The Latest Breaking News from The Associated Press

Oklahoma's newly elected Republican head of public schools campaigned for the job last fall on a platform of banning certain books and fighting “woke ideology” in public schools

As Jimmy Carter rests in hospice care at his home in Georgia, The Associated Press reached out to former political prisoners who credit him with saving their lives

This year’s Global Citizen NOW conference was packed with calls to action and urgent requests for involvement because climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and a global debt crisis have erased decades of progress, pushing hundreds of millions of people back into extreme poverty

Outspoken abortion provider LeRoy “Lee” Carhart has died

Montana lawmaker was barred from state House of Representatives for speaking out against bill

A new report says some engineers for the Federal Aviation Administration wanted to ground the Boeing 737 Max soon after a second deadly crash, but were overruled by higher-ups at the FAA

From a woman performing an Eid al-Fitr prayer, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, to a boxer preparing for her bout in a Golden Gloves boxing tournament, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published by the Associated…

From judicial nominations to holding the Supreme Court accountable to administration rules, Feinstein’s absence has become hard to ignore for Senate Democrats. They are still hoping she returns, Eric Garcia reports

The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces shot and killed a teenager in the occupied West Bank

Five Brits have died from the Arcturus strain of Covid

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week