Mainland China virus cases rise again after earlier decline
BEIJING — Mainland China has reported another rise in cases of the new virus after a sharp decline the previous day, while the number of deaths grow b...
Buttigieg on defense as rivals aim to blunt his momentum
DOVER, N.H. — Pete Buttigieg spent Sunday on defense as his Democratic presidential rivals attacked him on everything from his struggle to connect wit...
Hurricane-force winds pound UK and Europe, upend travel
LONDON — Storm Ciara battered the U.K. and northern Europe with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains Sunday, halting flights and trains and producing...
The Latest: Warren stresses party unity to defeat Trump
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The Latest on the 2020 Democratic presidential race and Tuesday's primary in New Hampshire (all times local):
New Philadelphia police chief starts amid surge in homicides
PHILADELPHIA — The new commissioner of the nation's fourth-largest city police force will start work Monday amid a surge in homicides and calls for ac...
Vote prediction for Sinn Fein puts Irish politics in turmoil
DUBLIN — Ireland faced political turmoil Sunday as an exit poll from the weekend’s parliamentary election suggested that Sinn Fein, a left-wing party ...
Spain, UK see new virus cases; French focus on ski resort
LISBON, Portugal — The U.K. confirmed its fourth case of the new virus from China and Spain reported its second Sunday as European authorities pressed...
Utah sends employees to Mexico for lower prescription prices
SALT LAKE CITY — Ann Lovell had never owned a passport before last year. Now, the 62-year-old teacher is a frequent flier, traveling every few months ...
Unique Illinois privacy law leads to $550M Facebook deal
CHICAGO — Adam Pezen, Carlo Licata and Nimesh Patel are among millions of people who have been tagged in Facebook photos at some point in the past dec...
NH poses a last chance for some struggling 2020 Democrats
PLYMOUTH, N.H. — Bounding onto a stage at a conference center in New Hampshire, tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang beamed a smile to a cheering crowd and l...
Pakistan rescues Canadian, Finnish climbers by helicopter
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's military launched a helicopter evacuation of a Canadian and a Finnish mountain climber who were stranded on a peak in...
“Where it begins”: Young hungry locusts bulk up in Somalia
GAROWE, Somalia — At a glance, the desert locusts in this arid patch of northern Somalia look less ominous than the billion-member swarms infesting Ea...
NYPD: Officer shot, wounded in ‘assassination attempt’
NEW YORK — Two New York City police officers narrowly escaped with their lives when a gunman fired into their patrol van Saturday night, wounding one ...
Brandon Maxwell’s models strut amid bison, moose and caribou
NEW YORK — There's always a crowd at a Brandon Maxwell fashion show, but the audience on Saturday night included more than the usual human fashionista...
Hanks, Fonda and more stars amuse at Oscars rehearsals
LOS ANGELES — Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell are standing on the Oscars stage performing some hilarious material for a few dozen people who are ...
Thailand mourns victims of country’s deadliest mass shooting
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand — As mourning began for the victims of Thailand's worst mass shooting, the country counted its losses: a mother shot dead ...
Monse creatives still see themselves as fashion outsiders
NEW YORK — Monse founders Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia are stars in the fashion business — they're also the creatives behind Oscar de la Renta — but ...
The Latest: Biden: first two states important, not critical
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The Latest on 2020 Democratic president race and Tuesday's primary in New Hampshire (all times local):
Sequins, big bows, glamorous gowns at Badgley Mischka show
NEW YORK — Oversized bows, exaggerated puffed sleeves and luxe jewel tones. Everything sparkled with sequins at Badgley Mischka's show Saturday which ...
5 Britons with virus hospitalized in France after Alps stay
France is closing two schools and trying to reassure vacationers in the Alps after five British citizens, including a 9-year-old child, contracted the...
The Latest: WHO to send mission to virus-hit China
BEIJING — The Latest on a virus outbreak that began in China (all times local):
Focus turns to Latino authors amid ‘American Dirt’ debate
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When Oprah Winfrey endorsed the novel “American Dirt” for her book club last month, many Latinos took to social media to decry the...
Oregon candidate, once a Trump critic, now embraces him
BEND, Ore. — In 2018, the Republican party's candidate for governor of Oregon painted himself as a centrist, criticized President Donald Trump's envir...
Democrats on edge after 2020 election season’s ragged launch
CONCORD, New Hampshire — For Democrats, this was supposed be a moment to begin easing three years of built-up of anxieties. Instead, the launch of the...
Before Oscars, stars pack Tom Ford’s fashion week show in LA
LOS ANGELES — Tom Ford brought fashion week to Hollywood on Friday night, with a runway show full of glamour and a front row jammed with A-listers, in...
‘We’re definitely not prepared’: Africa braces for new virus
LUSAKA, Zambia — At a Chinese-run hospital in Zambia, some employees watched as people who recently returned from China showed up with coughs but were...
The US women down Mexico 4-0 to secure an Olympic spot
CARSON, Calif. — Samantha Mewis scored twice and the U.S. national team secured a spot in the Tokyo Olympics with a 4-0 semifinal victory Friday night...
China scrambles to keep cities in virus lockdown fed
BEIJING — The manager of the Wushang Mart in Wuhan, the locked-down city at the heart of China’s virus outbreak, says its shelves are loaded with 50% ...
New Delhi votes with Modi’s popularity on the line
NEW DELHI — Voting began for a crucial state election in India’s capital on Saturday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party tryin...
Kobe Bryant helicopter had nearly cleared blinding clouds
LOS ANGELES — The pilot of the helicopter that crashed and killed Kobe Bryant and eight others was almost out of blinding clouds when he suddenly plun...