Marker calls 1898 violence a ‘coup,’ not a ‘race riot’
RALEIGH, N.C. — The state of North Carolina is moving away from using the phrase "race riot" to describe the violent overthrow of the Wilmington gover...
UK police identify truck victims; 10 teenagers among 39 dead
LONDON — UK police said Friday that 10 teenagers were among the 39 Vietnamese found dead in a truck container in southeast England, including two 15-y...
Hong Kong student’s death fuels more anger against police
HONG KONG — A Hong Kong university student who fell off a parking garage after police fired tear gas during clashes with anti-government protesters di...
Villarreal to showcase its flair _ and ceramics _ in US
VILLARREAL, Spain — A short drive through the narrow streets of Villarreal can give you an idea about what matters most in this small city in eastern ...
Tech companies rush to fight misinformation ahead of UK vote
LONDON — Facebook is opening up a war room to quickly respond to election hoaxes. Twitter is banning political ads. Google plans to crack down on bogu...
Twitter accounts push propaganda photos of Turkish soldiers
As Turkish forces invaded northern Syria in early October, supporters of the offensive launched a different kind of campaign — online.
Domingo won’t perform at Tokyo Olympics cultural events
TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympics organizing committee said Friday opera legend Placido Domingo has said he won't perform at pre-Olympics cultural events in ...
France reopens contested Jewish tomb in east Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — French authorities reopened one of Jerusalem's most magnificent ancient tombs to the public for the first time in over a decade, despite a...
Venezuelans charting escape selling off past at flea markets
CARACAS, Venezuela — Having decided it's time to abandon her crisis-torn homeland, Yenika Calderon spreads out her worldly possessions in the middle o...
Anonymous book describes volatile, incompetent Trump
WASHINGTON — A forthcoming book by an anonymous author identified only as "a senior official in the Trump administration" describes President Donald T...
Graft ruling for Malaysian ex-leader a test for government
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — An important court ruling Monday in the first corruption trial of former Malaysian leader Najib Razak will be a test of the l...
China sentences fentanyl traffickers after US tip about ring
XINGTAI, China — A Chinese court sentenced nine fentanyl traffickers on Thursday in a case that is the culmination of a rare collaboration between Chi...
Cambodian rival stopped from going home to challenge Hun Sen
PARIS — Cambodia's most prominent opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, was stopped from boarding a flight in Paris on Thursday in his attempt to return home...
Celebrities, others ask Texas to halt inmate’s execution
HOUSTON — Supporters of a Texas death row inmate who is facing lethal injection in less than two weeks for a murder he says he didn't commit are mount...
Millions at stake in dinosaur fight: Are fossils minerals?
HELENA, Mont. — The discovery of two fossilized dinosaur skeletons intertwined in what looks like a final death match could make a Montana ranching co...
Pacific bird refuge struggles as ocean garbage patch grows
MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands — Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pac...
Hopes rise that lifting tariffs could allow US-China accord
BEIJING — Prospects appear to have brightened for a preliminary breakthrough in the U.S.-China trade war after the two sides agreed to reduce some pun...
Senate panel advances judicial nominee on party-line vote
WASHINGTON — A divided Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed a top aide to President Donald Trump for a federal appeals court post Thursday, despite com...
Southern California hires Mike Bohn as athletic director
LOS ANGELES — Southern California hired Mike Bohn as its new athletic director on Thursday, breaking from recent tradition to turn over the program to...
People of color make gains in mayoral races across the US
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — People of color made history this week by winning municipal races in places their families were once ignored or prevented from vot...
Long festering charges of anti-Semitism hit Labour’s Corbyn
LONDON — The long-festering issue of anti-Semitism in Labour Party ranks is coming back to haunt Jeremy Corbyn in the first days of his election campa...
Charges: Chinese surveillance goods illegally sold to US
NEW YORK — Authorities have charged a U.S. company with illegally selling Chinese-made security and surveillance equipment to the American military an...
As Buffett seeks big acquisition, Berkshire trails S&P
OMAHA, Neb. — Three-quarters of the way through 2019, Warren Buffett's conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway is trailing the renowned investor's favorite be...
Court sentences Congo warlord to 30 years for atrocities
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court passed its highest ever sentence Thursday, sending a Congolese warlord known as "The Termina...
Global stocks turn higher as China says tariff war may ease
BANGKOK — Global stocks are mostly higher after a Chinese Commerce Ministry official said Beijing and Washington had agreed to gradually ease tariffs ...
‘The problem is I’m Italian’: Balotelli spurs racism debate
ROME — The ball that Mario Balotelli angrily kicked high into the stands out of frustration because of racist chants is still traveling.
Carr, Garoppolo excel in prove-it years while some struggle
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Derek Carr has silenced the questions of his long-term viability as the starting quarterback for the Raiders by looking once again l...
Asian stocks mostly lower after US indexes hit pause
BANGKOK — Asian stocks were mostly lower Thursday after a meandering day of trading in the U.S. left stock indexes close to their record highs.
Europeans look to China as global partner, shun Trump’s US
PARIS — When France's president wants to carry European concerns to the world stage to find solutions for climate change, trade tensions or Iran's nuc...
Texas executes inmate for strangling El Paso woman in 2002
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas inmate who was a member of a white supremacist gang was executed Wednesday evening for strangling a woman nearly 20 years ...