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Patriots-Chiefs rematch headlines Week 14

Beating the New England Patriots has been the primary focus for the Kansas City Chiefs since losing the AFC championship game last January.
4:50 6 December 2021

Westbrook has triple-double as Rockets beat Raptors 119-109

TORONTO — Russell Westbrook had 19 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, James Harden shook off a slow start to score 23 points and the Houston Rockets ...
3:45 6 December 2021

Injured journalist seeks answers from Hong Kong police

HONG KONG — More than two months after being blinded in one eye by what she believes was a projectile fired by riot police, Indonesian video journalis...
3:14 6 December 2021

Mekong River’s new aquamarine color may be sign of trouble

BANGKOK — The Mekong River has recently acquired an aquamarine color that may beguile tourists but also indicates a problem caused by upstream dams, e...
1:00 6 December 2021

US persuades judge to stop pro-Trump border wall group

HOUSTON — The U.S. government persuaded a federal judge to prevent a private fundraising group from building its own wall next to the river that separ...
0:29 6 December 2021

Democrats move toward impeaching Trump, with scant grumbling

WASHINGTON — House Democrats are charging toward impeaching President Donald Trump but not without pockets of division, as lawmakers who began the sum...
0:02 6 December 2021

California to protect insurance policies in wildfire areas

Sacramento, Calif — California on Thursday temporarily banned insurance companies from dropping customers in areas affected by more than a dozen recen...
23:57 5 December 2021

Articles of impeachment: Explaining what’s next in the House

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that Democrats will draft articles of impeachment against President Trump, a crucial step toward...
23:25 5 December 2021

Senate passes bill to save funding for black colleges

The Senate on Thursday passed a bipartisan deal that would permanently restore funding to historically black colleges and universities and other schoo...
23:23 5 December 2021

NFL or college? Alabama’s Tagovailoa still weighing options

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Tua Tagovailoa said being assured he'd likely remain a high NFL draft pick could make “the biggest decision of my life" a little ea...
22:58 5 December 2021

Reed builds 3-shot lead in Bahamas as Tiger rallies

NASSAU, Bahamas — A tropical breeze replaced the raging wind and made golf a lot easier for Patrick Reed, Tiger Woods and just about everyone else Thu...
22:08 5 December 2021

Pelosi sets Medicare showdown on drug costs and new benefits

WASHINGTON — The House will hold a showdown vote next week on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's bill empowering Medicare to negotiate drug prices, expanded Thurs...
22:02 5 December 2021

Boeing tries to reassure airline industry leaders about Max

DALLAS — Boeing is reassuring airline industry leaders about the safety of the grounded 737 Max as it continues working to get the plane back in servi...
22:02 5 December 2021

Judge: Turkish bank can’t deny knowledge of criminal charges

NEW YORK — A judge cited a Rudy Giuliani-led effort to get top U.S. and Turkey political figures to intervene in a New York criminal case Thursday as ...
21:13 5 December 2021

Sneakers star at glamorous parties around Art Basel Miami

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Fashion has always played a starring role at the glamorous weeklong parties surrounding Art Basel Miami. This year it’s all about ...
21:07 5 December 2021

US report: Prescription drug prices down slightly last year

WASHINGTON — Prices for prescription drugs edged down by 1% last year, a rare result driven by declines for generics and slow, low growth in the cost ...
21:02 5 December 2021

Correction: Capricorn Studio Renaissance story

ATLANTA — In a story Dec. 3 about Mercer Music at Capricorn, The Associated Press reported erroneously that one of the co-founders of Capricorn Record...
20:31 5 December 2021

Bloomberg gun plan: Permits, assault weapon ban, age limits

AURORA, Colo. — Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg unveiled a gun control policy on Thursday just steps from the site of one of Color...
20:31 5 December 2021

Indicted jail officers faced earlier excessive force claims

BALTIMORE — When a prisoner shattered glass panes in a control center at a Baltimore jail, the staff summoned a paramilitary-style tactical team to he...
20:29 5 December 2021

Chiefs and Patriots plenty familiar ahead of Sunday showdown

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs have been dominant against the AFC West since Andy Reid’s arrival in 2013, winning so often against their mo...
19:48 5 December 2021

Lawsuit: McCarrick victim told pope of sex abuse in 1988

NEWARK, N.J. — A man claims in a lawsuit filed under a recently enacted New Jersey law that he told Pope John Paul II in 1988 about being sexually abu...
19:44 5 December 2021

Analysis: The Lakers are rolling, but don’t forget the Bucks

No team in the NBA has a better record than the Los Angeles Lakers, who are off to a 19-3 start. LeBron James looks very much like an MVP candidate. T...
19:42 5 December 2021

Saudi Aramco plans $25.6B share sale in biggest ever IPO

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Aramco on Thursday set a share price for its IPO — expected to be the biggest eve...
19:42 5 December 2021

Oklahoma QB Hurts, Baylor QB Brewer create havoc as runners

NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley never imagined having his quarterback run the ball so much.
19:29 5 December 2021

Panel calls for Virginia to purge dozens of old racist laws

RICHMOND, Va. — A commission assigned to research racist laws from Virginia's past recommended Thursday that dozens of them be repealed, including mea...
19:19 5 December 2021

Young and old march in unity, fear at French pension change

PARIS — Anger, solidarity, tear gas and frozen noses.
19:11 5 December 2021

‘Once Upon a Time,’ ‘Portrait’ top AP’s 2019 best films list

Associated Press Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle name their choices for the best films of 2019.
18:52 5 December 2021

Iowa’s felon list includes police force, omits drug dealer

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A man convicted of delivering meth two decades ago should have been added to Iowa's database of felons banned from voting, but an em...
18:40 5 December 2021

Lawsuit challenges social media disclosure rule for visas

WASHINGTON — Two organizations of documentary filmmakers filed a federal lawsuit Thursday arguing that new rules requiring U.S. visa applicants to reg...
18:39 5 December 2021

US long-term mortgage rates steady; 30-year loan at 3.68%

WASHINGTON — U.S. long-term mortgage rates held steady this week amid mixed signs in the housing market. Rates remain at historically low levels as a ...
18:32 5 December 2021