LONDON (AP) – Musicians, politicians and others are paying tribute to music producer George Martin, who has died aged 90. “I have so many wonderful memories of this great man that will be with me forever. He was a true gentleman and like a second father to me. He guided …

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – In a raid that bore the hallmarks of a foreign special forces unit, soldiers dropped off by helicopters hiked through the nighttime dark to a town controlled by Islamic militants. Then a firefight erupted. Al-Shabab said Wednesday that its fighters had foiled the attack by foreign …

BRUSSELS (AP) – The Latest on the mass migration into Europe (all times local): 12:30 p.m. Prime Minister Miro Cerar says Slovenia has fully shut its border with Croatia for migrants without valid EU visas and will no longer accept organized trains carrying refugees. Cerar said Wednesday the effective closure …

JERUSALEM (AP) – Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday criticized Palestinians for a “failure to condemn” a stabbing spree that killed an American student and war veteran the day before, after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ political party posted a statement online praising the stabber. The stabbing spree took place Tuesday …

LONDON (AP) – George Martin, the Beatles’ urbane producer who quietly guided the band’s swift, historic transformation from rowdy club act to musical and cultural revolutionaries, has died, his management said Wednesday. He was 90. “We can confirm that Sir George Martin passed away peacefully at home yesterday evening,” Adam …

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Tax-filing season is turning into a nightmare for thousands of employees whose companies have been duped by email fraudsters. A major phishing scheme has tricked several major companies – among them, the messaging service Snapchat and disk-drive maker Seagate Technology – into relinquishing tax documents that …