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Pope Leo XIV delivers his speech as he celebrates a Mass in the Saint Augustine Basilica in Annaba, Algeria, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, on the second day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope heads to Cameroon as separatists announce 3-day pause in fighting

1:38 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Pope Leo XIV is heading to the central African nation of Cameroon on the second leg of his Africa tour

This grab from video shows traffic backed up after a multi-vehicle pile up on a section of a snowy highway in Clear Creek County, Colorado, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (KMGH/Denver7 via AP)

Pileup of about 70 vehicles on Interstate 70 in Colorado sends 8 to the hospital

12:39 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Officials say crashes involving about 70 vehicles have bottlenecked a section of a snowy Colorado highway and sent eight people to the hospital

Damage is visible on a residential building that, according to Iranian authorities, was hit by a strike on March 4 during the U.S.-Israeli military campaign, in southeastern Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The Latest: US blockade of Iranian ports 'fully implemented' as Trump says war is near end

12:32 AM on Wednesday, April 15

U.S. President Donald Trump says the war in Iran is “very close to over” in clips of an interview set to air Wednesday

Residents gesture and point toward damage as they stand near charred cars at the site of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike last Wednesday in central Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Hopes rise for renewed talks as US military says Iran blockade is in force

11:45 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Hopes rose for renewed talks between the United States and Iran as the U.S. military said its blockade of Iranian ports was in full effect and Tehran threatened to retaliate by strike targets across the war-weary region

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters outside the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump urges extending foreign surveillance program as some lawmakers push for US privacy protections

11:30 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Congress is set to take up the reauthorization of a divisive program that lets U.S. spy agencies pore over foreigners’ calls, texts and emails

Lonna Drewes joins her lawyer Lisa Bloom at a news conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., Tuesday, April 14, 2026, to detail allegations of sexual misconduct by Rep. Eric Swalwell, after Swalwell exited the California governor's race and said he'll resign his seat in Congress. The AP typically does not identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they identify themselves publicly. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Sexual abuse allegations are spurring calls for a broader reckoning in Congress

11:22 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Resignations came quickly this week from two congressmen accused of sexual misconduct toward staff members

FILE - The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the ChatGPT home Screen, March 17, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Why many Americans are turning to AI for health advice, according to recent polls

11:14 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Many Americans are turning to artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT for health advice

Workers salvage items Tuesday, April 14, 2026, at a pipe manufacturing facility that was damaged by a tornado Monday in Ottawa, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Nature puts heat on blast as scorching temperatures in eastern US could smash records

11:11 PM on Tuesday, April 14

A long-lasting weather pattern is blasting hot air across the eastern U.S. and threatening to shatter record highs starting Wednesday

Andrea "Mama" Avaloz holds up the package of fajita meat, beef sticks and pork chops that she won in a meat raffle April 10, 2026, at American Legion Post 150 in Waconia, Minn. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

Hot dogs and steaks and bacon, oh my! Meat raffles keep a beloved Midwest tradition alive

11:05 PM on Tuesday, April 14

They're called meat raffles, and they're a tradition in a few pockets of the U.S. They're featured mainly at neighborhood bars or at American Legion or VFW posts in Minnesota, Wisconsin and New York state

Vice President JD Vance speaks during a Turning Point USA event at Akins Ford Arena at the Classic Center in Athens, Ga., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP)

As Vance rallies with Turning Point, some supporters bristle at Trump's war, memes and feuds

11:03 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Vice President JD Vance used a Turning Point USA event to defend President Donald Trump’s aggression in Iran and downplay the resulting tensions between Washington and the Vatican

FILE - Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, center left, and Turning Point CEO Erika Kirk, center right, pose for a photo at the Governor's Mansion, in Little Rock, Ark., Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Katie Adkins,File)

Turning Point USA’s high school push in GOP states meets free speech and religion concerns

11:02 PM on Tuesday, April 14

A push by Republican leaders to promote Turning Point USA chapters in public high schools is stirring a free speech debate

Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top center, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Asian shares mostly rise after Wall Street rallies on lower oil prices

10:26 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Asian shares are mostly rising, echoing the rally on Wall Street that came as oil prices eased on hopes the United States and Iran may try again on talks to end their war

FILE - Taylor Frankie Paul arrives at the 58th Annual CMA Awards on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

‘Mormon Wives’ star Taylor Frankie Paul will not face new domestic violence charges

7:11 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Utah reality star Taylor Frankie Paul will not be charged in recent fights with her former partner, the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office said

FILE - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum gives her the daily, morning news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme, File)

Mexico's Sheinbaum takes a firmer stance toward the US over migrant deaths and Cuba

10:45 AM on Tuesday, April 14

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has recently been taking a firmer stance with the U.S., defying pressures where other countries have caved

Peri Cochin, right, founder of "1 Picasso for 100 euros," speaks on the phone with the winner, Ari Hodara of Paris, next to the painting 'Head of a Woman' by Pablo Picasso, painted in 1941, after the raffle draw at Christie's in Paris, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in support of Alzheimer's research. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Raffle winner thrilled to claim a $1 million Picasso with a $117 ticket

5:10 AM on Tuesday, April 14

A Parisian art enthusiast has won a Pablo Picasso painting with a $117 raffle ticket

From left, Michael Needham, counselor for the U.S. Dept. of State, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad, and Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter pose for a photo before a meeting at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Lebanon and Israel hold first direct diplomatic talks in decades in Washington

4:34 AM on Tuesday, April 14

Lebanon and Israel have held direct diplomatic talks for the first time in decades

Turkish security forces and emergency staff stand at the courtyard of a high school where an assailant opened fire, in Siverek, south east Turkey, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, (Mevlut Bayraktar/IHA via AP)

Teenage gunman opens fire at a school in Turkey, wounding 16 before killing himself

3:25 AM on Tuesday, April 14

An assailant has opened fire at a high school in southeastern Turkey before killing himself

Damage is visible on a residential building that, according to Iranian authorities, was hit by a strike on March 4 during the U.S.-Israeli military campaign, in southeastern Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Diplomats try to arrange more US-Iran talks during first full day of American blockade

2:36 AM on Tuesday, April 14

Diplomats are working through back channels to arrange more talks between the United States and Iran

California gubernatorial candidate, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-CA appears at a town hall meeting in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

What to know about Eric Swalwell's exit from Congress and the California governor's race

11:25 PM on Monday, April 13

Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell has announced he’s leaving Congress and the crowded contest for California governor following sexual assault allegations that he denies

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