Twins who were born conjoined and given just a 20% chance of survival are preparing to start school, the BBC reports. Rosie and Ruby Formosa, whose father Daniel is Maltese, were joined at the...

Chris Brown can't avoid trouble. Following a bizarre, hours-long stand-off with police, the "No Air" and "Kiss Kiss" singer was arrested Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of assault with a deadly...

An Italian bishop issued a veiled critique of the suspected shoddy construction behind the high death toll of Italy's earthquake and warned during a state funeral Tuesday that the rebuilding...

Apple will have to pay up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) plus interest in back taxes to Ireland after the European Union found Tuesday that the U.S. technology giant received illegal tax...

Scientists have found evidence to support what many dog owners have long believed: man's best friend really does understand some of what we're saying.  Researchers in Hungary scanned the...

Authorities say a retired Florida nurse suffocated her husband in his hospital bed as he was recovering from elective back surgery. Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood tells news outlets...

Construction crews worked through the night to build a tent complex to host an Italian state funeral Tuesday in quake-devastated Amatrice after outraged residents rejected the government's plan to...

London police say they've made 454 arrests during the two-day Notting Hill Carnival as stabbings and drug offenses mar the Caribbean-inspired street party. The Metropolitan Police reported...

In exclusive interviews, photos and research, The Associated Press has documented 72 of the mass graves that Islamic State extremists have left behind. It is the most comprehensive survey so far, but...

This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 29 August...