Mexican march for peace swarmed by angry protesters
MEXICO CITY — A four-day pilgrimage by family members of murdered or missing Mexicans culminated in a tense confrontation in the capital's main square...
Bloomberg vows steadfast commitment to US aid for Israel
NEW YORK — Michael Bloomberg on Sunday made his case for the presidency to fellow Jewish Americans, vowing not to revisit U.S. aid to Israel -- an app...
Chiefs’ Mahomes leads way with his legs, not just his arm
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes was just trying to run out of bounds, not make the kind of shake-your-head, what-did-he-just-do play that will be s...
Belinda Stronach tells AP: Horse racing got ‘a wake-up call’
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — There was a frothy cappuccino in a tall glass mug on the table in front of Belinda Stronach. She was seated on a white couch,...
4 Missouri River states unite to try to limit flooding
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri are joining forces for a study that will look for ways the states can limit flooding along the Mis...
India celebrates Republic Day with military parade
NEW DELHI — Thousands of Indians converged on a ceremonial boulevard in the capital amid tight security to celebrate the Republic Day on Sunday, which...
Lessons learned from 2016, but US faces new election threats
It’s been more than three years since Russia's sweeping and systematic effort to interfere in U.S. elections through disinformation on social media, s...
Germany urged to fight anti-Semitism to avoid Jewish exodus
BERLIN — Germany's foreign minister is calling for strengthened efforts against anti-Semitism to ward off the possibility that many Jews decide to lea...
Britain’s EU Journey: When the EU faced its biggest crisis
LONDON — Britain officially leaves the European Union on Jan. 31 after a debilitating political period that has bitterly divided the nation since the ...
AP PHOTOS: Spanish towns embrace peculiar old festivals
ACEHUCHE, Spain — Spain has a rich tradition of colorful, and sometimes bizarre, festivals.
China temporarily bans wildlife trade in wake of outbreak
BEIJING — Chinese authorities announced a temporary ban on the trade of wild animals Sunday following a viral outbreak in Wuhan, saying they will “sev...
Philippine volcano alert lowered, thousands return home
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine authorities on Sunday lowered the alert level at Taal Volcano, two weeks after it began spewing ash, steam and rocks,...
Virus death toll in China rises as US prepares evacuation
BEIJING — A new viral illness being watched with a wary eye around the globe accelerated its spread in China on Sunday with 56 deaths so far, while th...
French carmaker to evacuate workers from China amid outbreak
PARIS — France and a major automaker said Saturday that they are moving to get citizens out of a locked-down Chinese city where a deadly outbreak of a...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s impeachment defense and the facts
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's lawyers opened his Senate impeachment defense Saturday with the false assertion that Democrats tried to shut the...
New virus mutes Lunar New Year celebrations worldwide
BEIJING — A new virus that started in China and is popping up around Asia and the world hung over the first day of the Year of the Rat.
Xi calls situation grave as China scrambles to contain virus
BEIJING — China's leader on Saturday called the accelerating spread of a new virus a grave situation, as cities from the outbreak's epicenter in centr...
Racist threats rattle students, faculty at university
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Three months after a set of anonymous, threatening, racist, antisemitic and homophobic emails sent a wave of fear through the so...
Europe’s bishops mark Auschwitz anniversary denouncing hate
WARSAW, Poland — Europe's Catholic bishops are marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz with a statement denouncing anti-Semitism a...
49ers CEO Jed York goes from vilified to Super Bowl
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — When San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York got rid of his third coach in as many seasons three years ago and faced calls for his remo...
Genocide charge dents halo of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi
BANGKOK — When Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi walked into the International Court of Justice last month, she gambled the remaining shreds of her hard-won ...
For businesses, virus in China fans fear and uncertainty
China’s worst health crisis in years has sparked fear and uncertainty for businesses from North America to Asia that depend on trade in the affected r...
Stocks fall as fears about deadly virus grow; Dow drops 170
Stocks are closing with broad losses as increased fears that an outbreak of a deadly virus could spread more widely rattles markets. The S&P 500 h...
Actress Rosie Perez says she was told of Weinstein rape
NEW YORK — "Do the Right Thing" actress Rosie Perez testified Friday that fellow screen star Annabella Sciorra told her in the mid-1990s that Harvey W...
How the 49ers and the Chiefs match up in the Super Bowl
It has been a while since a Super Bowl has appeared to be such a toss-up. This one between the NFC champion San Francisco 49ers and the AFC champ Kans...
Tweets urge calls to Supreme Court for fair Senate trial
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court doesn't have a public comment line for its own work, much less the Senate's.
China expands lockdown against virus, fast-tracks hospital
BEIJING — China expanded its lockdown against the deadly new virus to an unprecedented 36 million people and rushed to build a prefabricated, 1,000-be...
Legal confusion deepens in Poland in new challenge for EU
WARSAW, Poland — Legal confusion has deepened dramatically in Poland, with the government and the country’s high court judges on a collision course ov...
US Vice President Pence to Pope Francis: you made me a hero
VATICAN CITY — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence told Pope Francis, “You made me a hero" back home by granting him a private audience at the Vatican on F...