Esports league starts strong on ambitious global schedule
NEW YORK — They stood, they cheered, they booed and they boozed. Turns out, esports fans in New York aren’t much different from their traditional spor...
SoftBank’s profit drop amid WeWork worries, Sprint approval
TOKYO — Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp. said its profit for last quarter dropped amid worries about the perceived risk of its in...
Lone door led out as fire burned Indian factory of US denim
NEW DELHI — Shouting and crying, workers in an Indian denim factory struggled to claw their way up a ladder to a door, their only exit as a fire blaze...
Analysis: Sanders win ups pressure on moderates to coalesce
WASHINGTON — For Bernie Sanders, not all victories are created equal.
Asian carp roundup in Kentucky opens new front in battle
GOLDEN POND, Ky. — Like a slow-motion, underwater cattle drive, wildlife officials in a half-dozen aluminum boats used pulses of electricity and sound...
Mitchell, No. 4 SDSU beat New Mexico 82-59, win MWC title
SAN DIEGO — Junior forward Matt Mitchell had 22 points and 12 rebounds for his first double-double and scored his 1,000 career point for No. 4 San Die...
Bouwmeester alert following collapse, Ducks-Blues postponed
ANAHEIM, Calif. — St. Louis defenseman Jay Bouwmeester is conscious and alert after suffering a cardiac episode and collapsing on the bench during the...
AP VoteCast: Young, liberal voters key to Sanders’ NH win
WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders won the young, the liberal and the disaffected in New Hampshire. Their votes were enough to deliver him a victory in Tuesd...
The Latest: Top Nevada union warns about Sanders, Warren
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The Latest on the 2020 Democratic presidential contest and the New Hampshire primary (all times local):
White supremacist propaganda spreading, anti-bias group says
NEW YORK — Incidents of white supremacist propaganda distributed across the nation jumped by more than 120% between 2018 and last year, according to t...
Benn scores 2 goals, gets 3 as Stars beat Hurricanes 4-1
DALLAS — Jamie Benn got his sixth career hat trick — despite putting only two pucks in the net — and the Dallas Stars beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1...
Joe Biden looks to South Carolina to resurrect his campaign
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Joe Biden brought his wounded presidential campaign to South Carolina on Tuesday, staking his hopes for a comeback on the loyalty of ...
Asian shares rise despite worries about virus outbreak
TOKYO — Asian shares were higher Wednesday, although the outbreak of a new virus in the region continued to weigh on investor sentiments.
Virus puts Hong Kong protests on ice. Will they return?
The crowd lining up recently on a cold, dark Hong Kong street wasn't part of the anti-government protest movement that rocked the semi-autonomous Chin...
Bennet ends 2020 bid after poor showing in New Hampshire
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet ended his long-shot presidential bid Tuesday, failing to break out of a crowded Democratic field dominated by other moder...
Trial team quits Roger Stone case in dispute over sentence
WASHINGTON — The four lawyers who prosecuted Roger Stone quit the case Tuesday after the Justice Department overruled them and said it would take the ...
Gymnast says she was pressured to skip Nassar complaint
LANSING, Mich. — A woman testified Tuesday that she reported abuse by sports doctor Larry Nassar in 1997 but backed off and even apologized after bein...
Steyer’s wife moves to S. Carolina for rest of 2020 campaign
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Illustrating the focus Tom Steyer's presidential campaign is putting on South Carolina, the Democrat's wife has stepped down from her...
Column: Tiger’s pursuit resumes for No. 83 at Riviera
LOS ANGELES — There is no better place for Tiger Woods to set the PGA Tour record for most career victories than at Riviera.
Businesses struggle to fix supply chains disrupted by virus
WASHINGTON — Chinese authorities are struggling to strike a delicate balance between containing a viral outbreak and restarting the world’s second-big...
Report highlights dangers for asylum seekers in Mexican city
MEXICO CITY — The Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo continues to be a dangerous place for asylum seekers waiting to cross into the United States aft...
Actor Jussie Smollett faces 6 new charges in Chicago
CHICAGO — A grand jury returned a six-count indictment accusing actor Jussie Smollett of lying to Chicago police when he reported a racist and homopho...
Equifax hack highlights China interest in U.S. personal data
BOSTON — In 2014, the Obama administration accused five Chinese military agents of targeting Pittsburgh-area industrial companies including Westinghou...
AP VoteCast: NH Democrats angry, seek alternative to Trump
WASHINGTON — Democratic voters in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary were angry at President Donald Trump's administration and eager to pick the candidat...
Teacher unions: Children terrified by active shooter drills
HARTFORD, Conn. — The nation's two largest teachers unions want schools to revise or eliminate active shooter drills, asserting Tuesday that they can...
ScarJo’s Oscar look glimmers on, at Oscar de la Renta show
NEW YORK — Watching the Oscar de la Renta show unfold in the imposing setting of the New York Public Library in Manhattan, it was hard not to think ba...
Fox News has best ratings since Trump election, inauguration
NEW YORK — The week President Donald Trump was acquitted in his impeachment trial was Fox News Channel's best in the ratings since the weeks he was el...
Samsung’s new foldable phone: Cheaper, but still a novelty
SAN FRANCISCO — Samsung on Tuesday unveiled a new foldable phone, the Galaxy Z Flip, its second attempt to sell consumers on phones with bendable scre...
Celebrating the off-kilter at Proenza Schouler
NEW YORK — Watching the first models emerge at the Proenza Schouler runway show, you could have been forgiven for thinking everyone simply forgot to p...
Price worries remain after judge OKs T-Mobile’s Sprint deal
NEW YORK — A federal judge has cleared a major path for T-Mobile to buy Sprint for $26.5 billion, citing T-Mobile's track record in promoting competit...