Philip Pullman’s latest book is adventure for an anxious age
LONDON — The line between fantasy and reality is blurry in the world of Philip Pullman. Which, he thinks, is how it should be.
Man using magnet fishes WWI-era grenade from Michigan river
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A magnet-wielding angler has fished a World War I-era grenade from a western Michigan river.
The Latest: Quake death toll in Albania now at 26
DURRES, Albania — The Latest on a deadly earthquake in Albania (all times local):
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, ...
UN: South Sudan recruits new force, contrary to peace deal
JOHANNESBURG — A new report says South Sudan’s National Security Service has recruited a force of 10,000 fighters in President Salva Kiir’s ethnic str...
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.
New film explores legacy of Boston’s Cocoanut Grove fire
BOSTON — Even though Boston’s Cocoanut Grove fire happened long before she was born, Michele Shapiro learned all about the disaster when she was a gir...
Germany’s Merkel says it’s essential to preserve NATO
BERLIN — NATO is at least as essential today as it was during the Cold War, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday, renewing a pledge to keep raising...
Singer Goo Hara’s death shines light on dark side of K-pop
SEOUL, South Korea — The death of South Korean singer and actor Goo Hara, whose body was found at her home in Seoul this week, has again shone a spotl...
Bodies of victims found in UK truck repatriated to Vietnam
DIEN CHAU, Vietnam — The bodies of 16 of the 39 Vietnamese who died when human traffickers carried them by truck to England last month were repatriate...
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...
Bangladesh sentences 7 militants to death in café attack
DHAKA, Bangladesh — A special anti-terrorism tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced seven members of a banned militant group to death Wednesday for their in...
Taiwanese-Canadian model-actor Godfrey Gao dies on set
HONG KONG — Taiwanese-Canadian model-actor Godfrey Gao has died after suffering an apparent heart attack while on set in China.
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...
No cash? Salvation Army now accepting mobile donations
CHICAGO — Carolyn Harper made her pitch for donations to the Salvation Army with a smile on her face and a bell in her hand, trying to convince shoppe...
Namibia votes as ruling party faces unprecedented challenge
JOHANNESBURG — Polls are opening in Namibia, where the ruling party faces its biggest challenge since independence nearly three decades ago.
Trump lashes out against impeachment during Florida rally
SUNRISE, Fla. — Prompting a profane chant. Describing his own speeches as “ranting and raving.” Advising the governor of Florida to not always wear a ...
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...
FAA says it will handle all approvals for new Max jets
WASHINGTON — Federal safety regulators indicated Tuesday that they will keep full control over approvals of each new Boeing 737 Max built since the pl...
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...
Man found in freezer was husband of recently deceased woman
SALT LAKE CITY — A man whose body was in a freezer for as long as 11 years was the husband of the woman who had recently died in their apartment west ...
Man wanted in Utah ‘extreme stalking’ arrested in Hawaii
SALT LAKE CITY — U.S. prosecutors have arrested a Hawaii man they accuse of sending hundreds of unwanted service providers and others to a Utah home, ...
Texas inmate freed while innocence claims investigated
HOUSTON — A Houston man serving a life sentence for a 2010 fatal stabbing was freed on bond Tuesday while authorities reinvestigate his case, includin...
Trump campaign, GOP groups attack Google’s new ad policy
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and other Republican election groups criticized tech giant Google on Tuesday for making it h...
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...
Bloomberg: US would benefit from more, not fewer, immigrants
PHOENIX — Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday that the United States needs “an awful lot more immigrants rather than less.”
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...