2020 Watch: Messy primary finally meets election year
ATLANTA — The presidential politics calendar turned to 2020 nearly a year ago. This week, the actual date catches up. What we’re watching as the prese...
Buttigieg critiques Biden’s ‘judgment’ on Iraq War vote
KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Sunday called former Vice President Joe Biden’s vote to authorize the Iraq War p...
No. 22 West Virginia rallies, upsets No. 2 Ohio State 67-59
CLEVELAND — Miles McBride scored six of his season-high 21 points in the final 2:22 and No. 22 West Virginia rallied to beat No. 2 Ohio State 67-59 Su...
Police: All 7 killed in Hawaii tour helicopter crash
HONOLULU — Tour helicopter operations in Hawaii have come under increased scrutiny after the deadly crash this week, one of several recent accidents i...
Biden leaves it unclear if he would honor Senate subpoena
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden sought Saturday to clarify his assertion that if the Senate subpoenas him to testify in President Donald Trump's impeachment tr...
49ers-Seahawks prime-time showdown highlights Week 17
The return of Beast Mode. A division title on the line. Possible home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs.
Texas sheriff: 2 dead, multiple shot in music video ‘ambush’
HOUSTON — Two people were shot and killed and multiple others were wounded when a group filming a music video was “ambushed” near Houston, Harris Coun...
Refugees, quadruple homicide top North Dakota news in 2019
BISMARCK, N.D. — Debate over whether to ban new refugees in North Dakota’s capital city county and a rare quadruple homicide in Mandan were among the ...
Nonstop violence as Baltimore nears record homicide rate
BALTIMORE — Baltimore could wrap up 2019 with its highest per-capita homicide rate on record as killings of adults and minors alike for drugs, retribu...
Lebanese help each other as economic crisis crushes lives
BEIRUT — Panic set in on a WhatsApp group used to organize Lebanese protests when one member said he intended to kill himself because he can’t provide...
Only 3 playoff slots locked up as NFL goes into final week
NEW YORK — The NFL goes into the final week of the season with the Baltimore Ravens knowing exactly what lies ahead of them in the postseason.
Beast Mode is back: Lynch signs with Seattle to fill RB void
RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks have reunited with Marshawn Lynch.
Tiny Dixville Notch may have to forfeit midnight voting
CONCORD, N.H. — A tiny, isolated community near the Canadian border known for casting ballots just after the stroke of midnight in presidential electi...
Exit poll, early tally indicate runoff for Croatia president
ZAGREB, Croatia — Croatia's tight presidential election appeared set to be decided in a runoff as initial returns and an exit poll suggested that none...
Police: 63-vehicle pileup in Virginia results in injuries
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — A pileup involving more than 60 cars on a major interstate in Virginia on Sunday morning injured dozens of people, some critically...
Boeing capsule returns to Earth after aborted space mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Boeing safely landed its crew capsule in the New Mexico desert Sunday after an aborted flight to the International Space Statio...
Buttigieg leads 2020 rivals in Wall Street contributions
WASHINGTON — The financial sector, blamed by progressives for spawning the 2008 economic collapse, is lining up behind Pete Buttigieg’s presidential c...
Ambitious Texas law fails to make dent in jailhouse suicides
In a county jail in central Texas, an inmate on suicide watch begins strangling himself with a phone cord. The guard watching him does not rush in bec...
Man who kidnapped Wisconsin teen: She was ‘terrified of me’
MINNEAPOLIS — A man convicted of kidnapping a Wisconsin girl and killing her parents told police after his arrest that he never thought Jayme Closs wo...
Twitter, Facebook ban fake users; some had AI-created photos
NEW YORK — Twitter has identified and removed nearly 6,000 accounts that it said were part of a coordinated effort by Saudi government agencies and in...
Police say Texas mother found dead was strangled, baby safe
AUSTIN, Texas — More than a week after a 33-year-old Texas mother and her infant daughter vanished, authorities said Friday they found the woman dead ...
Biden: No regrets for talking openly about stuttering
LOS ANGELES — Joe Biden has been fighting a stutter since childhood, and he said Friday he has no regrets about talking openly about it after one of h...
UK charges US diplomat’s wife over teen’s death in crash
LONDON — An American diplomat's wife who left Britain after being involved in a fatal road accident that killed a British teenager has been charged, B...
Impeachment of Trump voted top 2019 news story in AP poll
NEW YORK — The drive by the Democratic-led House of Representatives to impeach President Donald Trump was the top news story of 2019, according to The...
The Latest: Democratic debaters tackle China, Israel policy
LOS ANGELES — The Latest on the Democratic presidential debate (all times local):
Experts: Silence after Texas police shooting risks mistrust
DALLAS — A small Texas police department's silence about what prompted an officer to fatally shoot a man in the head nearly three weeks ago deviates f...
Facebook to tackle efforts to interfere with 2020 US census
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook says it will clamp down on efforts to use its services to interfere with the 2020 U.S. census, including the posting of misle...
Putin says Trump was impeached for ‘far-fetched’ reasons
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump was impeached for “far-fetched” reasons, calling the move by ...
Most US opioid overdose deaths accidental, 4% are suicide
Accidental overdoses cause 90% of all U.S. opioid-related deaths while suicides account for far fewer of these fatalities than previously thought, a n...
Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland endorses Biden for president
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has endorsed Joe Biden for president, delivering important support from the state's industrial workin...