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Asian shares sink on mounting worries over China outbreak

TOKYO — Asian shares skidded again Tuesday on deepening worries over the expanding outbreak of a new virus in China.
4:29 28 January 2022

US, others prepare evacuations as virus spreads from China

BEIJING — The United States and several other nations prepared Tuesday to airlift citizens out of a Chinese city at the center of a virus outbreak tha...
1:42 28 January 2022

The Latest: Capitol fireplaces go cold for impeachment trial

WASHINGTON — The Latest on the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump (all times local):
0:45 28 January 2022

Woman behind ‘fired up’ Obama campaign chant backs Steyer

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina woman credited with popularizing a memorable slogan and chant that epitomized the 2008 presidential campaign of th...
21:24 27 January 2022

GOP defends Trump as Bolton book adds pressure for witnesses

WASHINGTON — Pressure is increasing on senators to call John Bolton to testify at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial after the revelation that...
18:38 27 January 2022

Prince Andrew called uncooperative in Jeffrey Epstein probe

NEW YORK — Britain's Prince Andrew has provided “zero cooperation” to the American investigators who want to interview him as part of their sex traffi...
18:05 27 January 2022

Elizabeth Warren seeks a spark in the final sprint to Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa — Elizabeth Warren is fighting to regain momentum in the turbulent tussle for the Democratic presidential nomination amid lingering q...
16:29 27 January 2022

Fed seems content with low rates but confronts challenges

WASHINGTON — For the first time in years, Federal Reserve officials will hold their latest policy meeting this week feeling broadly satisfied with whe...
16:28 27 January 2022

Greece plans 15-year bond issue to improve debt outlook

ATHENS, Greece — Greece says it plans to issue a 15-year bond, tapping international markets for financing after the country's sovereign credit rating...
14:41 27 January 2022

China virus outbreak rams global tourism, costing billions

Tourism from China was already weakening even before a new virus forced much of the country into a standstill.
10:51 27 January 2022

In appreciation: Kobe Bryant, a life defined by hard work

It was April 14, 2016. It was the first full day of Kobe Bryant’s new chapter as a retired NBA player. All he had done the night before was score a mi...
5:30 27 January 2022

3rd woman accuses Michigan lawmaker of sexual harassment

LANSING, Mich. — A third woman in two weeks has publicly come forward with sexual harassment allegations against a Michigan state legislator, accordin...
17:31 26 January 2022

Diddy calls out Grammys and demands change in fiery speech

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Sean “Diddy” Combs called out the Grammy Awards for dissing rap and R&B stars in its major categories in a blazing speech ...
12:02 26 January 2022

General: US committed to Syria fight; Missions up against IS

GREEN VILLAGE MILITARY OUTPOST — U.S. troops at military outposts ín eastern Syria asked variations of the same question to their top commander Saturd...
23:05 25 January 2022

French carmaker to evacuate workers from China amid outbreak

PARIS — France and a major automaker said Saturday that they are moving to get citizens out of a locked-down Chinese city where a deadly outbreak of a...
22:58 25 January 2022

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s fusillade of misfires on fateful week

WASHINGTON — Abroad, at home and in Twitter's ether, President Donald Trump unleashed a fusillade of statements over the past week as the Senate impea...
20:20 25 January 2022

Trump lawyers argue Democrats just want to overturn election

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's lawyers plunged into their impeachment trial defense Saturday by accusing Democrats of striving to overturn the ...
18:33 25 January 2022

GOP senators upset by Schiff remark, Dems claim ‘diversion’

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans said lead impeachment prosecutor Adam Schiff insulted them during the trial by repeating an anonymously sourced report...
18:11 25 January 2022

Trump’s idea of executive power is also impeachment defense

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has always been a man of absolutes.
18:09 25 January 2022

Cardinal at center of 2 Popes storm doubles down on celibacy

VATICAN CITY — A Vatican cardinal at the center of a storm over a book about celibacy and the Catholic priesthood is denouncing the “brutality” of cri...
18:00 25 January 2022

Covington Catholic bus involved in fatal crash in Kentucky

CALIFORNIA, Ky. — A charter bus carrying students from a Catholic high school collided with a car Saturday morning in northern Kentucky, killing the c...
16:49 25 January 2022

Trump defends Sanders, stoking Democratic divisions

WASHINGTON — As tensions between Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren rose earlier this month, Sanders found himself...
16:38 25 January 2022

Seller auctioning JFK docs from ex-California governor

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Former California Gov. Jerry Brown wants to know who is trying to sell his father’s memorabilia related to the assassination of P...
16:32 25 January 2022

‘This is huge’: Locust swarms in Africa are worst in decades

KATITIKA, Kenya — The hum of millions of locusts on the move is broken by the screams of farmers and the clanging of pots and pans. But their noise-ma...
15:51 25 January 2022

Substitute teaching a challenge in Jimmy Carter’s class

Every now and then, Sunday school teacher Kim Fuller makes a point during class and the old man sitting on the front pew raises his eyebrows quizzical...
15:02 25 January 2022

AP Exclusive: Feds plan to move Epstein warden to prison job

WASHINGTON — The warden in charge when Jeffrey Epstein ended his life in his jail cell is being moved to a leadership position at another federal corr...
1:38 25 January 2022

California OKs highly questioned LA County voting system

California’s secretary of state on Friday approved Los Angeles County’s new publicly owned computerized voting system — a first of its kind for the na...
23:46 24 January 2022

US says e-commerce firms need to do more about fake goods

WASHINGTON — E-commerce has unleashed an increasing torrent of fake merchandise upon the world and private companies and the U.S. government must do m...
22:50 24 January 2022

Pentagon: 34 troops suffered brain injuries in Iran strike

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon disclosed on Friday that 34 U.S. service members suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iran's missile strike this month on an...
22:46 24 January 2022

Brother says teen charged in Utah slaying of 4 still loved

GRANTSVILLE, Utah — A Utah teenager who authorities say killed his mother and three younger siblings is still loved and part of the family, his older ...
22:27 24 January 2022