Value was in vogue in 2024.

Remember this moment because it probably won’t last: A U.S. lottery jackpot has soared above $1 billion, and that’s still a big deal.

A lot of Americans, after an intense presidential election campaign, are looking for a break in political news.

Nikki Glaser has become a familiar face to football fans this season.

Netflix will have one of its biggest days since the site launched in 1998 when it carries two NFL games for the first time on Christmas.

Patrick Mahomes threw for 260 yards and a touchdown while running for a score on his ailing ankle, and the Kansas City Chiefs took a big step toward securing the No. 1 seed in the playoffs with a 27-19 victory over the Houston Texans.

Whether dressed in black, mimicking bare branches or decked out with enough bows for a Taylor Swift concert, the Christmas trees in some U.S. homes this year display an unconventional streak.

Six-time Grammy winner Jacob Collier took an unexpected approach to the final installment of his four-part “Djesse” album series.

No one was expecting it.

A teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England this summer has had not guilty pleas entered for him in court.

Here are some of The Associated Press’ favorite music documentaries of the year — in no particular order — along with where to find them.

Patrick Mahomes threw two touchdown passes before leaving with an ankle injury, Xavier Worthy ran for a score and the Kansas City Chiefs finally didn’t have to sweat out the final minutes with a 21-7 victory over the mistake-prone Cleveland Browns.

Taylor Swift has made a surprise stop at a Kansas City children’s hospital, shocking parents and patients alike as she laughed with them, posed for photos and exchanged gifts.

With a late Thanksgiving, the holiday shopping season is five days shorter than last year, and owners of small retail shops say that people have been quick to snap up holiday décor early, along with gifts for others and themselves.

Selena Gomez is having quite a year, and it’s being capped with an engagement to music producer and songwriter Benny Blanco.

President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange after being recognized by Time magazine as its person of the year.

The special brunch includes themed meu items, photo ops, a friendship bracelet making station, and lots more.

Even through a year of nonstop news about elections, climate change, protests and the price of eggs, Americans still found time to read.

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour brought in approximately $2.2 billion in its nearly two-year run, making it the highest-grossing tour of all time for a second year in a row.

Depending on who you ask, the results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country or were cause for celebration.

Lionel Messi is the MVP of Major League Soccer for 2024.

Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman has chosen 10 of the best songs of 2024.

In 2024, U.S. photographers captured glimpses of humanity, ranging from a deeply divisive presidential election, to hurricanes and fires that ravaged communities, to campus protests over the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Just one retail chain was enough for Taylor Swift to have the top-selling book last week and the biggest publishing launch of 2024.

Break out your “Dune” popcorn bucket: It's time for the best movies of the year.

The global phenomenon that is Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is coming to an end after the popstar performed more than 150 shows across five continents over nearly two years.

The lead-up to the 2024 election was all about cat owners.

’Tis the season to unpack Spotify Wrapped.

Pop superstar Taylor Swift tops a list of 2024's most notable quotations compiled by Yale University, with her declaration that she's a “childless cat lady" while endorsing Kamala Harris for president.

Did you have a “Brat summer” this year.

Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” topped Apple Music’s global song chart in 2024 as the giant music streamer released year-end lists Tuesday and provided listeners with data on their own most listened-to tunes.

Pop superstar Taylor Swift is spending Black Friday amid a sea of red to watch her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs as they play the Las Vegas Raiders in a chilly matinee at Arrowhead Stadium.

Spotify Wrapped is back.

Two of the new holiday movies coming to TV this season have a Taylor Swift connection that her fans would have no problem decoding.

It turns out British pop star Ed Sheeran is also good at recruiting soccer players.

Music fans should be easy to shop for this holiday season, right.

Beyoncé is coming to your home on Christmas — provided you have Netflix and are tuning in to the Ravens-Texans game.

A teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England this summer is scheduled to go on trial early next year.

Pop superstar Beyoncé and her expansive cultural legacy will be the subject of a new course next year at Yale University.

Taylor Swift came out top at the 2024 MTV EMAs, walking away with best artist, best U.S. act, best live act and best video for “Fortnight” (featuring Post Malone).

It looks like the 2025 Grammy Awards may be a different kind of award show.

Pop superstar Taylor Swift returned to Arrowhead Stadium to see the Kansas City Chiefs and her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class appeared in court to face new charges of possessing a deadly poison and a terror charge for possessing an al-Qaida manual.

Kamala Harris has Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.

Bad Bunny threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris Sunday by sharing a video of the Democratic presidential nominee shortly after a comedian at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally made crude jokes about Latinos and called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage."

A judge in Louisiana has temporarily blocked further efforts by state officials to clear homeless encampments in New Orleans.

Leonardo DiCaprio is endorsing Kamala Harris for president.

Louisiana officials have begun moving a homeless encampment near the Superdome in New Orleans, days before three weekend concerts by Taylor Swift.

Turns out, Taylor and Travis like to watch a little baseball, too.

Taylor Swift has donated $5 million to Feeding America to support relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Taylor Swift has returned to Arrowhead Stadium to see her boyfriend Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs play the New Orleans Saints.

Mariel Colón spent years working as a defense lawyer for Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán while he faced trial in U.S. court.

Zachry Quinto is back on TV on Monday in a medical drama.

Donna Kelce is the latest family member to make her mark on the world of entertainment, cameoing in two upcoming Hallmark Christmas movies that are naturally football-themed.

Taylor Swift capped a busy week that included her endorsement of Kamala Harris for president and seven trophies from the MTV Video Music Awards by showing up at Arrowhead Stadium to watch the Kansas City Chiefs.

Filmmaker Lana Wilson had never thought much about psychics.

Music superstar Taylor Swift is officially in her Kamala Harris era after releasing a lengthy Instagram post supporting the Democratic presidential nominee.

Taylor Swift has won the biggest award at the MTV Video Music Awards — the trophy for video of the year for “Fortnight,” featuring Post Malone.

Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris for president shortly after the end of the presidential debate.

In the land of the salsa, more and more youngsters are turning to K-pop.

Taylor Swift is at the U.S. Open to watch another Taylor perform.

Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium is known as the Mother Church of Country Music.

Pop superstar Taylor Swift has returned to Arrowhead Stadium to watch her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and the rest of the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs open the NFL season against the Baltimore Ravens.

It was a rapture and a revelation all at the same time.

A racehorse named Swift Delivery that three-time Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce bought into has finished second in its latest start.

About 34,000 people joined the roughly two-hour call, which also featured Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Ed Markey of Massachusetts.

The suspects in the foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna earlier this month sought to kill “tens of thousands” of fans before the CIA discovered intelligence that disrupted the planning and led to arrests.

Rapper, singer, songwriter, businesswoman, hot girl summer purveyor and now.

Since last March, Taylor Swift has donated the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of meals to help feed the growing number of Americans grappling with rising food and housing costs.

Would she be there or not.

Two weeks after organizers scrubbed Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna amid a foiled terror plot, the singer issued her first statement on the cancellation.

Former President Donald Trump has been active on his social accounts as Democrats gather for their convention in Chicago, but many of his posts don’t have much to do with reality.

Lainey Wilson will release her fifth studio album, “Whirlwind,” on Friday.

Taylor Swift has made a triumphant return to the Eras Tour at London's Wembley Stadium with an assist from Ed Sheeran.

Katy Perry will receive the Video Vanguard Award at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards next month.

For Herve Tram, being a Taylor Swift fan isn’t just about the music.

A lawyer for the main suspect in an alleged plot to attack now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna says authorities’ presentation of the case is exaggerated and his client wouldn’t have been able to carry out plans the attorney described as “fantasies.”.

A man accused of stabbing an 11-year-old girl in London’s bustling theater district has been charged with attempted murder.

The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards have moved to a new date because of the forthcoming U.S. presidential debate.

Taylor Swift fans are devastated by the cancellations of three sold-out Eras Tour shows in Austria after authorities foiled an apparent plot for an attack in Vienna.

Organizers of three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna this week called them off on Wednesday after officials announced arrests over an apparent plot to launch an attack on an event in the Vienna area such as the concerts as part of her Eras Tour.

Taylor Swift once again tops the MTV Video Music Award nominations.

Britain has been convulsed by violence for the past week as crowds spouting anti-immigrant and Islamophobic slogans clashed with police.

Several suspects arrested in violent protests that erupted after the fatal stabbing of three children in northwest England have appeared in court as officials brace for more clashes over the weekend.

Taylor Swift warned fans traveling to her first concert in Warsaw this week to not panic when they hear sirens marking a World War II anniversary.

Within hours of a stabbing attack in northwest England that killed three young girls and wounded several more children, a false name of a supposed suspect was circulating on social media.

From the dazzling opening ceremony to warmup songs, music is intrinsic to the Paris Olympics now underway.

All the off-field attention that Travis Kelce generated last season while dating pop star Taylor Swift may have overshadowed his ability as a football player.

Meta's Oversight Board says the company failed to take down an AI-generated intimate image of an Indian female public figure that violated its policies until the board got involved.

Taylor Swift fans who missed her world tour or those who can’t get enough of her can catch her at the museum this summer.

Eminem’s 12th studio album, “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce),” has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, unseating Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” after 12 weeks.

Ten years ago, “Weird Al” Yankovic made history.

Inflation in the U.K. held steady at the Bank of England’s target rate of 2% in June.

British singer-songwriter Griff’s career has been an unmistakable whirlwind.

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Megan Moroney’s sophomore album ”“Am I Okay.

The sun is hot, but the tunes are hotter.

Taylor Swift had a surprise for fans attending her Eras Tour at London’s Wembley Stadium on Sunday: her boyfriend and tight end for the Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs, Travis Kelce.

Taylor Swift fans enjoy parsing the singer-songwriter’s lyrics for references to her romantic life and insights into her state of her mind.

Taylor Swift isn’t the only singer fans are flocking to Paris to hear.

In her first Eras Tour concert since the release of “The Tortured Poets Department,” Taylor Swift shook up her setlist.