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Author deletes children’s book co-written with Kobe Bryant

SAO PAULO — Kobe Bryant and Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho were working together on a children's book, but the author of “The Alchemist” said he delete...
0:31 28 January 2022

Grandson’s pitch coaxes Redford out of retirement, briefly

PARK CITY, Utah — Midway through the film festival he founded more than four decades ago, Robert Redford hopped out of a car and hollered to his grand...
0:23 28 January 2022

Coach on Bryant helicopter put “heart and soul” in teaching

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Christina Mauser poured her heart and soul into coaching and teaching physical education at the school where young Gianna and ...
23:22 27 January 2022

Photo cropping mistake leads to AP soul-searching on race

NEW YORK — A “terrible mistake” in cropping an African climate activist out of a photo sent to customers of The Associated Press prompted soul-searchi...
22:44 27 January 2022

Trump hosts Israeli leaders who call his peace plan historic

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump hosted Israel’s prime minister and his chief rival Monday at the White House on the eve of unveiling a long-awaite...
22:19 27 January 2022

At Sundance, Clinton warns of voter suppression in election

PARK CITY, Utah — Since losing the 2016 election to Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has released a memoir about that defeat, launched a political action...
22:19 27 January 2022

Woman behind ‘fired up’ Obama campaign chant backs Steyer

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina woman credited with popularizing a memorable slogan and chant that epitomized the 2008 presidential campaign of th...
21:24 27 January 2022

Trump defense counsel Ken Starr says impeachment is ‘hell’

WASHINGTON — Impeachment, he said, “is hell.” A measure of "last resort.” A bad habit to be kicked.
21:02 27 January 2022

News of Bolton book sends jolt through impeachment trial

WASHINGTON — A single paper copy in a nondescript envelope arrived at the White House on Dec. 30. Four weeks later, news of John Bolton’s book manuscr...
20:47 27 January 2022

Supreme Court allows enforcement of new green card rule

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place new rules that could jeopardize permanent resident sta...
20:25 27 January 2022

Mom of 2 missing kids found in Hawaii with new husband

BOISE, Idaho — Police say the mother of two missing kids has been found in Hawaii along with her new husband, but there's still no sign of the childre...
19:47 27 January 2022

US says mystery crash in Afghanistan was US Air Force plane

KABUL, Afghanistan — An American military aircraft crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, the U.S. military said, adding that there were no indicat...
18:48 27 January 2022

GOP defends Trump as Bolton book adds pressure for witnesses

WASHINGTON — Pressure is increasing on senators to call John Bolton to testify at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial after the revelation that...
18:38 27 January 2022

Why it Matters: Bolton revelations complicate Trump defense

WASHINGTON — Revelations from former national security adviser John Bolton’s upcoming book are adding some drama to the ongoing Senate impeachment tri...
18:25 27 January 2022

Irish leader says EU to have stronger hand in UK trade talks

LONDON — Ireland’s prime minister warned Britain on Monday that Brexit is far from finished -- and the European Union will have the stronger hand in u...
18:21 27 January 2022

Billie Eilish, a voice of the youth, tops the Grammy Awards

NEW YORK — Singer Billie Eilish, who gave voice to young people struggling with depression on a do-it-yourself album she made at home with her older b...
18:08 27 January 2022

‘I’m being raped’: Weinstein accuser details alleged assault

NEW YORK — At times sobbing, former production assistant Mimi Haleyi told jurors Monday at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial how she tried to fight off th...
18:06 27 January 2022

Prince Andrew called uncooperative in Jeffrey Epstein probe

NEW YORK — Britain's Prince Andrew has provided “zero cooperation” to the American investigators who want to interview him as part of their sex traffi...
18:05 27 January 2022

Elizabeth Warren seeks a spark in the final sprint to Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa — Elizabeth Warren is fighting to regain momentum in the turbulent tussle for the Democratic presidential nomination amid lingering q...
16:29 27 January 2022

Fed seems content with low rates but confronts challenges

WASHINGTON — For the first time in years, Federal Reserve officials will hold their latest policy meeting this week feeling broadly satisfied with whe...
16:28 27 January 2022

Italian town where Bryant played as a kid mourns — again

ROME — For a city already familiar with losing a basketball hero, Kobe Bryant’s death made a particularly strong impact in the Italian town of Rieti.
15:36 27 January 2022

UN health chief visits China to help with virus containment

BEIJING — 11:20 p.m.
15:25 27 January 2022

Greece plans 15-year bond issue to improve debt outlook

ATHENS, Greece — Greece says it plans to issue a 15-year bond, tapping international markets for financing after the country's sovereign credit rating...
14:41 27 January 2022

Auschwitz survivors warn of rising anti-Semitism 75 years on

OSWIECIM, Poland — Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp gathered Monday for commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of its liberation, r...
14:11 27 January 2022

Mongolia closes border, China extends holiday to fight virus

BEIJING — China on Monday expanded its sweeping efforts to contain a deadly virus, extending the Lunar New Year holiday to keep the public at home and...
13:37 27 January 2022

Turkish rescuers find last quake victims; death toll hits 41

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish emergency teams on Monday recovered the bodies of the last two missing quake victims from the rubble of a collapsed building,...
13:11 27 January 2022

Lil Nas X, Alicia Keys added key moments at the Grammys

What was already a chaotic week leading up to the Grammys suddenly took a somber turn with the death of NBA star Kobe Bryant, who was beloved in Los A...
12:36 27 January 2022

Bryant hailed as ‘true Olympic champion’ by IOC president

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Kobe Bryant was as “an outstanding and true Olympic champion,” IOC President Thomas Bach said Monday.
11:49 27 January 2022

‘I did it’: Portugal hacker says he exposed African tycoon

LISBON, Portugal — A Portuguese hacker is claiming responsibility for leaking confidential documents implicating the billionaire daughter of a former ...
11:12 27 January 2022

China virus outbreak rams global tourism, costing billions

Tourism from China was already weakening even before a new virus forced much of the country into a standstill.
10:51 27 January 2022