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...
Daughter in admissions scandal returns to YouTube channel
LOS ANGELES — Social media star Olivia Jade Giannulli on Sunday posted her first YouTube video since the arrest of her parents, actress Lori Loughlin ...
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.
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...
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...
With prime minister out, Iraq in constitutional ‘black hole’
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s parliament on Sunday formally accepted the prime minister’s resignation, but the path to replacing Adil Abdul-Mahdi was clouded with ...
AP Top 25: Alabama out of top 5 for first time in 4 years
Alabama dropped to No. 9 in The Associated Press college football poll, snapping the Crimson Tide’s record streak of 68 appearances in the top five.
London extremist attack takes center stage in UK campaign
LONDON — Britain’s political leaders sparred Sunday over who is responsible for the early release of a convicted extremist who launched a stabbing att...
‘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 ...
Hong Kong pro-democracy rally cut short by police tear gas
HONG KONG — Thousands took to Hong Kong’s streets Sunday in a new wave of pro-democracy protests, but police fired tear gas after some demonstrators h...
Paradise’s dream football season ends 1 year after fire
YUBA CITY, Calif. — Lukas Hartley stood in the endzone on Saturday night as raindrops mingled with his tears after his high school football team lost ...
Century ago and today, Baghdad street a front line in revolt
BAGHDAD — When discontented Iraqis sought independence from British occupation in 1920, Baghdad’s most prestigious new boulevard, Rasheed Street, was ...
Biden launches Iowa trip with focus on Trump, rural America
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Joe Biden launched an eight-day bus tour of Iowa on Saturday projecting confidence, ignoring his many Democratic presidential c...
Powerful storm pushes into Midwest with heavy snow and winds
Wintry weather bedeviled Thanksgiving weekend travelers across the United States Saturday as a powerful and dangerous storm moved eastward, dumping he...
Londoners fought back to curtail carnage in bridge attack
LONDON — Even in times of shared, senseless tragedy, an uplifting moment sometimes emerges.
Relic thought to be from Jesus’ manger arrives in Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — A tiny wooden relic that some Christians believe to be part of Jesus' manger arrived Saturday in its permanent home in the bibl...
Impeachment may complicate 2020 for lonely Michigan moderate
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — For more than 30 years and under five presidents, Republican Rep. Fred Upton easily won reelection to his southwest Michigan House ...
Dutch police arrest suspect in stabbing of 3 teens
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch police arrested a 35-year-old homeless man Saturday on suspicion of stabbing three teens on a street in The Hague that ...
California high school competes for title after deadly fire
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Northern California high school football team will play for a championship Saturday one year after most of the players and coac...
Science warnings, US retreat add urgency to UN climate talks
MADRID — Mass protests, a last-minute venue change and talk of climate tipping points are adding some unplanned drama to this year’s international tal...
Focus on early release of terror convict in London stabbings
LONDON — UK counterterrorism police on Saturday searched for clues into how a man imprisoned for terrorism offenses before his release last year manag...
Fiat Chrysler, auto union reach tentative deal on contract
DETROIT — The United Auto Workers and Fiat Chrysler reached a tentative agreement Saturday on a new four-year contract, which includes a total of $9 b...
Albania’s search for quake victims ends; death toll up to 51
TIRANA, Albania — The search and rescue operation for earthquake survivors in Albania has ended, the prime minister said Saturday, with the death toll...
Vietnam receives last of 39 remains of trafficking victims
DO THANH, Vietnam — The last remains of the 39 Vietnamese who died while being smuggled in a truck to England last month were repatriated to their hom...
Peru’s Keiko Fujimori leaves prison after top court ruling
LIMA, Peru — Supporters cheered late Friday as once-powerful opposition leader and two-time Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori left the pr...
Trump to decide if he wants lawyers at impeachment hearings
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee asked President Donald Trump on Friday to say whether he’ll send his attorneys to participa...
Brazil’s president criticizes DiCaprio over Amazon fires
RIO DE JANEIRO — Without offering proof, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday said actor Leonardo DiCaprio had funded nonprofit groups that he...
UK police: Bridge attacker had been jailed for terror crimes
LONDON — A man wearing a fake explosive vest stabbed several people Friday in London, killing two in what police are treating as a terrorist attack be...
Cardinals’ Josh Shaw suspended for betting on NFL games
Arizona Cardinals cornerback Josh Shaw has been suspended through at least the end of the 2020 season for betting on NFL games on multiple occasions t...
Head start on holiday deals tempers Black Friday frenzy
NEW YORK — Black Friday enthusiasts woke up before dawn and traveled cross-state to their favorite malls in search of hot deals, kicking off a shorten...