Experts say widespread distrust of government is being fused with the proliferation of online conspiracy theories.

This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images published in the past week by The Associated Press.

Qanats can date back 3,000 years, but can be really tricky to find, especially in politically volatile countries.

Whether measured by campaign advertising, candidate visits, organizational effort or nervous obsessing over poll results, ...

New scenes show America's secretive stealth nuclear bomber taking to the air. The B-21 Raider was unveiled in December 2022, ...

It is approaching a year since the Hamas atrocities of 7 October, in which 1,200 people were killed, and the beginning of the Israeli retaliation. Health authorities in Hamas-controlled Gaza say that ...

In 'Autocracy, Inc.', Pulitzer Prize–winning author Anne Applebaum writes that dictators do not need to have the same ...

A Senate committee voted to take steps to hold Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre in civil and criminal contempt​ ...

The immigration debate can't just be about money, but that's a big part of it. As an immigrant, I ran the numbers and they ...

The announcement provides U.S. support to permanent council seats for African nations, though not new veto powers. But the ...

A report out Thursday shows that the United States’ for-profit healthcare system still ranks dead last among peer nations on key metrics, including access to care and health outcomes such as life ...

Harris County was negotiating a settlement in a sweeping class-action federal lawsuit that would put an end to cash bail for ...