Mexico reaffirms rejection of US labor inspectors
MEXICO CITY — Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Monday he does not feel tricked by the insertion of a provision for labor inspectors in le...
Stocks rise on Wall Street as rally stretches to fourth day
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rallied in morning trading on Monday, rising with European and several Asian markets after China reported surprisingly strong s...
Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count stronger than ever
Ít's been 120 years since New York ornithologist Frank Chapman launched his Christmas Bird Count as a bold new alternative to what had been a longtim...
Patients rally in Ecuador for legal use of medical cannabis
QUITO, Ecuador — Unrelenting pain in her hips and weeks of insomnia left Nelly Valbuena desperate for relief from her metastatic breast cancer.
Independent women’s groups say 2019 year of progress in Cuba
HAVANA — For 60 years, Cuba's communist government has monopolized virtually every aspect of life on the island, including dozens of state-controlled ...
Review: Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women’ is a new classic
LOS ANGELES — There is a wild urgency to Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” that hardly seems possible for a film based on a 150-year-old book. But such is...
Supreme Court won’t revive homeless camping ban in Idaho
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will not review an appellate decision that makes it harder for cities to keep homeless people from sleeping on the stre...
Review: A fictional look at the role of ‘oppo’ research
“Oppo” (Ecco/Harper Collins), by Tom Rosenstiel
Stocks mostly rise on Chinese report, US-China trade deal
BEIJING — Global stock markets mostly rose Monday on a positive economic report from China, last week's long-awaited U.S.-Chinese trade deal, and grea...
French pension reform architect resigns as strikes drag on
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron's government suffered a blow Monday when the key architect of the pension overhaul resigned over alleged conf...
AP Exclusive: Birmingham mayor backing Biden for president
The mayor of Alabama’s largest city is endorsing Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential nomination just weeks after the vice president m...
The substituted substitute: Kean humiliated by cruel call
Moise Kean trudged along the touchline, his head facing the ground and never moving, after what for many soccer players is the ultimate indignity.
China’s Xi says HK had its grimmest year since handover
BEIJING — Hong Kong has faced its "grimmest and most complex year” since the former British colony was returned to China, President Xi Jinping said Mo...
2020 Watch: Can Warren change the narrative?
NEW YORK — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Across India, opposition building against citizenship law
NEW DELHI — Thousands of university students flooded the streets of India's capital, while a southern state government led a march and demonstrators h...
US says it won’t accept North Korea-set nuclear deadline
SEOUL, South Korea — A senior U.S. diplomat said Monday that Washington won’t accept a year-end deadline set by North Korea to make concessions in sta...
House vote, and on to the Senate: What’s next in impeachment
WASHINGTON — The House will vote on the impeachment of President Donald Trump this week after spending the past three months investigating the preside...
Turbulence shakes Democrats going into final debate of 2019
CLINTON, Iowa — Seven Democratic presidential candidates will stand on stage this week in Los Angeles, a pool of survivors who have withstood almost a...
Allen’s fourth-quarter TD clinches playoff spot for Bills
PITTSBURGH — Josh Allen threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Kroft with 7:55 to play and the Buffalo Bills clinched a playoff spot, beating the Pit...
Five aides to party-switching House lawmaker resign
WASHINGTON — Five aides to a House Democrat who plans to become a Republican are resigning, saying his party switch “does not align with the values we...
Sackler-owned opioid maker pushes overdose treatment abroad
The gleaming white booth towered over the medical conference in Italy in October, advertising a new brand of antidote for opioid overdoses. “Be prepar...
Standing ovation in Milan for Domingo’s 50th anniversary
MILAN — Opera star Placido Domingo received a standing ovation for his 50th anniversary gala concert at La Scala on Sunday and returned the appreciati...
49ers lose in wild finish but end six-year playoff drought
The Latest on Week 15 in the NFL (all times EST):
No. 5 South Carolina starts fast in an 85-49 win over Purdue
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has a different approach to practice and it looks like it's working for the fifth-ranked Gamecocks.
Chiefs roll to 23-3 victory over Broncos at snowy Arrowhead
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns, Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce were on the receiving end of many of his bigge...
Egypt’s el-Sissi says militias hold Libyan gov’t ‘hostage’
CAIRO — Libya’s U.N.-supported government is held hostage by “armed and terrorist militias” in the capital, Tripoli, Egypt’s leader said Sunday.
Arsenal loses to City as Spurs go 5th with win; United held
LONDON — Tottenham is enjoying a resurgence in the Premier League, while Arsenal and Manchester United are wilting.
Disappointment as marathon climate talks end with slim deal
MADRID — Marathon U.N. climate talks ended Sunday with a slim compromise that sparked widespread disappointment, after major polluters resisted calls ...
‘Jumanji’ ends ‘Frozen 2’ hot streak to claim top spot
LOS ANGELES — “Jumanji: The Next Level” puts “Frozen 2” on second-place ice, while Clint Eastwood’s “Richard Jewell” opened with one of the worst box ...
Anna Karina, the icon of French New Wave cinema, dies at 79
PARIS — Anna Karina, the French New Wave actress who became an icon of the cinema in the 1960s and was the muse of Jean-Luc Godard, has died. She was ...