Dictionary.com chooses `existential’ as word of the year
NEW YORK — Climate change, gun violence, the very nature of democracy and an angsty little movie star called Forky helped propel “existential” to Dict...
UK probes Google’s Looker purchase over competition concerns
LONDON — Britain’s competition watchdog says it’s investigating Google’s purchase of cloud data analytics company Looker Data Sciences, adding to the ...
New higher-speed Florida train has highest US death rate
MIAMI — After Richard Branson announced his Virgin Group would partner with Brightline, Florida’s new higher-speed passenger rail service, a train whi...
Elasticsearch Cluster Configuration Password (Traditional & Docker)
After adding password protection to the minimum security configuration,...
Correction: Burkina Faso-Church Attacked story
In a story Dec. 2 about an attack in Burkina Faso, The Associated Press reported erroneously that an attack on a convoy carrying employees of a mining...
Judiciary panel to take reins on Trump impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee is moving to the forefront of President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry, starting with a hearing Wednesd...
Tunisian president vows safer roads after 2 deadly crashes
TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia’s president is promising to improve his country’s poor road safety record after 26 people were killed in a bus crash — and th...
UN chief urges countries not to surrender on climate fight
MADRID — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres urged countries Monday not to give up in the fight against climate change, as representatives from ne...
China urges rollback of US tariffs, Huawei exec’s release
BEIJING — China’s foreign ministry on Monday urged Canada to free an executive of telecom equipment giant Huawei Technologies held for more than a yea...
2020 Watch: Why Biden is blitzing Iowa and more questions
NEW YORK — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Germany: Merkel’s party rejects full overhaul of coalition
BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party is rejecting a root-and-branch renegotiation of the agreement underpinning Germany’s government after the ju...
France pays homage to 13 soldiers killed in Mali air crash
PARIS — In its biggest military funeral in decades, France is honoring 13 soldiers killed when their helicopters collided over Mali while on a mission...
Philippine capital warned as strong typhoon approaches
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ main island, including the national capital, Manila, is under a tropical cyclone warning for a typhoon forecast...
Net gains: NHL’s load management is top goalies playing less
Marc-Andre Fleury plays when he’s told.
And the meek Bengals, Dolphins, Redskins shall win
And the meek shall inherit the NFL fields.
China to suspend US Navy visits to Hong Kong over new law
HONG KONG — China said Monday it will suspend U.S. Navy visits to Hong Kong and sanction a range of pro-democracy non-governmental organizations in re...
Rock tragedy: Music superstars, small suburb forever linked
FINNEYTOWN, Ohio — Tragedy four decades ago linked the British rock band The Who to a small suburban city in Ohio.
Ballroom dancers say immigration clampdown hurting business
ORANGE, Conn. — When no Americans replied to her multiple help-wanted ads for a dance instructor, Connecticut studio owner Chris Sabourin looked overs...
A look at 15 states making it easier to sue over sex abuse
NEW YORK — Fifteen states have revised their laws in the past two years extending or suspending statute of limitations to allow child sex abuse claims...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s Ukraine defense at odds with facts
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s defense of his actions with Ukraine collides with the known facts and the testimony of witnesses on multiple fro...
What’s next in impeachment: Judiciary Committee takes charge
WASHINGTON — The House impeachment inquiry enters a new phase this week as the Judiciary Committee takes charge of the investigation of President Dona...
9 family members killed in South Dakota plane crash
Federal investigators are expected to arrive Monday at the South Dakota site where nine members of an extended Idaho family were killed in a plane cra...
Asian stocks rise after China factory activity improves
BEIJING — Asian stock markets rose Monday after Chinese factory activity improved ahead of a possible U.S. tariff hike on Chinese imports.
Correction: Sex Abuse-Lawsuits story
NEWARK, N.J. — In a story Nov. 30 about New Jersey sex abuse limits, The Associated Press reported erroneously the type of clients two attorneys repre...
Deadly storm moves cross country taking aim at Northeast
NEW YORK — Hundreds of flights were canceled and thousands delayed for travelers heading home after the Thanksgiving holiday as a deadly winter storm ...
50 children killed by measles in Samoa as outbreak worsens
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A measles outbreak in Samoa has killed 50 children as authorities race to vaccinate the entire population.
Fukushima melted fuel removal begins 2021, end state unknown
TOKYO — Japan’s economy and industry ministry proposed a revision Monday to its decades-long road map to clean up the radioactive mess at the Fukushim...
White House says it won’t participate in impeachment hearing
WASHINGTON — The White House declared Sunday it would not participate in the first impeachment hearings before the House Judiciary Committee as Democr...
Daughter in admissions scandal returns to YouTube channel
LOS ANGELES — Social media star Olivia Jade Giannulli on Sunday posted her first YouTube video since the arrest of her parents, actress Lori Loughlin ...
Death toll put at 20 for Mexico cartel attack near US border
MEXICO CITY — Mexican security forces on Sunday killed seven more members of a presumed cartel assault force that rolled into a town near the Texas bo...