HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong’s protest movement took a violent turn Sunday as police launched tear gas at protesters after a massive march continued late into the evening, and subway riders were attacked by masked assailants who apparently were…
Posted: 21 July 2019 [09:02 PM] Posted: 21 July 2019 [09:00 PM] NEW YORK (AP) - ESPN is making sure that its employees know there is not change in the network’s policy to avoid talking about politics unless it intersects with sports after radio talk show host Dan Le Batard criticized President…
Posted: 21 July 2019 [08:57 PM] BOSTON (AP) - The East Coast on Sunday sweated through another day of heat and humidity in a stretch of weather so oppressive that a New Jersey drawbridge got stuck, Pennsylvania firefighters suffered from heat exhaustion and police departments from…
Posted: 19 July 2019 [02:45 PM] Nation WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump marked the 50th anniversary of the first human steps on the moon at an Oval Office meeting Friday with former Apollo 11 astronauts . Flanked by Buzz Aldrin, Mike Collins and the family…
Posted: 19 July 2019 [02:44 PM] HOUSTON (AP) - The U.S. government on Friday expanded its policy requiring asylum seekers to wait outside the country to one of Mexico's most dangerous cities, where thousands of people are already camped, some for several months. The Department of…
Posted: 19 July 2019 [02:24 PM] TOKYO (AP) - Police on Friday were investigating at the blackened, gutted building in Kyoto where a man raging about theft set a fire that killed 33 people in a beloved animation studio, crushing the hearts of comic fans in…
Posted: 19 July 2019 [02:18 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - Iran and the United States emphatically disagreed Friday over Washington's claim that a U.S. warship downed an Iranian drone near the Persian Gulf. American officials said they used electronic jamming to bring down the unmanned aircraft, while…
Posted: 18 July 2019 [07:01 PM] TOKYO (AP) - A man screaming “You die!” burst into an animation studio in Kyoto, doused it with a flammable liquid and set it on fire Thursday, killing 33 people in an attack that shocked the country and brought an…
Posted: 18 July 2019 [06:59 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that negotiators have reached an agreement on the core elements of a deal to increase the government’s borrowing cap and set a $1.3 trillion overall level for the agency budgets that…
Posted: 18 July 2019 [06:59 PM] NEW YORK (AP) - A judge denied bail for jailed financier Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges Thursday, saying he poses a danger to the public and might use his “great wealth and vast resources” to flee the country. Epstein,…
Posted: 17 July 2019 [07:19 PM] and CONNIE CASS WASHINGTON - John Paul Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme Court’s leading liberal, died Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after suffering a stroke Monday. He was 99. During nearly 35…
Posted: 17 July 2019 [07:15 PM] The Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Karla Villalón has three elementary-age children and an 81-year-old grandmother. Her kids have been uprooted twice in two years when first one school, then another, was closed by budget…
Posted: 17 July 2019 [07:14 PM] The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Federal prosecutors have told a judge in New York they have concluded their investigation into campaign finance crimes committed by President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen. The closure of the…
Posted: 17 July 2019 [07:13 PM] The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Mexican drug kingpin and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced Wednesday to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, expressing no remorse over his conviction for a massive…
Posted: 17 July 2019 [07:12 PM] The Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran’s foreign minister said Wednesday that his country has no choice but to manufacture missiles for defense purposes - comments that come after a remark by the top diplomat that seemed…
Posted: 16 July 2019 [07:32 PM] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Collins had the spotlight to himself this time -…
Posted: 16 July 2019 [07:30 PM] SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Nearly two years ago, Hurricane María exposed the raw dysfunction of Puerto Rico, collapsing long-neglected infrastructure and leaving several thousand dead on Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s watch. Last week, two of his top former officials…
Posted: 16 July 2019 [07:28 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump called on fellow Republicans Tuesday to stick with him, “not show weakness” and oppose a House resolution condemning his tweets urging four Democratic congresswomen of color to return to their countries. His comments, he…
Posted: 16 July 2019 [07:27 PM] NEW YORK (AP) - Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that they won’t bring criminal charges against a white New York City police officer in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, a black man whose dying words - “I can’t breathe”…
Posted: 15 July 2019 [08:03 PM] BEIRUT (AP) - In an open field on the outskirts of the Syrian city of Raqqa, workers in black uniforms, surgical masks and red hardhats toil under a scorching sun to dig up bodies from a large mass grave discovered…
Posted: 15 July 2019 [07:59 PM] BEIJING (AP) - China’s economic growth sank to its lowest level in at least 26 years in the quarter ending in June, adding to pressure on Chinese leaders as they fight a tariff war with Washington. The world’s second-largest economy…
Posted: 15 July 2019 [07:58 PM] LOS ANGELES (AP) - Scientists are closing in on a long-sought goal - a blood test to screen people for possible signs of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. On Monday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, half a…
Posted: 15 July 2019 [07:56 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - Top Republicans remained largely silent after President Donald Trump said over the weekend that four women of color in Congress should “go back” to the countries they came from. By Monday, some in the party were speaking…
Posted: 15 July 2019 [07:52 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - Injecting race into his criticism of liberal Democrats, President Donald Trump said four congresswomen of color should go back to the “broken and crime infested” countries they came from, ignoring the fact that all of the women…
Posted: 14 July 2019 [08:56 PM] WARSAW, Poland (AP) - The leader of the right-wing party that has governed Poland since 2015 says he plans to step down at some point to make way for a new leader in 2023. Law and Justice leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski…
Posted: 14 July 2019 [08:54 PM] HONG KONG (AP) - Police in Hong Kong fought with protesters on Sunday as they broke up a demonstration by thousands of people demanding the resignation of the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s chief executive and an investigation into complaints of police…
Posted: 14 July 2019 [08:53 PM] NEW YORK (AP) - A Manhattan power outage that temporarily turned off the bright lights of the big city only lasted for a few hours, but left plenty of lingering questions and calls for investigations on Sunday. Con Edison engineers…
Posted: 14 July 2019 [08:51 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Sunday assailed a group of Democratic congresswomen of color as foreign-born troublemakers who should go back to the “broken and crime infested places from which they came,” ignoring the fact that the women…
Posted: 12 July 2019 [08:53 PM] The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Building toward hurricane strength, Tropical Storm Barry began hitting Louisiana with wind and rain Friday as it closed in for what could be a long, slow - and epic -…
Posted: 12 July 2019 [08:51 PM] The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - R. Kelly was arrested on federal charges that accuse him and members of his entourage of recruiting women and girls to engage in illegal sexual activity with the singer and paying…
Posted: 12 July 2019 [01:57 PM] TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran on Friday demanded the British navy release an Iranian oil tanker seized last week off Gibraltar, accusing London of playing a "dangerous game" and threatening retribution, while London announced it was sending a destroyer to…
Posted: 12 July 2019 [01:53 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - The House has overwhelmingly approved a bill ensuring that a victims compensation fund for the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money. The 402-12 vote Friday sends the bill to the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch…
Posted: 12 July 2019 [01:52 PM] ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - The first shipment of a Russian missile defense system has arrived in Turkey, the Turkish Defense Ministry said Friday, moving the country closer to possible U.S. sanctions and a new standoff with Washington. A Defense Ministry…
Posted: 12 July 2019 [01:49 PM] The Washington Post WASHINGTON - Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta resigned Friday amid intense scrutiny of his role as a U.S. attorney a decade ago in a deal with Jeffrey Epstein that allowed the financier to plead guilty to lesser offenses…
Posted: 11 July 2019 [05:05 PM] LONDON (AP) - Boris Johnson, the man likely to become U.K. prime minister within weeks, on Thursday denied playing any role in the departure of Britain’s ambassador to Washington, who quit after coming under attack from President Donald Trump. British…
Posted: 11 July 2019 [05:04 PM] CHICAGO (AP) - A nationwide immigration enforcement operation targeting people who are in the United States illegally is expected to begin this weekend after it was postponed last month by President Donald Trump, according to two administration officials and immigrant…
Posted: 11 July 2019 [05:02 PM] NEW YORK (AP) - Financier Jeffrey Epstein’s lawyers, seeking bail for their client, said Thursday that he feared a “toxic political climate” might cause federal prosecutors to scrap a deal he made with them over a decade ago and charge…
Posted: 11 July 2019 [05:02 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is expected to drop his bid to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census, according to a House Republicans aide. Trump will pursue other avenues for demanding citizenship information after the Supreme Court…
Posted: 10 July 2019 [07:08 PM] The Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) - The nominee for president of the European Union’s executive arm said Wednesday she would put respect for the rule of law and a progressive climate policy at the heart of her…
Posted: 10 July 2019 [07:06 PM] The Associated Press LONDON (AP) - Britain’s ambassador to the United States resigned Wednesday after being branded a fool and made a diplomatic nobody by President Donald Trump following the leak of the envoy’s unflattering opinions about the…
Posted: 10 July 2019 [07:04 PM] The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez don’t talk to each other much. But lately they’re speaking at one another in a way that threatens Democratic unity and underscores broader tensions…
Posted: 10 July 2019 [07:00 PM] The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Insisting he got the best deal he could at the time, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta on Wednesday defended his handling of a sex-trafficking case involving now-jailed financier Jeffrey Epstein as Acosta…
Posted: 09 July 2019 [07:18 PM] The Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Volkswagen is halting production of the last version of its Beetle model this week at its plant in Puebla, Mexico. It’s the end of the road for a vehicle that has…
Posted: 09 July 2019 [07:15 PM] The Associated Press LONDON (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out for a second day at Britain’s ambassador to the United States on Tuesday, describing him as “wacky” and a “pompous fool,” after a leak of…
Posted: 09 July 2019 [07:11 PM] The Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - A woman who encouraged her suicidal boyfriend in a barrage of text messages to take his own life should have her involuntary manslaughter conviction thrown out because it violated her right to…
Posted: 09 July 2019 [07:09 PM] The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would be looking “very closely” at Labor Secretary Alex Acosta’s handling of a sex trafficking case involving billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, though he also praised Acosta’s…
Posted: 09 July 2019 [07:05 PM] DALLAS - H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, has died. He was 89. The cause of death was leukemia, a family…
Posted: 08 July 2019 [08:56 PM] WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is shaking up the legal team fighting for the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 census but offered no specifics on why the change was being made. The change comes days after…
Posted: 08 July 2019 [08:27 PM] WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland’s foreign minister says the country would like China to open up its market further to goods from Poland. Jacek Czaputowicz spoke Monday following talks with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on intensifying political and business…
Posted: 08 July 2019 [08:24 PM] LONDON (AP) - President Donald Trump threatened Monday to cut off contact with Britain’s ambassador to the United States after leaked diplomatic cables revealed the envoy called the Trump administration “dysfunctional” and “inept.” The U.S. leader tweeted about Ambassador Kim…
