Israeli police, Palestinians clash at Jerusalem holy site
JERUSALEM — Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protesters inside a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Monday.
Is Epic Games’ showdown with Apple turning into a mismatch?
SAN RAMON, Calif. — If Epic Games hopes to dismantle the fortress surrounding Apple's iPhone and its app store, the video game maker probably will nee...
Montana nonprofit to build slaughterhouse for food bank beef
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Medina Spirit could lose Ky. Derby win; track bans Baffert
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Medina Spirit’s victory in the Kentucky Derby is in serious jeopardy because of a failed postrace drug test, one that led Churchill ...
Tearful reunions mark second Mother’s Day under pandemic
Joyous reunions among vaccinated parents and children across the country marked this year's Mother's Day, the second one celebrated during the coronav...
Arizona could become an electric vehicle manufacturing hub
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Some states plan big spending with Biden’s aid, others wait
Though still awaiting money from the latest federal coronavirus relief act, some governors and state lawmakers already are making plans to add the mul...
New Wyoming museum displays hundreds of military vehicles
DUBOIS, Wyo. — In 2010, Dan Starks got a patriotic idea. He wanted to participate in the Fourth of July parade in Dubois, the small northwest Wyoming ...
My Sistah’s Keeper buoys Annapolis women through tough year
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Two weeks before the pandemic hit, Ron-Shaye Clark got a call.
Full sun or some shade? Testing teas in south Louisiana
HAMMOND, La. — A Louisiana State University scientist is testing whether tea plants in south Louisiana do better in full sun or partial shade.
Slovakia eyes using Russia’s Sputnik V; waits for results
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia’s government is set to discuss possible use of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine with Moscow after it was success...
China says most rocket debris burned up during reentry
BEIJING — China's space agency said a core segment of its biggest rocket reentered Earth’s atmosphere above the Maldives in the Indian Ocean and most ...
Grand Island academy trains new generation of barbers
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — A shave and a haircut may not be two bits, but the tonsorial arts are alive and well at Grand Island’s Xenon Academy.
Couple restores historic building, pursues restaurant dreams
MALCOLM, Neb. — Ask Aaron King how he wound up developing a small-town restaurant, and he’ll give you a one-word answer: COVID-19.
Murphy gliding in NJ’s primary; GOP wrestling with Trump
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Republicans will decide whether they want an outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump to be their standard bear...
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Supply chain issues bring loss in food donations to MANNA
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — As the COVID-19 pandemic bore down, MANNA FoodBank CEO Hannah Randall saw firsthand a sharp rise in food insecurity, and it hasn’t r...
EXPLAINER: Did US hiring slow because of a ‘labor shortage’?
WASHINGTON — The anticipation for the U.S. jobs report for April, released Friday morning, was high.
First Latino justice on California’s high court dies at 90
OROVILLE, Calif. — Cruz Reynoso, a son of migrant workers who worked in the fields as a child and went on to become the first Latino state Supreme Cou...
‘Into the Wild’ bus removed from Alaska backcountry
JUNEAU, Alaska — An abandoned bus in the Alaska backcountry, popularized by the book “Into the Wild” and movie of the same name, was removed Thursday,...
Trump says he’s heard ‘interesting’ things about Roswell
President Donald Trump says he’s heard some interesting things about Roswell, but he’s not sharing even with his eldest child.
US official says China not forthcoming in talks with Pompeo
WASHINGTON — A senior State Department official said Thursday that the United States was disappointed by China’s attitude at a meeting between Secreta...
Judge OKs housing for 7,000 LA homeless living near freeways
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge has approved an agreement in which the city and county of Los Angeles will provide housing for almost 7,000 homeless peo...
Facebook removes Trump ads with symbols once used by Nazis
WASHINGTON — Facebook has removed campaign ads by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence that featured an upside-down red triangle, a sy...
Decline in new US virus deaths may be temporary reprieve
The number of deaths per day from the coronavirus in the U.S. has fallen in recent weeks to the lowest level since late March, even as states increasi...
Cream of Wheat, Mrs. Butterworth confront race in packaging
Colgate, Cream of Wheat and Mrs. Butterworth are the latest brands reckoning with racially charged logos.
India seeks eased tensions with China after Himalayas clash
NEW DELHI — India said Thursday it was using diplomatic channels with China to de-escalate a military standoff in a remote Himalayan border region whe...
AP-NORC poll: Trump adds to divisions in an unhappy country
WASHINGTON — Americans are deeply unhappy about the state of their country — and a majority think President Donald Trump is exacerbating tensions in a...
Persistently high layoffs suggest a slow US economic rebound
WASHINGTON — Three months after the viral outbreak shut down businesses across the country, U.S. employers are still shedding jobs at a heavy rate, a ...
Pandemic gives businesses lessons in survival, innovation
NEW YORK — When the coronavirus outbreak forced Sean Giovanni to shut down his recording studio in for two months, he dropped off mobile equipment at ...