Correction: SAG Awards-Robert De Niro story
LOS ANGELES — In a story Nov. 12 about Robert De Niro being named the recipient of the life achievement honor at the 2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards, ...
California regulators order inquiry into power outages
SAN FRANCISCO — California regulators opened a formal investigation Wednesday into pre-emptive power outages that blacked out large parts of the state...
The Latest: Turkey’s president aims to resettle war refugees
WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (all times local):
AP FACT CHECK: GOP presses empty Ukraine meddling theory
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans pressed the discredited theory that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 U.S. election in defending President Donald Tru...
Esper: US could alter military drills to boost NKorea talks
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday that he is open to the possibility of altering American military activit...
Facebook says it removed 3.2B fake accounts in 6 months
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook says it removed 3.2 billion fake accounts from its service from April to September, up slightly from 3 billion in the previou...
Officer: I quit Proud Boys over fears of ‘far-left’ attacks
A Connecticut police officer accused a civil rights organization’s leader of trying to “silence conservative voices” by raising concerns about his mem...
Google plans to offer checking accounts
NEW YORK — Google plans to add checking accounts from Citigroup and a credit union to its Google Pay digital wallet in 2020, the tech company said Wed...
Tunisia elects new parliament speaker from Islamist party
TUNIS, Tunisia — The longtime leader of Tunisia’s Islamist party Ennahdha has been elected speaker of the North African country’s new parliament.
Texans-Ravens could be first of many Watson-Jackson duels
This is the first of what could be many meetings between two dynamic young AFC quarterbacks when Deshaun Watson and the Houston Texans visit Lamar Jac...
Bishop who investigated sex abuse accused of sex abuse
NEW YORK — A Roman Catholic bishop named by Pope Francis to investigate the church’s response to clergy sexual abuse in Buffalo, New York, has himself...
Maybe banking culture doesn’t always make people dishonest
NEW YORK — Scientists say they were unable to confirm a highly publicized 2014 study that suggested banking culture can promote dishonesty.
Rapper Kodak Black gets prison sentence in weapons case
MIAMI — Rapper Kodak Black was sentenced Wednesday to more than three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to weapons charges stemming from h...
Google, Israel’s National Library team up to digitize books
JERUSALEM — The National Library of Israel is working with Google to digitize 120,000 books from its extensive collection of Jewish texts and upload t...
Nike cuts ties with Amazon, but shoes won’t vanish from site
NEW YORK — Nike will stop selling its sneakers and athletic gear directly to Amazon, ending a two-year relationship with the world’s largest online re...
Privacy, consumer groups seek to block Google-Fitbit deal
NEW YORK — Nine privacy, social justice and consumer groups are calling for the U.S. government to block Google’s $2.1 billion acquisition of fitness-...
The Latest: Powell sees job participation as major problem
WASHINGTON — The Latest on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s testimony before the Joint Economic Committee about the outlook for the U.S. econo...
Islamic State returnees cloud anniversary of Paris attacks
PARIS — France commemorated the fourth anniversary of the Islamic State attacks that struck the heart of Paris with a solemn reading Wednesday of the ...
Sour grapes: Trade war puts cork in US wine sales to China
LIVERMORE, Calif. — Caught in the crossfire of President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, U.S. vineyards are struggling to sell Syrah in Shanghai ...
Supreme Court says Ginsburg home sick with stomach bug
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is missing arguments at the court because she’s home sick with a stomach bug.
Economy in mind, Bolsonaro changes tack and cozies up to Xi
BRASILIA, Brazil — What a difference a year makes.
Chinese, other students flee Hong Kong as violence worsens
HONG KONG — University students from mainland China and Taiwan are fleeing Hong Kong, while those from three Scandinavian countries have been moved or...
Greta Thunberg hitches low-carbon ride across Atlantic
HAMPTON, Va. — Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg left North America on a return trip across the Atlantic on Wednesday, hitching a renewable...
Fed’s Powell sees steady growth, signals pause in rate cuts
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell expects the U.S. economy to continue growing at a solid pace, though it still faces risks from slo...
Venice ‘on its knees’ after second-worst flood ever recorded
MILAN — The worst flooding in Venice in more than 50 years prompted calls Wednesday to better protect the historic city from rising sea levels as offi...
US consumer prices up 0.4% in October; gasoline prices surge
WASHINGTON — Surging gasoline prices caused U.S. consumer prices to rise last month at the fastest pace since March.
‘Sad day’ or ‘scam’? What to watch at impeachment hearing
WASHINGTON — A "solemn day" or a "showtrial"?
Afghan officials: Kabul car bomb killed 12, including kids
KABUL, Afghanistan — A car bombing in Kabul during morning rush hour Wednesday targeted a private security company's convoy, with officials later sayi...
World thirst for oil keeps growing, with SUVs a key culprit
PARIS — The world's thirst for oil will continue to grow until the 2030s, with climate-damaging emissions climbing until at least 2040 — and consumers...
Spain says ex-Venezuelan spy chief wanted by US is missing
MADRID — Spanish police said Wednesday they have been unable to locate a Venezuelan former spymaster wanted by the United States for extradition on ch...