Gadgets for tech giants made with coerced Uighur labor
NANCHANG, China — In a lively Muslim quarter of Nanchang city, a sprawling Chinese factory turns out computer screens, cameras and fingerprint scanner...
Biden’s victories unleash something he’s never had: Money
WASHINGTON — Strapped for cash and badly outspent by his rivals, Joe Biden barely had enough money to air television ads in critical Super Tuesday bat...
Flare-up in Afghan violence shows fragility of peace deal
WASHINGTON — Less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump said he had a “very good talk” with a top Taliban leader and insisted the group wants to ...
Doncic breaks Mavs’ triple-double record, beats Williamson
DALLAS — Luka Doncic scored 30 points and broke Dallas' career triple-double record with his 22nd, helping the Mavericks hold off the New Orleans Peli...
Asian shares rise following stimulus-led surge on Wall St
TOKYO — Asian shares rose Thursday, taking their cue from a surge on Wall Street as governments and central banks took more aggressive measures to fig...
Azubuike scores career-high 31, No. 1 Kansas beats TCU 75-66
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Imagine what Kansas center Udoka Azubuike would have accomplished against TCU on Wednesday night if he was healthy.
Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian two-term UN chief, dies at 100
LIMA, Peru — Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, the two-term United Nations secretary-general who brokered a historic cease-fire between Iran and Iraq in 1988 a...
Senators reach $2B deal to boost conservation, parks
WASHINGTON — Senate leaders and the Trump administration have reached an election-year deal to double spending on a popular conservation program and d...
3′s are wild: Heat set record from deep, top Magic 116-113
MIAMI — It took a record-setting night from 3-point range for the Miami Heat to beat the Orlando Magic.
Forced online by virus, China’s schools run into censorship
BEIJING — Less than 30 minutes into a lecture on bioinformatics, Chu Xinjian's class was abruptly cut short.
Bloomberg’s hope for Super Tuesday splash lands in Pacific
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — What does more than $500 million get you? For Mike Bloomberg, it was 175 winning votes in this U.S. territory — a group of...
‘Bob Durst killed his wife,’ prosecutor says at his trial
LOS ANGELES — Robert Durst has never been charged in the 1982 New York disappearance of his wife Kathie Durst, who was later declared dead despite no ...
Warren reassesses path forward after dismal Super Tuesday
WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren huddled with her campaign advisers on Wednesday to determine if there was a reason to stay in the Democratic presidentia...
AP sources: Montana Gov. Bullock considering Senate race
WASHINGTON — Democrat Steve Bullock, the Montana governor who has insisted he won’t run for the Senate, is poised to do just that, according to two pe...
Democrats eye more gains after Texas stars on Super Tuesday
AUSTIN, Texas — Democrats' plans to win Texas in 2020 sharpened into focus Wednesday amid the familiar uncertainty of whether the party's presidential...
California delegate wave didn’t quite break as expected
LOS ANGELES — While Sen. Bernie Sanders mined the motherlode of delegates from California on Super Tuesday, it wasn’t nearly enough and isn’t getting ...
Met Opera institutes 14-day quarantine for some due to virus
NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Opera has instituted quarantines for artists and employees traveling to New York from areas affected by the new coronaviru...
The Latest: Biden pledges unity as nomination fight narrows
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local):
US defense leaders: Taliban peace deal results mixed
WASHINGTON — Just hours after the U.S. military launched an airstrike targeting Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, top defense leaders told Congress tha...
Feds investigate nursing home as U.S. death toll hits 11
SEATTLE — The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed to 11 on Wednesday with a patient succumbing in California — the first reported fatality ou...
Mainstream Democrats relieved by Biden’s Super Tuesday boost
WASHINGTON — Mainstream Democrats were rejoicing over Joe Biden's rousing Super Tuesday performance that bolstered his bid for the Democratic presiden...
No major Dem candidates yet seek Secret Service protection
WASHINGTON — Topless demonstrators crashed a Bernie Sanders rally in Nevada two weeks ago. On Tuesday, two animal rights activists rushed the stage wh...
Voting changes, computer glitches mar California primary
LOS ANGELES — A series of changes in California meant to boost voter turnout and smooth its new Super Tuesday primary election led to a surge in last-...
Foes push back against medical marijuana bill in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Opponents of legalizing medical marijuana in Kentucky pushed back Wednesday as the Senate gets set to decide the fate of a bill that ...
Chicago cops in station shooting stripped of police powers
CHICAGO — Chicago's interim police superintendent on Wednesday stripped two officers of their police powers pending the outcome of the investigation i...
House passes bipartisan $8.3B bill to battle coronavirus
WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled House passed an $8.3 billion measure Wednesday to battle the coronavirus outbreak that's spreading rapidly and ...
Winfrey and Cummins talk “American Dirt” and lessons learned
TUCSON, Ariz. — Everything about her latest book club pick, “American Dirt,” was a surprise for Oprah Winfrey. Praised early on as a modern version of...
Donovan starts new chapter as coach of San Diego Loyal
SAN DIEGO — Landon Donovan didn’t wander far from the soccer field once he finally retired as a player.
Ending campaign, Bloomberg says defeating Trump his priority
NEW YORK — In just over 100 days, Mike Bloomberg spent over $500 million of his own fortune in a quixotic bid for the presidency that collapsed in stu...
Bay Hill has strongest field since death of Arnold Palmer
ORLANDO, Fla. — So much for the notion the Arnold Palmer Invitational wouldn't be as attractive when its namesake was no longer around.