Pence takes swipe at NBA, Nike in critical speech on China
WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence took a swipe at Nike and the NBA on Thursday in a speech criticizing communist China's record on trade and huma...
Schumer proposes $462 billion car swap - gas for electric
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is moving Democrats' climate talk to where the rubber meets the road, proposing a $462 billion trade...
Item D of group B of the 12th Blue Bridge Cup provincial university competition
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California governor “owns” blackouts, takes political risk
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With hundreds of thousands of Californians again in the dark amid high wildfire danger Thursday, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom had...
President’s defenders focusing mostly on process
WASHINGTON — For only the fourth time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives has started a presidential impeachment inquiry. House committees a...
UK’s Johnson seeks Dec 12 election to break Brexit impasse
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has finally abandoned his promise of an October Brexit and pinned his hopes on a December election.
Buttigieg calls Facebook’s political ad policy a ‘mistake’
NASHUA, New Hampshire — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said Thursday that he believes Facebook's policy to not filter out phony poli...
Putin courts Africa and offers to mediate dam dispute
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday sought to expand Moscow's clout in Africa by touting military aid and economic projects at the f...
De La Hoya denies accusations in sexual assault lawsuit
LOS ANGELES — Boxing promoter Oscar De La Hoya denies accusations of sexual assault contained in a lawsuit filed against him this week.
Stretchy, lovable slime takes up residence in New York City
NEW YORK — Slime, the bedazzled, stretchy sensation that has spawned its own social media influencers and fans of all ages, is taking up residence in ...
Homeless people find friends, ease stress in tai chi class
SALT LAKE CITY — On a quiet morning outside a library in Salt Lake City, about 70 people are kicking and slicing at the air as they practice the ancie...
Analysis: Trump’s ‘success’ in Syria cedes region to Russia
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared success in Syria on Wednesday and created a bumper-sticker moment to illustrate his campaign promise to p...
Rose McGowan sues alleging intimidation by Weinstein, others
LOS ANGELES — Actress Rose McGowan has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Harvey Weinstein and two of his former attorneys engaged in racketeering ...
Judge tells State Dept. to begin producing Ukraine records
WASHINGTON — A judge on Wednesday ordered the State Department to begin producing within 30 days documents related to the Trump administration's deali...
Democrat Buttigieg used marijuana ‘a handful of times’
LAS VEGAS — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday that he's used marijuana "a handful of times a long time ago," and that it...
Cummings lying in repose at historically black college
BALTIMORE — Mourners, constituents and other well-wishers paid respects to U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings on Wednesday as his body lay in repose at a histo...
Leader of South Africa’s leading opposition party resigns
JOHANNESBURG — The first black leader of South Africa's largest opposition party resigned Wednesday in a blow to efforts to shed the liberal party's i...
2 Giuliani associates plead not guilty in campaign-cash case
NEW YORK — Two Rudy Giuliani associates, both wearing American flag lapel pins, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges they used foreign money to mak...
The Latest: EU lawmaker backs 3-month Brexit extension
LONDON — The Latest on Brexit (all times local):
Biden: Trump has ‘no idea’ about working-class struggles
SCRANTON, Pa. — Joe Biden hammered President Donald Trump's treatment of the middle class as he campaigned Wednesday in his childhood hometown of Scra...
Black Baptist church shaped Cummings’ commitment
DETROIT — To many black clergy, Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings was more than a formidable orator, civil rights champion and passionate public servan...
Ukrainian leader felt Trump pressure before taking office
KYIV, Ukraine — More than two months before the phone call that launched the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, Ukraine's newly elected ...
Federal judges seem skeptical of Trump arguments in tax case
NEW YORK — Three judges on a federal appeals panel appeared inclined Wednesday to reject arguments that President Donald Trump's tax returns can't be ...
Johnson’s future, and UK’s, rests on EU move on Brexit delay
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has long argued that Brexit will let Britain "take back control" from the European Union.
Trump lifts sanctions on Turkey, says cease-fire permanent
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will lift sanctions on Turkey after the NATO ally agreed to permanently stop fighting Kurdish fo...
Missouri farmer charged in killing of Wisconsin brothers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri cattle farmer was charged Wednesday with two counts of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of two brothers from Wi...
Uncertainties escalate for Fed as it weighs another rate cut
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve finds itself in an unusually delicate spot as it considers how much more to try to stimulate an economy that's still ...
Jamaican citizens sue exclusive Yellowstone Club over wages
HELENA, Mont. — Five Jamaican citizens who were recruited to work at a Montana ski resort for the ultra-rich just north of Yellowstone National Park s...
What’s next after Johnson’s goal of Brexit on Oct. 31 fades?
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson's goal of taking Britain out of the European Union on Oct. 31 looks to have bitten the dust after lawmakers bloc...
Q&A: How a woman’s death got tangled in Hong Kong politics
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Around Valentine's Day last year, the decomposing body of a pregnant Hong Kong woman, 21-year-old Poon Hiu-wing, turned up in the tal...