By NICHOLAS RICCARDI   ASPEN, Colo. —  In Aspen, the wealth gap is geographic. The people who clean the vacation homes, maintain the mansions’ gardens and …

French citizen Fritz-Joly Joachin, 29, sits inside the courtroom before his trial in the town of Haskovo, Bulgaria on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Bulgarian authorities said Tuesday Jan. 13 they have arrested a French citizen believed to have links to one of the Kouachi brothers. Fritz-Joly Joachin, 29, was arrested under two European arrest warrants, one citing his alleged links to a terrorist organization, and a second for allegedly kidnapping his 3-year-old son and smuggling him out of the country.

By DAVID BAUDER PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Social media is giving television stars and creators a more direct relationship with fans and, as actor Joseph Morgan …

By ANGELA CHARLTON and THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) — More than a million people surged through the boulevards of Paris behind dozens of world leaders walking arm-in-arm Sunday …

By JASON DEAREN LIVE OAK — On a sticky hot Sunday in August 1952, a wealthy black woman named Ruby McCollum walked through the “colored …

By ALLEN G. BREED FERGUSON, Mo. — It’s doubtful they were aware, but the rioters who torched Juanita Morris’ dress shop had strayed a couple …

By MIKE STOBBE NEW YORK — Health officials say the flu is rampant in most of the country and could peak soon. The Centers for …

By TIM REYNOLDS MIAMI — Dwyane Wade still gets angry. Just not as often. After a year like he had, that says something. It was …

By SYLVIA WINGFIELD and MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who became the first black …

By SANDY COHEN AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES — A Disney princess no longer needs a prince to experience true love. Sisterhood saves the day …