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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

Congress pushes ahead on Trump impeachment with nation split

WASHINGTON — The House is plunging into a landmark impeachment week, with Democrats who once hoped to sway Republicans now facing the prospect of an e...
23:03 2 December 2021

UAW bolsters financial controls after embezzlement scandal

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union has replaced its auditing firm, added four internal auditors and hired a big accounting firm to study its fina...
22:44 2 December 2021

Mexican border town gripped by fear after gunbattle kills 22

VILLA UNION, Mexico — A small town near the U.S.-Mexico border began cleaning up Monday, gripped by fear after the killing of 22 people in a ferocious...
22:14 2 December 2021

Roberts seems to hold key to case over New York City gun law

WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts appeared Monday to be the key vote in whether the Supreme Court considers expanding gun rights or sidesteps it...
20:34 2 December 2021

Neighbor: Mom, 2 sons lived at Minneapolis home where 4 died

MINNEAPOLIS — The house in Minneapolis where four people died in an apparent domestic attack was occupied by a recently divorced mother and her two so...
20:14 2 December 2021

Report: Placido Domingo denies alleged casting power abuse

MILAN — Opera legend Placido Domingo has been quoted by a leading Italian daily as saying he did not abuse his power in casting, part of allegations a...
19:26 2 December 2021

Vigil for London stabbing victims as politicians trade blame

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn paused Monday to honor the two people killed in th...
18:06 2 December 2021

Bullock becomes 3rd governor to drop presidential campaign

HELENA, Mont. — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock ended his Democratic presidential campaign Monday, becoming the third Western governor boasting executive e...
18:05 2 December 2021

Poland’s Nobel-winning writer to support art, civil rights

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s Nobel Prize winning writer Olga Tokarczuk says she is starting a foundation to promote Polish literature as well as human ri...
16:23 2 December 2021

US construction spending falls 0.8% in October

WASHINGTON — Spending on U.S. construction projects fell 0.8% in October, dragged down by declines in apartment and multi-family homebuilding.
15:03 2 December 2021

New Nissan CEO reaffirms alliance, promises revival

TOKYO — Nissan’s new chief executive, Makoto Uchida, reaffirmed on Monday the importance of the Japanese automaker’s alliance with France’s Renault as...
14:55 2 December 2021

Spacewalking astronauts add new pumps to cosmic detector

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Spacewalking astronauts attached new pumps to a cosmic ray detector outside the International Space Station on Monday in a bid ...
14:09 2 December 2021

Playing catch up: Premier League round to air live in UK

LONDON — Before Clive Tyldesley clambers up to the Old Trafford gantry and picks up his microphone to be part of a landmark week in Premier League bro...
13:40 2 December 2021

Global markets steady at start of busy economic data week

LONDON — Global stock markets traded in fairly narrow ranges Monday as investors awaited developments on the U.S.-China trade talks front and a raft o...
13:19 2 December 2021

Correction: Burkina Faso-Church Attacked story

In a story Dec. 2 about an attack in Burkina Faso, The Associated Press reported erroneously that an attack on a convoy carrying employees of a mining...
12:17 2 December 2021

2020 Watch: Why Biden is blitzing Iowa and more questions

NEW YORK — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
10:18 2 December 2021

In death and life, Lebanese woman shows religious law fight

BEIRUT — Nadyn Jouny’s sister taped up two messages in her memory inside a closet at the family home — one of motherly love tinged with pain, another ...
7:05 2 December 2021

China to suspend US Navy visits to Hong Kong over new law

HONG KONG — China said Monday it will suspend U.S. Navy visits to Hong Kong and sanction a range of pro-democracy non-governmental organizations in re...
6:58 2 December 2021

9 family members killed in South Dakota plane crash

Federal investigators are expected to arrive Monday at the South Dakota site where nine members of an extended Idaho family were killed in a plane cra...
5:06 2 December 2021

Asian stocks rise after China factory activity improves

BEIJING — Asian stock markets rose Monday after Chinese factory activity improved ahead of a possible U.S. tariff hike on Chinese imports.
4:59 2 December 2021

Correction: Sex Abuse-Lawsuits story

NEWARK, N.J. — In a story Nov. 30 about New Jersey sex abuse limits, The Associated Press reported erroneously the type of clients two attorneys repre...
3:16 2 December 2021

White House says it won’t participate in impeachment hearing

WASHINGTON — The White House declared Sunday it would not participate in the first impeachment hearings before the House Judiciary Committee as Democr...
1:40 2 December 2021

South Dakota airplane crash kills 9 in extended family

Nine members of an extended Idaho family died when their plane crashed in a South Dakota field as they were heading home after a hunting trip.
23:36 1 December 2021

Malta leader to resign amid protests over reporter’s death

VALLETTA, Malta — Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told the nation Sunday night that he would resign in January, following pressure from angry cit...
22:13 1 December 2021

10 wounded in shooting near New Orleans’ French Quarter

NEW ORLEANS — Ten people were shot and wounded early Sunday near the French Quarter in New Orleans, a popular spot for tourists. Hours later in anothe...
21:37 1 December 2021

‘Frozen 2’ ices competition again with record Thanksgiving

LOS ANGELES — “Frozen 2” kept a wintry wind at its back in its second week, setting a Thanksgiving record with a whopping box office bounty.
18:47 1 December 2021

Rescuers search for girl, 6, missing after truck swept away

TONTO BASIN, Ariz. — Rescuers with helicopters, drones, boats and dogs searched Sunday for a 6-year-old girl missing since Friday, when a truck she wa...
17:21 1 December 2021

‘I know Joe’s heart’: Why black voters are backing Joe Biden

After Kamala Harris challenged Joe Biden’s past opposition to school busing in a nationally televised Democratic presidential debate, the former vice ...
12:39 1 December 2021