Target bursts into the holiday season with a bang
NEW YORK — Target is bursting into the critical holiday season with very strong third-quarter earnings as the company pushes faster delivery and inves...
7 key questions heading into the 2020 Democratic debate
WASHINGTON — New uncertainty hangs over the Democratic presidential primary as 10 candidates meet on the debate stage once again.
Emirates opts for 30 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in revised deal
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Middle East’s biggest carrier, the Dubai-based Emirates, announced on Wednesday a firm order for 30 Boeing 787 Dream...
Israel to host largest event ever focused on anti-Semitism
JERUSALEM — Israeli officials announced Wednesday that dozens of world leaders will arrive in Jerusalem for the largest-ever gathering focused on comb...
‘I now recall’: What to watch in Trump impeachment hearings
WASHINGTON — Exactly what is Gordon Sondland’s story?
Jewish group condemns Nazi auction in Germany
BERLIN — A Jewish group has sharply condemned an auction of Nazi memorabilia in Germany that includes Adolf Hitler’s top hat, a silver-plated edition ...
Spaniards convicted of rape also sentenced for videoing it
MADRID — Two Spaniards who were among a group of five convicted earlier this year of raping a woman each have been sentenced to three years and three ...
Australian bank Westpac faces massive fine for breaches
PERTH, Australia — Major Australian bank Westpac is facing a potentially massive fine after being accused of 23 million breaches of the anti-money lau...
Wine woes: Tariffs, Brexit cloud French Beaujolais season
CHATILLON, France — Celebration is the mot du jour in France’s Beaujolais region on the third Thursday of November, when winemakers and sellers uncork...
World shares retreat on jitters over US bill on Hong Kong
BEIJING — Shares retreated Wednesday in Europe and Asia after the U.S. Senate passed a resolution supporting human rights in Hong Kong following month...
Pope arrives in Thailand to encourage Catholic minority
BANGKOK — Pope Francis arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday to begin a tour of Thailand and Japan, beginning a mission to boost the morale of those countri...
AP key findings about Mundipharma’s OxyContin sales in China
SHANGHAI — The Sackler family’s opioid empire in the United States is collapsing under an avalanche of litigation over marketing tactics. Their Purdue...
After 6 years, refugee writer tastes freedom in New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — For the first time in six years, Behrouz Boochani feels like a free man. When he arrived in New Zealand last week, he simply...
Time and again, Sondland’s Ukraine tale differs from others
WASHINGTON — The witnesses who have testified publicly and privately in the House impeachment inquiry so far have generally told a consistent tale.
AP Explains: How have the protests in Chile evolved?
SANTIAGO, Chile — It’s been nearly five weeks since the most potent civil unrest in Chile’s recent history broke out, bringing mass protests across th...
Israel strikes Iranian targets in Syria after rocket attack
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says it has carried out a “wide-scale” strike on Iranian targets in Syria following a rocket attack on the Israeli-co...
Asian shares retreat on poor Japan trade data, China news
BEIJING — Shares retreated in Asia on Wednesday after Japan reported its worst monthly decline in exports in three years, putting pressure on the econ...
Ruling backs asylum seekers at border prior to policy shift
SAN DIEGO — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a partial ban on asylum does not apply to anyone who appeared at an official U.S. border crossing befor...
APNewsBreak: Officer expected to plead guilty in urinal case
HONOLULU — A Honolulu police officer is expected to plead guilty to depriving a homeless man of his civil rights by forcing him to lick a public urina...
The Latest: House panel wraps up 5-hour hearing
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the public impeachment hearings into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine (all times local):
Criticism of Hong Kong mask ruling seen as hint from China
BEIJING — Criticism from China’s rubber-stamp parliament of a Hong Kong court decision is raising concerns that Beijing may move to flex its legal mus...
US Latinas need twice the time to match white male’s income
WASHINGTON — Government figures show that on average, Latinas in the United States are paid 54 cents for every dollar that a white, non-Hispanic male ...
5 things to know about Pope Francis’ visit to Thailand
BANGKOK — Pope Francis arrives in Thailand on Wednesday for the first visit here by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since St. John Paul II in 19...
Republicans assail security aide who reported Trump call
WASHINGTON — A career Army officer on assignment to President Donald Trump’s National Security Council testified Tuesday he felt it was his duty to ob...
Shooting deaths rattle small, tight-knit US Hmong community
Fresno has been the heart of California’s Hmong community for decades, drawing refugees from war-torn Southeast Asia who built a tight-knit population...
Drive behind occupation of Alcatraz lingers 50 years later
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — On a chilly November night 50 years ago, a 7-year-old Peter Bratt and his four siblings accompanied their single mother from their ...
GOP-requested witness rejects Trump ‘conspiracy theories’
WASHINGTON — Sought by Republicans to testify, the former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine spoke up instead for Democrat Joe Biden in Tuesday’s impeachme...
Impeachment hearings takeaways: Firsthand witnesses appear
WASHINGTON — There were attacks on the credibility of a witness in uniform and hand-wringing by another witness on all that he knows now that he says ...
AP Was There: Native Americans take over Alcatraz Island
On Nov. 20, 1969, dozens of Native Americans took over Alcatraz in the San Francisco Bay to demand that the U.S. government recognize longstanding agr...
‘I am an American,’ Vindman reminds Trump allies in hearing
WASHINGTON — “It’s Lt. Col. Vindman.”