In what had long been celebrated every May 30 to honor America’s fallen soldiers, Memorial Day officially became a federal ...

State legislative sessions around the country are coming to a close, and fights over public versus charter school funding and ...

A swarm of people poured through the gates at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Some were shirtless, some wore American flag ...

The following episode of The Story Behind the AP Story contains sound and descriptions that some listeners may find graphic ...

The U.S. military spent more than $6 billion over the past three years to recruit and retain service members, in what has ...

Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare, and legally ...

Rafael Nadal’s first French Open match in the tournament’s main stadium came on May 25, 2005 — a straight-set victory in the ...

Lando Norris has his first Formula 1 pole position in more than two months at the Monaco Grand Prix. Now he needs his first ...

Strauss’ “Blue Danube” is heading into space this month to mark the 200th anniversary of the waltz king’s birth. The classical piece will be beamed into the ...

Religious services, concerts and vigils are set to mark Sunday’s fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer even as police reform and civil rights activists face ...

You’ve heard of twofers. Kenya Hutton is a “threefer.” His parents are immigrants, he’s a Black man and he’s gay — at a moment in history when anti-immigrant fervor, racism ...

One program distributes laptops in rural Iowa. Another helped people get back online after Hurricane Helene washed away computers and phones in western North Carolina.