Williams, Walker carry load as Florida State survives Orange
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Patrick Williams scored 17 points and pulled down seven rebounds as No. 8 Florida State played without star guard Devin Vassell an...
Ex-‘Love Island’ host Caroline Flack found dead in London
LONDON — Caroline Flack, a British television presenter who hosted the controversial reality TV show “Love Island,” has died at age 40, her family sai...
Week 4 of Weinstein trial: Closing arguments, two universes
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein grinned as he left court, and his lawyers said he was confident heading into what could be his last weekend of freedom as ...
Canada, others nations push Iran on downed airliner probe
MUNICH — Diplomats from nations that lost citizens when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner pushed Iran’s foreign minister Saturday for more cooperati...
France announces 1st death of virus patient outside Asia
PARIS — France on Saturday reported the first death outside Asia of a person infected with the new virus from China, an 80-year-old Chinese tourist wh...
Ex-Michigan State hoops star Appling facing heroin charges
WARREN, Mich. — Former Michigan State basketball player Keith Appling was charged with drug crimes after authorities say they found heroin in his vehi...
Trump looks to rev up his base at Daytona 500
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is out to rev up his appeal with a key voting demographic — NASCAR fans — as he takes in the Daytona 500 on Sunday...
New virus cases fall; WHO says China bought the world time
BEIJING — China reported 143 virus deaths and a dip in new cases Saturday while the head of the World Health Organization praised the country's effort...
Democrats gaining voter edge in California House battles
LOS ANGELES — Republicans hope to recapture seven California U.S. House seats lost in a 2018 rout, but Democrats are gaining ground among registered v...
WHO chief praises China’s virus fight, urges more from world
MUNICH — The head of the World Health Organization is urging governments to step up their efforts to prepare for the COVID-19 virus and says “it’s imp...
Questions complicate efforts to contain new virus from China
WASHINGTON — Reports one day suggest the respiratory outbreak in China might be slowing, the next brings word of thousands more cases. Even the expert...
Shift to digital census raises fear of Iowa-like breakdown
ORLANDO, Fla. — The stakes are high when a major civic exercise involves a large population, new technology that has not been thoroughly tested and an...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s wall claim is beyond ‘redemption’
WASHINGTON — On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, President Donald Trump told a rally that people who are in the United States illegally are payin...
France’s Macron urges better long-term relations with Russia
MUNICH — Europe needs to strive for better relations with Russia in the long term, French President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday, adding that while h...
Esper says Taliban deal is promising but not without risk
MUNICH — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday that a truce agreement between the United States and the Taliban that could lead to the withd...
US defense chief slams China as rising threat to world order
MUNICH, Germany — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Saturday cast China as a rising threat to world order — saying the world's most populous nation...
1 dead, 4 injured in shooting outside Berlin music venue
BERLIN — One person has been killed and 4 others were injured in a shooting late Friday outside a Berlin event venue, German authorities said Saturday...
Not done: Caster Semenya runs again, says ‘I’m here to stay’
Caster Semenya ran her first public race in eight months and broke the national 300-meter record at a low-level meet at a South African university bef...
Amid virus outbreak, concerns about a hockey stick shortage
Jack Eichel snapped his stick over the crossbar in frustration after an empty-net goal sealed a Buffalo Sabres loss, splintering it across the ice. He...
Lakers’ Davis back in hometown for All-Star Game
CHICAGO — Anthony Davis knows smooth. He has been making basketball look easy for years, from his early days in his native Chicago all the way through...
Klobuchar shifts on immigration before Nevada caucuses
LAS VEGAS — Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar says she no longer believes English should be the national language of the U.S., disavowin...
No handshakes: Viral outbreak spooks Asian places of worship
MANILA, Philippines — In a popular Catholic church in the Philippines, nearly half of the pews were empty for Sunday Mass. The few hundred worshippers...
Grant Enfinger wins wild Truck Series opener at Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR opened the Truck Series season with one fiery crash, a truck stuck on its roof and Grrant Enfinger in victory lane follow...
Woods to skip first World Golf Championship of the year
LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods is among four players from the top 10 who are skipping the Mexico Championship next week, a World Golf Championships event w...
Kuchar leads by 2 at Riviera as Woods falls 9 shots behind
LOS ANGELES — Matt Kuchar made a mess of the easiest hole at Riviera. He couldn't find the fairway and felt he was on the defensive all afternoon Frid...
Zack Kassian suspended 7 games for kicking opponent
NEW YORK — Edmonton Oilers forward Zack Kassian was suspended seven games by the NHL on Friday for kicking an opponent in the chest.
Kentucky Derby winner Country House retired with foot injury
Country House, the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 2019 after the first horse over the finish line was disqualified, has been retired because of a...
De Blasio endorses former 2020 rival Sanders for president
NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is endorsing Bernie Sanders for president, a move that puts de Blasio in a position to become a leading ...
Column: Some schools cling to antiquated female nicknames
Amazingly, this is still a thing as we begin the third decade of the 21st century.
Winfrey holds TV discussion on ‘American Dirt’ in Arizona
TUCSON, Ariz. — Oprah Winfrey's soon-to-be televised discussion about the controversial novel “American Dirt” is drawing scrutiny for not inviting som...