Africa starts 2020 battling extremism, Ebola and hunger
JOHANNESBURG — A tragic airline crash with far-reaching consequences, cataclysmic cyclones that may be a harbinger of the future, the death of an Afri...
T.S. Eliot letters to muse to be unveiled after 60 years
After more than 60 years spent sealed up in a library storage facility, about 1,000 letters written by poet T.S. Eliot to confidante Emily Hale will ...
Year-end violence highlights danger of worshipping
NEW YORK — When a machete-wielding attacker walked into a rabbi's home in Monsey, New York, during Hanukkah and a gunman fired on worshippers at a Tex...
Climate change, Brexit divorce: EU faces challenges in 2020
BRUSSELS — December served up a warning of the massive challenges ahead for the European Union.
Trump suggests some flavored vapes may be pulled from market
PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the federal government will soon announce a new strategy to tackle underage vaping, promis...
Taiwan’s Tsai defends Anti-Infiltration Law aimed at China
TAIPEI, Taiwan — China has been relentless in its attempts to influence and infiltrate Taiwan's politics and society but the island's new ban on polit...
Attack on US Embassy in Iraq shows stark choices for Trump
WASHINGTON — The attack on the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad by Iran-supported militiamen Tuesday is a stark demonstration that Iran can still stri...
Minister: Texas gunman grew angry in past over cash requests
DALLAS — The congregation at a Texas church where two people were fatally shot had repeatedly given food to the gunman, according to the pastor, but h...
Mexico says a total of 7 detained in killing of 9 Americans
MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors in Mexico said a total of seven suspects have now been detained in connection with the Nov. 4 slaughter of nine U.S. dual-na...
A daring escape: Ex-Nissan chief flees Japan ahead of trial
TOKYO — In a daring escape that confounded authorities, Nissan's former Chairman Carlos Ghosn skipped bail while awaiting trial in Japan on allegation...
US seeks review of state DMV laws on immigration enforcement
WASHINGTON — The acting secretary of Homeland Security is taking aim Tuesday at new laws in New York, New Jersey and other states that allow immigrant...
Protesters attack US Embassy in Baghdad after airstrikes
BAGHDAD — Angered by deadly airstrikes targeting an Iran-backed militia, dozens of Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the U.S. Em...
Trump says he’ll sign first-step China trade deal on Jan. 15
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The first phase of a U.S.-China trade agreement will be inked at the White House in mid-January, President Donald Trump announ...
Illinois governor clears thousands of marijuana convictions
CHICAGO — Illinois' governor granted more than 11,000 pardons for low-level marijuana convictions on Tuesday, describing the step as a first wave of t...
Column: Think you know 2020? Some sports predictions for you
Predictions aren't for the faint of heart, as anyone who has ever given money to a bookmaker can attest. Strange things can happen, which is a big rea...
Ex-Trump campaign manager Lewandowski won’t run for Senate
MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said Tuesday that he is forgoing a run for U.S. Senate in New Ha...
Making misery pay: Libya militias take EU funds for migrants
TRIPOLI, Libya — When the European Union started funneling millions of euros into Libya to slow the tide of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, the m...
Schedule change a slight boost to some European Tour events
KAPALUA, Hawaii — The PGA Championship moving to May forced the hand of the European Tour, which smartly opted to move its flagship BMW PGA Championsh...
Indicted Giuliani associate wants to give documents to House
NEW YORK — A Rudy Giuliani associate who was indicted on campaign finance charges is asking a judge to allow him to turn over documents to Congress as...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro keeps to far right, faces tough 2nd year
SAO PAULO — Heading into his second year as Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro has held firm to his combative culture-warrior policies while feuding w...
Prompt care was key to Sanders’ recovery from heart attack
Bernie Sanders suffered “modest heart muscle damage" during his recent heart attack but has since recovered well and is fit enough for the rigors of t...
Cheers, tears, prayers for 2020: A new decade is ushered in
Revelers around the globe are bidding farewell to a decade that will be remembered for the rise of social media, the Arab Spring, the #MeToo movement ...
Taiwan passes law targeting Chinese political interference
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan's legislature on Tuesday passed a law aimed at blocking political interference from China, less than two weeks before presiden...
The NBA’s East is loaded at the top, and might stay that way
The West is used to being loaded at the top.
Trump signs law to reduce robocalls, though they won’t end
NEW YORK — An anti-robocalls measure signed into law Monday by President Donald Trump should help reduce the torrent of unwanted calls promising lower...
China sentences Protestant pastor to 9 years for subversion
BEIJING — China has sentenced a prominent pastor who operated outside the Communist Party-recognized Protestant organization to nine years in prison f...
North Korean leader calls for ‘military countermeasures’
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for active “diplomatic and military countermeasures” to preserve the country’s securit...
Firearms instructor took out gunman at Texas church service
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas — Alarms went off in Jack Wilson's head the moment a man wearing a fake beard, a wig, a hat and a long coat walked into a Texa...
Ex-Nissan boss Ghosn, facing Japan trial, arrives in Beirut
BEIRUT — Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, who is awaiting trial in Japan on charges of financial misconduct, has arrived in Beirut, a close friend...