At the Oscars, ‘The Cave’ aims to provide hope to Syria
NEW YORK — Home is a complicated notion for Feras Fayyad, the director of the Oscar-nominated Syrian documentary “The Cave.” His family home in Syria ...
Rhode Island governor backs Michael Bloomberg for president
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Billionaire presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg snagged his first endorsement from a governor on Wednesday, as Rhode Island Go...
Scientists dive into ‘Midnight Zone’ to study dark ocean
BARCELONA, Spain — A team of scientists is preparing to dive deep into the depths of the Indian Ocean — into a “Midnight Zone” where light barely reac...
Dubai airport remains world’s No. 1 for international travel
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai International Airport said on Wednesday that it maintained its title as the world's busiest for international trav...
Nuggets clamp down on Damian Lillard, rout Blazers 127-99
DENVER — The combination of Gary Harris and Torrey Craig was too much for Damian Lillard and the Trail Blazers to overcome.
Radio host Limbaugh awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON — Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, during the...
Online conspiracy theories flourish after Iowa caucus fiasco
CHICAGO — Monday night could not have gone better for online troublemakers who have spent years propagating false or misleading conspiracy theories on...
Rape case to be dropped against doctor who was on reality TV
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Prosecutors will seek to dismiss charges that a doctor who appeared on a reality TV show and his girlfriend raped and drugged wome...
Management of Aretha Franklin’s estate still unsettled
PONTIAC, Mich. — A lawyer for a son of Aretha Franklin asked a judge Tuesday to keep an eye on professional fees paid by the late singer's estate, the...
Maker of glitchy Iowa caucus app has Democratic Party ties
WASHINGTON — The little-known technology start-up under scrutiny after the meltdown of the Iowa Democratic caucuses on Monday was founded little more ...
Show me the Monet: Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts turns 150
BOSTON — Boston's Museum of Fine Arts is getting ready to show you the Monet.
Bloomberg doubles ad spending after chaos of Iowa caucuses
WASHINGTON — Billionaire Michael Bloomberg is doubling the already massive amount of money he will spend on advertising, an effort to lift his Democra...
Making Oscar history, ‘Honeyland’ shatters borders
NEW YORK — Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska were in a hard-to-reach area of Northern Macedonia — about as far from the Oscars as possible — when ...
Review: Green Day returns with snarling and lean album
Green Day, “Father of All...” (Reprise/Warner)
Abu Dhabi’s long-troubled Etihad sells 38 planes for $1B
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Abu Dhabi's long-troubled Etihad Airways said Tuesday it would sell 38 aircraft to an investment firm and a leasing comp...
Review: Graham Norwood transparently melancholic on debut
Graham Norwood, “Out of the Sea” (Self-released)
Back on stand, Weinstein accuser declares: ‘He is my rapist’
NEW YORK — A key accuser at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial returned Tuesday to the witness stand, a day after she became so upset while being questione...
Top films were more diverse than ever before, study finds
NEW YORK — Hollywood's awards season may not show it, but the most popular films are increasingly diverse, a new study finds.
Meeting between Sudan leader, Netanyahu debated in Sudan
CAIRO — A surprise meeting between Sudan's leader and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stirred controversy in Sudan on Tuesday, with the gove...
Celebrated book editor Alice Mayhew dies at age 87
NEW YORK — Alice Mayhew, the celebrated and influential editor of political and historical works whose authors ranged from Bob Woodward and Carl Berns...
Democratic primary pivots to unpredictable New Hampshire
NASHUA, N.H. — New Hampshire rarely takes its cues from Iowa. And this time, there aren't clear cues anyway.
The Latest: France warns against all travel to China
BEIJING — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):
Painting showing Hitler as Cain displayed in Berlin museum
BERLIN — A 1944 painting by German artist George Grosz that depicts Nazi leader Adolf Hitler as the Bible's fratricidal Cain went on display at the Ge...
World shares rise, Shanghai up 1.3%, as China boosts market
BANGKOK — Global stocks rallied Tuesday and Wall Street appeared set to open higher after China's central bank provided further support to markets to ...
Indicted K-pop star Seungri may face military court
SEOUL, South Korea — A K-pop star charged with violating South Korea’s anti-prostitution law may have to join the country’s army and face trial in a m...
45 years on, ‘lost’ masterpieces see light in split Cyprus
NICOSIA, Cyprus — It took more than 45 years, but 219 paintings thought lost or stolen — artwork that includes some of the most significant works prod...
Dems lay a big caucus egg: No results from Iowa election
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Democratic Party said Monday night that results from the state’s first-in-the-nation caucus were indefinitely delayed due ...
Miami sees a return to Cold War cultural hard line on Cuba
MIAMI — Platinum-selling reggaeton act Gente de Zona were barred from a New Year’s Eve concert in a Miami park. The mayor of Miami declared another Cu...