The Latest Breaking News from The Associated Press

Congo’s health minister says the government is on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people

The day after an inferno struck Notre Dame cathedral in 2019, its current chief architect, Philippe Villeneuve, walked despondently into its remains

Syrian insurgents say they have entered the central city of Hama after three days of intense clashes with government forces on its outskirts

Language experts rounded up the year’s winners (losers?) in the US and UK – and provided the correct pronunciations

In 2024, U.S. photographers captured glimpses of humanity, ranging from a deeply divisive presidential election, to hurricanes and fires that ravaged communities, to campus protests over the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza

The art of Byzantium decorates churches across Europe

A growing number of young people in Kenya see kung fu as a path toward future employment

Hannah Kobayashi, 30, has now been declared a ‘voluntary missing person’ by authorities

Facebook’s parent company Meta says it will build a $10 billion artificial intelligence data center in northeast Louisiana

Rice is key to the brew

The new Los Angeles police chief says in an interview with The Associated Press that his department is working with consulate offices for Mexico and other Central American countries to draft a plan to protect immigrants ahead of the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations