2020 Watch: Why Biden is blitzing Iowa and more questions
NEW YORK — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
France pays homage to 13 soldiers killed in Mali air crash
PARIS — In its biggest military funeral in decades, France is honoring 13 soldiers killed when their helicopters collided over Mali while on a mission...
Net gains: NHL’s load management is top goalies playing less
Marc-Andre Fleury plays when he’s told.
China to suspend US Navy visits to Hong Kong over new law
HONG KONG — China said Monday it will suspend U.S. Navy visits to Hong Kong and sanction a range of pro-democracy non-governmental organizations in re...
Ballroom dancers say immigration clampdown hurting business
ORANGE, Conn. — When no Americans replied to her multiple help-wanted ads for a dance instructor, Connecticut studio owner Chris Sabourin looked overs...
A look at 15 states making it easier to sue over sex abuse
NEW YORK — Fifteen states have revised their laws in the past two years extending or suspending statute of limitations to allow child sex abuse claims...
What’s next in impeachment: Judiciary Committee takes charge
WASHINGTON — The House impeachment inquiry enters a new phase this week as the Judiciary Committee takes charge of the investigation of President Dona...
Correction: Sex Abuse-Lawsuits story
NEWARK, N.J. — In a story Nov. 30 about New Jersey sex abuse limits, The Associated Press reported erroneously the type of clients two attorneys repre...
White House says it won’t participate in impeachment hearing
WASHINGTON — The White House declared Sunday it would not participate in the first impeachment hearings before the House Judiciary Committee as Democr...
Chiefs rout Raiders 40-9 to seize AFC West control
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes threw for a touchdown and ran for a touchdown, Juan Thornhill returned a pick 46 yards for another score, and the K...
London extremist attack takes center stage in UK campaign
LONDON — Britain’s political leaders sparred Sunday over who is responsible for the early release of a convicted extremist who launched a stabbing att...
Sanders: Scripture calls for renewed focus on justice in US
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders says Scripture calls for a renewed focus on justice as Democrats campaign to replace P...
Pope says Nativity scenes should go in town squares, schools
GRECCIO, Italy — Pope Francis on Sunday hailed Nativity scenes as “simple and admirable” signs of Christian faith and encouraged their placement in wo...
New EU leaders take office vowing to tackle climate change
BRUSSELS — A new team of leaders took office at the helm of the European Union on Sunday, pledging to put the fight against climate change at the top ...
Sugar field burning plagues poor Florida towns with soot
PAHOKEE, Fla. — For residents of the Glades, a string of poor, predominantly African American rural towns dotting the southern shore of Florida’s Lake...
‘I know Joe’s heart’: Why black voters are backing Joe Biden
After Kamala Harris challenged Joe Biden’s past opposition to school busing in a nationally televised Democratic presidential debate, the former vice ...
The new ‘three amigos’ riding into Trump impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON — The “three amigos” used to stand for one thing in Washington — the pack of globe-trotting senators led by John McCain who brought America...
Justices take up gun case, though disputed law has changed
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is turning to gun rights for the first time in nearly a decade, even though those who brought the case, New York City g...
Sewer blockage pushes waste into 300 New York City homes
NEW YORK — A blocked sewer main flooded basements Saturday with brown filth and left residents in the neighborhood near New York City’s Kennedy Airpor...
Biden launches Iowa trip with focus on Trump, rural America
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Joe Biden launched an eight-day bus tour of Iowa on Saturday projecting confidence, ignoring his many Democratic presidential c...
Powerful storm pushes into Midwest with heavy snow and winds
Wintry weather bedeviled Thanksgiving weekend travelers across the United States Saturday as a powerful and dangerous storm moved eastward, dumping he...
No. 16 Auburn upends No. 5 Alabama’s playoff hopes, 48-45
AUBURN, Ala. — Shaun Shivers scored on an 11-yard run with 8:08 left to put No. 16 Auburn ahead and another failed field goal by Alabama in the Iron B...
Londoners a reminder of how ordinary people can fight back
The people who used a fire extinguisher and even a 5-foot (1.5 meter) narwhal tusk Friday to fight back against an attacker who stabbed two people to ...
DOS command details
0DOS command DOS command, a computer term, refers to the command of DOS operating system, which is a disk oriented opera...
Charges filed in stabbing of ex-Ohio State QB Terrelle Pryor
PITTSBURGH — A woman was charged with attempted homicide in a Pittsburgh stabbing that critically injured former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor...
Suspension over, Waiters returns to Heat locker room
MIAMI — Dion Waiters returned to practice with the Miami Heat on Saturday, apologizing publicly for the incident on the team plane that led to his 10-...
Impeachment may complicate 2020 for lonely Michigan moderate
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — For more than 30 years and under five presidents, Republican Rep. Fred Upton easily won reelection to his southwest Michigan House ...
Science warnings, US retreat add urgency to UN climate talks
MADRID — Mass protests, a last-minute venue change and talk of climate tipping points are adding some unplanned drama to this year’s international tal...
Mississippi fire department roiled by noose in locker
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — There’s little disagreement that the object found in a white Mississippi firefighter’s locker was a hangman’s noose. But as with ...