The Latest Breaking News from The Associated Press

Filipino forces and villagers have been struggling to live in Beijing's shadow in the disputed South China while fighting isolation on remote islands

Local officials were reportedly blindsided by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s threat to deploy military troops against protesters in Los Angeles.

The Pentagon is scrambling to establish rules to guide U.S. Marines who could be faced with the rare and difficult prospect of using force against citizens on American soil, now that the Trump administration is deploying active duty troops to the immigration raid protests in Los Angeles

Authorities have arrested a former New Orleans jail employee and accused her of aiding in a 10-inmate escape at the facility last month

‘We’re preparing for an enormous turnout,’ Matt McCool of the Secret Service’s Washington Field office said

Peru’s culture ministry has reversed a decision to shrink the protected area around the Nazca Lines after national and international backlash

Officials say Mexican state police killed four alleged gunmen near the border with Guatemala, then pursued more suspects into that country in three armored police vehicles

After evading capture for over a week, "Ed the Zebra" was safely returned to his home in Christiana, Tennessee, via helicopter.

Los Angeles residents and experts say that the National Guard's presence in Los Angeles in response to immigration protests is reminiscent of a longstanding dynamic in the state and around the country

The attorney for Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco says he will ask the court to exonerate his client of all charges in a sexual abuse case involving a girl who was 14 years old at the time of the alleged crimes

A private correctional company says inmates at a Tennessee prison destroyed property, compromised security cameras and set a few fires during a riot that took hours to contain and caused minor injuries to three inmates and one guard