Busy Philipps says her family likes spontaneous travel
NEW YORK — Busy Philipps and her screenwriter husband, Marc Silverstein, jet around the world a lot with their two daughters, ages 6 and 11, and often...
The food isn’t ready til you add the `finishing touch’
If you’ve ever wondered why food made by your favorite restaurant chef tastes better than the food you make at home, chances are you are missing the c...
Klobuchar to complete tour of all 99 Iowa counties
Democrat Amy Klobuchar — running for president as a person who can win even in conservative, rural areas — says she will become the first major 2020 c...
Chant or rant? Surviving the most wonderful time of the year
If the holidays leave you more stressed than centered, some experts say daily meditation sessions can help. The only question: Who has time to meditat...
Champagne and shoes: Luxury stores adapt to changing shopper
NEW YORK — To get that monogram tote bag by Louis Vuitton or leather Flashtrek sneakers by Gucci, the go-to place had been luxury department stores.
Chesapeake Bay oysters get more attention at pivotal time
RIDGE, Md. — Robert T. Brown pulled an oyster shell from a pile freshly harvested by a dredger from the Chesapeake Bay and talked enthusiastically abo...
Holiday blues: French strikes hit Christmas shopping season
PARIS — Last year, it was the yellow vest protests. This year, it’s the strikes that have crippled Paris. The Christmas holidays aren’t proving to be ...
Review: A technical feat, ’1917′ is great storytelling, too
It's been a good time for World War I buffs — especially if they're also movie buffs. A year ago director Peter Jackson applied state-of-the-art techn...
Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods slide 2%
WASHINGTON — Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods fell by the largest amount in six months, led by a large decrease in orders fo...
US new-home sales rose 1.3% in November.
WASHINGTON — U.S. sales of newly built homes increased 1.3% in November from the prior month, a sign that low mortgage rates are pushing up purchases ...
New construction seen at missile-related site in North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — A new satellite image of a factory where North Korea makes military equipment used to launch long-range missiles shows the constr...
China announces tariff cuts, more competition in markets
BEIJING — China said Monday it will reduce tariffs Jan. 1 on more than 850 foreign products including frozen pork, asthma medications and some high-te...
To battle opioid crisis, some track overdoses in real time
ALBANY, N.Y. — Drug overdose patients rushed to some emergency rooms in New York's Hudson Valley are asked a series of questions: Do you have stable h...
From New York to Moscow, Holocaust survivors share memories
PARIS — Holocaust survivors in several cities around the world are lighting candles for Hanukkah together, as Jewish community leaders try to keep fir...
India’s main opposition party stages protest against new law
NEW DELHI — India’s main opposition party staged a silent protest in the capital on Monday against a contentious new citizenship law, a day after Prim...
Government proposes release of Fukushima water to sea or air
TOKYO — Japan's economy and industry ministry proposed on Monday the gradual release or evaporation of massive amounts of treated but still radioactiv...
Algeria’s military chief Gaid Salah dies amid protest crisis
ALGIERS, Algeria — Algeria's powerful military chief died unexpectedly Monday, according to government media reports, leaving his country gripped by p...
China attacks US Space Force as threat to outer space peace
BEIJING — Rising space power China on Monday attacked the newly created U.S. Space Force as a “direct threat to outer space peace and security."
China, South Korea look to improve ties with Beijing summit
BEIJING — The leaders of South Korea and China said Monday that they look forward to improved ties following a protracted disagreement over the deploy...
Going west, migrants wander through Bosnia in Balkan winter
BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnia's notorious Vucjak camp may have closed down after an international outcry, but the plight of migrants stranded in ...
World shares mostly lower in quiet pre-Christmas trading
TOKYO — Shares were mostly lower Monday in quiet trading ahead of Christmas holidays for many markets.
In New Jersey, a slow-motion evacuation from climate change
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — Housing is in high demand in the heavily populated northeastern United States. But in Woodbridge, New Jersey, the state has bought ...
Smash and grab: Crime gangs prey on Hong Kong protests
HONG KONG — The Hong Kong seller of luxury watches looked on in horror as masked men wielding the biggest sledgehammer he’d ever seen smashed through ...
Giuliani pals leveraged GOP access to seek Ukraine gas deal
KYIV, Ukraine — In a back corner of the swank H Bar in Houston, near a huge photo of Brigitte Bardot with a dangling cigarette and a deck of cards, tw...
Gender gap opens among Hispanics who could be key in 2020
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — FOR MONDAY PMS
Buzz over Venezuela’s Guaido fades as Maduro holds firm
CARACAS, Venezuela — Tour operator Alejandro Palacios joined hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans protesting in the streets early this year, wanting t...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s flawed impeachment letter to Pelosi
WASHINGTON — The closing passage in President Donald Trump's impeachment-eve letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had the ring of truth to it. He was ...
Australia’s PM defends climate stance amid wildfire disaster
PERTH, Australia — Australia's embattled Prime Minister defended his government’s climate policy Monday, as authorities warned the wildfires crisis ra...
13 wounded in shooting at Chicago memorial for slain person
CHICAGO — One person has been charged in connection with a shooting early Sunday at a house party that left 13 people wounded, four of them critically...