Woods opens with 69 at Torrey North to start new year
SAN DIEGO — Tiger Woods had his lowest opening round of the year since 2011. It wasn't enough to be among the leaders Thursday at the Farmers Insuranc...
Buttigieg seeks validation from gathering of mayoral peers
WASHINGTON — For Pete Buttigieg, an appearance before a gathering of the nation's mayors Thursday was a home game.
Suggs aiming for Super Bowl after joining Chiefs last month
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There was a moment during practice last week, while the Kansas City Chiefs were prepping for their AFC title game against Tennessee...
Leaders vow to learn from Holocaust, offer competing lessons
JERUSALEM — Speaker by speaker, world leaders on Thursday denounced the rising threat of anti-Semitism and vowed never to forget the lessons of the Ho...
AP Explains: How climate change feeds Africa locust invasion
JOHANNESBURG — Locusts by the millions are nibbling their way across a large part of Africa in the worst outbreak some places have seen in 70 years. I...
Ousted Grammy chief suggests awards are tainted
NEW YORK — The ousted head of the Grammy Awards says that music's biggest awards are tainted because of conflicts of interest that infect how certain ...
Jamie Foxx, Jordan Peele among honorees at AAFCA awards
LOS ANGELES — Jamie Foxx has won a plethora of major awards including an Oscar and Grammy. But after the African American Film Critics Association rec...
‘Magic’ gloves let acclaimed Brazilian pianist play again
SAO PAULO — A few days before Christmas, renowned pianist João Carlos Martins summoned his friends to a Sao Paulo bar so he could show off the best gi...
Aerosmith drummer loses bid to rejoin band for Grammy honors
BOSTON — A judge has told Aerosmith's drummer Joey Kramer to dream on if he hopes to rejoin the band as its set to perform and be honored at Grammy ev...
Woods, McIlroy give Torrey Pines the feel of a season opener
SAN DIEGO — A small crowd that gathered in the morning chill made its way to the first tee to watch Tiger Woods start his pro-am round Wednesday at To...
Buttigieg’s unlikely Iowa rise now carries high expectations
DUBUQUE, Iowa — Pete Buttigieg finds himself in a place that he could hardly have contemplated when he began running for president a year ago: He like...
3 former Dolphins provide Super Bowl boost to Chiefs
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs saw value in a trio of players that were essentially castoffs from what was one of the least-successful fran...
Watchdog files FEC complaint against pro-Sanders nonprofit
WASHINGTON — The watchdog group Common Cause filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday, alleging that Our Revolution, a poli...
Bloomberg, Buttigieg work to connect with nation’s mayors
WASHINGTON — Two miles from President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the Capitol, Michael Bloomberg and Pete Buttigieg are looking to draw a dist...
UConn vs Tennessee rivalry renewed in women’s hoops Thursday
NEW YORK — For more than a decade, the rivalry in women's basketball was Tennessee and UConn.
‘Naughty boy’: Monty Python star Terry Jones dies at 77
LONDON — Terry Jones, a founding member of the anarchic Monty Python troupe who was hailed by colleagues as “the complete Renaissance comedian" and “a...
Erosion, floods make some final resting places not so final
WEYBRIDGE, Vt. — When Revolutionary War soldier Josiah Clark was buried in a small Vermont cemetery near a river bank in 1835, it was supposed to be h...
Biden downplays tensions with Sanders over Social Security
MASON CITY, Iowa — Joe Biden sought on Wednesday to ease tensions with Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders after the two candidates exchanged...
Gaultier bids the runway adieu on final day of couture
PARIS — As Jean Paul Gaultier prepared to bid adieu to the Paris couture runway with a fashion show and glitzy after-party at the Chatelet Theater, Jo...
Will Grammy voters take the ‘Old Town Road’ on Sunday?
NEW YORK — The 2020 Grammy Awards are shaping up to be the night of the new kids, with Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X leading in nominations.
Russia-Poland feud over history clouds Auschwitz anniversary
WARSAW, Poland — Over the next several days, world leaders will gather twice to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the...
No. 4 SDSU beats Wyoming 72-55 to match Leonard’s 20-0 start
SAN DIEGO — Malachi Flynn scored 18 points and Yanni Wetzell dominated inside with 14 points for No. 4 San Diego State, which used a suffocating defen...
More US troops under medical evaluation after missile attack
WASHINGTON — Additional U.S. troops have been flown out of Iraq for closer evaluation of potential concussion injuries from the Iranian missile attack...
Changes to Hall of Fame and a quick entry for Tiger Woods
SAN DIEGO — Tiger Woods won't have to wait until he's 50 to enter the World Golf Hall of Fame.
At Sundance, an annual rebirth for American movies
NEW YORK — The Sundance Film Festival, coming at the start of a new movie calendar, is an annual rite of renewal. New movies. New filmmakers. New voic...
Column: Expectations getting higher as Woods gets older
SAN DIEGO — The expectations seem to get higher even as Tiger Woods gets older.
Hunt family finally gets to see Chiefs back in Super Bowl
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Clark Hunt remembers well the celebrations four years ago that surrounded the golden anniversary of the Super Bowl, the championshi...
Zion Williamson rejoining Pelicans lineup at pivotal time
METAIRIE, La. — Zion Williamson opened with a joke — about himself.
Pamela Anderson marries film producer Jon Peters
MALIBU, Calif. — Pamela Anderson has married movie producer Jon Peters.
Oscar presenters to include Colman, Malek, King and Ali
LOS ANGELES — The winners of last year’s acting Academy Awards will return to the Oscar stage next month to present the coveted statuettes.