Fox News has best ratings since Trump election, inauguration
NEW YORK — The week President Donald Trump was acquitted in his impeachment trial was Fox News Channel's best in the ratings since the weeks he was el...
Celebrating the off-kilter at Proenza Schouler
NEW YORK — Watching the first models emerge at the Proenza Schouler runway show, you could have been forgiven for thinking everyone simply forgot to p...
Bloomberg embraces stop and frisk in resurfaced 2015 audio
WASHINGTON — Michael Bloomberg is under fire for resurfaced comments in which the Democratic presidential candidate says the way to bring down murder ...
NTSB releases details in 2 crashes involving Tesla Autopilot
DETROIT — An Apple engineer who died when his Tesla Model X slammed into a concrete barrier had previously complained about the SUV malfunctioning on ...
Philippines notifies US of intent to end major security pact
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines notified the United States on Tuesday it would end a major security pact allowing American forces to train in th...
US to seek more help from NATO to counter Islamic State
BRUSSELS, Belgium — US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday he is looking to NATO allies for more help countering the Islamic State extremist gro...
NCAA’s Emmert presses Senate for ‘guardrails’ on athlete pay
WASHINGTON — NCAA President Mark Emmert urged Congress to step in and put restrictions on college athletes' ability to earn money from endorsements, t...
WHO chief ‘very encouraged’ by dip in Congo Ebola cases
DAKAR, Senegal — The head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday that experts are "very encouraged” after only three new cases of Ebola have be...
Official: Sudan to hand over al-Bashir for genocide trial
CAIRO — Sudan's transitional authorities have agreed to hand over ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face trial on ...
Klinsmann quits as Hertha Berlin coach, leaves club in chaos
BERLIN — Jürgen Klinsmann surprisingly resigned as coach of Hertha Berlin on Tuesday after only nine Bundesliga games.
Many winter residential evictions banned in pricey Seattle
SEATTLE — Many residential evictions in pricey Seattle have been banned for the city's coldest and wettest months of December, January and February bu...
UK’s Johnson backs high speed railway despite opposition
LONDON — Britain’s Conservative government on Tuesday approved an overdue, over-budget plan for a high-speed rail line linking London with central and...
Rohingya boat capsizes in Bay of Bengal; at least 15 dead
DHAKA, Bangladesh — An overcrowded boat carrying about 138 Rohingya refugees from Bangladeshi camps sank Tuesday in the Bay of Bengal, leaving at leas...
Ferocious storm in Europe kills 8, causes travel disruptions
BERLIN — Ferocious winds, with gusts over 200 kph (125 mph), lashed Corsica and whipped up a forest fire that flared overnight on the French Mediterra...
China still mostly closed down as virus deaths pass 1,000
BEIJING — China remains mostly closed for business, as the daily death toll from a new virus topped 100 for the first time, pushing the total above 1,...
UN meeting ponders fast-track drugs, vaccines for new virus
GENEVA — The World Health Organization convened outside experts Tuesday to fast-track promising tests, drugs and vaccines to help slow the outbreak of...
EU official rejects Johnson’s idea of loose UK trade deal
BRUSSELS — The European Union will only offer Britain unique access to its vast single market if the U.K. agrees to stick to the bloc's standards, Eur...
Ireland faces wrangling as Sinn Fein aims to form government
LONDON — Final results in Ireland’s general election show three parties in a virtual tie for seats, signalling weeks of tense negotiations ahead to fo...
Spain searches for 67 missing at sea, rescues 119 others
MADRID — Spain on Tuesday resumed the search for 67 migrants missing from a boat trying to reach European shores a day after maritime authorities resc...
Iran remembers 1979 Islamic Revolution amid high US tension
TEHRAN, Iran — Hundreds of thousands across Iran marked the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution on Tuesday amid some of the highest tensions ev...
Mandela’s release 30 years ago birthed a new South Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Thirty years ago, Nelson Mandela was released from 27 years of imprisonment by South Africa's apartheid regime and instantly...
Health officials trace British patient travels in outbreak
LONDON — A middle-aged businessman from England who vacationed in the Alps has illustrated how the ease of international travel is complicating global...
Thai army chief: Gunman wasn’t treated fairly in land deal
BANGKOK — Thailand's army commander said Tuesday the soldier who killed 29 people in a shooting rampage had not been treated fairly in a land deal inv...
Elbow bumps and bows: Singapore air show opens despite virus
SINGAPORE — Singapore's air show began Tuesday with the usual ribbon cutting and displays of aerial prowess, but also with less typical warnings to in...
Rebuilding Afghanistan has a high human cost, US agency says
KABUL, Afghanistan — Rebuilding Afghanistan has cost hundreds of lives, according to a new report released Tuesday by a U.S. government watchdog that ...
Small New Hampshire town votes for Bloomberg in primary
DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg won the votes of a tiny New Hampshire community that barely hung onto its traditio...
US counterintel strategy emphasizes protection of democracy
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government's top counterintelligence official said Monday that he was concerned Russia or other foreign adversaries could exploi...
Anna Sui rolls out B-movie gothic glam at NY Fashion Week
NEW YORK — Anna Sui doesn't love scary movies, but she adores illusion, especially glamorous illusion.
Mississippi inmate death toll rises amid emergency extension
JACKSON, Miss. — Another Mississippi inmate died Monday, the same day the governor extended an emergency order allowing the state to quickly spend mon...
Virus stretches limits of strained public health systems
BANGKOK — The virus outbreak that began in China and has spread to more than 20 countries is stretching already-strained public health systems in Asia...