High anxiety: Proposed US hemp rules worry industry
PORTLAND, Ore. — Hemp growers and entrepreneurs who were joyous a year ago after U.S. lawmakers reclassified the plant as a legal agricultural crop no...
Experts warn Puerto Rico not prepared for big earthquakes
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — More than two years ago, Hurricane Maria revealed that Puerto Rico was utterly unprepared for a powerful hurricane despite its...
Monument to honor US-Mexican dual citizens slain in Mexico
LA MORA, Mexico — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Sunday that a monument will be put up to memorialize nine U.S.-Mexican dual citizens ambu...
Magnitude 5.9 shock again rocks quake-stunned Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A magnitude 5.9 quake shook Puerto Rico on Saturday, causing millions of dollars of damage along the island’s southern coast, ...
In Mexican capital, red shoes to protest killings of women
MEXICO CITY — Stiletto heels. Clogs. Trainers. Tiny, child-size Crocs.
US experts concerned about Iran’s handling of crash probe
U.S. and Canadian accident investigators are uncertain how much access they will get to evidence that could prove whether Iran shot down a Ukrainian p...
A decade after Haitian earthquake, a young victim struggles
CANAAN, Haiti — Just before 5 p.m., Marie-Mislen Thomas’ house fell on top of her three children.
Analysis: Pelosi’s delay tests public opinion on impeachment
WASHINGTON — Democrats know they don't have the votes to convict President Donald Trump when the Senate convenes as the Court of Impeachment. So they ...
Voting machine vendors get scrutiny at congressional hearing
Lawmakers expressed concern about foreign components in the nation’s election equipment, as the top executives of the three major voting manufacturers...
Puerto Rico earthquake aftermath deepens as govt seeks help
SAN JUAN — More than 2,000 people in shelters. Nearly one million without power. Hundreds of thousands without water.
Judge weighs bid to stop Trump’s refugee resettlement limit
GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge on Wednesday pressed a government lawyer to explain why President Donald Trump signed an executive order allowing sta...
6.4 quake strikes Puerto Rico amid heavy seismic activity
PONCE, Puerto Rico — A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico before dawn on Tuesday, killing one man, injuring at least eight other people and c...
Venezuela’s would-be congress leader shrugs off accusations
CARACAS, Venezuela — The would-be new leader of Venezuela's congress dug in Monday against accusations that he facilitated a takeover of the country's...
AP Explains: Venezuela crisis deepens with congress takeover
MIAMI — Allies of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro attempted to orchestrate a takeover of the opposition-controlled congress Sunday as opposition l...
5.8-magnitude quake strikes Puerto Rico, damaging homes
GUÁNICA, Puerto Rico — A 5.8-magnitude quake hit Puerto Rico before dawn Monday, unleashing small landslides, causing power outages and severely crack...
AP FACT CHECK: Pence misleadingly links Iran general to 9/11
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump closed out the old year by reprising a selection of his most familiar falsehoods and putting a few of his predeces...
Iraq vote, Hezbollah threat leveled at US troops in Mideast
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military presence in the Middle East was thrown into jeopardy Sunday, as Iraq's parliament voted to expel U.S. troops from their co...
Methodists propose split in gay marriage, clergy impasse
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — United Methodist Church leaders from around the world and across ideological divides unveiled a plan Friday for a new conservative ...
Trump stirs Mideast tensions despite talk of ‘endless wars’
WASHINGTON — With a single drone strike, President Donald Trump did more than just take out an avowed enemy of the United States. He may have have als...
Trump portrays himself as defender of faith for evangelicals
MIAMI — Highlighting his record on religious liberty, President Donald Trump on Friday worked to energize a group of evangelical supporters who make u...
US starts sending asylum seekers across Arizona border
PHOENIX — The U.S. government on Thursday began sending asylum-seekers back to Nogales, Mexico, to await court hearings that will be scheduled roughly...
Mexico City plastic bag ban to take residents back in time
MEXICO CITY — For centuries, Mexico City residents brought warm tortillas home in reusable cloths or woven straw baskets, and toted others foods in co...
Mexico says a total of 7 detained in killing of 9 Americans
MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors in Mexico said a total of seven suspects have now been detained in connection with the Nov. 4 slaughter of nine U.S. dual-na...
Panama Canal marks 20 years of US handover amid water crisis
PANAMA CITY — Panama marked the 20-year anniversary Tuesday of the turnover of the Panama Canal, now amid a water crisis that threatens the viability ...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro keeps to far right, faces tough 2nd year
SAO PAULO — Heading into his second year as Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro has held firm to his combative culture-warrior policies while feuding w...
AP Exclusive: Trump ally may have broken Venezuela sanctions
MIAMI — Erik Prince, a major Republican donor and founder of controversial security firm Blackwater, has been referred to the U.S. Treasury Department...
Denied asylum, migrants return to place they fear most: home
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — By now, the young couple thought they’d be in the United States. Somewhere, anywhere, in the United States. They thought th...
Human rights commission asks El Salvador for records
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights asked El Salvador on Saturday to turn over records related to the country's ...
West Coast fishery rebounds in rare conservation ‘home run’
WARRENTON, Ore. — A rare environmental success story is unfolding in waters off the U.S. West Coast.
To overcome travel ban, some Americans taking cases to court
NEW YORK — Mohammed Hafar paced around the airport terminal — first to the monitor to check flight arrivals, then to the gift shop and lastly to the d...