Soap believed to be cocaine lands dealers, buyer behind bars
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Police say the only clean part of an intended drug deal at a North Carolina airport was the fact that the...
What a break! Man's fall leads to hospital lottery pool win
STRATFORD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man walking to buy a lottery ticket for this week’s massive Mega Millions jackpot fell and broke his...
Goodwill workers in NJ find original 1774 'rebel' newspaper
BELLMAWR, N.J. (AP) — A quick eye by Goodwill workers in southern New Jersey turned up framed pages from an original 1774 Philadelphia newspaper with...
UK police hunt shoplifter who looks like David Schwimmer
LONDON (AP) — British police are hunting a shoplifter who bears a striking resemblance to Ross Geller, the character played by David Schwimmer on the...
'Corpse flower' that smells like dirty diapers to bloom
HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Just in time for Halloween, a rare “corpse flower” that gets its nickname from its putrid smell is expected to bloom...
'French Spiderman' barred from climbing UK buildings
LONDON (AP) — French urban climber Alain Robert has been banned from climbing any building in Britain after scaling one of London’s tallest skyscrapers without...
Look what we found: Tiny female lion cub in French garage
PARIS (AP) — France’s customs agency says it’s made an extremely surprising discovery in a garage in Marseille: a lion cub. Marseille’s customs brigade found...
100s of Oregon 'witches' paddle down river, minus the brooms
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of “witches” traded in broomsticks for paddles in Oregon during the last weekend before Halloween. The costumed coven paddled six...
Philadelphia's decadent 'Wing Bowl' no more after 26 years
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s annual decadent display of binge eating and bad behavior known as Wing Bowl is over after 26 years. The event hosted...
Police: Men arrested in pumpkin smashing crime spree
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Police in the southern Oregon town of Grants Pass have arrested two men suspected in a pumpkin-powered crime spree, ending...
Bare buns: Half-naked woman falls through Cook Out ceiling
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee say a half-naked woman fell twice through a restaurant’s ceiling and landed in its kitchen. News outlets report...
Relief: Police recover stolen inflatable colon
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There was a sigh of relief after police recovered a giant inflatable colon that is used to teach about the...
Drunk baggage handler falls asleep in hold, flies to Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) — Police say a baggage handler told them he was drunk when he fell asleep in a cargo hold and flew from Kansas...
Palestinians revive calls to end security ties with Israel
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestine Liberation Organization’s mini-parliament has called for ending security coordination with Israeli forces in the West Bank — a...
Taliban: 5 freed from US military prison now in Qatar office
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Five members of the Afghan Taliban who were freed from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in exchange for captured...
Israel holds municipal vote, Jerusalem chooses new mayor
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis voted in municipal elections across the country on Tuesday, with a closely watched race taking place in Jerusalem — a city...
Nigerian group says troops shot, killed 27 Shiite Muslims
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s main Shiite Muslim movement says Nigerian troops shot and killed at least 27 of its members during a procession to...
Denmark alleges Iran plotted to kill activist on Danish soil
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A police operation last month that briefly cut off Copenhagen from the rest of Denmark stemmed from an alleged Iranian plot...
NATO, Russia expected to behave during dueling Nordic drills
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — NATO’s secretary general said Tuesday he is confident the Western military alliance and Russia “will act in a respectable way” as...
China reverses ban on trade in tiger, rhino products
BEIJING (AP) — China says it will allow trading in products made from endangered tigers and rhinos under “special circumstances,” reversing a previous ban and...
APNewsBreak: South Sudan rebel leader Machar to return
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — South Sudan armed opposition leader Riek Machar is coming home under the country’s latest peace deal, more than two years after...
Previous flight of crashed Lion Air jet terrified passengers
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Relatives numbed by grief provided samples for DNA tests to help identify victims of the Lion Air plane crash that killed...
Migrant caravan demands transport as 2nd group enters Mexico
NILTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — More than 1,000 migrants in a second caravan that forged its way across the river from Guatemala began walking through southern...
'Rage' against elite: Centrist leaders losing Europe's favor
LONDON (AP) — Angela Merkel’s decision to step down as party leader even as she tries to keep her position as German chancellor highlights a...
Fiat Chrysler profits hit by charges for diesel probe
MILAN (AP) — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said Tuesday its third-quarter profits dropped nearly 40 percent due to a one-off charge to cover possible payments in...
Gum, bottled water, pizza bagels want to be called 'healthy'
NEW YORK (AP) — Pizza bagels, chewing gum and bottled water want to play a starring new role in our diets: Foods that can be...
Colombia opens probe into US coal company for militia ties
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The office of Colombia’s chief prosecutor says authorities are opening an investigation into whether an Alabama-based coal company financed a paramilitary...
Coke rides on sales of healthier drinks
ATLANTA (AP) — Strong sales of “premium” water and sugar-free sodas powered third-quarter earnings for Coca-Cola Co. Coke President and CEO James Quincey said enhanced...
Ben & Jerry's unveils Pecan Resist flavor ahead of midterms
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s is taking a stand against what it calls the Trump administration’s regressive policies by rebranding...
US home price gains weaken for 5th straight month
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home price gains slowed for the fifth straight month in August as higher mortgage rates have lowered home sales. The S&P...
Stocks rally on earnings a day after ending at 5-month lows
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are climbing Tuesday as investors were encouraged by solid earnings reports from several big U.S. companies. Oreo maker Mondelez...
iPads, Macs get new screens as Apple pushes creativity
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple’s new iPads will more closely resemble its latest iPhones as they ditch a home button and fingerprint sensor to make...
Pfizer's 3Q profit, up due to tax cut, beats expectations
Pfizer posted a 45 percent jump in third-quarter profit, as the biggest U.S.-based drugmaker benefited from sharply lower taxes due to this year’s federal tax...
GE slashes dividend, takes $22 billion charge in 3Q
General Electric slashed its quarterly dividend and announced it will restructure its power business, as the industrial conglomerate struggles with sagging profits and a spate...
Candidates sidestep Trump in midterm closing message
POINT PLEASANT, N.J. (AP) — Tom MacArthur is doing something that’s familiar to dozens of candidates in the most fiercely contested congressional races: Tiptoeing around...
Election postponed for typhoon-ravaged Northern Marianas
HONOLULU (AP) — Elections are being postponed in a Pacific U.S. territory going without electricity after a super typhoon destroyed homes, toppled trees, utility poles...
Bid to ban state funds for abortions tests open Oregon laws
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Teenage girls in Oregon don’t need their parents’ consent to end an unwanted pregnancy, women in the country illegally have coverage...
Trump escalates threats against migrant caravan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to focus voters on immigration in the lead-up to the midterm elections, President Donald Trump on Monday escalated his threats against...
State Department: Enrollment of US diplomats is up this year
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says the number of diplomats enrolling in its training academy is on the rise, signaling a possible turnaround for...
Anger toward media spreads into local communities
NEW YORK (AP) — The hostility she’s felt from the public recently wasn’t necessarily the last straw in television news photographer Lori Bentley-Law’s decision to...
US citizen held 13 months for suspected ties to IS is freed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has released a dual American-Saudi citizen who was suspected of working with the Islamic State and detained by the U.S....
Jimmy Carter wades into Georgia governor's race
ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter is wading into the contentious Georgia governor’s race with a personal appeal to Republican candidate Brian Kemp: Resign...
The Latest: Pentagon sending 5,200 troops to border
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and immigration (all times local): 4:23 p.m. The Defense Department says it’s sending 5,200 active duty...
Trump says media is 'Enemy' after shooting, bomb plot
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on the news media Monday following a week of election-season violence, arguing that “fraudulent” reporting was...
The Latest: Sanders: Media wrongly blaming Trump for attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local): 2:45 p.m. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is accusing the media...
Markets Right Now: Stocks sink again, extending dismal month
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 4 p.m. Stocks are closing sharply lower in another dizzying day...
Take your time: EU delays tweaking Europe's clocks
BRUSSELS (AP) — The time isn’t yet ripe to tweak Europe’s clocks. European transport ministers meeting in Austria decided Monday to take a little more...
UK to start taxing big internet companies
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief unveiled Monday a new tax on big internet companies’ revenues, insisting it is time that the global tech giants...
China's yuan sinks to 10-year low against dollar
BEIJING (AP) — China’s yuan sank to a 10-year low against the dollar on Monday, coming close to breaking the politically sensitive level of seven...
Google to give away $25 million to fund humane AI projects
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) — Google will give away $25 million to projects that propose ways to use the artificial intelligence of computers to help create...