Officer: I quit Proud Boys over fears of ‘far-left’ attacks
A Connecticut police officer accused a civil rights organization’s leader of trying to “silence conservative voices” by raising concerns about his mem...
Bishop who investigated sex abuse accused of sex abuse
NEW YORK — A Roman Catholic bishop named by Pope Francis to investigate the church’s response to clergy sexual abuse in Buffalo, New York, has himself...
Maybe banking culture doesn’t always make people dishonest
NEW YORK — Scientists say they were unable to confirm a highly publicized 2014 study that suggested banking culture can promote dishonesty.
Sour grapes: Trade war puts cork in US wine sales to China
LIVERMORE, Calif. — Caught in the crossfire of President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, U.S. vineyards are struggling to sell Syrah in Shanghai ...
Economy in mind, Bolsonaro changes tack and cozies up to Xi
BRASILIA, Brazil — What a difference a year makes.
Chinese, other students flee Hong Kong as violence worsens
HONG KONG — University students from mainland China and Taiwan are fleeing Hong Kong, while those from three Scandinavian countries have been moved or...
Greta Thunberg hitches low-carbon ride across Atlantic
HAMPTON, Va. — Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg left North America on a return trip across the Atlantic on Wednesday, hitching a renewable...
Afghan officials: Kabul car bomb killed 12, including kids
KABUL, Afghanistan — A car bombing in Kabul during morning rush hour Wednesday targeted a private security company's convoy, with officials later sayi...
Pope blasts ‘inhuman, un-Christian’ rebirth of anti-Semitism
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has denounced the "inhuman, un-Christian" rebirth of anti-Semitism, weighing in on an issue that has convulsed Italy in re...
Global stocks sink after Trump threatens more China tariffs
BEIJING — Global stocks sank Wednesday after President Donald Trump threatened more tariff hikes on Chinese imports if talks aimed at ending a trade w...
As Hong Kong descends into chaos, China mulls its options
BEIJING — A sharp escalation of violence in Hong Kong is once again raising the question of how China's central government will respond: Will it inter...
The Latest: Mainland Chinese students fleeing HK protests
HONG KONG — The Latest on the Hong Kong protests (all times local):
Since losing ’18 final, Golden Knights look more like Caps
Almost 18 months since the Vegas Golden Knights' improbable inaugural season ended, they look much more like the team that vanquished them in the Stan...
Australian wildfires destroy homes and force evacuations
CANBERRA, Australia — Scores of wildfires continued to rage across vast tracts of Australia's drought-stricken east coast on Wednesday, forcing hundre...
Pentagon chief tries to keep Asia in focus with second trip
WASHINGTON — Barely four months into his tenure, Defense Secretary Mark Esper is making his second trek across the Pacific. And yet it is the Middle E...
Asian stocks sink after Trump threatens more China tariffs
BEIJING — Asian stocks sank Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened more tariff hikes on Chinese imports if talks aimed at ending a tra...
Australia’s highest court will hear Cardinal Pell’s appeal
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia's highest court agreed Wednesday to hear an appeal from the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusin...
Timeline of Cardinal George Pell’s career and accusations
Australia's highest court on Wednesday agreed to hear an appeal by Cardinal George Pell of his convictions for molesting two choirboys in a cathedral ...
Unproven fraud claims seen in state races could cloud 2020
As Kentucky's Republican governor trailed by thousands of votes in his re-election bid and Democrats took the reins of the Virginia Statehouse, social...
Sorry, wrong number: Statistical benchmark comes under fire
NEW YORK — Earlier this fall Dr. Scott Solomon presented the results of a huge heart drug study to an audience of fellow cardiologists in Paris.
Trump appeals court nominee in jeopardy following GOP revolt
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's nominee for a federal appeals court is in jeopardy following a conservative revolt from two Republican senators ...
Singer Andrea Bocelli: ‘Absurd’ to shun opera legend Domingo
MIAMI — Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is staunchly defending opera legend Placido Domingo, calling it "absurd" that opera houses have canceled the star...
Tale of 2 left tackles: Taylor Lewan and Garett Bolles
DENVER — Just like Denver's Garett Bolles, Tennessee's Taylor Lewan has been dogged by penalties all season, and the Titans' struggling left tackle di...
Tear gas and fires: Hong Kong protests from morning to night
HONG KONG — Protesters in Hong Kong battled police on multiple fronts Tuesday, from major disruptions during the morning rush hour to a late-night sta...
Democrats’ wins could help bring down Confederate statues
RICHMOND, Va. — An army of Confederate monuments dots Virginia's landscape but some of those statues could soon start coming down after Election Day g...
Grin and bear it: Berlin panda gets CT scan for kidney exam
BERLIN — A Berlin zoo says a giant panda whose twin cubs have captured international attention has undergone a CT scan after veterinarians discovered ...
Bespoke silk robes await Pope Francis on Thailand visit
BANGKOK — Thailand's capital boasts garment makers ranging from bespoke tailors to sweatshops, but for a truly divine frock, you have to look a little...
Stocks mixed as uncertainty reigns in US-China trade talks
BANGKOK — Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday as investors awaited cues on trade talks between China and the U.S.
Winds fan ferocious fires in Australia’s most populous state
CANBERRA, Australia — Ferocious wildfires were burning at emergency-level intensity across Australia's most populous state on Tuesday as authorities w...
Transit system apologizes to black rider cuffed for eating
SAN FRANCISCO — The head of a San Francisco Bay Area commuter train system apologized to a black rider who was detained and cited by police for eating...