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Climate simulations are mostly accurate, study finds

WASHINGTON — The computer models used to simulate what heat-trapping gases will do to global temperatures have been pretty spot-on in their prediction...
17:20 4 December 2021

Kim again rides horse up sacred peak as N. Korea raps Trump

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rode a white horse up a sacred mountain in his second symbolic visit in less than two months, sta...
15:14 4 December 2021

Global stocks turn higher on renewed trade hopes

BEIJING — Global stock markets turned higher on Wednesday on hopes that negotiations toward a U.S.-China trade deal are proceeding despite tough rheto...
13:29 4 December 2021

Google co-founders step aside as antitrust scrutiny heats up

SAN FRANCISCO — Google’s co-founders are relinquishing their executive positions just as state and federal regulators, not to mention the Department o...
5:26 4 December 2021

Elon Musk tells jurors insult provoked ‘pedo guy’ tweet

LOS ANGELES — Elon Musk testified Tuesday that he was being insulting, not literally calling a British cave diver a pedophile when he lashed out on Tw...
3:04 4 December 2021

Northern Mexico fears return to dark past after gunfights

VILLA UNION, Mexico — Mexico’s president says he wants to fight drug cartels with “hugs, not bullets,” but after 23 people were killed in a weekend gu...
0:10 4 December 2021

Former prosecutor says corrupt congressman got ‘great’ deal

SAN DIEGO — California Rep. Duncan Hunter pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single charge of conspiring with his wife to use at least $150,000 in campaign f...
23:59 3 December 2021

Wisconsin officers on front lines in 2 student shootings

OSHKOSH, Wis. — Wisconsin high school resource officers have found themselves on the front lines in two student shootings in the past two days, unders...
23:29 3 December 2021

Trump takes bold stance at NATO as impeachment boils at home

LONDON — Thumping his chest on the world stage as he faces an impeachment inquiry at home, President Donald Trump claimed credit Tuesday for transform...
22:49 3 December 2021

Jimmy Carter ‘feeling better’ after latest hospitalization

AMERICUS, Ga. — A spokeswoman for Jimmy Carter says the former U.S. president is already feeling better after being treated for a urinary tract infect...
22:11 3 December 2021

Trump against the world: A snapshot of his trade disputes

WASHINGTON — There are lots of ways, it seems, to land on one of President Donald Trump’s tariff hit lists.
21:30 3 December 2021

DeVos calls for making financial aid unit a separate agency

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says Congress should consider splitting her department’s financial aid operation into a separate federal agency with t...
21:23 3 December 2021

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s misstatements at NATO summit

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday wholly misrepresented the U.S. record on international trade disputes and dismissed as a mysterious “ru...
20:35 3 December 2021

Ex-chief says he didn’t intentionally ‘deceive’ anyone

CHICAGO — Ousted Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Tuesday that he didn’t “intentionally mislead or deceive” anyone about the mid-Octob...
20:12 3 December 2021

Gun background checks are on pace to break record in 2019

Background checks on gun purchases in the U.S. are climbing toward a record high this year, reflecting what the industry says is a rush by people to b...
20:10 3 December 2021

Report: Racial divide shrinks in US criminal justice system

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Racial disparities have narrowed across the U.S. criminal justice system over 16 years, though black people are still significant...
20:00 3 December 2021

More pressure on Prince Andrew after alleged victim on TV

LONDON — Prince Andrew was missing when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, hosted NATO leaders at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening, but he was the fo...
19:18 3 December 2021

The Latest: California’s Hunter doesn’t say when he’ll quit

SAN DIEGO — The Latest on California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter’s guilty plea to misusing campaign money (all times local):
19:01 3 December 2021

Trump says China deal could wait until after 2020 election

LONDON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed the likelihood of reaching a U.S.-China trade deal before next year’s elections — and then shrug...
17:39 3 December 2021

France to retaliate if US doubles Champagne, cheese prices

PARIS — France is bristling at a U.S. threat to slap 100% tariffs on French cheeses, Champagne and other products, with the French leader telling Pres...
16:55 3 December 2021

Marijuana vaping busts on rise; over 500K seized in 2 years

NEW YORK — As health officials scrutinize marijuana vaping, it’s increasingly on law enforcement’s radar, too.
15:49 3 December 2021

Clarification: Election 2020-Biden Fundraising story

WASHINGTON — In a story Dec. 2, The Associated Press reported that Joe Biden raised $15.6 million for his Democratic presidential bid over the months ...
15:45 3 December 2021

Surge of new abuse claims threatens church like never before

NEW YORK — At the end of another long day trying to sign up new clients accusing the Roman Catholic Church of sexual abuse, lawyer Adam Slater gazes o...
15:14 3 December 2021

Stocks fall as Trump downplays chances of China trade deal

TOKYO — Global shares turned lower on Tuesday amid pessimism over a standoff between the U.S. and China and new tensions between the U.S. and France o...
13:02 3 December 2021

NASA locates debris from India moon lander that crashed

NEW DELHI — NASA said Tuesday that it has found the debris from India's moon lander, which crashed on the lunar surface in September.
8:37 3 December 2021

Eilish, Lizzo, Lil Nas X named 1st Apple Music Award winners

LOS ANGELES — Billie Eilish will be the first recipient of the Apple Music Award for global artist of the year, one of three honors for the pop singer...
2:46 3 December 2021

Now Roquefort: US eyes tariffs on $2.4B in French imports

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is proposing tariffs on up to $2.4 billion worth of French imports — including Roquefort cheese, handbags, lipst...
1:21 3 December 2021

Probe can’t determine cause of Minneapolis high-rise fire

MINNEAPOLIS — Fire officials said Monday they could not determine the exact cause of a high-rise apartment fire that killed five people last week in M...
23:40 2 December 2021

Report: Many states in good shape to weather a recession

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — After a couple years of robust tax collections, states across the U.S. are better prepared than ever to weather a potential rece...
23:32 2 December 2021

California Rep. Hunter to plead guilty to corruption charge

SAN DIEGO — California Rep. Duncan Hunter said he plans to plead guilty to misusing campaign funds and is prepared to go to jail, a stunning turn of e...
23:10 2 December 2021