WEDDINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A house exploded and caught fire in suburban Charlotte, North Carolina, injuring two people, authorities said. Reports came in Sunday morning of an explosion at a home in ...

Jalue Dorje knew it would be the last big party before he joins a monastery in the Himalayan foothills -- thousands of miles from his home in a Minneapolis suburb, where he grew up like a typical ...

In 1982, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album was released. It went on to become the biggest-selling album of all time. In 1988, LL Cool J performed the first rap concert in Africa, in Cote d’Ivoire.

In 2023, “Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce’” premiered in Los Angeles.

In 2021, the Taylor Swift song “All Too Well” hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It became the longest number-one hit, at ten minutes and 13 seconds. It beat the previous record-holder, ...

Doctors, nurses and an ambulance driver are among health care workers on trial accused of causing at least 10 infant deaths linked to a scheme to defraud Turkey's social security system ...

New Jersey Democratic U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill is running for governor, saying it’s time to fix the state’s economy and make it more affordable ...

President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russia with U.S.-supplied long-range missiles is being met with ominous warnings from Moscow, a hint of menace from Kyiv and nods of ...

Demonstrators in the capital of Georgia have set up tents on one of the city’s main thoroughfares and are vowing to stay there around the clock to demand new parliamentary elections in the country ...

Neither Rafael Nadal nor Spanish captain David Ferrer is ready to say whether the 22-time Grand Slam champion will play singles or doubles at the Davis Cup Final 8 ...

Typhoon Man-yi has left at least seven people dead in a landslide, destroyed houses and displaced large numbers of villagers before blowing away from the northern Philippines, worsening the crisis wre ...

Palestinian officials say Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip killed eight people, including two children aged 7 and 9 and their parents ...