CHICAGO (AP) - Hundreds of people participated in upbeat and celebratory marches through downtown Chicago on Friday, part of events citywide to mark Juneteenth, which commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. People gathering bef...

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ____ CLAIM: NASCAR,...

NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street careened through all the forces that have pushed and pulled it through the week, at first rising on Friday amid hope for the economy and then falling on worries about worsening coronavirus levels in some states, all befor...