Pound slides on Brexit, on track for lowest close since 1985
LONDON (AP) — The pound on Tuesday touched its lowest level against the dollar since 1985, excluding a brief “flash crash” in 2016 that may...
The Latest: France: Brexit backstop not a ’2-headed monster’
LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Brexit (all times local): 4:55 p.m. France’s Europe minister says she’s ready but still waiting for alternative British proposals...
Pence aide defends stay at Trump property in Ireland
DUBLIN (AP) — A top aide to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is defending Pence’s decision to stay at one of President Donald Trump’s properties...
Former Navy SEAL enters Yale as a 52-year-old freshman
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Former Navy SEAL James Hatch says heading to class as a freshman at Yale University is just about as nerve-wracking...
Neighbor: Texas gunman was ‘violent, aggressive person’
ODESSA, Texas (AP) — The gunman in a West Texas rampage “was on a long spiral of going down” and had been fired from his...
Biden taps influence industry despite pledge on lobbyists
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden entered the Democratic primary promising “from day one” to reject campaign cash from lobbyists. “I work for you — not...
Searchers look for 9 missing in California boat fire, 25 die
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Divers and search crews were still looking Tuesday for nine missing people after at least 25 were confirmed dead when...
Shattering Taliban attack in Kabul even as US deal nears
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban on Tuesday defended their suicide bombing against an international compound in the Afghan capital that killed at least 16...
UK Parliament takes on pivotal day on Brexit
LONDON (AP) — Lawmakers returned from their summer recess Tuesday for a pivotal day in British politics as they challenged Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s insistence...
‘Catastrophic’: Hurricane Dorian parks over the Bahamas
FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Practically parking over the Bahamas for a day and a half, Hurricane Dorian pounded away at the islands Tuesday in a...
‘This ain’t your mother’s marijuana,” surgeon general says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials are issuing a national warning against marijuana use by adolescents and pregnant women , as more states legalize some...
Opposition grows to Johnson’s Parliament suspension
LONDON (AP) — Opposition to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s move to suspend Parliament crystalized Thursday amid protests, legal action and a petition that has gathered...
Yemen blames UAE for strikes that killed at least 30 troops
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s internationally recognized government accused the Emirati air force of attacking its troops Thursday as they were heading to the key...
China rotates new troops into Hong Kong amid mass protests
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s military deployed fresh troops to Hong Kong on Thursday in what it called a routine rotation amid speculation that it...
Brazilian indigenous speak out as Amazon fires rage
ALTAMIRA, Brazil (AP) — As fires raged in parts of the Amazon, Mydje Kayapo sat in a small boat looking out over the Curua River...
Thanks to consumers, US economy is rising steadily if slowly
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economic landscape would look even bleaker if not for America’s consumers. The economy slowed in the spring, and many analysts...
Attacks by US extremists lead to push for anti-terror laws
SALEM, Oregon (AP) — A white man opens fire at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, targeting Mexicans and killing 22 people. Another man kills...
US proposing easing rules on climate-changing oil emissions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil and gas companies could face far looser oversight of emissions of potent climate-changing methane gas under a proposal expected from the...
10 Democrats set for next debate as several others miss cut
WASHINGTON (AP) — Struggling Democratic presidential candidates are facing the bad news that they are not among the 10 who have qualified for the next...
UK’s Johnson is gambling his future on suspending Parliament
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is gambling his future on the audacious proposition that he can blunt an effort to halt his...
Hurricane on track for Florida after strike in Caribbean
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Dorian posed an increasing menace to Florida as it pushed over open waters Thursday after leaving limited damage in Puerto Rico...
Report: US must communicate better with hostage families
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States must do a better job communicating with families of American hostages held overseas, including telling “hard truths” to loved...
After World Cup rage, Cameroon faces demands for punishment
VALENCIENNES, France (AP) — After all the rage and rebellion in the stadium, England players received a far more convivial reception back at their hotel...
Ethiopia says plotter of failed coup is killed by military
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The Ethiopian army brigadier accused of leading a failed coup against a regional government has been killed in a firefight...
Dikembe Mutombo records Ebola messages for US officials
NEW YORK (AP) — Unable to send disease fighters to help battle one of the deadliest Ebola outbreaks in history, U.S. health officials are turning...
For Turkey’s Erdogan, a challenge in former stronghold
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hasn’t lost many elections since the conservative party he co-founded took control of the government in 2002....
AP-NORC Poll: Democratic voters not fully tuned in to 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two dozen Democratic presidential candidates have crisscrossed the country for six months selling their vision for the United States. But, on...
Intense heat wave to strike Paris, shimmer across Europe
PARIS (AP) — The sunset had an orange glow and so does the new heat alert level for Paris. Authorities around the French capital have...
Justices side with business, government in information fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with businesses and the U.S. government Monday in a ruling about the public’s access to information, telling a...
Hidden oil spill: New study contradicts owner’s claims
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A new federally led study of oil seeping from a platform toppled off Louisiana’s coast 14½ years ago found releases lower...
Trump order seeks disclosure of hospital prices
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Monday that calls for upfront disclosure by hospitals of actual prices for common tests...
US pushes Palestinian economic plan amid doubts, hostility
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Despite withering criticism, charges of hypocrisy and outright rejection from the intended beneficiaries, the Trump administration is plowing ahead with a...
Pompeo in Saudi Arabia, Iran threatens more US drone attacks
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held talks Monday with the Saudi king and crown prince after days of...
Trump, often a critic of alliances, hails US D-Day partners
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — President Donald Trump, who has at times questioned the value of NATO and other institutions that emerged from World War II,...
Did Biden go green enough? Green New Deal advocates split
WASHINGTON (AP) — The climate change activists who vaulted the Green New Deal to prominence in the 2020 presidential campaign got what they wanted this...
Training rollover kills West Point cadet, injures many
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — A vehicle loaded with West Point cadets on summer training overturned in rough, wooded terrain Thursday, killing one cadet and...
Teens graduating in California town nearly destroyed by fire
PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Paradise these days is surrounded by piles of crumpled garage doors and melted ovens. The roads teem with dump trucks and...
Lack of abortion access troubles Guam’s 1st female governor
HONOLULU (AP) — Lourdes Leon Guerrero vigorously defended abortion rights as she campaigned to become the first female governor of Guam. She won, but now...
Binnington, Blues beat Bruins 2-1, lead Stanley Cup 3-2
BOSTON (AP) — From last place in the league to the brink of their first Stanley Cup championship, the St. Louis Blues need one more...
‘Dr. John,’ funky New Orleans ‘night-tripper’ musician, dies
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dr. John, the New Orleans singer and piano player who blended black and white musical styles with a hoodoo-infused stage persona...
D-Day at 75: Nations honor aging veterans, fallen comrades
OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — Standing on the windswept beaches and bluffs of Normandy, a dwindling number of aging veterans of history’s greatest air and...
US opens new mass facility in Texas for migrant children
The federal government is opening a new mass facility to hold migrant children in Texas and considering detaining hundreds more youths on three military bases...
US commander says Mideast buildup prompted Iran ‘step back’
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran has chosen to “step back and recalculate” after making preparations for an apparent attack against U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf...
US and Mexico: Negotiators claim progress; no deal yet
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and Mexican officials claim to be making progress as they labored for a second day to avert import tariffs. But President...
Biden now says he opposes ban on federal money for abortion
ATLANTA (AP) — After two days of intense criticism, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden reversed course Thursday and declared that he no longer supports a...
White House: Trump ‘deadly serious” about Mexico tariffs
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top White House official said Sunday that President Donald Trump is “deadly serious” about slapping tariffs on imports from Mexico but...
Did ‘silencer’ make a difference in Virginia Beach carnage?
The shooter who killed 12 people in a government office building in Virginia Beach used a firearm equipped with a suppressor that muffles the sound...
Legendary Queen of Creole Cuisine, Leah Chase, dies at 96
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans chef and civil rights icon Leah Chase, who created the city’s first white-tablecloth restaurant for black patrons, broke the...
China blames US for trade dispute, says it won’t back down
BEIJING (AP) — China issued a report Sunday blaming the United States for the countries’ trade dispute and said it won’t back down on “major...
D-Day’s 24 hours changed 20th century, and Europe, forever
ON OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — All at once, Charles Shay tried to stanch the bleeding from a ripped-open stomach, dull the pain with morphine...