Celebrities, others ask Texas to halt inmate’s execution
HOUSTON — Supporters of a Texas death row inmate who is facing lethal injection in less than two weeks for a murder he says he didn't commit are mount...
Pacific bird refuge struggles as ocean garbage patch grows
MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands — Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pac...
Report: Trump migrant crackdown weighed impact on 2020 race
MIAMI — As the Trump administration in its early days tried to push through hardline immigration policies, it appeared to calculate their possible imp...
People of color make gains in mayoral races across the US
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — People of color made history this week by winning municipal races in places their families were once ignored or prevented from vot...
Long festering charges of anti-Semitism hit Labour’s Corbyn
LONDON — The long-festering issue of anti-Semitism in Labour Party ranks is coming back to haunt Jeremy Corbyn in the first days of his election campa...
Slayings of Americans show drug war worse this time around
MEXICO CITY — There was a time when the violence of Mexico's 2006-2012 drug war shocked Americans, but barely touched them. This time around — like ev...
AP Exclusive: Steyer aide offered money for endorsements
DES MOINES, Iowa — A top aide to Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer in Iowa has privately offered campaign contributions to local politician...
Pence files Trump’s paperwork for the New Hampshire primary
CONCORD, N.H. — Vice President Mike Pence has added President Donald Trump's name to New Hampshire's Republican primary ballot.
Hungary expects gas from TurkStream pipeline by late 2021
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary's prime minister says his country plans to be able to get natural gas from the TurkStream pipeline by the end of 2021.
Iran alleges UN inspector tested positive for explosives
VIENNA — Iran alleged Thursday that the U.N. inspector it blocked from a nuclear site last week tested positive for suspected traces of explosive nitr...
Court sentences Congo warlord to 30 years for atrocities
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court passed its highest ever sentence Thursday, sending a Congolese warlord known as "The Termina...
Bank of England warns over global economic hit to UK
LONDON — The growth outlook for the British economy has deteriorated largely as a result of a gloomier global backdrop, the Bank of England said Thurs...
French leader laments NATO’s ‘brain death’ due to US absence
BRUSSELS — French President Emmanuel Macron claimed that a lack of U.S. leadership is causing the "brain death" of the NATO military alliance, insisti...
More celebs join Michelle Obama’s voter outreach drive
NEW YORK — Election Day is over, but Michelle Obama is still trying to get out the vote.
Immigration opens ideological fault lines for 2020 Democrats
WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders is adding his support to a call by some of his fellow presidential hopefuls for decriminalizing illegal border crossings, ...
Ivanka Trump meets with female landowners on Morocco trip
SIDI KACEM, Morocco — Ivanka Trump says families, communities and countries flourish when women are invested in and included in the economy.
10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
Eurozone forecast for long period of weak economic growth
LONDON — The European Union's executive branch has cut its growth forecasts for the 19-country eurozone for this year and next and warned that conditi...
‘The problem is I’m Italian’: Balotelli spurs racism debate
ROME — The ball that Mario Balotelli angrily kicked high into the stands out of frustration because of racist chants is still traveling.
Carr, Garoppolo excel in prove-it years while some struggle
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Derek Carr has silenced the questions of his long-term viability as the starting quarterback for the Raiders by looking once again l...
Biggest tropical wetlands ravaged by fires in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO — Fires in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands have ripped through the biodiverse region, consuming an area the size of London in just the past ...
3rd-party bid? Gabbard’s denials don’t ease Democrats’ fears
Tulsi Gabbard keeps making her fellow Democrats nervous.
Women keep up wins in Trump-era political surge
RICHMOND, Va. — In its 400-year history, Virginia's House of Delegates has never been led by a woman.
Trump works up a sweat at Louisiana campaign rally
MONROE, La. — President Donald Trump worked up a sweat in a steamy Louisiana arena Wednesday night as he attempted to boost Republican businessman Edd...
James Harden scores 36 points, Rockets rout Warriors 129-112
HOUSTON — James Harden had 36 points and 13 assists and the Houston Rockets routed Golden State 129-112 on Wednesday night, sending the short-handed W...
Europeans look to China as global partner, shun Trump’s US
PARIS — When France's president wants to carry European concerns to the world stage to find solutions for climate change, trade tensions or Iran's nuc...
Hawaii may subpoena Airbnb for tax records of rental hosts
HONOLULU — A judge ruled Wednesday that Hawaii tax authorities may subpoena Airbnb for records of its hosts as the state investigates whether operator...
Migrants live in fear at Mexico-US border as violence flares
SAN DIEGO — A Salvadoran woman seeking asylum in the United States spends her days holed up in her cousin's cramped slum house just across the border ...
AP sources: Jeff Sessions to announce Alabama Senate bid
WASHINGTON — Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions will announce that he is entering the race for his old U.S. Senate seat in Alabama, two Republicans...
Chile: president promotes minimum wage hike to quell unrest
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile's president sent a bill to Congress on Wednesday that would raise the minimum wage, one of a series of measures to try to cont...