Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan are defying a lockdown, massive tear gas shelling by police and widespread arrests to head to the capital to demand hi ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Macy's says employee hid up to $154 million in expenses, delays reporting third-quarter earnings.

Human Rights Watch says Mozambique security forces have killed at least 10 children and injured dozens of others while trying to suppress weeks of protests following a disputed presidential election ...

CAIRO (AP) — At least 17 people are missing after a tourist yacht sank in the Red Sea, Egyptian officials said Monday. The governor of the Red Sea region, Amr Hanafy, said rescuers saved 28 people ...

A high-profile rape trial in France is moving into a new phase with prosecutors setting out the verdicts and punishments they want for 51 men men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot, 71, while she was ...

Roman Catholic faithful will be able to view St. Peter’s tomb via a webcam as part of the Vatican’s upcoming Holy Year ...

A prominent Cambodian environmentalist and five others have been released a day after being detained while investigating illegal logging in a national park ...

Sam Cooke joined the gospel group The Soul Stirrers. In 1956, the Leonard Bernstein (BURN’-styn) musical “Candide,” based on the story by Voltaire, opened on Broadway. In 1957, Buddy Holly and Sam ...

They were released 25 years later under the title “The Million Dollar Quartet.” The event was dramatized in a musical of the same name in 2007. In 1965, Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones was ...

In 1992, Ice Cube became the first hard-core rapper to have an album make its debut at number one on the Billboard album chart, with “The Predator.” In 1996, country singer Montana Slim died at his ...

Also in 1976, Pink Floyd released a 40-foot helium-filled pig at Battersea Power Station in England so they could photograph it for their “Animals” album cover. The pig broke loose, and authorities ...

In 2003, musician Elvis Costello married jazz singer Diana Krall. In 2008, Hootie and the Blowfish drummer Jim “Soni” Sonefeld married Laura Bryan, the ex-wife of Hootie guitarist Mark Bryan.