Text of President Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address
WASHINGTON — Text of President Donald Trump's 2020 State of the Union address, as provided by the White House:
Guests help Trump highlight State of the Union themes
WASHINGTON — A mother who lost her Army husband to a roadside bomb in Iraq. A man whose brother was killed by someone the White House contends should ...
Asian shares up on China efforts despite virus worries
TOKYO — Asian shares rose Wednesday on optimism that China's latest actions may help curtail some of the expected economic damage from the virus outbr...
Radio host Limbaugh awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON — Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, during the...
Venezuela opposition leader attends State of the Union
WASHINGTON — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó drew a standing ovation from Republicans and Democrats in a rare moment of political unity as Pr...
Iowa disaster prompts Nevada Dems to drop caucus tech plan
LAS VEGAS — Reacting to tech troubles in Iowa, Nevada Democrats scrapped plans to use similar technology at their caucuses in less than three weeks, a...
Tiny indigenous land highlights Brazil’s environmental woes
SAO PAULO — Their bodies painted black, dozens of members the Brazil’s Guarani Mbya tribe lift their hands and sing a mourning song for hundreds of fe...
American Airlines halts Hong Kong flights, United to follow
American Airlines said Tuesday it has suspended flights to Hong Kong through Feb. 20 due to weak demand , and United Airlines will do the same next we...
Online conspiracy theories flourish after Iowa caucus fiasco
CHICAGO — Monday night could not have gone better for online troublemakers who have spent years propagating false or misleading conspiracy theories on...
Disney Plus hits nearly 29M subscribers in 3 months
NEW YORK — Disney said its Disney Plus streaming service reached nearly 29 million paid subscribers in less than three months, an impressive start for...
Tesla stock is soaring. Madness or visionary investing?
DETROIT — Eight months after it seemed headed for the corporate junkyard, Tesla is now worth more than General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler combined...
Ford full-year profit plunges on slower sales, pension costs
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co.'s profit last year plunged by more than $3.6 billion, weighed down by slowing U.S. sales, the cost of a botched SUV launch an...
Rape case to be dropped against doctor who was on reality TV
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Prosecutors will seek to dismiss charges that a doctor who appeared on a reality TV show and his girlfriend raped and drugged wome...
Management of Aretha Franklin’s estate still unsettled
PONTIAC, Mich. — A lawyer for a son of Aretha Franklin asked a judge Tuesday to keep an eye on professional fees paid by the late singer's estate, the...
Macy’s to close 125 stores, shed 2,000 corporate jobs
NEW YORK — Macy's said Tuesday it is closing 125 of its least productive stores and cutting 2,000 corporate jobs as the struggling department store tr...
UK, France urge citizens out of China; Belgium sees 1st case
LONDON — Britain on Tuesday urged all of its citizens in China to leave the country because of the outbreak of a respiratory illness from a new virus,...
Avalanche of issues takes out Iowa plan for high-tech caucus
DES MOINES, Iowa — What went wrong with the Iowa Democratic Party’s high-tech plan to speed up the reporting of caucus night results? Pretty much ever...
Maker of glitchy Iowa caucus app has Democratic Party ties
WASHINGTON — The little-known technology start-up under scrutiny after the meltdown of the Iowa Democratic caucuses on Monday was founded little more ...
As forests burn around the world, drinking water is at risk
Fabric curtains stretch across the huge Warragamba Dam to trap ash and sediment expected to wash off wildfire-scorched slopes and into the reservoir t...
Package labeled ‘Bag Full of Drugs’ leads to Florida arrests
MIAMI — Two men charged with drug trafficking could have done a better job hiding their wares than using a package labeled “Bag Full of Drugs,” Florid...
Show me the Monet: Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts turns 150
BOSTON — Boston's Museum of Fine Arts is getting ready to show you the Monet.
PG&E clears another bankruptcy hurdle with debt refinancing
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Tuesday approved a settlement that moves Pacific Gas & Electric closer to getting out of bankruptcy, but the tr...
Bloomberg doubles ad spending after chaos of Iowa caucuses
WASHINGTON — Billionaire Michael Bloomberg is doubling the already massive amount of money he will spend on advertising, an effort to lift his Democra...
Making Oscar history, ‘Honeyland’ shatters borders
NEW YORK — Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska were in a hard-to-reach area of Northern Macedonia — about as far from the Oscars as possible — when ...
In virus outbreak, fretting over a name that might go viral
NEW YORK — West Nile virus, Lyme disease, Ebola virus.
Senate so far split neatly along party lines on impeachment
WASHINGTON — The Senate is so far cleaving neatly along party lines in advance of Wednesday's virtually certain votes to acquit President Donald Trump...
Review: Green Day returns with snarling and lean album
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Abu Dhabi’s long-troubled Etihad sells 38 planes for $1B
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Abu Dhabi's long-troubled Etihad Airways said Tuesday it would sell 38 aircraft to an investment firm and a leasing comp...