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Seychelles leader: No time for ‘blame game’ in climate fight

LONDON — The Seychelles president is warning there's no time for a "blame game" in the fight against climate change and he urges major nations to do m...
5:09 29 October 2021

Fresh protests, looting erupt in Chile despite new Cabinet

SANTIAGO, Chile — Fresh protests and attacks on businesses erupted in Chile Monday despite President Sebastián Piñera's replacement of eight key Cabin...
4:52 29 October 2021

Asian shares mixed after S&P 500 hits all-time high

BANGKOK — Shares were mixed in Asia and Chinese benchmarks fell Tuesday after the S&P 500 index closed at an all-time high.
4:12 29 October 2021

North Carolina judges block current congressional map

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina judges on Monday blocked the state's congressional map from being used in the 2020 elections, ruling that voters had a ...
3:27 29 October 2021

Utility says power lines may have started 2 California fires

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. power lines may have started two wildfires over the weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area, the uti...
2:55 29 October 2021

Wildfire forces residents, celebrities to flee

LOS ANGELES — A wildfire swept through the star-studded hills of Los Angeles on Monday, destroying several large homes and forcing LeBron James and th...
2:54 29 October 2021

US experiments in Texas with plan to speed asylum decisions

EL PASO, Texas — U.S. immigration authorities are testing a program to speed up reviews of asylum claims at a Texas Border Patrol station, offering a ...
2:31 29 October 2021

Robert Evans, iconic producer of ‘Chinatown,’ dies at 89

NEW YORK — Robert Evans, the protean, fast-living Hollywood producer and former Paramount Pictures production chief who backed such seminal 1970s film...
2:15 29 October 2021

AP sources: Jeff Sessions exploring possible Ala. Senate run

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is exploring the possibility of a run for his old Senate seat in Alabama, according to t...
2:07 29 October 2021

Costs of GM deal could make talks with Ford, FCA difficult

DETROIT — Just after workers ratified a new contract with General Motors last week, the president of the United Auto Workers union put out a statement...
1:49 29 October 2021

Man arrested in Texas shooting that left 2 dead, 12 hurt

GREENVILLE, Texas — A man suspected of opening fire at an off-campus college party in Texas, killing two people and injuring 12 others, was arrested M...
1:02 29 October 2021

Elected Arizona official accused of selling babies suspended

PHOENIX — An elected official in Arizona was suspended Monday after he was charged with running a human smuggling scheme that brought pregnant women f...
0:20 29 October 2021

Guilty plea in newspaper shootings; insanity hearing is next

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A Maryland man pleaded guilty Monday in the slayings of five employees at an Annapolis newspaper, and a jury is expected to hear test...
23:54 28 October 2021

Trial opens in lawsuit over ‘Frankenstein’ use of remains

PHOENIX — A retired FBI agent described a horrific raid of now-closed body donation facility Monday, recalling a table stacked with severed human legs...
23:46 28 October 2021

Bronx steps in ‘Joker’ movie become a tourist attraction

NEW YORK — Move over, Rocky, there's a new stairway to climb.
22:20 28 October 2021

EU delays Brexit to Jan. 31; Johnson election bid fails

LONDON — Britain got Brexit breathing space but no clarity on Monday when the European Union granted a three-month delay to the U.K.'s departure from ...
21:53 28 October 2021

In Chicago, Trump calls the city an embarrassment to the US

CHICAGO — Visiting Chicago for the first time as president, Donald Trump disparaged the city Monday as a haven for criminals that is "embarrassing to ...
21:48 28 October 2021

UK opposition parties suggest Dec. 9 vote in Brexit gambit

LONDON — Two British opposition parties want to hold elections even earlier than Prime Minister Boris Johnson has proposed as they try to ensure the c...
8:49 27 October 2021

Former WH chief of staff says he warned Trump on impeachment

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's former chief of staff, John Kelly, says he advised the president not to fill the job with someone who wouldn't b...
6:33 27 October 2021

US official: IS leader believed dead in US military assault

WASHINGTON — Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group who presided over its global jihad and became arguably the world's mo...
6:10 27 October 2021

Mexicans parade as fancy skeletons ahead of Day of the Dead

MEXICO CITY — Mexicans paraded in the streets of the capital dressed as elegant skeletons Saturday as the country's Day of the Dead festivities extend...
4:22 27 October 2021

Argentina could take another sharp political turn in vote

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina could take another sharp political turn in Sunday's presidential elections, with center-left Peronist candidate Al...
4:09 27 October 2021

Obayashi’s 40-year career defined by warning of war’s horror

TOKYO — At 81, Nobuhiko Obayashi has terminal lung cancer, but his confrontation with death began so long ago it has characterized his decades of film...
3:59 27 October 2021

North Korea says it’s running out of patience with US

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Sunday said it's running out of patience with the United States over what it described as hostile policies and uni...
2:08 27 October 2021

Chilean president shaking up government amid protests

SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile's President Sebastián Piñera asked all his Cabinet members to offer their resignations Saturday as he prepared to shake up his...
2:03 27 October 2021

Vietnamese village prays, awaits news on loved ones’ fate

DO THANH, Vietnam — The rural village of Do Thanh in central Vietnam has relied on its sons and daughters working abroad to send money back home. Now ...
0:58 27 October 2021

More severely obese kids should get surgery, MD group says

Even some severely obese preteens should be considered for weight loss surgery, according to new recommendations.
22:48 26 October 2021

Harris speaks at SC candidate forum after organizers nixed

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris spoke at a criminal justice forum at a historically black college on Saturday after a...
22:38 26 October 2021

Separatists clash with police in Barcelona after huge rally

BARCELONA, Spain — Police and violent protesters in Spain's restive Catalonia region clashed Saturday after a massive rally in Barcelona against the i...
22:03 26 October 2021

New evacuations, power outages near California wildfire

SAN FRANCISCO — New evacuations were ordered Saturday for at least 50,000 people near a huge wildfire and millions of Californians will have their pow...
18:41 26 October 2021