Australian Associated Press to shut down after 85 years
CANBERRA, Australia — The national news agency Australian Associated Press said Tuesday it will close in late June, its 85 years in business vanquishe...
Major conferences still with plenty left to be decided
College basketball has reached the final week of the regular season in all the major conferences.
Australia cuts rate to record low 0.5% to fight virus impact
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s central bank on Tuesday cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a record low of 0.5% i...
California Democrats ponder reordered field in 2020 contest
LOS ANGELES — Democratic voters in California will consider a suddenly reshaped presidential field Tuesday that has largely narrowed to a rivalry betw...
No. 4 Baylor holds on for 71-68 overtime win over Texas Tech
WACO, Texas — MaCio Teague hit a 3-pointer after stepping back behind the line and just beating the shot clock with 1:13 left in overtime and No. 4 Ba...
The Latest: Warren cheers Latina janitors who won higher pay
WASHINGTON — The latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local):
White scores 19, Bulls beat Mavericks 109-107
CHICAGO — Coby White scored 19 points, Otto Porter Jr. added 18 in his return from a broken left foot and the Chicago Bulls hung on to beat the Dallas...
Stanley, boardwork, zone help No. 12 Duke top NC State 88-69
DURHAM, N.C. — Cassius Stanley saw the pass coming his way, soared high to corral the ball then threw it down with his right hand to throw the home cr...
On Super Tuesday eve, Biden gets boost from former rivals
DALLAS — Rivals no more, Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg united behind Joe Biden's presidential bid on Monday as the Democratic Party's moderate wing...
Kim watches N Korea military drill alongside masked officers
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised an earlier live-fire rocket artillery exercise to confirm his military’s combat readin...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s false assurances on coronavirus
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump persisted Monday in making false assurances about U.S. preparedness for the coronavirus outbreak and the prospects...
China’s crisis wanes as epidemic takes hold in US, elsewhere
BEIJING — China's coronavirus caseload continued to wane Tuesday even as the epidemic took a firmer hold beyond Asia, with three countries now exceedi...
NBA to players: Avoid high-fives as virus concern grows
MIAMI — The NBA has told players to avoid high-fiving fans and strangers and avoid taking any item for autographs, the league’s latest response in its...
South Carolina, Baylor, Oregon top women’s NCAA reveal
NEW YORK — South Carolina, Baylor, Oregon and Maryland would be the No. 1 seeds if the women's NCAA Tournament began Monday.
Kushner sells stake in firm using tax breaks he lobbied for
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner has sold his stake in a company investing in Opportunity Zone projects offeri...
Colombia court upholds law restricting access to abortion
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s Constitutional Court voted Monday in favor of upholding the nation's restrictive abortion law in a ruling that had been ...
Drug maker Sandoz Inc. to pay $195M fine in antitrust case
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Monday that pharmaceutical company Sandoz Inc. will pay a $195 million penalty to resolve criminal charges of...
Exit polls: Netanyahu short of majority in Israel vote
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held an edge over his main rival in Israel’s third election in under a year, exit polls indicate...
Reordered Democratic field to test Sanders in California
LOS ANGELES — Four years after a bitter loss in California’s presidential primary, Bernie Sanders is banking on a comeback that could be a capstone mo...
Scientists meet in Havana on diplomats’ mystery illnesses
HAVANA — Some scientists who gathered Monday for a two-day conference on the mysterious illnesses suffered by U.S. and Canadian diplomats in Havana sa...
ECB’s Lagarde: ‘Ready to take targeted action’ on economy
FRANKFURT, Germany — The head of the European Central Bank said Monday that Europe's top monetary authority is ready to take “appropriate and targeted...
Warren bets on brokered convention. Will she last that long?
WASHINGTON — As her rivals head to the exits, Elizabeth Warren is vowing to press on to a contested convention.
Dustin Johnson decides against playing in the Olympics
On the fence about the Olympics at the start of the year, Dustin Johnson decided he won't be going.
Prosecutor: Ex-convict was in bed with victim when arrested
NEW YORK — An ex-convict accused of forcing young women he met in his daughter's dormitory into prostitution or forced labor after winning their trust...
A hot summer ahead for boxing’s heavyweight division
Boxing’s heavyweight division will be heating up even further this summer, highlighted by a third fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder and Anth...
Buttigieg’s White House bid ensures place in LGBTQ history
NEW YORK — A divisive debate over same-sex marriage animated the 2004 presidential election as voters across the country approved constitutional amend...
Snowy Wyoming highway pileup kills 3, injures dozens
RAWLINS, Wyo. — At least three people died and dozens were injured in a pileup involving more than 100 vehicles amid blowing snow that closed part of ...
Apple to pay up to $500M over battery-related phone slowdown
SAN FRANCISCO — IPhone owners could get $25 from Apple after the company agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle claims over intentionally slowing ...
LA district attorney sorry husband aimed gun at protesters
LOS ANGELES — The first black woman to lead the largest local prosecutor's office in the U.S. apologized for her husband pointing a gun at Black Lives...
Alaska Airlines drops sponsorship of Iditarod sled dog race
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Airlines confirmed Monday it will drop its sponsorship of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Alaska’s most famous sporting e...