Kushner has a rare meeting with Hamas’ leader on the Gaza road map. A meeting with Netanyahu is next

August 17, 2026

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. negotiator and President Donald Trump 's son-in-law Jared Kushner held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief on Sunday in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire. Kushner will meet on Monday with Israel's prime minister, who is under pressure after rejecting the new 15-point, U.S.-backed road map. The talks aim to salvage the plan for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian territory shattered by war. At stake are the lives of some 2 million people in Gaza and reconstruction of the crowded enclave now largely ...

US pulls last aircraft carrier in Asia as Trump focuses on Iran and the Western Hemisphere

August 17, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's war against Iran is stretching the limits of U.S. aircraft carriers and leaving the western Pacific without one of the key American warships as China shows more signs of aggression. The USS George Washington is departing the Pacific and expected to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East amid growing concerns about mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed carrier. The Lincoln has had its time at sea extended from its original May return date to support operations against Iran. The lack of a U.S. carrier in the ...

What to Stream: ‘Outer Banks,’ Anthony Hopkins’ classical album and Anne Hathaway’s 1st 2026 movie

August 17, 2026

The final season of "Outer Banks" and a new album from Anthony Hopkins (yes, Sir Anthony Hopkins) are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists: Weezer's 20th album, the survival horror game "The Sinking City 2" and "Mother Mary," which kicked off Anne Hathaway's incredibly prolific year in theaters. New movies to stream from Aug. 17-23 — Anne Hathaway's epic year at the movies (which is still going at full throttle ...

Mark Rydell, the Oscar-nominated director of ‘On Golden Pond,’ dies at 97

August 17, 2026

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mark Rydell, the Oscar-nominated director of the sentimental blockbuster "On Golden Pond" who worked with such Hollywood heavyweights as Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Steve McQueen and John Wayne, has died. He was 97. His daughter, Amy Rydell, told The Hollywood ...

Box Office: ‘Spider-Man’ stays on top while two dino movies battle for third

August 17, 2026

Two very different dinosaur movies devoured a modest chunk of the North American box office this weekend, although neither came close to unseating "Spider-Man" from its perch atop the charts, nor managed to steal second place from "The Odyssey." "Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie" and "The End of ...

Box Office: ‘Spider-Man’ stays on top while two dino movies battle for third

August 17, 2026

Two very different dinosaur movies devoured a modest chunk of the North American box office this weekend, although neither came close to unseating "Spider-Man" from its perch atop the charts, nor managed to steal second place from "The Odyssey." "Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie" and "The End of ...