Admissions scandal mystery: Who paid $6.5 million to get kids into top universities?

Of the many outrageous allegations by federal prosecutors in the college cheating scandal, one stands out.

Second Parkland student dies in 'apparent suicide,' police say

A student from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School died in an "apparent suicide" on Saturday night, Coral Springs, Florida, police said, just a week after a 19-year-old survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at the school took her own life.

Rep. Ilhan Omar says Trump’s anti-Islam remarks inspire attacks like New Zealand shooting

Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, one of the first two Muslim women in Congress, accused President Donald Trump on Saturday of inciting hatred of Islam and inspiring attacks like the killing of 50 people last weekend in a mass shooting at mosques in New...

Passengers recount harrowing hours aboard stranded cruise ship

Through the large picture windows lining the Viking Sky, passengers on Saturday afternoon watched the gray waves churn and the horizon teeter as their massive ship, carrying 1,373 people, became overwhelmed by the sea.

German family to give $11M after hearing extent of Nazi past

One of Germany's richest families says it plans to give millions of euros to charity after learning about ancestors who enthusiastically supported the Nazis and used forced labor

Powerball jackpot hits $750 million after no winning ticket drawn Saturday night

Lottery officials say the Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $750 million after no ticket matched all six numbers in the most recent drawing

Patriots owner Kraft apologizes in Florida prostitution case

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is apologizing after being charged in a Florida massage parlor prostitution investigation

Majority of Americans favor stricter gun laws

AP-NORC Poll: Majorities support stricter gun laws, say schools and places of worship are less safe than 20 years ago

Pope replaces archbishop accused of sex abuse cover-up

Pope Francis has replaced Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati, the embattled archbishop of Santiago, Chile, after he became embroiled in the country's spiraling sex abuse and cover-up scandal

Helicopters called in to rescue Norway cruise ship passengers amid storm

Rescue workers off Norway's western coast rushed to evacuate 1,300 passengers and crew from a disabled cruise ship by helicopter on Saturday, winching them one-by-one to safety as heaving waves tossed the ship from side to side

Streisand apologizes for remarks about Michael Jackson's accusers

Barbra Streisand is apologizing for her remarks about Michael Jackson and two men who have accused him of sexual abuse

Jimmy Carter's new milestone: Longest-living U.S. president

Jimmy Carter is now the longest-living president in American history

Two U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan, NATO says

Two U.S. troops were killed in Afghanistan on Friday while carrying out an operation, the U.S.-led NATO coalition said, bringing the total number of American combat deaths in the country to four this year.

Trump cancels some sanctions aimed at N. Korea, contradicting Treasury Department

Trump cancels some sanctions aimed at N. Korea, contradicting Treasury Department

Substitute teacher arrested after his gun goes off in first-grade class

Police have arrested a substitute teacher in Alabama after his gun went off in a first-grade classroom

$360 million worth of cocaine seized by Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard on Friday offloaded 27,000 pounds of cocaine worth about $360 million in Miami Beach after intercepting 12 vessels suspected of smuggling drugs through the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

U.N. chief visits mosque and urges global safety

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has gone to the first mosque built in New York City to urge people "to reaffirm the sanctity of all places of worship" a week after a gunman killed 50 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand

Suspect in mob boss slaying could face lethal Mafia justice

Marked man? Accused killer of New York mob boss may have to worry about Mafia justice