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American Airlines feels pinch of Boeing Max groundings

FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines is reporting higher third-quarter profit, but it is cutting the upper end of its estimate for full-year earnings...
12:45 24 October 2021

DNA test reunites half brothers; both were cops in Florida

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — When police Sgt. Dave Stull took a DNA test to learn more about his biological parents, he wasn't expecting much. He was tired o...
12:10 24 October 2021

Weak profit, revenue, overshadow Twitter user growth

SAN FRANCISCO — Disappointing third-quarter profit and revenue at Twitter overshadowed strong user growth, sending shares of the social media company ...
12:10 24 October 2021

World shares advance as earnings remain in focus

BANGKOK — Stock markets rose on Thursday after some upbeat company earnings and as investors awaited the European Central Bank's monetary policy decis...
11:13 24 October 2021

Iconic AmEx ‘Green Card’ turns 50, gets a needed revamp

NEW YORK — For 50 years, the American Express "Green Card" has been everywhere its card members wanted to be.
11:03 24 October 2021

Car bomb targets Syrian town held by Turkey-backed fighters

BEIRUT — A car boobytrapped with explosives detonated Thursday, wounding four people, in a northeastern Syrian town taken by Turkish-backed forces fro...
10:49 24 October 2021

India holds Kashmir elections despite lockdown, boycott

SRINAGAR, India — Village council elections were held Thursday across Indian-controlled Kashmir, with the detention of many mainstream local politicia...
10:46 24 October 2021

‘Whatever it takes:’ Key moments from Draghi’s tenure at ECB

FRANKFURT, Germany — Here's a look at key moments and decisions from Mario Draghi's eight years at the head of the European Central Bank, the monetary...
10:11 24 October 2021

As China builds up Africa, some in Uganda warn of trouble

KAMPALA, Uganda — China's assertive, large-scale investments in Africa are starting to find pushback in Uganda, where some critics worry the East Afri...
9:15 24 October 2021

Italy’s female soccer players aim to change law limiting pay

ROME — Italy's surprise run to the quarterfinals of the Women's World Cup this year went a long way toward changing misconceptions about the female ga...
8:27 24 October 2021

AP Explains: A look at Franco and why he is being exhumed

MADRID — The body of dictator Gen. Francisco Franco is being exhumed Thursday from the grandiose mausoleum at the Valley of the Fallen before being tr...
8:27 24 October 2021

Craigslist founder donates to group fighting fake news

NEW YORK — A nonprofit that combats disinformation campaigns says it hopes to reach thousands of U.S. journalists for training in the next few months ...
8:18 24 October 2021

Fire has industry rethinking guidance to dump burning trash

It was a hot, windy day in Southern California when a trash truck caught fire and the driver dumped the burning garbage on the side of the road. Minut...
5:12 24 October 2021

South Korean prosecutors arrest ex-minister’s wife

SEOUL, South Korea — Prosecutors on Thursday arrested the wife of South Korea's former justice minister who resigned last week over corruption allegat...
4:14 24 October 2021

Nissan ex-chairman Ghosn’s lawyers want charges dismissed

TOKYO — The lawyers of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who is awaiting trial in Japan, said Thursday they have requested that financial misconduc...
4:13 24 October 2021

Eager to leave scandal, Nissan shows off smooth-driving tech

YOKOSUKA, Japan — An electric car with smooth four-wheel drive and a virtual friend for the coming age of automated driving are among the technology i...
1:06 24 October 2021

Mountain skeleton may be man from Japanese internment camp

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — In the closing days of World War II, a Japanese American set out with other men from the infamous internment camp at Manzanar o...
1:00 24 October 2021

Syria’s Assad gets a prize with US withdrawal, Russia deal

BEIRUT — Once again, Syrian President Bashar Assad has snapped up a prize from world powers that have been maneuvering in his country's multi-front wa...
23:22 23 October 2021

Zuckerberg defends Facebook’s currency plans before Congress

WASHINGTON — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg endured hours of prickly questioning from lawmakers Wednesday as he defended the company's new globally ambi...
23:06 23 October 2021

Homeless people find friends, ease stress in tai chi class

SALT LAKE CITY — On a quiet morning outside a library in Salt Lake City, about 70 people are kicking and slicing at the air as they practice the ancie...
23:05 23 October 2021

Protests rage in Chile despite president’s reform promise

SANTIAGO, Chile — Tens of thousands of protesters flooded Chile's capital, setting up flaming barricades and clashing with riot police Wednesday after...
22:02 23 October 2021

Stocks eke out gains after a mixed set of earnings reports

U.S. stock indexes eked out tiny gains Wednesday following a wobbly day of trading as investors reviewed another set of mixed quarterly report cards f...
21:05 23 October 2021

The Latest: Edison increase estimate of possible power cuts

SAN FRANCISCO — The Latest on planned power shutoffs to prevent wildfires (all times local):
21:04 23 October 2021

Analysis: Trump’s ‘success’ in Syria cedes region to Russia

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared success in Syria on Wednesday and created a bumper-sticker moment to illustrate his campaign promise to p...
20:59 23 October 2021

Harvard paper blasted for seeking immigration agency comment

For student and professional journalists alike, it's a matter of ethical standards: The Harvard Crimson student newspaper, in its coverage of a campus...
20:56 23 October 2021

Ford 3Q profit falls nearly 60% on restructuring costs

DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co.'s third-quarter net income tumbled nearly 60% as the company booked $1.5 billion in charges mainly for restructuring,...
20:38 23 October 2021

Mom’s murder case raises questions about what doctors knew

DENVER — Olivia Gant's mother brought her to the emergency room when she was 2, saying the girl was having trouble eating.
20:04 23 October 2021

Google claims breakthrough in blazingly fast computing

SAN FRANCISCO — Google announced Wednesday it has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing, saying it has developed an experimental processor that...
20:00 23 October 2021

Judge tells State Dept. to begin producing Ukraine records

WASHINGTON — A judge on Wednesday ordered the State Department to begin producing within 30 days documents related to the Trump administration's deali...
19:42 23 October 2021

Lebanon protests receive backing from religious leaders

BEIRUT — Anti-government rallies received major support Wednesday from the country's Christian and Muslim leaders who described the weeklong protests ...
19:11 23 October 2021