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A residential building damaged by recent U.S.-Israeli strikes is seen with a sign on its wall that reads in Farsi: “We stand till the end,” in Fardis, west of Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Outspoken Iranians overseas say their loved ones are being detained back home

6:12 AM on Saturday, April 4

Iran's government is detaining family members of opposition figures in exile, according to some who spoke to The Associated Press

Dutch police probe a small blast outside a pro-Israel Christian center

5:20 AM on Saturday, April 4

Dutch police are investigating a small explosion outside a Christian center that promotes Israel

An ophthalmologist performs cataract surgery while an assistant hands him surgical instruments during a marathon event, in Tsakane, South Africa, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Kayleen Morgan)

'Wow!' The eye surgery marathon that restored sight for some South Africans

4:02 AM on Saturday, April 4

Gladys Khoza has regained her sight after a cataract surgery marathon in South Africa

FILE - Kanye West, known as Ye, watches the first half of an NBA basketball game between the Washington Wizards and the Los Angeles Lakers, on March 11, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Ye attempts a comeback with sold-out LA-area concert, support from Lauryn Hill

3:57 AM on Saturday, April 4

The artist formerly and possibly again known as Kanye West reveled in support from one of his musical idols, Lauryn Hill, as he staged a sold-out Southern California concert meant to mark a comeback from years of controversy

FILE - A sign directs travelers to the "1947 UFO Crash Site Tours" in Roswell, N.M., on June 10, 1997. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, File)

Nearly a century of wondering: The American UFO saga, in reality and in fiction

12:12 AM on Saturday, April 4

UFOs have intrigued people for decades, with sightings and investigations dating back to the first widely reported one in 1947

FILE - Model ships hang at the entrance to the Star Trek Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas on Aug. 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)

Hollywood's narrative on UFOs and ETs reaches back many decades

12:06 AM on Saturday, April 4

Hollywood has driven how Americans envision little green men with big eyes and bigger heads

A hooded penitent of the Nuestro Padre Jesus del Huerto y San Diego brotherhood participates in a Holy Week procession in Baena, southern Spain, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Women take pride in Holy Week roles after a Spanish Catholic brotherhood's procession excluded them

12:03 AM on Saturday, April 4

One religious brotherhood’s refusal to include women in its Holy Week procession has made front-page news in Spain

FILE - Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Descovich speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at the Moms for Liberty annual convention in Washington, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Moms for Liberty wanted a seat on the school board. Trump gave them a voice in the White House

12:01 AM on Saturday, April 4

Moms for Liberty made a name for itself at the local level, fighting to win control of school boards as it battled “woke indoctrination” in the classroom

This image taken from video provided by the New York Police Department shows New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, flanked by Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, left, and Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny, speaking during a news conference, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in New York. (NYPD via AP)

2nd man arrested in drive-by shooting that killed 7-month-old girl

8:48 PM on Friday, April 3

Police say a second suspect in the stray-bullet killing of a 7-month-old baby on a Brooklyn street has been arrested in Pennsylvania

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a press conference on the sideline of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the media center, in Beijing, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China aims to show global leadership with Iran war diplomacy. US appears uninterested

8:01 PM on Friday, April 3

China is stepping up its diplomacy as the Iran war drags on

Douglas Carter, who was sentenced to death in 1985 and had his conviction reversed in 2025, appears for a hearing in 4th District Court in Provo, Utah, Friday, April 3, 2026. (Chris Samuels/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool)

Former death row inmate asks Utah judge to dismiss murder case slated for retrial

7:51 PM on Friday, April 3

A man who spent decades on death row in Utah is asking a judge to throw out his aggravated murder case

Pechanga Fire Department firefighters monitor the smoky and fast-growing wildfire Springs Fire in Moreno Valley, Calif., Friday, April 3, 2026. (Terry Pierson /The Orange County Register via AP)

Crews battle fast-growing wildfire in windy Southern California that's forced some to evacuate

5:48 PM on Friday, April 3

Crews are battling a smoky and fast-growing wildfire in windy Southern California that has forced some residents to evacuate and a community college to temporarily close its doors

President Donald Trump pauses as he finishes speaking about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

President Trump signs order intended to stabilize college sports, threatens lost federal funding

5:15 PM on Friday, April 3

President Trump has signed an executive order aimed at fixing college sports that would give federal agencies authority to cut funding at schools that don’t comply with mandates covering transfers, eligibility and pay-for-play in the rapidly changing industry

FILE - Attorney General Pam Bondi, left, listens as President Donald Trump, right, speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, July 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Bondi struggled to prosecute Trump foes. But will a new attorney general make a difference?

11:54 AM on Friday, April 3

Pam Bondi is out of her job after failing to deliver criminal cases against President Donald Trump’s political enemies

Devotees dressed as Roman soldiers perform in a Way of the Cross reenactment in Arraijan, Panama, Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Good Friday around the world, in photos

9:29 AM on Friday, April 3

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