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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...
18:58 19 December 2021

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...
18:23 19 December 2021

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...
17:43 19 December 2021

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...
16:20 19 December 2021

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 ...
16:18 19 December 2021

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.
16:05 19 December 2021

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...
15:53 19 December 2021

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 ...
15:22 19 December 2021

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...
13:56 19 December 2021

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 ...
13:48 19 December 2021

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 ...
13:23 19 December 2021

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...
12:14 19 December 2021

Bank of England holds key rate at 0.75%

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12:11 19 December 2021

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...
12:03 19 December 2021

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...
12:02 19 December 2021

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...
11:13 19 December 2021

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...
9:29 19 December 2021

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 ...
8:24 19 December 2021

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...
8:17 19 December 2021

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...
8:14 19 December 2021

SUNDAYS AFTER: For priest’s victim, home is a sanctuary

WOODLAWN, Calif. — Angels stand watch from Dorothy Small’s doorway.
8:13 19 December 2021

SUNDAYS AFTER: For survivor, routine brings some relief

THE VILLAGES, Fla. — It’s been nine years since the trial that nearly killed John Vai.
8:11 19 December 2021

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...
6:13 19 December 2021

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...
4:28 19 December 2021

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...
4:10 19 December 2021

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...
3:56 19 December 2021

AP Analysis: Impeachment forever changes Trump’s legacy

NEW YORK — The first line of President Donald Trump’s obituary has been written.
2:42 19 December 2021

Among public, a great divide at moment of Trump impeachment

We interrupt the holiday spirit to bring you the impeachment of a president.
2:35 19 December 2021

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...
2:31 19 December 2021

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...
2:20 19 December 2021