49ers lose in wild finish but end six-year playoff drought
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Disappointment as marathon climate talks end with slim deal
MADRID — Marathon U.N. climate talks ended Sunday with a slim compromise that sparked widespread disappointment, after major polluters resisted calls ...
Police targets of both love and anger at Hong Kong rallies
Several thousand people, some making heart signs with their hands, turned out in Hong Kong on Sunday in an unusual display of support for the police f...
Strong quake kills 1, collapses building in Philippines
DAVAO, Philippines — A strong earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Sunday, killing at least one person and causing a three-story building to ...
Mavs may have to face East beasts minus injured star Doncic
DALLAS — The timing couldn't be much worse for the Dallas Mavericks to be without star guard Luka Doncic.
China delays tariffs on US autos, other goods in trade deal
BEIJING — China’s government says it will postpone planned punitive tariffs on U.S.-made automobiles and other goods following an interim trade deal w...
Doncic injures ankle, Mavs rally, fall to Heat 122-118 in OT
DALLAS — Luka Doncic left the game early with a sprained ankle, and the Dallas Mavericks rallied from 24 points down without their young star before f...
Supporters of embattled Thai opposition party hold big rally
BANGKOK — Several thousand supporters of a popular opposition party in Thailand that is under threat of dissolution rallied Saturday in the nation's c...
Authors scuttle planned TV show about deadly warehouse fire
SAN FRANCISCO — Anger over plans for a television series about a deadly warehouse fire in the San Francisco Bay Area has led husband-and-wife authors ...
Disagreement drags UN climate talks into a 2nd extra day
MADRID — U.N. climate talks in Madrid dragged into a second day of extra time Sunday, with officials from almost 200 countries unable to break the dea...
Houses of worship attacked with deadly frequency in 2019
On Dec. 1, a band of assailants opened fire on worshippers at a small-town Protestant church in Burkina Faso, an impoverished West African country whe...
Reparations mark new front for US colleges tied to slavery
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The promise of reparations to atone for historical ties to slavery has opened new territory in a reckoning at U.S. colleges, which unt...
US finally giving boot to official foot measurement
WASHINGTON — Change is afoot for the official measuring stick used to size up big places in America.
Cries of abuse in Catholic Church start to be heard in Japan
TOKYO — During Pope Francis’ recent visit to Japan, Harumi Suzuki stood where his motorcade passed by holding a sign that read: “I am a survivor.”
AP Exclusive: China tightens up on info after Xinjiang leaks
The Xinjiang regional government in China’s far west is deleting data, destroying documents, tightening controls on information and has held high-leve...
Icy silence, frayed connections: Impeachment takes a toll
WASHINGTON — The most raucous committee in Congress sat stone-faced, barely speaking.
California governor rejects $13.5 billion PG&E settlement
SAN FRANCISCO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has rejected a $13.5 billion settlement that Pacific Gas and Electric struck just last week with thousand...
Impeachment charges head to House; Trump cries anew: ‘Hoax’
WASHINGTON — Democrats propelled President Donald Trump’s impeachment toward a historic vote by the full U.S. House as the Judiciary Committee on Frid...
Opponents warn of staff exodus as US breaks up lands bureau
LAS VEGAS — Opponents of the Trump administration's plan to break up the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the country's public lands bureau are warni...
Reports: FTC may try to block Facebook from integrating apps
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook's stock dropped almost 3% in regular trading after news reports suggested that the FTC may take antitrust action to prevent F...
Anti-Semitism order raises tough issue of defining prejudice
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s order to expand the scope of potential anti-Semitism complaints on college campuses is raising the stakes of an al...
No. 16 Memphis wins AAC title, coach heads to Florida State
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis coach Mike Norvell made his final home game at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium memorable.
American Samoa declares measles outbreak, closes schools
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — The government of American Samoa declared that the U.S. territory has an outbreak of measles, a move that will lead to the...
Man United players targeted with racist abuse at Man City
MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United players were targeted with racist abuse and had objects thrown at them by Manchester City fans during Saturday...
House impeachment report looks at abuse, bribery, corruption
WASHINGTON — Previewing potential articles of impeachment, the House Democrats on Saturday issued a lengthy report drawing on history and the Founding...
Reddit bans accounts, suspects possible UK vote interference
LONDON — The prospect of Russian interference in Britain's election flared anew Saturday after the social media platform Reddit concluded that people ...
Protests subside, but economic aftershocks rattle Haitians
Port-au-Prince — The flaming barricades are mostly gone, protesters have largely dissipated and traffic is once again clogging the streets of Haiti’s ...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump and the people he forgets he knew
WASHINGTON — When certain associates and acquaintances of President Donald Trump get into hot water, he forgets he ever knew them. Various figures fro...
Nobel laureate: Face up to climate change, no escaping Earth
STOCKHOLM — An astronomer who shares this year's Nobel physics prize for discovering a planet outside the Earth's solar system is taking issue with pe...
Voting site reopened in Georgia after grassroots fight
HAZLEHURST, Ga. — When local election officials shut down a polling site in a predominantly black area of a rural Georgia county, displaced voters cou...