Articles filed under Associated Press
-
The countdown is on for the 98th Oscars, with Conan O’Brien back and a ‘moving’ In MemoriamMar 13, 2026 9:17 am - At the Oscars, It’s a tricky thing to both honor the people in the room while also making an entertaining show for a home audience. But behind the scenes, from returning host Conan O’Brien to the producers and Emmy-winning production design team, is a group of people who know how to dazzle a global audience.
-
Number on gun used in fatal Old Dominion shooting was obliterated, law enforcement official saysMar 13, 2026 9:10 am - The shooter who opened fire in a classroom at Virginia’s Old Dominion University on Thursday in an attack being investigated as an act of terrorism had a gun with an obliterated serial number, potentially complicating investigators’ efforts to determine how the man with a previous felony conviction obtained a firearm, according to a law enforcement official.
-
Key inflation gauge worsened in January, before Iran war lifted gas pricesMar 13, 2026 8:11 am - An inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve moved higher in January in the latest sign that prices were persistently elevated even before the Iran war caused spikes in oil and gas costs.
-
Man in Michigan synagogue attack lost family members in Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, official saysMar 13, 2026 8:07 am - A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials are saying was an attack had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said Friday.
-
Best cat? Funniest prop? Ahead of the Oscars, the AP hands out its own awardsMar 13, 2026 8:03 am - Awards season has a way of diminishing the movie year into a handful of films that are talked about ad nauseam for months. But as good as some of this year’s Oscar nominees are, you have to go outside the consensus — and the same old categories — to remember the best of 2025.
-
US economy expanded at sluggish 0.7% in fourth quarter, government says, downgrading first estimateMar 13, 2026 8:00 am - The U.S. economy, hobbled by last fall’s 43-day government shutdown, advanced at an unexpectedly sluggish 0.7% annual rate from October through December, the Commerce Department reported Friday in a big downgrade of its initial estimate.
-
Cuban president says talks were recently held with the US to resolve differencesMar 13, 2026 7:47 am - Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Friday that his government has held recent talks with the U.S., marking the first time the Caribbean country confirms such speculation.
-
Trump says US bombed military sites on an island vital to Iran’s oil networkMar 13, 2026 6:57 am - President Donald Trump said the U.S. bombed military sites Friday on an island vital to Iran's oil network, while an American official said 2,500 more Marines and an amphibious assault ship are being sent to the Middle East nearly two weeks into the war with the Islamic Republic.
-
US military refueling plane crashed in Iraq, killing 6Mar 13, 2026 6:53 am - All six crew members of a KC-135 refueling aircraft supporting operations against Iran are dead, the U.S. military said Friday, after their plane crashed in western Iraq.
-
What to know before asking an AI chatbot for health adviceMar 13, 2026 6:30 am - With hundreds of millions of people turning to chatbots for advice, it was only a matter of time before tech companies began offering programs specifically designed to answer health questions.