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X-Men: Apocalypse

Box office top 20: 'X-Men' lags and 'Alice' flops

Memorial Day weekend, long a flagship launching pad in Hollywood's summer, went bust at the box office, as a pair of poorly ...

6 killed, dozens wounded over bloody Chicago holiday weekend

Chicago began the unofficial start of summer over Memorial Day weekend with dozens of shootings that killed six people and ...

LA war memorial covered up after graffiti vandalism

A pair of Marines on leave from their base in California's high desert answered the Memorial Day call on Monday, bringing ...

Few Memorial Day airport headaches, most wait times bearable

Travelers who had braced for long lines and long waits were instead moving through most U.S. airports fairly quickly Monday, ...

Tropical Depression Bonnie dissipates after heavy rains

Tropical Depression Bonnie and its heavy rains dissipated over South Carolina on Monday, as a wet Memorial Day holiday ...

Alice Through The Looking Glass

Depp's 'Alice' bombs, 'X-Men: Apocalypse' on top with $65M

Johnny Depp's "Alice Through the Looking Glass" bombed over the Memorial Day weekend with just $28.1 million through Sunday ...

NOAA CLOUDS

Tropical Depression Bonnie means another bad beach day

Tropical Depression Bonnie reached the South Carolina coast early Sunday before stalling just inland, bringing heavy rain and ...

Slain Utah rail worker's family offers forgiveness to killer

Hundreds of family, friends and colleagues remembered a slain Utah rail worker Saturday while also offering forgiveness to ...

Police react as Chicago gun violence spills onto expressways

The violence gripping many Chicago neighborhoods is apparently spilling onto its roads, and police will be out in force over ...

Holiday air travelers get a break from long security lines

Travelers who were dreading long airport security lines ahead of the Memorial Day weekend instead reported moving quickly ...

Pakistani supporters hold prayers for slain Taliban chief

Supporters of the slain Taliban chief have held funeral prayers across Pakistan for Mullah Akhtar Mansour, killed in a U.S.

Country music takes over Baton Rouge this weekend

Country music fans descend on Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for the Memorial Day weekend to hear some of the hottest performers in ...

Funeral services set for officer shot during traffic stop

Police from New England and around the country marched in solemn formation to a church in a small Massachusetts community ...

About 500 attend funeral for slain 11-year-old Houston boy

About 500 mourners filled a Houston church to capacity Tuesday for the funeral for an 11-year-old boy who was stabbed to ...

The Latest: Russia denies losing helicopters at Syrian base

The Latest on the violence in Syria a day after deadly attacks claimed by the Islamic State group targeted government ...

Egypt sends submarine to hunt for crashed jet's black boxes

Egypt sent a submarine Sunday to join the hunt for the flight recorders from the EgyptAir jetliner that crashed in the ...

Crowds mourn at funeral of 2 killed at Baghdad protest

Hundreds of mourners gathered in Baghdad's Sadr City as families held funerals Saturday for two people killed in protests a ...

Correction: Mary Lincoln-Funeral story

In a story May 20 about the funeral ledger President Abraham Lincoln's wife kept, The Associated Press erroneously reported ...

The Latest: Clinton campaign slams Trump Supreme Court list

The Latest on Donald Trump's list of potential Supreme Court justices (all times local): 7:30 p.m. Democrat Hillary Clinton's ...

Newtown memorial site rejected by open space advocates

With sweeping views of Newtown's rolling hills, a field at the town's highest point emerged early on as the first choice for ...