Biden downplays tensions with Sanders over Social Security
MASON CITY, Iowa — Joe Biden sought on Wednesday to ease tensions with Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders after the two candidates exchanged...
Wife: China’s ex-Interpol boss jailed for reformist views
PARIS — In her first comments about her husband's jail sentence, the wife of the former Interpol president imprisoned in China has dismissed his bribe...
Will Grammy voters take the ‘Old Town Road’ on Sunday?
NEW YORK — The 2020 Grammy Awards are shaping up to be the night of the new kids, with Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X leading in nominations.
Trump says he’s open to witnesses as trial rules are set
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate plunged into President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial with Republicans abruptly abandoning plans to cram opening argume...
Everyone invited: `Great Gatsby’ copyright to end in 2021
NEW YORK — For decades, Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan and other characters from “The Great Gatsby” have been as real to millions of readers as people in ...
Greek islanders strongly protest overcrowded refugee camps
ATHENS, Greece — Thousands of Greek residents and business owners joined a strike and protested Wednesday on the Greek islands hardest hit by migratio...
Soccer players union promises to defend Olympic protesters
GENEVA — Soccer players who defy Olympic rules by making protest gestures at the 2020 Tokyo Games will be supported by their global union.
Why tech has been slow to fight wildfires, extreme weather
SAN FRANCISCO — For two years running , California’s wildfires have sent plumes of smoke across Silicon Valley. So far, that hasn't spurred much tech ...
Russia-Poland feud over history clouds Auschwitz anniversary
WARSAW, Poland — Over the next several days, world leaders will gather twice to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the...
Years after SARS, a more confident China faces a new virus
BEIJING — As a viral outbreak spread from the central Chinese city of Wuhan this week, the ruling Communist Party's political and legal affairs commis...
Coco Gauff sets up Osaka showdown in Australia; Serena wins
MELBOURNE, Australia — Plenty was going badly for Coco Gauff in the second round of the Australian Open.
Awake? Senators struggle to stay focused on impeachment
WASHINGTON — Adam Schiff was still speaking — about witnesses, documents, future presidents and the impeachment of President Donald Trump. He'd said i...
AP PHOTOS: After Auschwitz, survivors still bear witness
Seventy-five years after the killing stopped at Auschwitz, the survivors still bear witness, and many observe the rising hatred and anti-Semitism in t...
Auschwitz survivor who was just 2 at liberation nurses scars
MUNICH — Only 2 years old and so ill she had to stay on for weeks after liberation, Eva Umlauf was one of the youngest prisoners to be freed from Ausc...
Battle for India’s new citizenship law moves to top court
NEW DELHI — India's top court on Wednesday began hearing dozens of petitions seeking the revocation of amendments to the citizenship law following nat...
China virus outbreak may wallop economy, financial markets
BANGKOK — News that a new virus that has afflicted hundreds of people in central China can spread between humans has rattled financial markets and rai...
No. 4 SDSU beats Wyoming 72-55 to match Leonard’s 20-0 start
SAN DIEGO — Malachi Flynn scored 18 points and Yanni Wetzell dominated inside with 14 points for No. 4 San Diego State, which used a suffocating defen...
The Latest: 7-time champion Djokovic advances to 3rd round
MELBOURNE, Australia — The Latest on the Australian Open (all times local):
Ugly brawl breaks out at end of Kansas State-Kansas game
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Third-ranked Kansas and Kansas State ended their bitter showdown Tuesday night with a wild melee behind the basket that included punc...
AP EXPLAINS: How India ended up in turmoil over citizenship
NEW DELHI — India has been embroiled in protests since December, when Parliament passed a bill amending the country's citizenship law. The new law pro...
Virus prompts temperature checks, extra cleaning at airports
BEIJING — Many countries are checking the temperatures of arriving airline passengers and adopting precautionary quarantine procedures in response to ...
Dispute over rules erupts on impeachment’s first full day
WASHINGTON — A rancorous dispute over rules marked the first full day of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
More US troops under medical evaluation after missile attack
WASHINGTON — Additional U.S. troops have been flown out of Iraq for closer evaluation of potential concussion injuries from the Iranian missile attack...
Bloomberg calls for Trump’s removal in new impeachment ad
NEW YORK — Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg launched a new impeachment-focused television ad Tuesday urging the Senate to remove Pr...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump defense misrepresents Mueller findings
WASHINGTON — In opening arguments of the impeachment trial, President Donald Trump's defense misrepresented the findings of a special counsel's report...
At Sundance, an annual rebirth for American movies
NEW YORK — The Sundance Film Festival, coming at the start of a new movie calendar, is an annual rite of renewal. New movies. New filmmakers. New voic...
Column: Expectations getting higher as Woods gets older
SAN DIEGO — The expectations seem to get higher even as Tiger Woods gets older.
The Latest: Prominent New Hampshire Democrat endorses Warren
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the 2020 presidential race (all times Eastern):
Far from Senate, Biden largely avoids impeachment politics
AMES, Iowa — As the Senate begins President Donald Trump's impeachment trial on Capitol Hill, Democrat Joe Biden is 1,000 miles away in Iowa, trying t...