Rob Reiner, the son of a comedy giant who went on to become one, himself, as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation with movies such as “The Princess Bride,” “When Harry Met Sally.

Director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found dead Sunday at Reiner's Los Angeles home, according to a law enforcement official.

Brown University junior Mia Tretta experienced a tragic sense of déjà vu when emergency alerts warned of a shooting on campus.

A leading candidate to be President Donald Trump’s choice for Federal Reserve chair says he would present the president’s views to Fed officials for their consideration but they could reject them if they chose when making decisions on interest rates.

A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing his path.

A weekend storm has dumped heavy snow on parts of the Northeast, causing flight delays and creating slick roads.

“Zootopia 2” has regained the No. 1 spot at the box office with $26.3 million in its third weekend of release.

Police in Rhode Island say they have a person of interest in custody after a shooting at Brown University killed two students and wounded nine others.

Connecticut is working to become a destination for holiday movie fans, promoting its charming towns featured in films by Hallmark and Lifetime.

State officials engaged in unusual mid-decade redistricting are pushing a new definition of what it means to have “fair maps” for Congress.

Officials in Providence say they will release a person of interest detained in a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine.

The latest shooting on a college campus in the U.S. unfolded Saturday at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

The law firm hired by the University of Michigan to investigate former football coach Sherrone Moore’s relationship with a staffer will continue its probe of the program and is prepared to expand its inquiry throughout the athletic department.

At least two people have been killed and eight critically wounded in a shooting at Brown University.

Authorities are searching for a shooter who killed at least two people and wounded nine others at Brown University.

Comedian Amy Schumer says she and her husband, chef Chris Fischer, have decided to end their marriage.

An arctic air blast swept south from Canada, spreading into the northern United States.

Comedy icon Dick Van Dyke is celebrating his 100th birthday.

Americans are feeling the strain already with less than three weeks to go until the expiration of COVID-era tax credits that have helped many people pay for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

Record floodwaters are slowly receding in Washington state after triggering evacuations, inundating communities and prompting dramatic rescues from rooftops and vehicles.

Former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones has launched his campaign for Alabama governor.

The Senate failed to get anywhere on health care this week.

Florida officials are plowing ahead with a proposal to roll back certain vaccine mandates for the state’s schoolchildren.

Illinois residents with terminal illnesses may choose to end their lives on their own terms under a law Gov. JB Pritzker has signed.

The U.S. Justice Department is suing four more states as part of its effort to collect detailed voting data and other election information across the country.

The commercial boom in artificial intelligence has sparked interest in humanoid robots.

Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate allegations made by a former attorney for President Donald Trump in Wisconsin that a judge overseeing his felony case is guilty of misconduct and must step aside.

President Donald Trump has been sued by preservationists seeking an architecture review and congressional approval over his White House ballroom project.

The death of a 32-year-old man after riding a high-speed roller coaster at Universal Epic Universe has been ruled accidental.

The federal government continues to find states improperly issuing commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants that remain valid after their authorization to be in the country expires, putting millions of dollars of funding at risk.

President Donald Trump says he hasn’t seen the photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate released Friday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, but says they are not a big deal.

Every year the annual National Finals Rodeo draws thousands to Las Vegas for two weeks of rodeo competitions.

A Vermont school district is receiving racist and threatening messages after raising a Somali flag at a school building last week.

Since pandemic-fueled anti-Asian hate surged in 2020, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander advocates have mobilized to make AAPI history mandatory learning.

A new AP-NORC poll finds this holiday season isn’t quite so merry for American shoppers as large shares of them are dipping into savings, scouring for bargains and feeling like the overall economy is stuck in a rut under President Donald Trump.

Ford Motor Co. has stepped up technology in its popular F-150 pickup to combat ever-evolving techniques car thieves have at their disposal.

Days of torrential rain in Washington state have caused historic floods, stranding families on rooftops and washing over bridges.

Nativity scenes at some churches are sparking fierce debates.

Prosecutors say fired University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore threatened to kill himself in front of a woman with whom he had been having an affair after she broke off the relationship and reported it to school officials.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has walked away after a scheduled appointment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office after a federal judge ordered that officials could not detain him.

An immigration crackdown in Louisiana has forced some teenagers to grow up fast after their parents were arrested by federal agents.

A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered “professional.”.

A pair of lawsuits seeking to redraw congressional boundary lines that currently favor Republicans in Wisconsin are on track to be resolved after the 2026 midterms.

A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered the Trump administration to restore billions in canceled FEMA disaster mitigation funding.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to block states from regulating artificial intelligence.

A new lawsuit seeks to overturn the recent approval of an exploratory drilling program in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

In a story published Dec. 12, 2025, about the U.S. seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Windward maritime intelligence firm, erroneously reported the name of a Windward senior analyst.

Sherrone Moore was once a promising young leader.

A Hollywood director has been convicted on charges that he scammed Netflix out of $11 million for a show that never materialized, while he instead used the cash for lavish purchases that included several Rolls-Royces, a Ferrari and about $1 million in mattresses and luxury bedding.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued new guidance stating airlines don't have to cover passenger expenses like meals or lodging when a flight is canceled or significantly delayed by an aircraft recall.

Fire officials say six people have been taken to hospitals after a gas explosion started a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area suburb.

The Trump administration is expanding its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion by ordering national parks to remove certain items from gift shops.

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on three nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

A presidentially appointed council's meeting to announce reforms to FEMA was unexpectedly canceled, according to two people familiar with the matter.

A man accused of killing a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina train has appeared in federal court.

Michigan has quite a mess on its hands.

Senators from both parties are pushing to change a defense bill after crash investigators and victims' families warned it could undo key safety reforms.

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage edged higher this week, though it remains relatively near its low point so far this year.

Mike Lindell, the fervent supporter of President Donald Trump known to TV viewers as the “MyPillow Guy,” says he’s running for Minnesota governor in 2026.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from an immigration detention center in Pennsylvania following an order from a federal judge issued Thursday.

Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI to bring characters like Mickey Mouse and Luke Skywalker to the AI company's Sora video tool.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped last week, but remain in the same historically healthy range of the past few years despite growing concern over the health of the labor market.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has defended the Trump administration's immigration policies during a contentious House committee hearing.

The Senate has rejected two partisan health bills on expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.

A new AP-NORC poll finds President Donald Trump’s approval on the economy has fallen substantially since he reentered the White House.

The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for wrongful death.

Washington state is under a state of emergency from a barrage of torrential rain that's sent rivers flowing over their banks, caused mudslides to close highways and trapped people in floodwaters.

NASCAR has settled an antitrust lawsuit with two race teams, including one co-owned by Michael Jordan.

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee are clashing over President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in American cities.

The Senate has rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.

Onetime cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after a $40 billion crash revealed his crypto ecosystem to be a fraud.

The Utah man charged with killing Charlie Kirk has made his first in-person court appearance as his attorneys push to further limit media access in the high-profile criminal case.

In a resounding rejection of a pressure campaign from the White House, Indiana Republican Senators voted down a new congressional map created to give the GOP an advantage in the upcoming 2026 election.

American farmers are feeling the strain from trade disputes under President Donald Trump, particularly with China.

Defense attorneys and prosecutors have selected the jurors who will decide whether a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a Mexican immigrant dodge federal officers broke the law.

The “Architects of AI” were named Time magazine’s person of the year for 2025.

Tennessee has executed Harold Wayne Nichols by lethal injection for the 1988 rape and murder of 20-year-old Karen Pulley, a student at Chattanooga State Community College.

Coca-Cola said Wednesday that its chief operating officer will become its next CEO in the first quarter of 2026.

Federal prison officials say the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch is fit to stand trial on federal sex trafficking charges.

Sweeping taxes on imports have cost the average American household nearly $1,200 since Donald Trump returned to the White House this year, according to calculations by Democrats on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee.

The Trump administration is adding another militarized zone to the southern U.S. border to support border security operations — this time in California, officials say.

Federal health officials have expanded an outbreak of infant botulism tied to ByHeart baby formula to include any illnesses reported since the company began production in 2022.

The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point Wednesday for the third time since September, bringing its key rate to about 3.6%, the lowest in nearly three years.

A federal appeals court has ruled that a New Jersey law that permits terminally ill people to seek life-ending drugs applies only to residents of the state and not those from beyond its borders.

Travelers who are now able to come to the United States without a visa might soon need to provide social media, email, and family history details to the Department of Homeland Security.

Oil companies have offered $300 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico in the first offshore lease sale for the region since 2023.

The billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott revealed $7.1 billion in donations to nonprofits Tuesday, bringing her overall giving since 2019 to $26.3 billion.

Waymo's self-driving taxis have been in the spotlight for both negative and positive reasons.

Composer Jake Heggie is set to premiere his opera “The Judgment of Paris,” inspired by the famous 1976 wine tasting where California wines triumphed over French selections.

USA Today's editor in chief, Caren Bohan, is out of the job she's held for a little more than a year.

The man charged with shooting Jets player Kris Boyd at a Manhattan restaurant appeared in a New York City court late Tuesday.

Charli XCX is heading to the Sundance Film Festival in January 2026.

Jennifer Shah, a former star on “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” has been moved from a federal prison into a community confinement program after serving less than half of her sentence for defrauding thousands of people.

The language of politicians has become more vulgar in recent years.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop deploying California National Guard troops in Los Angeles.

A judge has ruled that secret grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case can be made public.

Five people who became stars in 2025 have been named The Associated Press’ Breakthrough Entertainers of the Year.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

The next Met Gala co-chairs have been announced, and it's a high-powered quartet: Beyoncé, Venus Williams and Nicole Kidman will join Vogue's Anna Wintour in hosting the starry event next May.

A’ja Wilson stood atop the WNBA again, winning an unprecedented fourth MVP as her Las Vegas Aces earned a third championship in four seasons.