Doncic, Hardaway Jr. lead Mavs to 137-123 rout of Rockets
HOUSTON — Luka Doncic scored 41 points, Tim Hardaway Jr. added a season-high 31 and the Dallas Mavericks never trailed in a 137-123 victory over the H...
Duck Time: Hodges leads Steelers over winless Bengals 16-10
CINCINNATI — Devlin “Duck” Hodges took over for struggling Mason Rudolph and threw a 79-yard touchdown pass Sunday, sparking the depleted Pittsburgh S...
Penny runs for 129 yards, Seahawks beat Eagles 17-9
PHILADELPHIA — Rashaad Penny ran for a career-best 129 yards, including a 58-yard touchdown, Russell Wilson threw one TD pass and the Seattle Seahawks...
The man behind China’s detention of 1 million Muslims
After bloody race riots rocked China’s far west a decade ago, the ruling Communist Party turned to a rare figure in their ranks to restore order: a Ha...
Pro-democracy candidates advance in key Hong Kong elections
HONG KONG — Partial returns early Monday from Hong Kong’s local elections showed that pro-democracy candidates won more than a third of the seats in b...
Michael Bloomberg launches Democratic presidential bid
NEW YORK — Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the world’s richest men, has formally launched a Democratic bid for pr...
Pope in Hiroshima: Use and possession of atom bomb ‘immoral’
HIROSHIMA, Japan — Pope Francis traveled to Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Sunday to demand that world powers renounce their nuclear arsenals, declaring th...
Sumatran rhino is extinct in Malaysia as lone survivor dies
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The Sumatran rhinoceros has become extinct in Malaysia, after the last of the species in the country succumbed to cancer.
Harris hopes to make ‘magic’ with black women in SC
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Aside a wall of 2-foot-tall letters spelling out “Black Women Lead,” behind a podium bearing a “Black Women for Kamala” sign, Kamala ...
NFL This Week: 49ers-Packers square off to highlight Week 12
Jimmy Garoppolo and the San Francisco 49ers refuse to look too far ahead on their schedule. Especially this week while staring at a showdown with Aaro...
Argentine bishop says he’ll return to face sex allegations
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An Argentine bishop close to Pope Francis said Saturday he’ll return voluntarily to Argentina to respond to prosecutors’ acc...
Achiuwa scores 25, No. 16 Memphis holds off Ole Miss 87-86
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Precious Achiuwa scored 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as 16th-ranked Memphis held off Mississippi 87-86 on Saturday for its third...
US security adviser says world silent on China camps
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — President Donald Trump's new national security adviser is criticizing what he says is silence from the rest of the world over C...
Pope denounces ‘evil’ of nukes as he fulfills Japan dream
TOKYO — Pope Francis denounced the “evil” of nuclear weapons on Saturday as he began a three-day visit to Japan and fulfilled a dream to be a missiona...
Brazil ex-president, out of jail, vows to make ‘lives hell’
SAO PAULO — A fired-up former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, freshly out of jail, vowed to fight Brazil’s far-right government and the forces he...
From air, pope greets leaders of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis managed an airborne diplomatic dance by sending telegrams of greetings to the leaders of China, Hong Kong and Ta...
Bougainville vote could help create world’s newest nation
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The Pacific people of Bougainville on Saturday began voting in a historic referendum to decide if they want to become the wo...
Doncic rolls with Nowitzki watching, Mavs rout Cavs 143-101
DALLAS — Luka Doncic had 30 points and 14 assists with former teammate Dirk Nowitzki watching as a retiree for the first time, and the Dallas Maverick...
Impeachment inquiry crossroads: Keep going or time to vote?
WASHINGTON — They’ve heard enough. With stunning testimony largely complete, the House, the Senate and the president are swiftly moving on to next ste...
Carcass of giant blue whale brought to surface for study
NEWPORT, Ore. — The carcass of a giant blue whale that’s been submerged off the Oregon coast for more than three years was hauled to the surface so it...
Analysis: Warren has a plan to win support from black women
ATLANTA — Winning black female voters? On Thursday night in Atlanta, Sen. Elizabeth Warren showed she has a plan for that.
With da Silva free, Brazil’s Workers’ Party seeks strategy
SAO PAULO — As Brazil’s largest leftist party gathers to plan the future, a figure that has dominated its past looms ever larger.
Syracuse U, shaken by racism, welcomes the holiday break
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Benny Callahan didn’t leave her dorm for two straight days this week.
What’s next in impeachment: A busy December, and on to 2020
WASHINGTON — After two weeks of public hearings, Democrats could soon turn the impeachment process over to the House Judiciary Committee. They’re movi...
Boy Scouts mortgage vast New Mexico ranch as collateral
The Boy Scouts of America has mortgaged one of the most spectacular properties it owns, the vast Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, to help secure a ...
Ex-CIA officer gets 19 years in China spy conspiracy
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former CIA case agent was sentenced Friday to 19 years in prison for an espionage conspiracy with China.
Spacewalking astronauts slice into cosmic ray detector
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Spacewalking astronauts ventured out Friday for the second week in a row to repair a cosmic ray detector, this time actually cu...
In a first, IBM’s computer debater faces off against itself
CAMBRIDGE, England — The chamber hushed as the debate got underway at the Cambridge Union and the teams launched into their carefully crafted opening ...
Ohio State star Young returns with “chip on my shoulder”
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Chase Young, who returns from a two-game suspension on Saturday, took to social media this week with what could be an ominous warning...
Pope urges Thais young and old to practice faith with joy
BANGKOK — Pope Francis ministered to Thailand’s tiny Catholic community Friday, urging Thais young and old to practice their faith with joy and with “...