About 40% of US adults are obese, government survey finds
NEW YORK (AP) — About 4 in 10 American adults are obese, and nearly 1 in 10 is severely so, government researchers said ...
Pope cancels visit with Rome priests for ‘slight’ illness
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is sick and he skipped a planned Mass with Rome clergy across town on Thursday, officia...
AP Interview: Al-Qaida, IS affiliates team up in West Africa
THIES, Senegal (AP) — The only place in the world where fighters linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group are coop...
UK court blocks Heathrow expansion over climate concerns
LONDON (AP) — Campaigners won a court ruling Thursday to block the plan for a third runway at Heathrow Airport on enviro...
Tunisia approves government after months of deadlock
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia has a new government at last, after four months of arguing among rival parties in the youn...
Scars of violence haunt India’s capital after deadly riots
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s hard-line Hindu nationalists watched anti-government protests centered in Muslim communities fo...
Labor union unveils $150M campaign to help defeat Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the nation’s largest labor unions is unveiling plans to invest $150 million in a nationwide cam...
Asian shares slump after Trump announcement on virus plans
Shares fell in Asia on Thursday after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. was stepping up its efforts to combat th...
UN: Rival Libyan politicians meet for peace talks in Geneva
CAIRO (AP) — Rival Libyan politicians met on Wednesday for U.N.-sponsored political talks in Geneva aimed at ending the ...
The Latest: Biden not worried about Trump refusing to leave
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the Democratic presidential primary contest (all times local):9:05 p.m.Democ...
Gunman kills 5 at Milwaukee brewery before taking own life
MILWAUKEE (AP) — An employee opened fire Wednesday at one of the nation’s largest breweries in Milwaukee, killing five f...
Idaho moves closer to ban on transgender women in athletics
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho moved closer Wednesday to banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports despite w...
Arizona’s largest newspaper quits candidate endorsements
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Republic, which drew global attention in 2016 for endorsing a Democrat for president for the ...
Whistleblower in Michigan doctor sexual abuse case to speak
1 of 3FILE- In an undated photo provided by the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan, Andy Hrovat is...
Buttigieg aides say path beyond March 3 possible but tricky
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is bracing his supporters for a difficult stretch...
Greek islanders attack riot police in migrant camp protests
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government hoped to defuse tensions after protests over plans for new migrant camps on tw...
Report: Domestic extremists killed at least 42 in 2019
White supremacists and other far-right extremists killed at least 38 people in the U.S. in 2019, the sixth deadliest yea...
Colorado poised to become 22nd state with no death penalty
DENVER (AP) — Colorado is set to become the 22nd U.S. state to abolish the death penalty after lawmakers on Wednesday ap...
Bloomberg’s online campaign tests Facebook, Twitter rules
Mike Bloomberg’s stockpile of cash, swarm of employees and paid social media influencers are testing the abilities of on...
Shifting demographics drive GOP nosedive on US West Coast
BEND, Ore. (AP) — In the early 1990s, the population of Bend was around 25,000 and leaned Republican. A lumber mill oper...
California wildfire victims fear coming last in PG&E payout
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A $13.5 billion settlement between victims of California’s catastrophic wildfires and the utility b...
Driver in fatal I-80 school bus crash sentenced to 10 years
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — The driver of a school bus who veered across Interstate 80 in New Jersey after missing an exit a...
Satellite almost on empty gets new life after space docking
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A communication satellite almost out of fuel has gotten a new life after the first space doc...
Rough debate performance by moderators a blow to CBS News
NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News faced an ill-timed blow to its reputation on Wednesday following a bruising Democratic presiden...
World battles virus epidemic as cases multiply outside China
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Crews scrubbed everything from money to buses, military bases were on high alert and quarantin...
Spain takes first European moves against Plácido Domingo
MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government canceled upcoming performances by Plácido Domingo in Madrid on Wednesday following ...
Cause of Los Angeles-area refinery fire under investigation
CARSON, Calif. (AP) — The cause of an explosion and fire at a Southern California refinery was under investigation Wedne...
House makes lynching a federal crime, 65 years after Till
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, Congress has approved legis...
Campaign to open Trump community centers to woo black voters
WASHINGTON (AP) — Flush with cash, President Donald Trump’s campaign is stepping up its outreach to black Americans as i...
Pope observes usual Ash Wednesday customs in time of virus
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis celebrated the Ash Wednesday ritual that marks the opening of the Catholic Church’s Len...