NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed slightly lower on Friday in a quiet day of trading as investors returned from the Christmas holiday. The S&P 500 index fell 2.11 points, less than 0.1%, to close at 6,92...

NEW YORK – One of this year’s most surprising music stories: While streams of new music from the past 18 months were down from last year, one genre is on the rise – Christian and gospel music, accordi...

VATICAN CITY – Pope Leo XIV, during his first Christmas Day message Thursday, urged the faithful to shed indifference toward those who have lost everything, such as residents of Gaza, those who are im...

Christmas came early for someone who purchased a Powerball ticket at a gas station outside Little Rock, Arkansas, worth more than $1.8 billion. The lone winner in Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing...

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian attacker rammed his car into a man and then stabbed a young woman in northern Israel on Friday afternoon, killing both, police said. The Israeli military swiftly launche...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The United States airstrikes that targeted Islamic State group militants in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday marked a major escalation in an offensive that the West African's ove...

DENVER (AP) — Even after the Denver Broncos clinched a playoff berth earlier this month, coach Sean Payton kept insisting they hadn't accomplished any of their goals, which start with a division title...

The New Mexico Public Education Department announced high school students can apply for up to 3,000 paid summer internships in 2026, giving them hands-on work experience in careers ranging from health...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said the United States launched a “powerful and deadly" strike against forces of the Islamic State group in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing t...

DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic's magnitude is matched only by his modesty. “I mean, I had a good game,” Denver's superstar center said in his typical understated fashion after setting an NBA record by sco...