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T.S. Eliot letters show love for muse but poet downplays it

PHILADELPHIA — Recently unveiled letters from T.S. Eliot to his muse Emily Hale show how much he loved his longtime friend, but a statement from beyon...
17:11 4 January 2022

Rose McGowan defends tweet apologizing to Iran after strike

NEW YORK — Rose McGowan's tweet that apologized on behalf of the U.S. to Iran for “disrespecting their flag and people” in the wake of an airstrike th...
17:02 4 January 2022

AP FACT CHECK: Lest old distortions be forgot

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump closed out the old year by reprising a selection of his most familiar falsehoods and putting a few of his predeces...
16:25 4 January 2022

60 dead in landslides, flash floods in Indonesia’s capital

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Landslides and floods triggered by torrential downpours have left at least 60 people dead in and around Indonesia's capital, as r...
15:49 4 January 2022

Iran general steps out of Soleimani’s shadow to lead proxies

TEHRAN, Iran — A new Iranian general has stepped out of the shadows to lead the country's expeditionary Quds Force, becoming responsible for Tehran's ...
14:07 4 January 2022

Was the drone attack on Iranian general an assassination?

NEW YORK — After Friday's targeted killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, newsrooms struggled with the question: Had the United States just carried...
5:03 4 January 2022

In a 24/7 food culture, periodic fasting gains followers

NEW YORK — On low-carb diets, meat and cheese are OK.
3:15 4 January 2022

Methodists propose split in gay marriage, clergy impasse

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — United Methodist Church leaders from around the world and across ideological divides unveiled a plan Friday for a new conservative ...
2:32 4 January 2022

Iran vows revenge for US attack that killed powerful general

BAGHDAD — Iran promised to seek revenge for a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed the mastermind of its interventions across the Middle ...
1:47 4 January 2022

Trump portrays himself as defender of faith for evangelicals

MIAMI — Highlighting his record on religious liberty, President Donald Trump on Friday worked to energize a group of evangelical supporters who make u...
0:00 4 January 2022

McConnell and Pelosi give no signs of budging on impeachment

WASHINGTON — Congress opened the new year with the Senate deadlocked over President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, leaving the proceedings deeply i...
22:09 3 January 2022

US-Iran tensions thrust foreign policy into Democrats’ race

NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — Democratic presidential candidates are lambasting President Donald Trump's decision to kill Iran's top general in an airstrike, a...
20:01 3 January 2022

Survivor of boat disaster: ‘Sleeping to swimming’ in minutes

JUNEAU, Alaska — A survivor of a Alaska crab boat sinking that left five fellow fishermen missing said the crew went from “sleeping to swimming" in mi...
19:50 3 January 2022

Federal Reserve last month saw a declining risk of recession

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve’s policymaking committee saw much less risk of recession at its meeting last month, when it kept interest rates stead...
19:28 3 January 2022

Taiwan defense officials meet after crash kills top officer

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen convened a meeting of top defense officials and urged them Friday to be on a lookout for military de...
7:58 3 January 2022

Uncharted Brexit waters: UK’s Boris Johnson faces 2020 tests

LONDON — After a remarkable political turnaround, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on the verge of taking Britain out of the European Union with the en...
7:57 3 January 2022

US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike

BAGHDAD — The United States killed Iran's top general and the architect of Tehran’s proxy wars in the Middle East in an airstrike at Baghdad's interna...
5:03 3 January 2022

Hanukkah stabbing suspect questioned in prior Monsey attack

NEW YORK — The man charged in the machete attack on a Hanukkah celebration north of New York City had been questioned by local authorities in connecti...
0:00 3 January 2022

As Jewish enclaves spring up around NYC, so does intolerance

MONSEY, N.Y. — For years, ultra-Orthodox Jewish families priced out of increasingly expensive Brooklyn neighborhoods have been turning to the suburbs,...
21:50 2 January 2022

Attack on US Embassy exposes widening US-Iraq divide on Iran

WASHINGTON — The New Year's Eve attack on the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad has exposed a deepening divide between the United States and Iraq over ...
20:32 2 January 2022

Co-creator defends suspected UAE spying app called ToTok

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The co-creator of a video and voice calling app suspected of being a spying tool of the United Arab Emirates defende...
19:02 2 January 2022

Investors could be partying like it’s 1997, but many sat out

NEW YORK — Break out the Spice Girls CDs. That was one of the best years in decades for funds.
18:00 2 January 2022

Texas judge: Hospital can remove baby from life support

DALLAS — A Texas judge on Thursday sided with a hospital that plans to remove an 11-month-old girl from life support after her mother disagreed with t...
16:46 2 January 2022

Bye-bye buoy: Large beacon removed from Florida beach

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — A large red navigation buoy that bobbed around the Atlantic Ocean for two years was removed Thursday from a Florida beach whe...
16:37 2 January 2022

Democrat Julián Castro drops out of 2020 presidential race

AUSTIN, Texas — Former Obama housing secretary Julián Castro on Thursday ended his run for president that pushed the 2020 field on immigration and swu...
15:15 2 January 2022

Poll: White evangelicals distinct on abortion, LGBT policy

White evangelical Protestants stand noticeably apart from other religious people on how the government should act on two of the most politically divis...
12:59 2 January 2022

Former NBA Commissioner David Stern dies at 77

NEW YORK — David Stern had basketball as a passion and law as a profession, one he figured he could return to if a job at the NBA didn’t work out.
7:31 2 January 2022

Fleeing war, poverty, African migrants face racism in Egypt

CAIRO — Two Sudanese sisters, Seham and Ekhlas Bashir, were walking their children home from elementary school in a Cairo neighborhood when a group of...
6:08 2 January 2022

Pete Buttigieg raises $24.7 million during 4th quarter

DES MOINES, Iowa — Pete Buttigieg's campaign says he raised more than $24.7 million in the last three months and now has a campaign staff of 500 peopl...
2:31 2 January 2022

Family: Man stabbed in Hanukkah attack may have brain damage

NEW YORK — A man wounded in the Hanukkah stabbings north of New York City may have permanent brain damage and be partially paralyzed for the rest of h...
18:39 1 January 2022