Protesters pour into DC for city’s largest demonstration yet
RAEFORD, N.C. — Protesters streamed into the nation’s capital Saturday for what was expected to be the city’s largest demonstration yet against police...
Analysis: White House, Pentagon tensions near breaking point
WASHINGTON — Tensions between the White House and Pentagon have stretched to near a breaking poin t over President Donald Trump's threat to use milita...
How messaging technology is helping fuel global protests
When a friend shared a Facebook post with Michelle Burris inviting her to protest in downtown Washington, D.C., last Saturday, she knew she had to go....
Prosecutors seek right mix of charges in George Floyd case
CHICAGO — As damning as video evidence in the George Floyd case appears to be, prosecutors know they must bring the right charges underpinned by sound...
Government job losses are piling up, and it could get worse
Jobs with state and city governments are usually a source of stability in the U.S. economy, but the financial devastation wrought by the coronavirus p...
NASCAR looks to steer clear of protests over George Floyd
HAMPTON, Ga. — NASCAR has a checkered racial history.
SpaceX opens era of amateur astronauts, cosmic movie sets
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s debut astronaut launch is the biggest, most visible opening shot yet in NASA’s grand plan for commercializing Earth’s ...
Virus exposes sharp economic divide: College vs. non-college
BALTIMORE — For an American workforce under continuing threat from the coronavirus, the best protection might just be a college degree.
NFL players both eager & anxious to return during pandemic
DENVER — Seasonal colds and the flu spread through NFL locker rooms just about every year, sending some players home sick while others slog through pr...
Moscow book fair brings out Pushkin fans, lockdown-weary
MOSCOW — Muscovites clad in facemasks and gloves ventured into Red Square for an outdoor book market Saturday, a small sign of gradual efforts to open...
Kansas Rep. Watkins faces attacks labeling him GOP impostor
TOPEKA, Kan. — A freshman Kansas congressman who has toed the conservative line and steadfastly defended President Donald Trump nevertheless is battli...
AP Was There: Seles tops Graf in riveting French Open final
EDITOR’S NOTE -- Every French Open features matches that are memorable for one reason or another. There are upsets. Comebacks. Dramatic moments. Histo...
Top US military officer reaches out to Capitol Hill leaders
WASHINGTON — The nation's top military officer, Gen. Mark Milley, spoke privately with congressional leaders and many other lawmakers as Pentagon offi...
Mexican families struggle to send virus victims back home
NEW YORK — When Crescencio Flores died of coronavirus in New York, his parents back in Mexico asked for one thing: that their son be sent home for bur...
Kentucky police shooting video raises questions on tactics
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The shooting of a popular Kentucky barbecue cook by law enforcement has raised new questions about use of force practices after poli...
Food, coffee, diapers: Amid pandemic, van delivers donations
NEW YORK — On a recent day, a powder-blue van parked curbside in Brooklyn, one of the hardest-hit communities in America by the coronavirus pandemic, ...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s alternate reality in time of anguish
WASHINGTON — "Vicious dogs.” “Ominous weapons.” Injured police. Gagging protesters. Shattered storefronts. Armed personnel at centers of power and lan...
Tropical Storm Cristobal advances toward US Gulf Coast
MIAMI — A re-energized Tropical Storm Cristobal advanced toward the U.S. Gulf Coast early Saturday, bringing with it the heavy rains that already caus...
By the numbers: Trump reads economic boom into jobs data
CHICAGO — President Donald Trump has always been a big numbers guy.
Elway joins call for change after George Floyd’s killing
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — John Elway says he’s no longer staying on the sidelines and is “joining with the players, coaches and our organization in speaking ...
One man lays wreaths in Normandy on this unusual D-Day
BENOUVILLE, France — The essence of war remembrance is to make sure the fallen are never forgotten. All it takes is a wreath, a tiny wooden cross, a l...
Russian Orthodox priest tends to Moscow’s COVID-19 patients
MOSCOW — The Rev. Vasily Gelevan bends over a COVID-19 patient at her apartment to administer Holy Communion and say words of comfort while clad in a ...
No ‘silver lining’: Trump faces voter backlash amid crises
MADISON, Wis. — At the end of one of his most turbulent weeks in office, President Donald Trump was eager on Friday to boast of a better than expected...
Japan advocate for daughter, others abducted to NKorea dies
TOKYO — Shigeru Yokota, a Japanese campaigner for the return of his daughter and more than a dozen others who were abducted to North Korea in the 1970...
Barr says he didn’t give tactical order to clear protesters
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr says law enforcement officers were already moving to push back protesters from a park in front of the White...
Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden has formally clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, setting him up for a bruising challenge to President Donald Trump...
Asia Today: Most of 51 new SKorea cases linked to door sales
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on Saturday reported 51 new cases of COVID-19, mostly in the densely populated capital region, as authorities scrambl...
China urges citizens to shun Australia as dispute simmers
BEIJING — China is advising its citizens not to visit Australia, citing racial discrimination and violence against Asians, in what appears to be Beiji...
Mail ballots from Tuesday’s election push Biden over the top
WASHINGTON — After primaries and caucuses in 42 states and the District of Columbia, Joe Biden won the last few delegates needed to clinch the Democra...