By Nicole Evatt THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ENCINO, Calif. _ Taj Jackson says his grandfather Joe Jackson is “doing a lot better” after having a stroke in […]

By Hippolyte Marboua And Jamey Keaten THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGUI, Central African Republic _ Central African Republic’s president rushed back Tuesday from the United States as […]

By Mary Hudetz THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. _ UFC champion fighter Jon “Bones” Jones pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge stemming from a hit-and-run crash […]

y Jennifer Peltz THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK _ First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for teenage girls: Don’t shy away from being the smartest […]

By Juliet Linderman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BALTIMORE _ A judge was expected to decide when the first of six Baltimore officers charged in the death of […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica _ The leaders of Britain and Japan are making official visits to Jamaica this week, the Caribbean country’s government announced Monday. British Prime Minister […]

By David McFadden THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti _ Two candidates won election to Haiti‘s Senate and eight gained seats in the lower house in the […]

By Ken Thomas THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton says Jeb Bush’s suggestion that Democrats offer “free stuff” to appeal to […]

By Christopher Torchia THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JOHANNESBURG _ South Africa on Friday disputed a reported assertion that rangers in Kruger National Park have killed nearly 500 […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) _ Guyana is conducting military exercises as relations with neighbouring Venezuela sour over a border dispute. Hundreds of soldiers assembled on all military bases […]

By Darlene Superville THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington’s newest giant panda cub is nameless no more. Call him Bei Bei. First lady Michelle Obama and her Chinese […]