World

Bring on the camp: Met Gala exhibit explores camp in fashion

NEW YORK - Louis XIV and Oscar Wilde, meet Bjork and Lady Gaga. What quality do they share, across the centuries? An innate sense of camp - the esthetic that's being celebrated in the new fashion mega...

May 06, 2019

'Jane the Virgin' star Gina Rodriguez weds

LOS ANGELES - "Jane the Virgin" star Gina Rodriguez has gotten married. The 34-year-old shared a video on Instagram of Saturday's wedding to Joe LoCicero. Cast member Justin Baldoni sang at the servic...

May 06, 2019

AP FACT CHECK: Trump, Putin on 'no collusion'; economy myths

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is still pulling numbers out of thin air on the economy. Trump repeatedly asserted that the U.S. economy is perhaps the best "ever" and insisted that last quarter's...

May 06, 2019

On his way to prison, Michael Cohen says 'much to be told'

NEW YORK - Michael Cohen, the former lawyer, media attack dog and fixer for President Donald Trump, said Monday there "remains much to be told" as he heads to prison to begin a three-year prison sente...

May 06, 2019

8 trapped ducklings rescued from storm drain

STORRS, Conn. - Firefighters have rescued eight ducklings from a storm drain on the University of Connecticut campus. The school says bystanders walking near the chemistry building called the fire dep...

May 06, 2019

Surprise threat from Trump to raise tariffs sinks stocks

NEW YORK - U.S. stocks fell sharply at the opening of trading Monday, following a sell-off in Europe and Asia, after President Donald Trump threatened to escalate a trade war between the world's two l...

May 06, 2019

Maximum Security out of Preakness; Derby DQ to be appealed

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Maximum Security's owner said Monday he will not run the horse in the Preakness and will appeal the disqualification as the Kentucky Derby winner. Gary West said by phone to The Asso...

May 06, 2019

US dispatches aircraft carrier over unspecified Iran threats

WASHINGTON - The U.S. is dispatching an aircraft carrier and other military resources to the Middle East following "clear indications" that Iran and its proxy forces were preparing to possibly attack ...

May 06, 2019

New baby alters line of succession for the British throne

The birth of a royal baby boy to Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has changed the line of succession. The baby's name has not been released yet but here are the first 10 people...

May 06, 2019

Springsteen, Scorsese talk Catholicism, films and creativity

LOS ANGELES - With a friendship going back to a fateful meeting at The Roxy in 1975, Bruce Springsteen and Martin Scorsese shared the stage in Los Angeles Sunday night for a wide-ranging conversation ...

May 06, 2019