San Francisco Opera’s ‘The Monkey King’ ready to premiere with magical Kung Fu and puppetry

The Monkey King, a beloved figure in Chinese mythology, is now the star of an opera. With music by Huang Ruo and a libretto ...

LISTEN: What we know about the Louvre crown jewel heist as told by AP reporter John Leicester

In this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from chief correspondent in Paris, John Leicester covering the ...

Newsom tells AP the eight senators who struck the shutdown deal aren’t alarmed enough about Trump

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday he’s stunned by eight senators’ decision to break with Democrats and end the ...

Former Pac-12 schools make strides in adjusting to Big Ten’s style

When the Big Ten added former Pac-12 schools Oregon, Washington, UCLA and USC last fall, there was a belief those programs ...

These 8 senators broke with Democrats on the government shutdown deal. Here's how they explain it

The senators — eight in total — faced almost instant blowback from Democrats as they broke ranks and voted to allow the ...

Former Pac-12 schools make strides in adjusting to Big Ten's run-heavy style

When the Big Ten added former Pac-12 schools Oregon, Washington, UCLA and Southern California to the conference last fall, ...

Watchdog group Public Citizen demands OpenAI withdraw AI video app Sora over deepfake dangers

The tech industry is moving fast and breaking things again — and this time it is humanity’s shared reality and control of our ...

Christian missionary father and daughter died when plane bound for Jamaica crashed in Florida

A Christian missionary father and his daughter were killed when a small plane bound for a hurricane relief mission in Jamaica ...

Senate approves bill to end the shutdown, sending it to the House

The Senate has passed legislation to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end after a ...

Reality TV takes a deadly turn in this classic remake

Nowadays, there’s something almost aspirational about an old-fashioned dystopia, the kind where official messages are always written in the same blocky all-caps font, and power lies in the hands of a ...

These 8 Democrats voted with Republicans on the government shutdown deal. Here’s how they explain it

The Democratic senators — eight in total — faced almost instant blowback from members of their own party as they voted to ...