Experts: Silence after Texas police shooting risks mistrust
DALLAS — A small Texas police department's silence about what prompted an officer to fatally shoot a man in the head nearly three weeks ago deviates f...
2019 Breakthrough Entertainer: A star-making year for Majors
NEW YORK — How is a great actor made? For Jonathan Majors, the 30-year-old breakout star of “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” it started in drama...
North America trade pact deals rare setback to Big Pharma
A revamped North American trade deal nearing passage in Congress gives both the White House and Democrats a chance to claim victory and offers farmers...
US denounces Iran rights abuses, imposes sanctions on judges
WASHINGTON — The United States is imposing sanction s on additional senior Iranian officials for human rights abuses as the Trump administration incre...
Latest Mar-a-Lago intruder appears at first court hearing
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The latest Chinese intruder at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida appeared in court Thursday, with a judge ...
After ebullient 2019, Wall Street warns of slower road ahead
NEW YORK — After a year of nirvana, investors may need to get ready for something a little more normal.
EU top court: Airbnb not subject to real estate agent rules
BRUSSELS — Airbnb scored a big win in its long-standing fight with French hoteliers as the European Union's highest court rejected Thursday an argumen...
AP Interview: Saudi prince says sports is a tool for change
DIRIYAH, Saudi Arabia — A world class tennis exhibition, an international golf tournament, a Formula series car race and the world heavyweight boxing ...
EU court boost for activist in Facebook data transfer fight
LONDON — EU regulators must block tech companies from transferring data outside the bloc in cases in which privacy rules are broken, an advisor to the...
Putin says Trump was impeached for ‘far-fetched’ reasons
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump was impeached for “far-fetched” reasons, calling the move by ...
Global stocks dip after Trump impeachment vote
BEIJING — Global stock markets mostly dipped Thursday after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump and the central ...
Swedish central bank ends pioneering era of subzero rates
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Sweden's central bank has ended a five-year experiment of keeping its benchmark interest rate below zero, a policy that other co...
Xi Jinping visits Macao to celebrate 20 years of China rule
MACAO — Chinese leader Xi Jinping met Thursday with Macao’s new chief executive amid celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the former Portuguese col...
Toyota unveils upgraded version of its humanoid robot
TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled an upgraded version of its human-shaped T-HR3 robot. The robot, which is controlled remotely by a person weari...
Lawsuits allege hotel chains ignored human trafficking
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Lawyers representing human trafficking victims want a single federal judge to oversee multiple lawsuits alleging that major hotel cha...
Spain rocked by rulings that renew questions over Catalonia
BRUSSELS — Spain was thrown into turmoil on Thursday by court rulings that could undermine Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s hopes of forming a new gover...
Algeria inaugurates new president rejected by protesters
ALGIERS, Algeria — After eight months without a leader, Algeria is inaugurating its new president Thursday — a ceremony that pro-democracy protesters ...
SUNDAYS AFTER: Patrick Shepard finds healing in basketball
WYLIE, Texas — It was the priest who taught Patrick Shepard to love basketball — how to dribble and block and position his body just so, to sink the p...
SUNDAYS AFTER: Amid daily struggles, working to conquer fear
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — Jacob Olivas savored the smell of the forest, the icy clouds, the sweeping view of Inland Empire below his perch on the top...
SUNDAYS AFTER: For priest’s victim, home is a sanctuary
WOODLAWN, Calif. — Angels stand watch from Dorothy Small’s doorway.
SUNDAYS AFTER: For survivor, routine brings some relief
THE VILLAGES, Fla. — It’s been nine years since the trial that nearly killed John Vai.
Puerto Rico cockfighters go to ring in federal ban defiance
TOA BAJA, Puerto Rico — Felipe Espinal walked into his cockfighting establishment Wednesday night in the northern town of Toa Baja and held up a white...
1 dead, 3 hurt in stabbings at Oregon shopping center, town
BEAVERTON, Ore. — A 20-year-old attacker carried out a series of stabbings and carjackings at a suburban Portland shopping center and in a nearby town...
The Latest: Trump holds record-long rally on impeachment day
WASHINGTON — A sample of the sights and sounds across Washington and beyond on a momentous day in Washington on Wednesday as the House passed two arti...
Philippines convicts key clan members in 2009 massacre
MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine court has found key members of a powerful political clan guilty of the 2009 massacre in southern Maguindanao provin...
AP Analysis: Impeachment forever changes Trump’s legacy
NEW YORK — The first line of President Donald Trump’s obituary has been written.
Among public, a great divide at moment of Trump impeachment
We interrupt the holiday spirit to bring you the impeachment of a president.
California expands insurance protections in wildfire areas
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — More than a million California homes are now protected under a new law that temporarily bans insurance companies from dropping cu...
California bar: Avenatti stole from client using ‘deceit’
LOS ANGELES — Attorney Michael Avenatti should be prevented from practicing law for pocketing a client's settlement and covering his tracks through “d...