UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly’s yearly meeting of world leaders is here. And with it comes an array of acronyms, abbreviations, titles and terms that can be confounding to observers.

Across the U.S., including in some of the nation’s presidential swing states, new or recently altered state laws are changing how Americans will vote, tally ballots and administer and certify November ...

Johnny Cash will soon be seen in the unlikeliest of venues, with a statue of the famed singer about to be unveiled at the U.S. Capitol. Congressional leaders, Arkansas lawmakers and members of the Cas ...

Workers are set to begin the reconstruction of the 400-year-old Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen five months after a devastating fire destroyed more than half of the building. Officials say will be ...

Fried’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire faces the possibility of years in prison when she is sentenced Tuesday for fraud. But prosecutors say Caroline Ellison deserves leniency for her “extraordinary ...

As the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah grabs global attention, Palestinians in Gaza wonder: What will become of their plight after nearly a year of devastating war? They are petrified ...

Democrat Angela Alsobrooks is prioritizing abortion rights in a key U.S. Senate race in Maryland against Republican Larry Hogan. It’s a race that could determine control of the chamber. Alsobrooks is ...

One of the top officials with the company that owned the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic is scheduled to testify in front of the Coast Guard on Tuesday.

On a cloudy late August morning, Burke Hales was on a boat a mile off the central Oregon coast, pointing to a sandy beach along the forested shoreline. It was there, the Oregon State University ...

Joe Biden is set to deliver his final address as U.S. president to the U.N. General Assembly. Biden’s speech on Tuesday comes as he struggles to use his influence to stem a conflict in the Middle East ...

North Carolina counties have started distributing absentee ballots for the November general election to those who have requested them. Election officials in all 100 counties planned to mail out the ...

A Texas man with a history of mental illness who has repeatedly sought to waive his right to appeal his death sentence is facing execution for killing his 3-month-old son. Travis Mullis is scheduled ...