2 top execs leaving newspaper publisher Tribune amid turmoil
Two top executives at newspaper publisher Tribune are stepping down as the company deals with its largest shareholder, a hedge fund known for cutting ...
Rush Limbaugh says he’s been diagnosed with lung cancer
LOS ANGELES — Conservative radio host and Republican kingmaker Rush Limbaugh said he’s been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.
Cross-examination drives key Weinstein accuser to tears
NEW YORK — A key accuser in the New York City rape trial of Harvey Weinstein broke down in tears on the witness stand on Monday during an exhaustive c...
8 films from the Sundance Film Festival you’ll want to see
PARK CITY, Utah — When the 36th annual edition of the Sundance Film Festival wrapped Sunday after 11 days of snow and cinema, it had ushered in an ava...
Dog sleuths sniff out crop disease hitting citrus trees
WASHINGTON — Dog detectives might be able to help save ailing citrus groves, research published Monday suggests.
49ers’ great turnaround season pulls up short in Super Bowl
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The San Francisco 49ers' remarkable turnaround ended up just a few minutes shy of a Super Bowl title.
Baylor strengthens hold on No. 1 in AP Top 25 poll
Baylor has strengthened its hold on No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll.
UN health agency tackles misinformation over virus outbreak
GENEVA — The World Health Organization chief has traveled a dozen times to monitor the Ebola response in violence-marred eastern Congo. But when he pl...
Gift or keep: The afterlives of red carpet looks is a dance
NEW YORK — Remember the ethereal pale blue Prada dress Lupita Nyong'o wore the night she won an Oscar in 2014? How about Glenn Close's moment in gold ...
The Latest: UAE suspends flights to China outside Beijing
BEIJING — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):
After Super Bowl win, Chiefs already eyeing repeat next year
MIAMI — It took the Chiefs five full decades to bring the Lombardi Trophy back to Kansas City.
Federer to play in South Africa, where his mother was born
MELBOURNE, Australia — Roger Federer shakes his head and sounds a bit embarrassed when he's asked why he's never played a tennis match in South Africa...
After NPR dust-up, Pompeo defends press freedom abroad
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — For the past four days, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been calling for authoritarian governments in eastern Europe an...
Louisiana executions stall for a decade amid legal quandary
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana cleans its execution chamber at the state penitentiary daily, but it's been more than a decade since a condemned prisoner...
AP FACT CHECK: Distortions in Trump’s case for acquittal
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's impeachment defense appears to have cleared the bar as far as his fellow Republicans are concerned. But its adhe...
Built in 10 days, China’s virus hospital takes 1st patients
BEIJING — The first patients arrived Monday at a specialized hospital built in just 10 days as part of China's intensive efforts to fight a new virus.
Chiefs defense comes through in Super Bowl triumph
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The Kansas City Chiefs had struggled all night to pick up their fizzling offense, and fans who had watched their defense let the...
The Latest: Warren assures supporters a woman can win
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):
Man wearing fake bomb stabs 2 in London and is shot to death
LONDON — Police in London say a man who strapped on a fake bomb and stabbed two people on a London street before being shot to death by police was rec...
Confusion over what data schools can provide for 2020 Census
ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Census Bureau this week starts its process of counting students living in college-run housing, but there's confusion over wha...
China’s Israel envoy compares virus travel bans to Holocaust
JERUSALEM — China's acting ambassador to Israel apologized on Sunday after comparing the closure of several national borders to Chinese citizens amid ...
Ecuador president slammed for ugly words about harassment
QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador's President Lenín Moreno has scrambled to apologize for comments suggesting women tend to complain about sexual harassment wh...
In Iowa, anxiety and unpredictability cloud caucus finish
DES MOINES, Iowa — On the eve of the Iowa caucuses, the Democratic presidential candidates hustled across the state Sunday trying to fire up voters an...
Philippines reports world’s 1st virus death outside China
BEIJING — The Philippines on Sunday reported the first death outside China from the new coronavirus, as Chinese authorities delayed the opening of sch...
US wants to return codebreaker’s seized items to UK school
DENVER — A U.S. woman who said she was visiting England to do a study of the late World War II codebreaker and computing pioneer Alan Turing walked in...
‘Minari,’ ‘Boys State’ win top honors at Sundance
NEW YORK — The Korean-American family drama “Minari,” Lee Isaac Chung's tender autobiographical tale about his upbringing in rural Arkansas, won two t...
Italian-American emerges as new star of Italy’s left-wing
BOLOGNA, Italy — A dual U.S.-Italian citizen who cut her political organizing teeth on two Barack Obama campaigns is emerging as the latest rising sta...
Lady Gaga: ‘I better hear no lip-syncing’ at halftime show
MIAMI — Descending from the air, Lady Gaga kicked off a pre-Super Bowl concert by mimicking her entrance to her Super Bowl halftime performance three ...
Jamie Foxx tricks pre-Super Bowl gala crowd with ‘Beyoncé’
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Jamie Foxx tricked an A-list crowd at a pre-Super Bowl show Saturday, telling them Beyoncé was about to perform.