The Latest: Vaping industry slams ban on flavored products
BOSTON — The Latest on Massachusetts becoming the first state to ban flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol cigarettes (all times loc...
Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill weathering roller coaster season
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It would be an understatement to say that Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill has had an eventful year, one marked by the highest of h...
Wind could ground big balloons at NYC’s Thanksgiving parade
NEW YORK — Smokey Bear might feel like he’s battling Santa Ana winds — if he even gets a chance to fly.
Stage set for Oklahoma State’s Hubbard, Oklahoma’s Lamb
NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard and Oklahoma receiver CeeDee Lamb might be the best players in the nation at their respectiv...
For Shiffrin, grandma part of warm memories at Killington
Mikaela Shiffrin doesn’t lose often. Rarer still, she doesn’t lose to the same person over and over.
Evacuation orders ended as rain douses California wildfire
GOLETA, Calif. — A strong storm moved into Southern California on Wednesday, almost completely dousing a wildfire that had threatened thousands of hom...
In Lebanon, financial collapse and security concerns loom
BEIRUT — Hundreds of Lebanese women marched across a former front line in the Lebanese capital Wednesday carrying white roses and Lebanese flags to de...
‘How can I live?’ Quake survivor mourns relatives’ deaths
DURRES, Albania — Stopping at intervals to listen for sounds of survivors, local and international rescue crews searched through the rubble of collaps...
No more menthol cigarettes: New ban on tobacco, vape flavors
BOSTON — Massachusetts’ governor signed into law Wednesday a groundbreaking ban on the sale of flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol...
Jane Seymour on finding new love in her mid-60s: No Tinder
LOS ANGELES — Jane Seymour was in her mid-60s when her husband of 20 years decided it was over. The actress was floored.
Assad: IS members in Syrian Kurds jails to stand local trial
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in remarks published Wednesday that members of the Islamic State group held in the country will s...
World markets mostly rise on trade optimism
BEIJING — World shares mostly rose Wednesday, spurred by optimism over trade talks between the U.S. and China.
Man using magnet fishes WWI-era grenade from Michigan river
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A magnet-wielding angler has fished a World War I-era grenade from a western Michigan river.
The Latest: Quake death toll in Albania now at 26
DURRES, Albania — The Latest on a deadly earthquake in Albania (all times local):
UN: South Sudan recruits new force, contrary to peace deal
JOHANNESBURG — A new report says South Sudan’s National Security Service has recruited a force of 10,000 fighters in President Salva Kiir’s ethnic str...
Germany’s Merkel says it’s essential to preserve NATO
BERLIN — NATO is at least as essential today as it was during the Cold War, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday, renewing a pledge to keep raising...
Four of the top 10 teams in country to play in Paradise Jam
NEW YORK — Oregon coach Kelly Graves is excited to bring his team to the U.S. Virgin Islands for the holidays.
Buddhist nationalists claim victory in Sri Lankan election
KANDY, Sri Lanka — In this mountain city that was for centuries home to Sri Lanka’s kings and in recent years has been riven by religious violence, Bu...
No cash? Salvation Army now accepting mobile donations
CHICAGO — Carolyn Harper made her pitch for donations to the Salvation Army with a smile on her face and a bell in her hand, trying to convince shoppe...
Trump lashes out against impeachment during Florida rally
SUNRISE, Fla. — Prompting a profane chant. Describing his own speeches as “ranting and raving.” Advising the governor of Florida to not always wear a ...
Calgary coach in limbo after allegedly using racial slurs
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Bill Peters’ status as the Calgary Flames coach — and whatever future he might have in the sport — have been placed into question whil...
Gundy: Hurts makes Oklahoma’s spread look like the wishbone
NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley is such a maestro that he can run a completely different offense than what you actually see.
Democrats push impeachment to next phase with Dec. 4 hearing
WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee is set to take over the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump, Democrats announced Tuesday, schedulin...
Chief: Officers ‘basically ambushed’ in South Texas shooting
Officers responding to a disturbance call early Tuesday in South Texas were “basically ambushed” by a man with a semi-automatic rifle who shot and inj...
Get in the holiday mood with Ne-Yo, Lea Michele and Chicago
Here's a collection of holiday albums reviewed by The Associated Press.
The Latest: UN sends disaster assessment experts to Albania
TIRANA, Albania — The Latest on a deadly earthquake in Albania (all times local):
Simple fitting analysis of e-commerce user data
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High horse: Farm animal gets stuck up in barn’s hayloft
LORIS, S.C. — A farm animal with unbridled ambition in South Carolina has given new meaning to the phrase “get off your high horse.”
Kamala Harris proposes doubling mental health treatment beds
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris wants to double the number of mental health treatment beds available across the c...
Maui Invitational and Battle 4 Atlantis headline week
Michigan State and Kansas missed each other in the season-opening Champions Classic.