West Virginia Democrat fires back at Trump criticism
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin has fired back at President Donald Trump’s criticism of the West Virginia Democrat for voting guilty on two ...
Utah sends employees to Mexico for lower prescription prices
SALT LAKE CITY — Ann Lovell had never owned a passport before last year. Now, the 62-year-old teacher is a frequent flier, traveling every few months ...
Unique Illinois privacy law leads to $550M Facebook deal
CHICAGO — Adam Pezen, Carlo Licata and Nimesh Patel are among millions of people who have been tagged in Facebook photos at some point in the past dec...
US says 2 soldiers killed, 6 wounded in Afghanistan attack
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two U.S. soldiers were killed and six wounded in a so-called insider attack in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province late Satu...
NH poses a last chance for some struggling 2020 Democrats
PLYMOUTH, N.H. — Bounding onto a stage at a conference center in New Hampshire, tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang beamed a smile to a cheering crowd and l...
Riders in the storm: Dutch cyclists brave Storm Ciara
NEELTJE JANS, Netherlands — Call them riders in the storm.
Pakistan rescues Canadian, Finnish climbers by helicopter
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's military launched a helicopter evacuation of a Canadian and a Finnish mountain climber who were stranded on a peak in...
“Where it begins”: Young hungry locusts bulk up in Somalia
GAROWE, Somalia — At a glance, the desert locusts in this arid patch of northern Somalia look less ominous than the billion-member swarms infesting Ea...
NYPD: Officer shot, wounded in ‘assassination attempt’
NEW YORK — Two New York City police officers narrowly escaped with their lives when a gunman fired into their patrol van Saturday night, wounding one ...
In the Pink: Border collie wins Westminster agility contest
NEW YORK — She might have looked like a black-and- white blur, but this dog is pretty in Pink.
Thailand mourns victims of country’s deadliest mass shooting
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand — As mourning began for the victims of Thailand's worst mass shooting, the country counted its losses: a mother shot dead ...
Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey headline arena like rock stars
NEW YORK — Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey headlined Brooklyn’s Barclays Center like an A-list duo Saturday, getting a rock-star like applause from a...
Monse creatives still see themselves as fashion outsiders
NEW YORK — Monse founders Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia are stars in the fashion business — they're also the creatives behind Oscar de la Renta — but ...
CBS News head calls threats against Gayle King reprehensible
NEW YORK — The CBS News chief called threats against journalist Gayle King “reprehensible” Saturday as backlash grew against rapper Snoop Dogg and oth...
The Latest: Biden: first two states important, not critical
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The Latest on 2020 Democratic president race and Tuesday's primary in New Hampshire (all times local):
Pompeo warns nation’s governors to be wary of China
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned America’s governors on Saturday to be wary of China, which he said was targeting individual U.S. st...
5 Britons with virus hospitalized in France after Alps stay
France is closing two schools and trying to reassure vacationers in the Alps after five British citizens, including a 9-year-old child, contracted the...
Relief at skating chief Gailhaguet’s ‘necessary’ resignation
PARIS — After the long-serving head of France's skating federation resigned Saturday, amid suspicions that he covered up for a coach accused of rape a...
The Latest: WHO to send mission to virus-hit China
BEIJING — The Latest on a virus outbreak that began in China (all times local):
Focus turns to Latino authors amid ‘American Dirt’ debate
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When Oprah Winfrey endorsed the novel “American Dirt” for her book club last month, many Latinos took to social media to decry the...
Oregon candidate, once a Trump critic, now embraces him
BEND, Ore. — In 2018, the Republican party's candidate for governor of Oregon painted himself as a centrist, criticized President Donald Trump's envir...
Democrats on edge after 2020 election season’s ragged launch
CONCORD, New Hampshire — For Democrats, this was supposed be a moment to begin easing three years of built-up of anxieties. Instead, the launch of the...
‘We’re definitely not prepared’: Africa braces for new virus
LUSAKA, Zambia — At a Chinese-run hospital in Zambia, some employees watched as people who recently returned from China showed up with coughs but were...
Hasty Pudding roasts Ben Platt, youngest Man of the Year
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Award-winning actor and musician Ben Platt took a quick jab at President Donald Trump late Friday while being honored by Harvard Un...
China scrambles to keep cities in virus lockdown fed
BEIJING — The manager of the Wushang Mart in Wuhan, the locked-down city at the heart of China’s virus outbreak, says its shelves are loaded with 50% ...
New Delhi votes with Modi’s popularity on the line
NEW DELHI — Voting began for a crucial state election in India’s capital on Saturday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party tryin...
Kobe Bryant helicopter had nearly cleared blinding clouds
LOS ANGELES — The pilot of the helicopter that crashed and killed Kobe Bryant and eight others was almost out of blinding clouds when he suddenly plun...
Front-runners Buttigieg and Sanders beat back debate attacks
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Democratic presidential front-runners Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg beat back a barrage of attacks during a Friday night debate...
AP FACT CHECK: Dems skew health care, Iraq facts in debate
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential contenders stretched beyond the facts on policy and sometimes on their own records Friday in their New Hampshire ...
‘A disappointment’: Iowa caucus turnout below expectations
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Democrats are recovering from a number of disappointments after Monday's Iowa caucuses, though one has received less attention...