Glass and other debris lay strewn on the ground as yellow police tape cordoned off the scene

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Fire department was responding to report of gas odor in Bronx building when explosion occurred during frigid night

A gas explosion sent fire racing through the top floors of a high-rise apartment building in New York City early on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 14 others as temperatures plunged into the single digits overnight, authorities said.

Firefighters responded shortly before 12.30am to the 17-story New York City housing authority (Nycha) building in the Bronx, where people were seen leaning out of windows calling for help as flames engulfed parts of the top floors, officials said.

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Driver taken into custody after car crashes through airport entrance and strikes Delta ticket counter

A car crashed through the entrance of Detroit’s metropolitan Wayne county airport on Friday evening, striking a ticket counter and injuring six people, airport officials said.

The driver was taken into custody, the Wayne county airport authority (WCAA) said in a statement. The cause of the crash was not yet known, and airport police were investigating.

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The new U.S. National Defense Strategy released by President Donald Trump’s administration is the first since 2022 and contrasts with its predecessor, issued under former President Joe Biden

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Naomi Osaka withdrew from the Australian Open before her scheduled third-round match against Australian qualifier Maddison Inglis.

Negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States were set to meet in Abu Dhabi for a second day of talks to end Russia’s nearly four-year full-scale invasion

Firefighters battled a blaze early Saturday on the top two floors of a high-rise apartment in New York City, according to fire officials.

Alex Honnold's free solo climb of the iconic building in Taiwan's capital city was supposed to be broadcast live on Netflix on Saturday local time, or Friday evening for viewers in the US.

Brown earned Korn Ferry Tour status last year and was in the Bahamas for a tournament that didn’t end until Wednesday.

Meta has stopped giving teens access to artificial intelligence characters, the company wrote in a blog post Friday.

Meta is halting teens’ access to artificial intelligence characters, at least temporarily, the company said in a blog post Friday

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An NBA game, an NHL contest and dozens of college basketball games across a wide swath of the country are being reshuffled because of an approaching major winter storm.

Iva Jovic tapped the best source possible for tennis advice when she spoke to Novak Djokovic ahead of her third-round match at the Australian Open against No. 7-seeded Jasmine Paolini.

TikTok has at last finalized a deal to keep the popular video sharing platform operating in the U.S. after years of uncertainty

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World Cup ticket prices are at exorbitant levels yet fans are still queueing up in their millions to attend soccer’s biggest tournament.

The U.S. warned the transitional council in charge of Haiti against making changes to the troubled country’s government late Wednesday

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the settlement in Ukraine with US President Donald Trump’s envoys during marathon overnight talks

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of Parliament on Friday, paving the way for a Feb. 8 snap election.

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The countdown is on for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy

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From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.

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