Asian shares rise on optimism about US-China trade deal
TOKYO — Asian shares were rising Thursday amid renewed hopes a U.S. trade deal with China may be nearing, despite tough recent talk from President Don...
Drug can curb dementia’s delusions, researchers find
SAN DIEGO — A drug that curbs delusions in Parkinson's patients did the same for people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia in a stud...
Trump aims for role of NATO statesman but mars unity message
WATFORD, England — Aiming to play the role of global statesman as the impeachment drama was unfolding in Washington, President Donald Trump instead sh...
Hong Kong residents living with tear gas worry of effects
HONG KONG — By day, the small commercial kitchen in a Hong Kong industrial building produces snacks. At night, it turns into a secret laboratory assem...
Military responds to reports of shooting at Pearl Harbor
HONOLULU — The military says security forces are responding to reports of a shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.
California governor blames Trump for delayed homeless aid
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's governor on Wednesday blamed the Trump administration for withholding data needed to release $650 million in state a...
Europeans rap Iran for working on nuclear-capable missiles
UNITED NATIONS — France, Germany and the United Kingdom say Iran’s efforts to develop “nuclear-capable ballistic missiles” go against a U.N. Security ...
Across Capitol Hill, impeachment saga shifts
WASHINGTON — A different chairman. A committee twice the size. A shift from evidence to law.
Gabrielle Union, NBC meet over ‘America’s Got Talent’ firing
LOS ANGELES — Gabrielle Union and NBC both said Wednesday that they have had a “productive" first conversation on her firing from “America's Got Talen...
UN says 58 migrants dead as boat capsizes off Mauritania
DAKAR, Senegal — At least 58 people are dead after a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off the West African nation of Ma...
NC lawmaker may challenge Sen. Tillis after district redrawn
WASHINGTON — North Carolina Republican Rep. Mark Walker may challenge GOP Sen. Thom Tillis for the party's Senate nomination next year or might run ag...
Judge: Purdue workers should get bonuses, but maybe not CEO
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — More time is needed to sort out whether the CEO of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma should receive a $1.3 million bonus next year, b...
Campaigns swarm Harris donors after she exits the 2020 race
WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris’ exit from the Democratic presidential primary has set off a stampede among her former rivals, who are moving fast to impro...
Police chief firing puts spotlight on cops who let him go
CHICAGO — When fellow officers discovered Chicago’s police chief asleep behind the wheel of his running SUV, they did not conduct any sobriety tests a...
Classic Blue is Pantone Color Institute’s color of the year
NEW YORK — In these uneasy times, as we move along to a new decade, the Pantone Color Institute has reached back in time to calming, confident Classic...
The Latest: Witness apologizes for mentioning Barron Trump
WASHINGTON — The Latest on House hearings on the impeachment of President Donald Trump (all times local):
Surprising 1st results from NASA’s sun-skimming spacecraft
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's sun-skimming spacecraft, the Parker Solar Probe, is surprising scientists with its unprecedented close views of our star...
Chanel celebrates its artisans in glimmering Paris show
PARIS — Chanel brought its itinerant off-season fashion show the “arts and crafts,” with its swath of VIPs including Penelope Cruz and Marion Cotillar...
Review: Forbidden passion smolders in vivid ‘Lady on Fire’
“Do all lovers feel they’re inventing something?” asks Heloise, a young woman experiencing romantic passion for the first time. It’s a beautiful line,...
Elon Musk insists no one interpreted tweet to mean pedophile
LOS ANGELES — Elon Musk owned up to insulting a British diver in a rash tweet but wouldn’t concede that he called the man a pedophile.
Levinson family in court 13 years after Iran disappearance
WASHINGTON — Douglas Levinson recalls watching his father pack for an overseas trip. He knew the trip was to the Middle East and, at age 13, knew vagu...
‘The Irishman’ named best picture by New York Film Critics
NEW YORK — The New York Film Critics Circle named “The Irishman” the year's best film on Wednesday, handing Martin Scorsese's mob epic its second such...
EU deputy: Not a bad idea to question Malta PM in slaying
VALLETTA, Malta — The head of an EU lawmaker mission to Malta on Wednesday suggested that police question the Maltese premier about the car bombing th...
US Navy seizes suspected Iranian missile parts set for Yemen
WASHINGTON — A Navy warship has seized a “significant cache” of suspected Iranian guided missile parts headed to rebels in Yemen, U.S. officials said ...
668,000 will lose food stamp benefits under new work rules
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of Americans who rely on the federal food stamp program will lose their benefits under a new Trump administration r...
Once-a-month birth control pill? Experiment works in animals
WASHINGTON — Birth control pills work great if women remember to take them every day but missing doses can mean a surprise pregnancy. Now scientists h...
Tennessee governor not stopping planned execution Thursday
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced Wednesday that he won't stop the state from putting a blind inmate to death in the electric chair...
Rapper T.I.’s remarks spark NY bill to end virginity tests
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York could ban intrusive tests aimed at determining virginity in response to the controversial remarks made recently by the rapper ...
Judge dismisses lawsuit in John Dillinger exhumation case
INDIANAPOLIS — A judge dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday by a nephew of 1930s gangster John Dillinger who wants to exhume the notorious criminal's Indiana...