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Police, protesters clash outside Barcelona-Real Madrid game

BARCELONA, Spain — Riot police clashed with protesters in the streets Wednesday night outside a soccer match between Barcelona and Real Madrid, as aut...
22:35 18 December 2021

Washington governor wants to spend $300M to help homeless

SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Wednesday he wants to spend more than $300 million from the state’s emergency budget reserve to add 2,100 sh...
22:27 18 December 2021

Study estimates that half of US adults will be obese by 2030

There's no way to sugarcoat this news: Nearly half of American adults will be obese within a decade and one-quarter will be severely so, a new report ...
22:01 18 December 2021

2019 Breakthrough Entertainer: Jack Quaid of ‘The Boys’

LOS ANGELES — If you’re an actor, and your parents just happen to be Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid, you may have to get used to movie makers assuming that...
20:45 18 December 2021

AP Interview: Dressel a reluctant superstar heading to 2020

ATLANTA — In the post-Michael Phelps world, Caeleb Dressel fits snugly into the successor's slot.
20:42 18 December 2021

In a first, Peruvian with Down syndrome runs for parliament

LIMA, Peru — Bryan Russell has Down syndrome and does daily speech exercises, putting pens and corks in his mouth to help build up low muscle tone the...
20:28 18 December 2021

Justice Dept. plans crackdown on violent crime in 7 cities

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced a crackdown Wednesday aimed at driving down violent crime in seven of the nation’s most violent cities.
20:08 18 December 2021

2019 Breakthrough Entertainer: Dever shined in TV and film

NEW YORK — Any actor can find it difficult to find a meaty role in Hollywood, whether it be in TV or film, comedy or drama. Actress Kaitlyn Dever shin...
20:04 18 December 2021

Attorney downplays danger from mercury spill by jailed man

HOUSTON — An attorney for a 19-year-old man accused stealing mercury and spilling it at several locations in Houston tried Wednesday to downplay the d...
20:03 18 December 2021

Lebanon’s caretaker PM no longer candidate for post

BEIRUT — Lebanon's caretaker prime minister said Wednesday he's no longer a candidate for the post, eliminating himself from consideration with no cle...
19:36 18 December 2021

Walk-in clinics for opioid addiction offer meds first, fast

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Every time she got out of jail, Jamie Cline started hustling again for heroin, driven by an addiction she didn’t understand.
19:36 18 December 2021

British man accused of hacking US health care companies

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A British man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to U.S. charges alleging that he and co-conspirators in an international hacking group c...
19:27 18 December 2021

Tekashi 6ix9ine gets 2-year prison term in racketeering case

NEW YORK — The rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday by a judge who said his extraordinary cooperation with prosecutor...
19:11 18 December 2021

Slavery museum in Liverpool aims to confront painful legacy

LIVERPOOL, England — Scarlet shackles sit peacefully on display in front of a sad, gray backdrop. The now rusted leg irons once locked human ankles du...
19:02 18 December 2021

Calif consumer privacy law can affect businesses across U.S.

NEW YORK — If the thousands of Californians who use Josh Simons' app for musicians demand next month that Vampr delete their personal information, Sim...
18:24 18 December 2021

Column: Better helmets won’t settle safety vs mayhem race

Football helmets are almost as old as the game itself and, by now, about as safe as they’ll ever be.
18:20 18 December 2021

Scientists narrow age estimate for fossils of human ancestor

NEW YORK — Scientists say they have finally calculated the age of the youngest known remains of Homo erectus, which is generally considered an ancesto...
18:19 18 December 2021

Feds: Man whose number found on NJ shooter was selling arms

NEWARK, N.J. — A bail hearing for a man whose number was found in the pocket of one of the perpetrators of last week's fatal attack on a Jewish market...
17:49 18 December 2021

Quiz: How well did you keep up with business news in 2019?

NEW YORK — 2019 wound up being another big year for news from the business world. There was a leadership transition at Google's parent company, a huge...
16:49 18 December 2021

Top AP sports photos capture memorable moments of 2019

A flip, a fling and a fist pump that seemed lost forever.
15:47 18 December 2021

Mahathir: Islamic conference in KL to tackle Islamophobia

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Wednesday an Islamic conference that includes leaders from Iran, Turkey and Qatar is aim...
15:09 18 December 2021

Germany’s Merkel criticizes US gas pipeline sanctions threat

BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday criticized a U.S. move to impose sanctions related to a new Russian-German gas pipeline, signali...
14:33 18 December 2021

Rights group slams Greek migrant camp conditions for minors

ATHENS, Greece — Hundreds of unaccompanied children are living in “inhuman and degrading” conditions in a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, ...
14:18 18 December 2021

Play ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ flies to Madison Square Garden

NEW YORK — The hit play “To Kill a Mockingbird” is busting out of Broadway — and dunking at Madison Square Garden.
14:13 18 December 2021

Tokyo court awards damages to female journalist in rape case

TOKYO — A Tokyo court awarded damages to a freelance journalist on Wednesday in a high-profile rape case that had been dropped by Japanese prosecutors...
13:19 18 December 2021

GOP Sen. Collins of Maine launches reelection bid for 2020

PORTLAND, Maine — Republican Sen. Susan Collins officially launched her bid for reelection Wednesday, setting up an expensive and closely watched batt...
12:59 18 December 2021

EU claims better fishing rules; environmentalists disagree

BRUSSELS — European Union nations say the fish catch quotas they agreed upon for next year means they have made more headway in securing sustainable f...
12:24 18 December 2021

European planet-studying mission launches from South America

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A European spacecraft launched from South America Wednesday on a three-year mission to study planets in other solar systems.
9:03 18 December 2021

Review: ‘Rise of Skywalker’ is a sour end to a grand saga

Not much has caused a disturbance in the “Star Wars” galaxy quite like Rian Johnson’s “The Last Jedi,” an erratic but electric movie that, regardless ...
8:23 18 December 2021

ON Football: A how-to guide to getting to the Super Bowl

With eight of the 12 postseason berths already occupied, it's time to look at who the other four might be. And what all of them need to go deep into J...
7:38 18 December 2021