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People attend a celebration marking the 65th anniversary of the proclamation declaring the Cuban Revolution socialist, in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

US and Cuban officials met recently in Havana amid new diplomatic push

6:41 PM on Friday, April 17

An American delegation has met recently with Cuban government officials in the island nation

People walk by the Church of Our Lady of Muxima in Muxima, Angola, Saturday, April 11, 2026, which Pope Leo XIV will visit during his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (AP Photo)

Pope Leo XIV's visit to an African church linked to slavery reflects on his own complex heritage

6:16 PM on Friday, April 17

The pope’s planned visit to a Catholic chapel in Angola that was connected to the slave trade is seen as a symbolic moment by some Africans

Costa Rica takes in a second group of migrants deported from the US

5:59 PM on Friday, April 17

Costa Rica has received a second group of migrants deported from the United States

FILE - Former CIA Director John Brennan arrives for a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, May 21, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Key prosecutor in John Brennan investigation has been removed from case, AP source says

5:23 PM on Friday, April 17

A lead prosecutor in the John Brennan investigation has been removed from the case after expressing concerns to Justice Department officials about the viability of a potential criminal prosecution of the former CIA director

Lakisha Mckinzie discusses her ex-housemate, Olaolukitan Adon Abel, who is charged in a string of deadly shootings, in Decatur, Ga., on Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ron Harris)

Roommates of man accused of killing 2 say a dispute preceded the Atlanta-area attacks

4:52 PM on Friday, April 17

Authorities have charged Olaolukitan Adon Abel with killing two people and injuring another in the Atlanta area

FILE - Lindsey Boylan, who helped drive Andrew Cuomo from office in 2021 when she came forward as the first woman to accuse the former governor of sexual harassment, speaks during an interview in New York, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Mamdani endorses City Council candidate who accused Cuomo of sexual harassment

3:27 PM on Friday, April 17

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has endorsed Lindsey Boylan in her City Council race, throwing his political weight behind the first woman to accuse former Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment

Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan criminal court on Friday, April 17, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, Pool)

Opening statements set for Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial

3:25 PM on Friday, April 17

Opening statements are set for Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein’s third trial on a New York rape charge

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the House Education and Workforce Committee to defend his agency's policies and goals at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FACT FOCUS: RFK Jr. says the US is limiting measles outbreaks better than the rest of the world

3:09 PM on Friday, April 17

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has claimed at his first congressional hearing in months that, under his leadership, the U.S. has limited the spread of measles better than any other country in the world

FILE - A sign marks the entrance to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen,File)

2 Alaska-based soldiers injured in encounter with brown bear during training exercise

2:49 PM on Friday, April 17

Two U.S. Army soldiers have been injured after encountering a brown bear during training in Anchorage

FILE - People vote in Oak Creek, Wis., on Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Former Wisconsin man sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for illegal campaign contributions

1:50 PM on Friday, April 17

A federal judge has sentenced a former Wisconsin man to 20 months in prison for making campaign contributions after renouncing his U.S. citizenship

FILE - A photograph of Etan Patz hangs on an angel figurine, as part of a makeshift memorial in New York, May 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Judge declines to dismiss case in 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz, setting up 3rd trial

12:04 PM on Friday, April 17

The murder case surrounding the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz is on track for a third trial

FILE - Pages from the Anthropic website and the company's logo are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

White House chief of staff meets with Anthropic CEO over its new AI technology

11:39 AM on Friday, April 17

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to discuss the company's new AI model, Mythos

FILE - A portrait of Charles Adair, who died after a deputy kneeled on his back in a Kansas jail, is displayed at a news conference held by his family and their attorneys at Friendship Baptist Church in Kansas City, Mo., on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Heather Hollingsworth, File)

Family sues over Kansas jail death after deputy allegedly knelt on inmate's back

11:30 AM on Friday, April 17

Relatives of a jail inmate whom investigators determined died after a Kansas sheriff’s deputy shoved his knee into the cuffed man’s back for one minute and 26 seconds have filed a federal lawsuit

Singer-songwriter, David Burke aka D4vd sits in artist space at Coachella music festival on April 18, 2025 in Indio, Calif. (AP Photo)

What to know about singer D4vd's arrest in 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez's killing

9:37 AM on Friday, April 17

Seven months after a 14-year-old girl’s body was found in D4vd’s towed SUV, authorities say the alt-pop singer has been arrested on suspicion of killing her

Judy Prichard McCleary, left, and Greg Prichard, center, whose relatives' burial sites were disturbed in a crime spree involving the theft of more than 100 bodies from Pennsylvania cemeteries, speak with reporters outside the Delaware County Courthouse in Media, Pa., on Firday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa) CORRECTION: day of the week to Friday, not Thursday

Descendants say the theft of body parts from Pennsylvania grave sites is not a victimless crime

9:34 AM on Friday, April 17

A man charged with burglarizing grave sites and accumulating more than 100 bodies from Pennsylvania cemeteries has waived his right to an evidentiary hearing on Friday

The Anniston, Ala., home where Marie Therese Ross, 85, who has returned to France after being held in U.S. immigration custody, had lived with her late husband, U.S. military veteran William Ross, on Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Safiyah Riddle)

85-year-old widow is released from US custody, returns to France amid messy family dispute

5:55 AM on Friday, April 17

France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot says the 85-year-old French widow of an American military veteran has returned home from U.S. immigration custody

FILE - Bruno Richard Hauptmann being takent to his cell after being arraigned in New York on Sept. 27, 1934. (AP Photo, File)

From Charlie Kirk's killing to OJ, how courtroom cameras spark debate

3:03 AM on Friday, April 17

Cameras in U.S. courtrooms have offered the world a portal into the inner workings of notorious criminal proceedings

FILE - Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) trainees practice shooting handguns at the indoor firing range at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) in Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Fran Ruchalski, File)

ICE went on a hiring spree. Sterling credentials were not required, AP investigation finds

12:04 AM on Friday, April 17

Some new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers started working before passing background checks and had problems in their past

Tyler Robinson, left, speaks with his attorney Kathryn Nester in 4th District Court in Provo, Utah, on Friday, April 17, 2026. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool)

Defense team in Charlie Kirk murder case says courtroom cameras are unfairly tilting case

9:00 PM on Thursday, April 16

Defense witnesses in the prosecution of the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk say conjecture about the case is making it impossible to have a fair trial

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