Q&A: What’s next for Seattle protesters’ ‘autonomous zone’?
SEATTLE — For nearly a week, people opposing police brutality and racial injustice have turned a Seattle neighborhood into ground zero for their prote...
Lebanese fear currency will further tumble despite promises
BEIRUT — For months, Kamal Nasser, a successful plumbing contractor in Lebanon, has seen his business base erode.
‘Denied the truth’ says son of black man who died in custody
SHREVEPORT, La. — The son of a black man who died in police custody in Louisiana after a videotaped altercation that appears to show officers hitting ...
Fed says ‘full range of tools’ in play to counter pandemic
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is promising to use its “full range of tools” to pull the country out of a recession brought on by a global pandemic,...
A dozen Confederates are honored with US Capitol statues
WASHINGTON — At least 12 figures in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall Collection honor men who gave their allegiance to the Confederate States...
Minnesota pardons black man in century-old lynching case
Minnesota's pardons board on Friday granted a posthumous pardon to a black man imprisoned a century ago in the alleged rape of a white woman, part of ...
Retail sales look to recover; nations eye economic concerns
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Friday related to the nat...
Syria economic meltdown presents new challenge for Assad
BEIRUT — In scenes not witnessed for years in government-controlled parts of Syria, dozens of men and women marched through the streets this week, pro...
Indian capital’s crematoriums overwhelmed with virus dead
NEW DELHI — When Raj Singh’s 70-year-old mother died from the coronavirus in India's capital, he took comfort in the prospect of a proper cremation, t...
Historical figures reassessed around globe after Floyd death
The rapidly unfolding movement to pull down Confederate monuments around the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of police has exten...
Downplaying virus risk, Trump gets back to business as usual
WASHINGTON — At the White House, aides now routinely flout internal rules requiring face masks. The president's campaign is again scheduling mass aren...
AP PHOTOS: Venezuelan migrants make long trek back home
BOGOTA, Colombia — A couple pushing their 6-month-old twins in a stroller. A family with their life’s belongings stuffed into one large cloth sack. Yo...
Authorities: Suspect in ambush on California deputy is dead
LOS ANGELES — A gunman believed to have shot a Central California sheriff's deputy and targeted others in a series of attacks was shot dead Thursday a...
Pompeo denies impropriety in firing of State Dept. watchdog
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his top deputy are rejecting allegations that the State Department’s independent watchdog was fired fo...
Trump battles Pelosi, some in GOP over Confederate symbols
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is battling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over renaming military bases that honor Confederate generals — and he's at ...
Military chief: Wrong to walk with Trump past park protest
WASHINGTON — Army Gen. Mark Milley, the nation’s top military officer, added to the already extraordinary tension between the Pentagon and President D...
Biden gets more aggressive as 2020 campaign heats back up
PHILADELPHIA — Joe Biden is adopting an increasingly aggressive stance as he looks to break out of a monthslong campaign freeze imposed by the coronav...
Alarming rise in virus cases as states roll back lockdowns
NEW YORK — States are rolling back lockdowns, but the coronavirus isn't done with the U.S.
Amusement parks opening with temperature checks at the gate
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Thursday related to the n...
1.5 million more laid-off workers seek unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON — About 1.5 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, evidence that many Americans are still losing their ...
Thousands sick from COVID-19 in homes for the disabled
Neil Sullivan was angry, frustrated and crushed with guilt. His brother Joe had been rushed by ambulance from his home for the developmentally disable...
‘Ticking time bomb:’ Lack of beds slows Delhi’s virus fight
NEW DELHI — In New Delhi, a sprawling capital region of 46 million and home to some of India's highest concentration of hospitals, a pregnant woman’s ...
Troubled Iran struggles to maintain sway over Iraq militias
BAGHDAD — Iraqi militia factions expected the usual cash handout when the new head of Iran’s expeditionary Quds Force made his first visit to Baghdad ...
As protests grow, Belgium faces its racist colonial past
TERVUREN, Belgium — When it comes to ruthless colonialism and racism, few historical figures are more notorious than Leopold II, the king of the Belgi...
Truex ends 2020 winless skid with victory at Martinsville
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Martin Truex Jr. used a trip to NASCAR's shortest track to end a lengthy losing streak on the day the stock car series at long las...
Asia Today: Tracing harder in S. Korea, Indian cases spike
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has reported 45 new cases of COVID-19, all but two of them in the greater capital area, continuing a weekslong resurg...
Pelosi calls for removing Confederate statues from Capitol
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is demanding that statues of Confederate figures such as Jefferson Davis be removed from the U.S. Capitol.
Fed to keep providing aid and sees no rate hike through 2022
WASHINGTON — Confronted with an economy gripped by recession and high unemployment, the Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that it expects to keep its...
Anna Wintour apologizes for race-related ‘mistakes’ at Vogue
NEW YORK — Vogue's Anna Wintour has apologized in an internal email for “mistakes" made in her 32-year tenure in not doing enough to elevate black voi...