Filing period opens for New Hampshire’s presidential primary
CONCORD, N.H. — The lengthy list of 2020 presidential hopefuls started growing longer Wednesday as the filing period opened for New Hampshire's first-...
Northam campaigns for Dems months after blackface scandal
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — When a racist photo was discovered on Gov. Ralph Northam's yearbook page in February, he became an instant pariah among fellow D...
US filmmaker Oliver Stone praises Putin for role in Syria
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — American filmmaker Oliver Stone on Wednesday praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as a "stabilizing force" in the Middle Ea...
UK parties spar in election that may settle Brexit _ or not
LONDON — Finally, Britain's political ice floes are moving. After three years of Brexit impasse, an election in six weeks may break the logjam. Or it ...
AP FACT CHECK: Afghanistan isn’t safer than Chicago
ISLAMABAD — President Donald Trump ripped Chicago as a hellscape of violence that makes Afghanistan, one of the world's deadliest countries for terror...
South African police arrest foreigners protesting at UN site
JOHANNESBURG — Police in the South African city of Cape Town used water cannons Wednesday while dispersing and arresting hundreds of foreigners, inclu...
Germany ups fight against anti-Semitism, far-right extremism
BERLIN — The German government has passed measures against far-right extremism and anti-Semitism following an attack on a synagogue earlier this month...
Threat to US elections in 2020 is not limited to Russia
WASHINGTON — Russia interfered in the 2016 election and may try to sway next year's vote as well. But it's not the only nation with an eye on U.S. pol...
Salvage shops offer sustainable decor with a story
Two of the hottest trends in home decor are sustainability and authenticity. No wonder architectural salvage shops are busy.
UK’s Brexit deal estimated to cost almost $100 billion
LONDON — A respected British think tank slammed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal on Wednesday, concluding that the economy would be 3.5% sma...
Trump skips ASEAN meet, sends security adviser O’Brien, Ross
BANGKOK — U.S. national security adviser Robert C. O'Brien and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will represent President Donald Trump at two regional su...
Saudi energy minister: Saudi Aramco’s public offering ‘soon’
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A planned stock offering of a small part of state-run oil giant Saudi Aramco "will come soon" and only at the direction of Saud...
White House launches website aimed at addiction treatment
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has unveiled a website aimed at helping millions of Americans with substance abuse issues learn about and locate...
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Fed is expected to cut rates but may offer little guidance
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is set to cut its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for a third time this year to help sustain the U.S. economic expa...
Acting homeland security secretary finally agrees to testify
WASHINGTON — Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan has agreed to testify Wednesday before a House committee on global terrorism.
After killing, GOP skeptics still doubt Trump foreign policy
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump provoked biting criticism from fellow Republicans with his sudden decision this month to withdraw most U.S. troops...
Small plane crashes, leaving pilot dead, houses ablaze
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — A small plane crashed and exploded in a residential neighborhood in the New Jersey suburbs of New York City Tuesday morning, leavin...
The Latest: White House blasts House impeachment resolution
WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the House impeachment inquiry (all times local):
Bipartisan House OKs bill hitting Turkey for Syria incursion
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bill punishing Turkey for its invasion of northern Syria and illustrating both parties' dismay with President Donald Trump's...
Lyft, Uber will ask California voters to block employee law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Some of the country's largest ride-sharing companies proposed a California law on Tuesday that would let them continue to treat d...
Adviser in impeachment spotlight has only-in-America story
WASHINGTON — The Soviet-era immigrant who became a wounded warrior and later a White House aide saw it as his "sacred duty" to speak up.
Dems unveil impeachment procedures, GOP calls process unfair
WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled legislation authorizing the next phase of the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, as ...
Brexit ballot: UK lawmakers back December 12 election
LONDON — Britons will be heading out to vote in the dark days of December after the House of Commons on Tuesday backed an early national vote that cou...
The Latest: UK lawmakers approve early election on Dec 12
LONDON — The Latest on British politics and Brexit (all times local):
Ex-CIA agent convicted in kidnap skips Italian justice
MILAN — The only American to serve a sentence in the CIA-organized kidnap of a Muslim cleric in Italy has skipped the country, her lawyer confirmed Tu...
Federal judge blocks Alabama’s strict abortion ban
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Alabama's near-total abortion ban from taking effect next month and called the law — part of a w...
Immigration official says US-Mexico border crisis not over
WASHINGTON — A top U.S. Border Patrol official has a warning: The crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border is not over.
Swiss lament glacier melting as UN focuses on mountains
GENEVA — A Swiss minister says over 10% of the Alpine country's glaciers have been lost over the last five years — a depletion not seen in over a cent...