Ex-Green Beret claims he led foiled raid into Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela — A former Green Beret has taken responsibility for what he claimed was a failed attack Sunday aimed at overthrowing Venezuelan Pre...
Martin Luther King’s traffic ticket changed history’s course
DECATUR, Ga. — On this day 60 years ago, a black man driving a white woman was pulled over in a traffic stop that would change the course of American ...
‘We don’t know how it will end’: Hunger stalks amid virus
WASHINGTON — When all this started — when the coronavirus began stalking humanity like an animal hunting prey, when she and her husband lost their res...
DHS report: China hid virus’ severity to hoard supplies
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials believe China covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak — and how contagious the disease is — to stock up on medic...
North and South Korean troops exchange fire along border
SEOUL, South Korea — North and South Korean troops exchanged fire along their tense border on Sunday, the South’s military said, the first such incide...
Power of the needle: 4 women help UK docs needing scrubs
LONDON — They just wanted to help. But they created a movement.
Desert or sea: Virus traps migrants in mid-route danger zone
Thousands of desperate migrants are trapped in limbo and even at risk of death without food, water or shelter in scorching deserts and at sea, as gove...
Cycle power: Bikes emerge as a post-lockdown commuter option
MADRID — Halfway through his 30-minute bike ride to work, police ordered Juan Pasamar to dismount, accusing him of breaking Spain’s coronavirus lockdo...
Reade: ‘I didn’t use sexual harassment’ in Biden complaint
WASHINGTON — Tara Reade, the former Senate staffer who alleges Joe Biden sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, says she filed a limited report with a c...
AP FACT CHECK: Testing ‘czar’ rebuts Trump; vet care hyped
WASHINGTON — Diagnostic testing for the coronavirus is bound to go down in history books as one of the most consequential failures of the U.S. respons...
Sun draws many out in US, Europe; Russia virus numbers grow
NEW YORK — Gorgeous spring weather across the United States and Europe on Saturday drew people cooped up inside for weeks outside to soak in the sun, ...
Kim reappears in public, ending absence amid health rumors
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertilizer facto...
Saudi Arabia eyes more moves in time of pandemic, oil woes
WASHINGTON — A beleaguered Saudi Arabia is taking modest steps to improve its human rights record as it tries to navigate the coronavirus pandemic and...
The Sea of Galilee is full, but the beaches are empty
JERUSALEM — After an especially rainy winter, the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel is at its highest level in two decades, but the beaches and major ...
The Latest: China reports 1 new virus case, no deaths
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
Believe women? Sure, say Democrats, but vet their claims
WASHINGTON — "Believe women" was never a call to believe all women automatically.
Protests mark growing unrest with California stay-home order
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Californians weary of stay-at-home orders that have left millions unemployed staged displays of defiance Friday, with hundreds of...
Biden declares sexual assault ‘never, never happened’
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday emphatically denied all egations from a former Senate staffer that he sexually assa...
US allows use of 1st drug shown to help virus recovery
WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators on Friday allowed emergency use of the first drug that appears to help some COVID-19 patients recover faster, a milestone...
‘Raging Bull’ delivers outside ring as classic sports film
Jake LaMotta was a straight-ahead brawler, so determined to wreak havoc every time he entered the boxing ring that he handed the great Sugar Ray Robin...
With virus, US higher education may face existential moment
CHICAGO — When Jamie Bolker started teaching composition at MacMurray College in January, she felt she'd won the lottery. After sending out more than ...
In a US now in puppy love, Labs still tops, but corgis rise
NEW YORK — America's dogs are having their day as the coronavirus keeps many people at home more with their pets and spurs so much adoption and foster...
China-Australia rift deepens over calls for virus inquiry
CANBERRA, Australia — China’s warning of trade repercussions from Australia’s campaign for an independent inquiry into the coronavirus has rattled Aus...
Dem lawmakers say Trump’s freeze for WHO to hurt Venezuelans
MIAMI — As much as $110 million in U.S. funding for disease prevention in Latin America as well as U.S. support for Venezuelan migrants has been throw...
Asian shares fall after Wall St slips on grim economic news
Shares fell in Asia on Friday after a crush of dismal data about the economy helped send markets lower overnight in a meek ending to a historic, jugge...
California governor’s beach closure order sparks anger
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After state officials signaled an intention to close all California beaches, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday chose instead to shutt...
Trump says US can never declare ‘total victory’ over virus
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he believes the U.S. can never declare “total victory” over the coronavirus because too many pe...
Economic figures show grim toll in Europe and US from virus
NEW YORK — Bleak new figures Thursday underscored the worldwide economic pain inflicted by the coronavirus: The number of Americans filing for unemplo...
Sex assault allegation raises questions for Biden, Democrats
WASHINGTON — A sexual assault allegation is Joe Biden's first big challenge as the Democrats' presidential nominee, fueling Republican attacks and lea...
NYC subway halting overnight service for virus cleaning
NEW YORK — New York City's subway system will shut down each day from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. to increase cleaning of trains and stations during the coronavi...