Health official: No ‘short list’ of vaping illness suspects
NEW YORK — Health officials acknowledged Friday they are still looking at a wide range of products and chemicals that could be causing the U.S. vaping...
Huffman released with 2 days left on 2-week prison term
SAN FRANCISCO — Actress Felicity Huffman was released Friday morning from a federal prison in California two days before the end of a two-week sentenc...
President Trump takes victory lap on criminal justice reform
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Calling it the "most significant criminal justice reform in many generations," President Donald Trump revisited a signature bipartisa...
Shootings, death threats mar Colombia’s post-peace elections
BOGOTA, Colombia — Threatened with death, Wilson Florez chose a bulletproof vest.
Trump: Probe of Russia probe will reveal ‘really bad things’
WASHINGTON — Investigating the investigators, the Justice Department is now scrutinizing the government's Russia probe as a criminal matter, raising D...
Actresses cite lack of Hollywood stylists who get black hair
NEW YORK — Tiffany Haddish recalls leaving the set of a big-budget movie in tears in search of someone who could properly do her hair. Lorraine Toussa...
The Latest: UK police arrest 4th person in truck deaths case
LONDON — The Latest on the case of 39 people found dead in a truck in England (all times local):
Pioneering director Lina Wertmüller to finally get her Oscar
LOS ANGELES — In 1977, Italian filmmaker Lina Wertmüller became the first woman to ever be nominated for best director at the Academy Awards. Although...
Countries pledge $9.8B for global climate fund to help poor
PARIS — Rich countries have pledged $9.8 billion to help poor nations tackle climate change, the fund coordinating support said Friday, as environment...
DeVos held in contempt of court in loan forgiveness dispute
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has held Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in contempt of court for violating an order to stop collecting loans from thousa...
‘Brazen, naked corruption’ gets SC sheriff 1 year in prison
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina sheriff found guilty of misconduct for using his power and office to push a personal assistant to have sex with him ...
In Tennessee, inmates opt for electric chair over injection
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The inmate's request was a surprising one, made three days before he was to be executed in October 2018: Edmund Zagorski told the s...
AP PHOTOS: A look at the faces of Argentina’s poor
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Recession, rising poverty and austerity measures are putting pressure on Argentina's middle class and poor. Almost 11% of Ar...
Argentina’s Peronists seek return in polarized election
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Frustration over a bruising economic crisis and rising poverty has eroded support for Argentina's pro-business incumbent ahe...
‘Just too darn old:’ Sanders, Biden confront age concerns
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — Bernie Sanders insists he feels better than ever less than a month after heart surgery, but his return to the campaign trail this...
After son’s death, Craig Morgan finds God’s purpose in song
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The last evening that country singer Craig Morgan spent with his 19-year-old son, Jerry, was during one of Morgan's performances at...
AP-NORC poll: Most Americans oppose reparations for slavery
DETROIT — Few Americans are in favor of giving reparations to descendants of enslaved black people in the United States, a new poll shows, even as the...
Hundreds rally during Zimbabwe’s new anti-sanctions holiday
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The massive march that Zimbabwe's government tried to rouse for a new anti-sanctions public holiday appeared to fizzle on Friday, w...
Activists hope to take impeachment fight to the streets
Women's rights, gun control and climate change have drawn masses of demonstrators into the streets during President Donald Trump's first term, but one...
Doctor who kept fetuses is vilified in life and death
CHICAGO — Dr. Ulrich Klopfer competed so avidly in the 1970s to perform the most abortions each day at a Chicago clinic that it was said he would set ...
Global shares mixed amid uncertainty over trade, Brexit
TOKYO — Global shares were mixed Friday, with U.S.-China trade tensions and Britain's unruly process toward leaving the European Union weighing on inv...
EU envoys agree that Brexit extension is needed, no date set
LONDON — European Union ambassadors agreed Friday that the bloc should grant Britain's request for another extension to the Brexit deadline but have n...
Lion Air crash report points to Boeing, pilots, maintenance
JAKARTA, Indonesia — An Indonesian investigation found a Lion Air flight that crashed and killed 189 people a year ago was doomed by a combination of ...
The Latest: EU envoys agree that Brexit extension is needed
BRUSSELS — The Latest on Britain's impending departure from the European Union (all times local):
After withdrawal, Trump shifts focus to Syria’s oil fields
WASHINGTON — As Russian and Turkish leaders divvy up security roles in northeast Syria following an abrupt U.S. troop withdrawal, President Donald Tru...
Inequalities in China drive many to seek better life abroad
BEIJING — Weeks prior to the discovery in England of the bodies of 39 people believed to be from China, Beijing was holding lavish National Day celebr...
Japan’s SoftBank shaken by WeWork, but committing billions
TOKYO — Japanese technology giant SoftBank has committed billions of dollars to bailing out office-space sharing startup WeWork in a daring vote of co...
German businesses see hope on horizon; consumers concerned
BERLIN — German consumers are growing more pessimistic amid concerns about the global economic downturn, trade conflicts and Brexit, a survey showed F...
For businesses, Brexit is happening already
LONDON — Mylands paint, founded 135 years ago, has survived two World Wars, the Great Depression and the end of the British Empire by adapting its pro...