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FILE - Romer Derr rings a replica of the Liberty Bell outside the Federal Building 49 times, signifying Alaska's joining the United States as the 49th state, on July 1, 1958, in Juneau, Alaska. Behind Derr holding the Alaska flag, left, is Judy Findlay and holding the U.S. flag, right, is Marilee Nowacki. (AP Photo/JK, File)

Meet the Liberty Bell fans visiting little-known replicas scattered across the country

7:12 AM on Wednesday, April 29

If you can't visit the original Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, you might find a dead ringer nearby

FILE - People walk through Union Station on March 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Bill Barrow, File)

Correspondents dinner shooter case raises concerns about security on trains

7:03 AM on Wednesday, April 29

Union representatives and safety consultants say the case of the man charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at a media dinner is the latest example of someone allegedly trying to use the country's passenger trains to smuggle guns for an attack

Britain's King Charles III addresses a joint meeting of Congress while Vice President JD Vance, left, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., right, listen in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (Kylie Cooper/Pool via AP)

Read the complete transcript of King Charles III's speech to Congress

6:59 AM on Wednesday, April 29

Mourners carry the coffin of Palestinian fighter Hozeifa Hamza Ghannamieh, who was killed alongside Ibrahim Anwar al-Khalayli while fighting alongside Hezbollah against Israel in southern Lebanon, during their funeral procession as children watch from behind a fence in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

The Latest: Talks to end the war in Iran stall as economies feel the impact of rising energy costs

6:47 AM on Wednesday, April 29

Talks between Iran and the United States on ending the war seemed stalled Wednesday, despite U_S_ President Donald Trump earlier claiming Iran had informed his administration that it was in a “State of Collapse.”

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Services on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, rescue workers put out a fire of a residential building destroyed by a Russian drone strike on Odesa region, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Another Russian oil facility burns after Zelenskyy touts Ukraine’s drone reach

6:36 AM on Wednesday, April 29

Ukraine is claiming responsibility for a drone attack on a distant Russian oil facility

A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point flies over an overturned vessel offshore Saipan, Saturday, April 18, 2026, while searching for a missing vessel, the Mariana, that experienced an engine failure April 15. (U.S. Coast Guard/Air Station Barbers Point via AP)

Search suspended for 5 missing crew of ship that overturned near Northern Marianas during typhoon

6:30 AM on Wednesday, April 29

Authorities say they’ve suspended the search for missing five crew members of a cargo ship that overturned near the Northern Mariana Islands during a typhoon

FILE - Rafael Grossi speaks during an event at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Iran's highly enriched uranium likely is at the Isfahan site, the UN nuclear chief tells the AP

6:20 AM on Wednesday, April 29

The head of the U.N. nuclear agency says the majority of Iran’s highly enriched uranium is still believed to be at its Isfahan nuclear complex

FILE - A thick plume of smoke rises from an oil storage facility hit by a U.S.-Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran's rial currency hits record low as shaky ceasefire with US and Israel still holds

6:15 AM on Wednesday, April 29

Iran’s national rial currency has hit a record low of 1.8 million to $1 as a shaky ceasefire with the U.S. and Israel holds

A supporter of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol holds up his portrait during a rally outside of the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korean court sentences ex-President Yoon to 7 years for charges including resisting arrest

4:33 AM on Wednesday, April 29

A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to seven years in prison for resisting arrest and bypassing a legitimate Cabinet meeting before his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024

Students discuss ways to prevent school shootings during a presentation of Sandy Hook Promise's "Say Something" program at Hanover High School, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Hanover, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Anonymous tip system started in wake of Sandy Hook shooting has fielded nearly 400,000 reports

4:07 AM on Wednesday, April 29

A group formed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has traveled the country trying to prevent such violence from happening

Troops attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Russia to hold Victory Day parade without military equipment for 1st time in nearly two decades

4:02 AM on Wednesday, April 29

Russia's traditional Victory Day parade will take place without military equipment, according to the Russian Defense Ministry

FILE - A Meta logo is shown on a video screen at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference, in Menlo Park, Calif., April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

EU says Meta is failing to keep underage users off Facebook and Instagram

3:40 AM on Wednesday, April 29

The European Union says Meta is failing to keep underage users from accessing Facebook and Instagram

See the world in vertical: Top photos by AP photojournalists

3:35 AM on Wednesday, April 29

FILE - Al Ain's Park Yong-woo cools off during the Club World Cup Group G soccer match between Wydad AC and Al Ain FC in Washington, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

This year's World Cup games could be sizzling. Here's what's being done to prepare for extreme heat

1:40 AM on Wednesday, April 29

The 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar was moved from summer to winter because of the threat of extreme heat

A currency trader reacts near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), right, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Asian stocks mostly gain and oil rises after the UAE says it will exit OPEC

12:34 AM on Wednesday, April 29

Asian stocks are mostly higher despite a retreat on Wall Street, and oil prices gained after the United Arab Emirates said it would leave OPEC in a blow to the oil cartel

Fisherman Sukjai Yana untangles his net while docked on the Kok River in Chiang Saen, Thailand, on Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)

Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening 'the world's kitchen'

12:04 AM on Wednesday, April 29

Toxic runoff from rare earth mines in Myanmar is contaminating rivers that flow into Thailand, threatening the Mekong River and its basin's fisheries and farmland

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, right, talks with Mayor Peter O'Leary, during a trip to survey damage caused by Hurricane Helene, Tuesday, April 7, 2026 in Chimney Rock, N.C. This is Mullin's first official trip since replacing Kristi Noem. (AP Photo Rebecca Santana)

White House says funds to pay TSA and other Homeland Security workers will 'soon run out'

12:02 AM on Wednesday, April 29

The White House is warning Congress that funds to pay Department of Homeland Security personnel will “soon run out.”

At least 2 injured as storms tear through Texas and damage homes

11:17 PM on Tuesday, April 28

Thunderstorms have torn through parts of Texas, sending at least two people to the hospital

The home pages of Meta, Google and TikTok are displayed on devices in Sydney, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australia moves to tax Meta, Google and TikTok to fund newsrooms

4:37 AM on Tuesday, April 28

Australia is proposing to tax digital giants Meta, Google and TikTok on a part of their revenue to pay for news reporters

Today in History: April 29, Los Angeles riots after Rodney King verdict

11:29 AM on Monday, April 13

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