The Latest Breaking News from The Associated Press

Residents in Indian-controlled Kashmir have begun casting their votes in the second phase of a staggered election for a local government

Former AP correspondent in Chile, Eva Vergara, who covered stories including the first protests against the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and revealed key information about abuses by members of the Catholic Church, died on Tuesday

The way the Environmental Protection Agency has reported its test results since the disastrous East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment last year makes it hard for residents to know the full extent of the contamination they have been exposed to that they worry could increase their risk of cancer

The head of New York City’s public schools system says he will step down at the end of the calendar year, becoming the latest high-ranking departure from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration amid an escalating federal inquiry

Hospitals are facing questions about why they denied care to pregnant patients and whether state abortion bans have influenced how they treat those patients

Appreciative prosecutors said Ellison’s cooperation was “critical to indict and convict” on-again, off-again lover and disgraced FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried, who is now serving 25 years in prison

Survivors of child sex abuse at juvenile detention facilities in Illinois are hoping for justice

Tom Watson, a hall of fame broadcast reporter whose career included decades as a broadcast editor for The Associated Press in Kentucky, has died

An influential group of law enforcement leaders is pushing police departments to change how officers subdue people so they avoid “consistent blind spots” in the use of physical force that contribute to civilian deaths

Exit International said a 64-year-old woman from the US died using the pod on Monday

A “limited” ground invasion of Lebanon is underway