Minor league cities fighting back against contraction plan
NORWICH, Conn. — Mayor Peter Nystrom says he plans to fight hard to preserve his town’s little piece of Americana.
Winter storm threatens to scramble Thanksgiving travel plans
MINNEAPOLIS — A day after bringing havoc to the Rocky Mountains, a powerful winter storm rolled across the Midwest on Wednesday, threatening to scramb...
Impeachment fight leaves voters cold in contested Wisconsin
RACINE, Wis. — There’s not a lot that Republicans and Democrats in this political battlefield agree on, but the impeachment probe into President Donal...
Hong Kong police to enter campus to clear hazardous items
HONG KONG — Hong Kong police said Wednesday that they will enter a blockaded university to clean up hazardous material before lifting a 10-day siege, ...
On the Thanksgiving menu: Turkey, with a side of impeachment
CINCINNATI — Some people heading to Thanksgiving gatherings predict it’s not just the turkey that will get roasted.
US criticizes China for abuses revealed by leaked cables
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that a cache of leaked documents proves that Chinese authorities are engaged in massive and s...
Stephen F. Austin stuns No. 1 Duke, 85-83 in OT
DURHAM, N.C. — With a stunning breakaway layup at the overtime buzzer, Stephen F. Austin did what no team outside the ACC had done in nearly 20 years ...
Buddhist nationalists claim victory in Sri Lankan election
KANDY, Sri Lanka — In this mountain city that was for centuries home to Sri Lanka’s kings and in recent years has been riven by religious violence, Bu...
One-two punch of storms threatens Thanksgiving travel in US
DENVER — Heavy snow and wind shut down highways Tuesday in Colorado and Wyoming, closed schools in Nebraska and forced more than 1,000 travelers to sl...
Calgary coach in limbo after allegedly using racial slurs
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Bill Peters’ status as the Calgary Flames coach — and whatever future he might have in the sport — have been placed into question whil...
US judge bars Trump’s health insurance rule for immigrants
PORTLAND, Ore. — A U.S. judge in Oregon on Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction blocking a Trump administration proclamation that would require im...
Democrats push impeachment to next phase with Dec. 4 hearing
WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee is set to take over the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump, Democrats announced Tuesday, schedulin...
Pennsylvania overhauls child sexual abuse laws
READING, Pa. — Pennsylvania overhauled its child sexual abuse laws Tuesday, more than a year after a landmark grand jury report showed the cover-up of...
Chief: Officers ‘basically ambushed’ in South Texas shooting
Officers responding to a disturbance call early Tuesday in South Texas were “basically ambushed” by a man with a semi-automatic rifle who shot and inj...
Labour’s Corbyn struggles to contain anti-Semitism charge
LONDON — Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn struggled Tuesday to defuse harsh criticism about anti-Semitism leveled at both himself and the party by Br...
Baghdad bombings kill 5 as Iraqis protest government
BAGHDAD — Three simultaneous explosions rocked Baghdad late Tuesday, killing five people and wounding more than a dozen, Iraqi officials said, in the ...
Thousands rally in support of embattled Israeli leader
TEL AVIV, Israel — Thousands of people rallied in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday in what was intended to be a show of strengt...
The Latest: UN sends disaster assessment experts to Albania
TIRANA, Albania — The Latest on a deadly earthquake in Albania (all times local):
House committee’s report on impeachment could land next week
WASHINGTON — The witnesses have spoken, the politics are largely settled. Now impeachment investigators will make the case for public opinion.
E-commerce giant Alibaba’s shares jump 7% in Hong Kong debut
HONG KONG — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba’s shares jumped 6.6% in their debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Tuesday, an auspicious start at a ...
Rabbis urge teaching of empathy to counteract religious hate
NEW YORK — At a time when anti-Semitic incidents are on the rise worldwide, schools should take steps to teach empathy as an antidote to racism and re...
Lebanon clashes threaten to crack open fault lines
BEIRUT — Increasingly violent clashes between Lebanese protesters and supporters of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group are putting Lebanon’s military...
Esper says Trump ordered him to stop SEAL review board
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Mark Esper declared on Monday that President Donald Trump ordered him to stop a disciplinary review of a Navy SEAL accu...
Tiffany is latest jewel for French luxury group LVMH’s crown
PARIS — French luxury group LVMH has agreed to buy New York jeweler Tiffany & Co. for $16.2 billion, adding a famed star to its portfolio that alr...
This stock trade isn’t free: Schwab scoops up rival for $26B
NEW YORK — Charles Schwab is buying rival TD Ameritrade in a $26 billion stock swap, a blockbuster agreement brought about by massive disruption in th...
Conan the dog gets hero’s welcome at White House after raid
WASHINGTON — A U.S. military dog that played a starring role in the raid that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi seemed oblivious to the...
As stigma ebbs, college students seek mental health help
More college students are turning to their schools for help with anxiety, depression and other mental health problems, and many must wait weeks for tr...
Top art, treasure and jewel heists in Europe in recent times
BERLIN — A brazen burglary Monday at a German museum holding priceless treasures is another in a long history of daring European heists over the years...
Thieves steal ‘priceless’ jewel sets from Dresden museum
BERLIN — Thieves broke into Dresden’s Green Vault, one of the world’s oldest museums, early Monday morning, making off with three “priceless” sets of ...
Stop! Washing your Thanksgiving turkey could spread germs
NEW YORK — Go ahead and rinse your cranberries, potatoes and green beans. But food say experts say don’t — repeat don’t — wash the turkey before poppi...