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‘The Assistant’ aims to go behind the headlines of #MeToo

PARK CITY, Utah — “The Assistant” is one of the first narrative films to come out of the #MeToo movement and the Harvey Weinstein scandal. The film, w...
17:56 30 January 2022

US reports 1st case of person-to-person spread of new virus

NEW YORK — Health officials Thursday reported the first U.S. case of person-to-person spread of the new virus from China.
17:44 30 January 2022

Companies with China ties start to feel virus impact

NEW YORK — The dangerous virus spreading through China threatens a wide range of industries with ties to the world’s second largest economy.
17:39 30 January 2022

US economy grew modestly last quarter against a hazy outlook

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy expanded at a moderate 2.1% annual rate in the final three months of 2019, capping a year when a weak global landscape a...
17:32 30 January 2022

David Alan Grier is getting lots of kicks on Broadway

NEW YORK — When David Alan Grier was offered a chance to revisit one of his favorite plays on Broadway, he quickly agreed. He just forgot about all th...
15:15 30 January 2022

Biden under pressure to prove he can thwart new GOP attacks

SIOUX CITY, Iowa — With five days until the Iowa caucuses, Joe Biden is fending off a new onslaught of GOP attacks over his son's business overseas an...
14:12 30 January 2022

Brexit finally arrives Friday: A momentous yet quiet moment

BRUSSELS — Friday will mark a truly historic moment, but almost nothing will happen.
11:47 30 January 2022

For 1st time in 4 years, US life expectancy rises — a little

NEW YORK — Life expectancy in the United States is up for the first time in four years.
5:43 30 January 2022

Georgia man put to death for the 1997 killings of 2 people

JACKSON, Ala. — A Georgia man convicted of killing his ex-wife and her boyfriend more than two decades ago was put to death Wednesday evening, becomin...
2:29 30 January 2022

Trump defense: Ukraine ‘quid pro quo’ not impeachable

WASHINGTON — In a striking shift from President Donald Trump's claims of “perfect” dealings with Ukraine, his defenders asserted Wednesday at his Sena...
1:37 30 January 2022

Author tour for controversial ‘American Dirt’ is canceled

NEW YORK — The publisher of Jeanine Cummins' controversial novel “American Dirt" has canceled the remainder of her promotional tour, citing concerns f...
23:22 29 January 2022

Fed chair sees China virus as possible risk to world economy

WASHINGTON — Just as the outlook for the global economy had been brightening in recent months, a new threat has suddenly emerged in the form of the vi...
23:04 29 January 2022

Women, 5 children among 8 victims of Alabama dock fire

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — A woman and her five children were among the eight people who died in a dock fire at a north Alabama marina, authorities and relati...
21:03 29 January 2022

Trump celebrates major rewrite of North American trade rules

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a major rewrite of the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico, celebrating the fulfill...
20:27 29 January 2022

Americans from China virus zone evaluated at military base

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Officials say the 201 Americans evacuated from the Chinese city at the center of the virus outbreak are undergoing three days of m...
19:57 29 January 2022

What Trump’s new North American trade deal actually does

WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump signed a revamped trade agreement with Mexico and Canada into law Wednesday, he kept a campaign pledge to imp...
18:13 29 January 2022

Sanders defines a Jewish identity his way on the 2020 trail

NEW YORK — Bernie Sanders is approaching next week’s Iowa caucuses in a position to become the first major-party Jewish presidential nominee in the na...
16:38 29 January 2022

Report: No sign of fight before officer shot handcuffed man

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Investigators didn't find any evidence of a fight between a Maryland police officer and the handcuffed man he is accused of fatall...
16:24 29 January 2022

Florida governor asked to reexamine ‘stand your ground’ case

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In a case involving Florida's controversial “stand your ground” law, Gov. Ron DeSantis has been asked to reinvestigate the fat...
15:42 29 January 2022

Actors’ union issues standards for supervisors of sex scenes

LOS ANGELES — The union that represents actors and television performers issued a series of standards and guidelines Wednesday for crew members who su...
13:04 29 January 2022

Question time: What’s next in Trump’s impeachment trial

WASHINGTON — With opening arguments wrapped up in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, senators will now get a chance to ask questions. But the...
5:06 29 January 2022

San Francisco official charged with corruption in FBI probe

SAN FRANCISCO — A top San Francisco public official and go-to bureaucrat to mayors over two decades was charged with public corruption Tuesday, upendi...
1:25 29 January 2022

AP source: McConnell says he can’t yet block new witnesses

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told senators privately Tuesday he does not yet have the votes to block new witnesses in President...
23:39 28 January 2022

AP FACT CHECK: Trump defense wrong about FBI investigation

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's defense team falsely claimed the Justice Department was already investigating him even before the 2016 election ...
23:05 28 January 2022

Coroner: 4 of 8 boat dock fire victims were children

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — Roughly two dozen people lived on Dock B at Jackson County Park Marina, and none was rich or famous. They were middle-class adults ...
22:44 28 January 2022

Man accused of killing missing wife is in critical condition

FARMINGTON, Conn. — A Connecticut man charged with murdering his estranged wife was hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday after being found unres...
21:12 28 January 2022

Trump peace plan delights Israelis, enrages Palestinians

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited Middle East plan Tuesday, winning immediate praise from a beaming Israeli Prime Minister...
20:51 28 January 2022

Budget deficit to break $1 trillion despite strong economy

WASHINGTON — An annual congressional report says the U.S. budget deficit is likely to burst through the symbolic $1 trillion barrier this year despite...
19:34 28 January 2022

In grinding manufacturing slump, 3M cuts another 1,500 jobs

A profound slump in manufacturing and a trade war that has slowed economic growth in China has led to a second round of layoffs at 3M, the Minnesota c...
18:34 28 January 2022