Health officials trace British patient travels in outbreak
LONDON — A middle-aged businessman from England who vacationed in the Alps has illustrated how the ease of international travel is complicating global...
Is figure skating becoming acrobatics on ice?
There are times when Brian Boitano marvels at what he sees on the ice.
Thai army chief: Gunman wasn’t treated fairly in land deal
BANGKOK — Thailand's army commander said Tuesday the soldier who killed 29 people in a shooting rampage had not been treated fairly in a land deal inv...
Trump pays tribute to 2 soldiers killed in Afghanistan
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — President Donald Trump traveled Monday to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to pay respects to two U.S. soldiers killed Sa...
Congressman Lewis to receive NAACP honor at awards show
ATLANTA — The NAACP is honoring John Lewis for his Congressional service and long history as a civil rights activist.
Rebuilding Afghanistan has a high human cost, US agency says
KABUL, Afghanistan — Rebuilding Afghanistan has cost hundreds of lives, according to a new report released Tuesday by a U.S. government watchdog that ...
Small New Hampshire town votes for Bloomberg in primary
DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg won the votes of a tiny New Hampshire community that barely hung onto its traditio...
US counterintel strategy emphasizes protection of democracy
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government's top counterintelligence official said Monday that he was concerned Russia or other foreign adversaries could exploi...
Mississippi inmate death toll rises amid emergency extension
JACKSON, Miss. — Another Mississippi inmate died Monday, the same day the governor extended an emergency order allowing the state to quickly spend mon...
Penguins acquire forward Zucker from Wild for Galchenyuk
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired veteran forward Jason Zucker from Minnesota, giving the Penguins' top-six forward group a jolt as t...
Virus stretches limits of strained public health systems
BANGKOK — The virus outbreak that began in China and has spread to more than 20 countries is stretching already-strained public health systems in Asia...
Maryland unveils statues of Tubman, Douglass in Capitol
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — At a time when states are debating the removal of Confederate monuments, Maryland unveiled bronze statues of famed abolitionists Harr...
Justice Department brings new suits over sanctuary policies
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department ratcheted up legal pressure Monday on local governments over their “sanctuary” policies that hinder federal immigr...
With Democrats in New Hampshire, Steyer has SC to himself
WINNSBORO, S.C. — With the Democratic presidential field focused on New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary Tuesday, billionaire Tom Steyer has So...
Trump seeks big increase in career-technical education money
President Donald Trump is proposing a $900 million increase in education spending to teach skills and trades, in what would be a historic federal infu...
Hollywood barriers fall in milestone Oscars for ‘Parasite’
LOS ANGELES — Before Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” made history as the first non-English best picture winner in Academy Awards history, he made a modest p...
The Latest: Warren says she’s been counted out before
CONCORD, N.H. — The latest on campaigning for the 2020 election (all times local):
US says Chinese military stole masses of Americans’ data
WASHINGTON — Four members of the Chinese military have been charged with breaking into the computer networks of the Equifax credit reporting agency an...
Buttigieg, Sanders campaigns request Iowa caucus recanvass
WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders' and Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaigns filed requests Monday for a partial recanvass of the results of Iowa's Democr...
State reviews LA police use of California gang database
LOS ANGELES — The California Department of Justice is reviewing the Los Angeles Police Department's records and policies regarding use of the state's ...
Can’t touch this: Real slot machines controlled online
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Slot machines, the bread and butter of the casino industry, long ago lost their nicknames as “one-armed bandits” when manufactur...
Mystery $844B pot in Trump budget signals Medicaid cuts
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s budget contains an $844 billion mystery pot for his still undefined health care plan, signaling steep cuts to Me...
German politics upended as Merkel’s heir apparent quits
BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel's heir apparent shook up German politics Monday by declaring she would step down as the governing party's leader and...
How crucial is New Hampshire win? It depends on whom you ask
RINDGE, N.H. — Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are taking strikingly different approaches in the final hours before New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation p...
White supremacist pleads guilty in Las Vegas bomb plot case
LAS VEGAS — A self-described white supremacist pleaded guilty Monday in Las Vegas to collecting materials and planning to bomb a synagogue or office o...
Trump budget targets loan program that could help Lordstown
DETROIT — The Trump administration’s budget proposal scraps a loan program that could help an upstart electric vehicle company’s plans to reuse the no...
Column: NASCAR has wild first 48 hours of Speedweeks
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR is off to an intriguing start and the season has barely begun.
Melania Trump asks governors’ spouses to tackle cyberassault
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump on Monday cited the influence of “Achy Breaky Heart” singer Billy Ray Cyrus as she asked spouses of the nation's governors ...
Oscars viewership plunges to record low
NEW YORK — ABC's telecast of the Academy Awards hit an all-time low in the ratings, with 23.6 million people tuning in to see “Parasite” named best pi...
NC State jumps UConn to No. 4 in women’s Top 25
NEW YORK — North Carolina State jumped to No. 4 in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll, its best ranking in 20 years.