NEW YORK (AP) – David Bowie, the other-worldly musician who broke pop and rock boundaries with his creative musicianship, nonconformity, striking visuals and a genre-spanning persona he christened Ziggy Stardust, died of cancer Sunday. He was 69 and had just released a new album. Bowie, whose hits included “Fame,” ”Heroes” …

LONDON (AP) – The latest on the death of singer David Bowie. All times local. 11:30 a.m. Germany’s Foreign Ministry says David Bowie is “now among heroes” and is thanking the one-time West Berlin resident for “helping to bring down the wall.” The ministry’s post on its Twitter feed includes …

LONDON (AP) – Here he is, sitting in a tin can, far above the world – and saying goodbye to David Bowie. Messages of condolence for the late rock star flowed in Monday from around the world – and from space, where British astronaut Tim Peake tweeted from the International …

ISLAMABAD (AP) – A key gathering opened on Monday in Islamabad in which four countries – Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States – hope to lay the roadmap to peace for the war-shattered Afghan nation. The meeting comes as Afghanistan’s battlefield losses are mounting and entire swaths of the …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea’s nuclear test has provoked global outrage, a push for sanctions, even fear. But Kim Jong Un’s decision to conduct it has also handed a gift of sorts to his rival in the South. In an instant, Wednesday’s explosion shifted the focus on the …

DETROIT (AP) – Some Tesla Motors vehicles can park themselves without a driver inside with a software update beamed to customers over the weekend. The update also puts new speed limits on Tesla’s semi-autonomous Autopilot mode and makes several enhancements, including automatically slowing when the car is approaching a curve …

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexican marines had barely faced down .50-caliber sniper guns and a loaded grenade launcher to recapture the world’s most notorious drug lord when the calls started coming: Extradite Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States. And soon. Mexico’s leaders avoided talk about extradition following Guzman’s …

Top Mexican drug cartel leaders captured or killed in recent years: Jan. 8, 2016: Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, leader of Sinaloa cartel, caught by Mexican marines in Los Mochis, a seaside city in Sinaloa state. It is third time he is captured. Feb. 27, 2015: Servando “La Tuta” Gomez, one …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea trumpets a hydrogen bomb test. South Korea responds by cranking up blasts of harsh propaganda from giant green speakers aimed across the world’s most dangerous border. Now Pyongyang warns of war, even as it reportedly has started its own broadcasts. As the world …

BAGHDAD (AP) – As the sun sets over Iraq’s southern city of Basra, Ahmed Hilal rushes to lock his door. At night, every knock sends his heart beating faster. In the morning, the father of three or someone he trusts walks his children to school, barely five minutes away. Fear …