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Key moments from the fourth week of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial

Key moments from the fourth week of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial

NEW YORK (AP) — The fourth week of Sean “Diddy” Combs ’ sex trafficking trial featured testimony from the second of two ex-girlfriends who are crucial witnesses in the government’s quest to prove sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges ag
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Why a Minneapolis neighborhood sharpens a giant pencil every year

Why a Minneapolis neighborhood sharpens a giant pencil every year

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil.
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Salmonella outbreak tied to eggs sickens dozens across 7 states

Salmonella outbreak tied to eggs sickens dozens across 7 states

A salmonella outbreak linked to a large egg recall has made dozens of people sick in seven states in the West and Midwest, federal health officials said Saturday. The August Egg Company recalled about 1.
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David Attenborough’s 'Ocean' is a brutal, beautiful wake-up call from the sea

David Attenborough’s 'Ocean' is a brutal, beautiful wake-up call from the sea

NICE, France (AP) — An ominous chain unspools through the water. Then comes chaos. A churning cloud of mud erupts as a net plows the seafloor, wrenching rays, fish and a squid from their home in a violent swirl of destruction.
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Film festival showcases what artificial intelligence can do on the big screen

Film festival showcases what artificial intelligence can do on the big screen

NEW YORK (AP) — Artificial intelligence 's use in movie making is exploding. And a young film festival, now in its junior year, is showcasing what this technology can do on screen today.
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A Sikh Captain America? Why religious diversity matters in the comics universe

A Sikh Captain America? Why religious diversity matters in the comics universe

“Captain America doesn’t wear a beard and a turban, and he’s white.” Vishavjit Singh looked at the boy who uttered those words, and then he looked at himself — a skinny, bespectacled, turbaned, bearded Sikh in a Captain America suit.
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As a generation of gay and lesbian people ages, memories of worse - and better - times swirl

As a generation of gay and lesbian people ages, memories of worse - and better - times swirl

WASHINGTON (AP) — David Perry recalls being young and gay in 1980s Washington D.C. and having “an absolute blast.
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U.S. ambassador says Canadians facing device searches, detainment 'not a pattern'

U.S. ambassador says Canadians facing device searches, detainment 'not a pattern'

OTTAWA — The American ambassador to Canada is pushing back on Ottawa's travel advice, saying his country doesn't search phones at the border and arguing some Americans travelling here are having a tough time.
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How groundbreaking gay author Edmund White paved the way for other writers

How groundbreaking gay author Edmund White paved the way for other writers

NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Sean Greer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, remembers the first time he read Edmund White . It was the summer of 1989, he was beginning his second year at Brown University and he had just come out.
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Appeals court hands AP an incremental loss in its attempt to regain its access to Trump events

Appeals court hands AP an incremental loss in its attempt to regain its access to Trump events

Digging deep into free-speech precedents in recent American history, a federal appeals panel handed The Associated Press an incremental loss on Friday in its continuing battle with the Trump administration over access by its journalists to cover pres
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