Asian shares rise as Wall Street gains for 3rd straight day
TOKYO — Asian shares rose Wednesday after Wall Street extended its gains for the third straight day, driven by optimism over economies reopening from ...
Trump says GOP is pulling convention from North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday night that he is seeking a new state to host this summer’s Republican National Convention aft...
The Latest: UN body calls for action on debt amid pandemic
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with e...
Broncos stop football to talk about race relations, Floyd
Instead of X's and O's, the Denver Broncos spent Tuesday talking about racial injustice, police brutality and healing a nation rocked by demonstration...
Protesters return to the streets as Trump decries ‘lowlifes’
WASHINGTON — Undeterred by curfews, protesters streamed back into the nation's streets Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump pressed governors t...
NASCAR City USA: Cup Series set for 2021 return to Nashville
It’s music to NASCAR’s ears: the stock car series is set to return to Nashville, Tennessee in 2021.
Zuckerberg still under fire over inflammatory Trump posts
OAKLAND, Calif. — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg isn’t budging over his refusal to take action on inflammatory posts by President Donald Trump that spre...
Pelosi urges Trump to be ‘healer in chief’ as protests rage
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday urged President Donald Trump to be a “healer in chief” while Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...
Trump questions render Trudeau speechless for 21 seconds
TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that Canadians are watching what’s unfolding in the United States with “horror and const...
GOP senators offer rare rebuke of Trump on church visit
WASHINGTON — A handful of GOP senators spoke out Tuesday against President Donald Trump, criticizing his visit to a church after police removed peacef...
DC officials push back on aggressive response to protests
WASHINGTON — Officials in the nation’s capital pushed back Tuesday on an aggressive response by the federal government to demonstrations over the deat...
Safety board asks helicopter makers to install ‘black boxes’
Federal safety investigators bypassed aviation regulators on Tuesday and urged leading helicopter manufacturers to install so-called black boxes that ...
Virginia county pulls officers from DC after Trump photo-op
ARLINGTON, Va. — A county in northern Virginia pulled its officers out of the District of Columbia Monday night after they played a supporting role in...
Minneapolis police face civil rights probe over Floyd death
MINNEAPOLIS — The state of Minnesota on Tuesday launched a civil rights investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department in hopes of forcing widespr...
Retired officer, ex-college athlete among victims of unrest
One man was a retired St. Louis police captain checking on his friend's shop. Another was the beloved owner of a Louisville barbecue restaurant who pr...
John Prine’s wife urges Tennessee to expand absentee voting
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The wife of singer-songwriter John Prine, who died from complications of COVID-19, urged lawmakers Tuesday to expand absentee votin...
Trump offers ‘domination’ of DC protests as model for states
WASHINGTON — Claiming he is backed by a “silent majority," President Donald Trump turned the nation’s capital into a model for the overwhelming force ...
Bell, Telus give 5G contracts to Europeans, Huawei shut out
TORONTO — Two of Canada’s three major telecommunication companies announced Tuesday they’ve decided not to use Chinese tech giant Huawei for their nex...
Some governors balk at Trump request to send troops to DC
RICHMOND, Va. — Some governors are rejecting President Donald Trump's request to send National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., for a massive militar...
Pompeo hits China over Tiananmen as US faces civil unrest
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday marked this week's anniversary of China's deadly 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in ...
Experts watch as Rio de Janeiro economy starts to reopen
RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro, one of the cities worst hit by COVID-19 in Brazil, slowly started to reopen on Tuesday, more than two months after no...
Hoops Hall mulls date for Bryant, Class of 2020 induction
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame was gearing up for a great year: not just the all-but-certain election of NBA superstars like Kobe Bryan...
Former tennis star still shaken by encounter with cop in ’15
Nearly five years later, former tennis star James Blake says he never suspected the large man running toward him was a plainclothes New York City poli...
Yellowstone Park entrances in Montana opened to visitors
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Three Yellowstone National Park entrances have opened in Montana after they were closed two months ago to prevent the spread of the c...
Movie night in Venezuela barrio offers respite from troubles
CARACAS, Venezuela — At nightfall in one corner of Venezuela's largest and most notorious barrio, all eyes turned to the glow of a temporary movie scr...
Review: Documentary about electric racing holds little spark
For proof that Leonardo DiCaprio can't save every film he touches, look no further than “And We Go Green,” a languid documentary about the electric ca...
Wes Unseld, Hall of Famer and NBA champion in DC, dies at 74
WASHINGTON — Wes Unseld was an undersized NBA center known more for his bruising picks, tenacious rebounding and perfectly placed outlet passes than a...
Concerns mount about two studies on drugs for coronavirus
Concerns are mounting about studies in two influential medical journals on drugs used in people with coronavirus, including one that led multiple coun...