Stocks end week of milestones at new highs; Dow tops 28,000
Wall Street closed out the week with more milestones Friday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 28,000 for the first time and the S&P 500 ...
Real estate heiress who posted $35M bail acquitted of murder
SAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco Bay Area real estate heiress who was under house arrest on $35 million bail for more than two years plans to reconnect...
Will you get dementia? Many may not understand their risk
Many older American adults may inaccurately estimate their chances for developing dementia and do useless things to prevent it, new research suggests.
Be careful out there: UK police warn candidates about safety
LONDON — British police are unveiling new tactics to protect politicians amid the country’s fraught, even hostile political atmosphere, issuing safety...
Trump contributes foreword to paperback of McConnell book
NEW YORK — The paperback edition of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s “The Long Game” includes a foreword from a well-placed fellow Republican:...
Hong Kong protesters issue demands, begin leaving university
HONG KONG — Protesters who had barricaded themselves in a Hong Kong university this week began to leave Friday after partially clearing a road they ha...
Esper says S Korea wealthy enough to pay more for US troops
SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says South Korea is wealthy enough to pay a bigger share of the cost of having U.S. troops on i...
N. Korea calls Biden a ‘rabid dog’ for insulting its dignity
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea called former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden a “rabid dog” that “must be beaten to death with a stick” in its latest s...
AP Interview: Evo Morales wants UN mediation in Bolivia
MEXICO CITY — Bolivia’s Evo Morales on Friday called for the United Nations, and possibly Pope Francis, to mediate in the Andean nation’s political cr...
Sri Lankans seek security in post-Easter attack election
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Worries about Islamic extremism will be paramount for many Sri Lankan voters while others hope to block former leaders accused of...
5 suspects arrested in Halloween Airbnb party shooting
ORINDA, Calif. — Four men were arrested Thursday on suspicion of murder in the deaths of five people in a shooting at a Halloween party at an Airbnb r...
North Korea say US offered to resume nuke talks in December
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Thursday said the United States has proposed a resumption of stalled nuclear negotiations in December as they appr...
Court rules Trump EPA unlawfully ignored dangerous chemicals
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Trump administration unlawfully excluded millions of tons of some of the most dangerous materials in public use from a safety re...
Ex-Gov. Deval Patrick launches ‘Hail Mary’ bid for president
WASHINGTON — Deval Patrick launched what he acknowledged to be a “Hail Mary” bid on Thursday for the Democratic presidential nomination, testing wheth...
NASCAR’s final 4 in fun mode ahead of championship race
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Three contenders for the NASCAR championship have already given Kyle Busch a good run for the money three days before the race.
Disney Plus adds disclaimer about racist movie stereotypes
NEW YORK — Disney’s new streaming service has added a disclaimer to "Dumbo," “Peter Pan” and other classics because they depict racist stereotypes, un...
Charlottesville suit seeks to link online talk to violence
The white nationalist rally that took a deadly turn in Charlottesville, Virginia, during the summer of 2017 shocked Americans with its front-row view ...
Italy declares state of emergency in Venice after high tides
ROME — Italy's government declared a state of emergency Thursday in flood-ravaged Venice, seeking to release funds to repair the historic lagoon city ...
Powell urges Congress to tackle growing budget deficit
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday urged Congress to tackle the growing budget deficit but also underscored the current h...
Plan would protect 21 coral hot spots in Gulf of Mexico
A plan to protect corals in the Gulf of Mexico is close to becoming a law, drawing cheers from environmental groups who believe leaving the corals alo...
Ex-Massachusetts Gov. Patrick announces Dem presidential bid
WASHINGTON — Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced Thursday he is running for president, making a late entry into the Democratic race less...
Pope taps fellow Jesuit as Vatican’s finance minister
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Thursday appointed a fellow Jesuit to be the Vatican’s finance minister, filling a crucial position left vacant for mor...
Old dogs, new tricks: 10,000 pets needed for science
SEATTLE — Can old dogs teach us new tricks? Scientists are looking for 10,000 pets for the largest-ever study of aging in canines. They hope to shed l...
Hong Kong police say protesters out of control, deny curfew
HONG KONG — Hong Kong police warned protesters on Thursday that they were moving “one step closer to terrorism” by sinking the city into chaos, as rio...
Schools closed in New Delhi as air quality dips for 3rd day
NEW DELHI — Schools in India’s capital are shut Thursday and Friday after a thick gray haze of noxious air enveloped the city for the third consecutiv...
Asian markets mixed after Wall Street high
BEIJING — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday amid doubts about the status of a U.S.-Chinese trade deal after the U.S. Federal Reserve’s chairman ...
Doctors: Warmer world is unhealthier place for children
WASHINGTON — Children are growing up in a warmer world that will hit them with more and different health problems than their parents experienced, an i...
NTSB: Coast Guard ignored duck boat safety proposals
ST. LOUIS — Federal transportation safety investigators criticized the U.S. Coast Guard Wednesday for ignoring suggestions over nearly two decades to ...
Catholic bishops’ new anti-abuse hotline to be ready soon
BALTIMORE — A new national hotline to report sexual misconduct accusations against Catholic bishops in the U.S. could be operating by the end of Febru...
California regulators order inquiry into power outages
SAN FRANCISCO — California regulators opened a formal investigation Wednesday into pre-emptive power outages that blacked out large parts of the state...