Exit poll, early tally indicate runoff for Croatia president
ZAGREB, Croatia — Croatia's tight presidential election appeared set to be decided in a runoff as initial returns and an exit poll suggested that none...
Inside impeachment: How an ‘urgent’ tip became ‘high crimes’
WASHINGTON — The night before the whistleblower complaint that launched President Donald Trump's impeachment was made public, Democrats and Republican...
Wide Open CFP: Dynamic receivers highlight playoff match ups
A flick of the wrist, a slight shift of the shoulder and they're off.
‘This is for real’ - journeyman Aliu sparks hockey reckoning
VAUGHAN, Ontario — There was no breaking point or seminal moment that prompted Akim Aliu to post two tweets less than a minute apart that would rock t...
Us vs. them: Trump aiming to use impeachment to rev up base
NEW YORK — Using stark “us vs. them” language, President Donald Trump and his reelection campaign have begun framing his impeachment not as a judgment...
Queen Elizabeth II attends church; Philip still in hospital
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II attended church near her rural retreat Sunday as her husband Prince Philip spent his second night in a London hospital.
Australia’s leader apologizes for vacation amid wildfires
SYDNEY — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologized Sunday for taking a family vacation in Hawaii as deadly bushfires raged across several st...
49ers win, grieve with Beathard: ‘We got that one for C.J’
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — An exhilarating, game-winning drive that put the San Francisco 49ers in position to seize the top seed in the playoffs next week...
Washington routs No. 18 Boise State in Petersen’s last game
LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Bowl was always going to be about Chris Petersen. It was his final game as coach, a matchup the two programs he led to such ...
Harden racks up 47 points, Rockets beat Suns 139-125
PHOENIX — James Harden scored 47 points, Russell Westbrook added 30 and the Houston Rockets beat the Phoenix Suns 139-125 Saturday night.
No. 2 Gonzaga pounds Eastern Washington 112-77, eyes No. 1
SPOKANE, Wash. — Filip Petrusev had 24 points and nine rebounds to help No. 2 Gonzaga beat Eastern Washington 112-77 on Saturday, clearing a path for ...
Warren’s souvenir wine bottle pops up in big-donor debate
WASHINGTON — On a Saturday evening in June 2018, with temperatures in the 70s and the Red Sox playing at Fenway Park, supporters of Massachusetts Sen....
Carter, NCA&T rout Alcorn State 64-44 in Celebration Bowl
ATLANTA — Kylil Carter passed for six touchdowns and North Carolina A&T racked up enormous offensive totals to beat Alcorn State 64-44 in the Cele...
Texans win AFC South title with victory over Bucs
TAMPA, Fla. — Bradley Roby returned one of Jameis Winston’s four interceptions for a touchdown and Ka’imi Fairburn snapped a fourth-quarter tie with h...
Macron vows to keep fighting extremism in West Africa
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — France's President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to boost the fight against Islamic extremism in West Africa as French troops kille...
No. 1 KU falls to No. 18 Villanova on Samuels’ 3-pointer
PHILADELPHIA — Jermaine Samuels hit a winning 3-pointer with 20.5 seconds left to lead No. 18 Villanova to a 56-55 victory on Saturday over Kansas, th...
Buttigieg leads 2020 rivals in Wall Street contributions
WASHINGTON — The financial sector, blamed by progressives for spawning the 2008 economic collapse, is lining up behind Pete Buttigieg’s presidential c...
Kansas city’s move against paper strikes some as retaliation
TOPEKA, Kan. — A growing community near Kansas City has decided to stop publishing its legal notices in its hometown newspaper, describing the move as...
House vote locks in impeachment as issue in ’20 Hill races
WASHINGTON — The day after nearly every House Democrat voted to impeach President Donald Trump, the chief of the House Republican campaign committee s...
Buttigieg backers defend ‘wine cave’ fundraiser
RUTHERFORD, Calif. — The California winemakers who hosted a dinner at a “wine cave” for Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg are defending t...
Klobuchar steps up hits on Buttigieg with Iowa vote looming
CENTERVILLE, Iowa — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar has argued for weeks that Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of a small Indiana city, doesn't have enough expe...
Australia battles ‘catastrophic’ wildfires as PM rushes home
PERTH, Australia — Australia’s most populous state was paralyzed by “catastrophic” fire conditions Saturday amid souring temperatures, while one perso...
Man who kidnapped Wisconsin teen: She was ‘terrified of me’
MINNEAPOLIS — A man convicted of kidnapping a Wisconsin girl and killing her parents told police after his arrest that he never thought Jayme Closs wo...
Junior Johnson, “The Last American Hero,” dies at 88
Robert Glenn “Junior” Johnson, the moonshine runner turned NASCAR driver described as “The Last American Hero” by author Tom Wolfe in a 1965 article f...
Son of Russian spies relieved to keep Canadian citizenship
TORONTO — The son of a Russian spy couple who lived clandestine lives in Canada and the United States said Friday that he wants a future in Canada aft...
Trump heads to Florida while impeachment trial still cloudy
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was heading south to sunny Florida on Friday after his historic impeachment, while plans for his speedy trial back...
Boy kidnapped in 1964 found through ancestry sites
CHICAGO — A Michigan man recently identified as the newborn boy snatched from his mother in 1964 by someone posing as a maternity-ward nurse was found...
Trump adviser: Expect more aggressive poll watching in 2020
MADISON, Wis. — One of President Donald Trump’s top re-election advisers told influential Republicans in swing state Wisconsin that the party has “tra...
Vatican office struggles to keep up with clergy abuse cases
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican office responsible for processing clergy sex abuse complaints has seen a record 1,000 cases reported from around the world ...
Chief: City employee targeted co-worker in deadly shooting
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A deadly shooting at a city building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was an act of “workplace violence" by one city employee wh...