Civil rights: The road to Bloody Sunday began 30 miles away
MARION, Ala. — Della Simpson Maynor remembers the mounted police officer cracking her elbow with a baton. She recalls the panicked marchers unable to ...
EU’s Barnier warns of big divergences with UK in talks
BRUSSELS — The EU's chief negotiator in trade talks with former member Britain warned Thursday of “serious divergences" between the two sides after th...
Biden: Maybe it’s time to consider Secret Service protection
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden says that he's worried that protesters have stormed the stage when he's been speaking at campaign events ...
Trump cheers Bloomberg implosion, but Biden worries linger
WASHINGTON — While Super Tuesday left the Democrats with a pair of front-runners President Donald Trump believes he can define and defeat, there are s...
Airstrike in northwest Syria kills 15 ahead of Moscow summit
BEIRUT — An airstrike on a rebel-held village in northwest Syria hit a poultry farm where several displaced families were sheltering early Thursday, k...
Gadgets for tech giants made with coerced Uighur labor
NANCHANG, China — In a lively Muslim quarter of Nanchang city, a sprawling Chinese factory turns out computer screens, cameras and fingerprint scanner...
Biden’s victories unleash something he’s never had: Money
WASHINGTON — Strapped for cash and badly outspent by his rivals, Joe Biden barely had enough money to air television ads in critical Super Tuesday bat...
Asian shares rise following stimulus-led surge on Wall St
TOKYO — Asian shares rose Thursday, taking their cue from a surge on Wall Street as governments and central banks took more aggressive measures to fig...
The Latest: Australia bans travel from S Korea over virus
BANGKOK — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local):
Forced online by virus, China’s schools run into censorship
BEIJING — Less than 30 minutes into a lecture on bioinformatics, Chu Xinjian's class was abruptly cut short.
Warren reassesses path forward after dismal Super Tuesday
WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren huddled with her campaign advisers on Wednesday to determine if there was a reason to stay in the Democratic presidentia...
California delegate wave didn’t quite break as expected
LOS ANGELES — While Sen. Bernie Sanders mined the motherlode of delegates from California on Super Tuesday, it wasn’t nearly enough and isn’t getting ...
The Latest: Biden pledges unity as nomination fight narrows
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local):
Feds investigate nursing home as U.S. death toll hits 11
SEATTLE — The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed to 11 on Wednesday with a patient succumbing in California — the first reported fatality ou...
Ending campaign, Bloomberg says defeating Trump his priority
NEW YORK — In just over 100 days, Mike Bloomberg spent over $500 million of his own fortune in a quixotic bid for the presidency that collapsed in stu...
Warren reevaluates, Bloomberg drops out after Super Tuesday
LOS ANGELES — New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg suspended his presidential campaign and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was reassessing her cand...
Virus death rate still uncertain as mild cases are missed
WASHINGTON — How deadly is the coronavirus that exploded from China? The answer reflects a hard reality about fast-moving outbreaks: As cases pop up i...
Food stamp change fuels anxiety as states try to curb impact
CHICAGO — Having food stamps offers Richard Butler a stability he’s rarely known in his 25 years. He was in state custody at age 2, spent his teen yea...
Supreme Court divided in 1st big abortion case of Trump era
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared divided in its first major abortion case of the Trump era, leaving Chief Justice John Roberts as the likely de...
Cerebral new FX series ‘Devs’ likely to blow some minds
NEW YORK — The new FX series “Devs” may be set in the world of high tech, but its creator is politely asking you to put yours down while checking it o...
Takeaways from Super Tuesday: Bloomberg out, Biden buoyed
DENVER — Super Tuesday was the biggest day on the primary calendar, and the results seemed very likely to reshape the Democratic presidential race in ...
World stocks mixed after Wall Street sinks despite rate cut
BEIJING — Global stock markets were mixed Wednesday after Wall Street sank despite an emergency U.S. interest cut aimed at defusing fears the virus ou...
Analysis: Biden’s stunning turnabout remakes Democratic race
WASHINGTON — Less than a month ago, Joe Biden’s campaign was in free fall. Even after he mounted a comeback in South Carolina, he confronted the reali...
Biden wins Texas primary in resounding Super Tuesday finish
AUSTIN, Texas — Joe Biden ended a triumphant Super Tuesday by edging out Bernie Sanders in Texas, a disappointing loss for the Vermont senator even af...
ADHD diagnoses increasing in black kids, report suggests
NEW YORK — For the first time, a U.S. survey found that black children appear to be more likely than white kids to be diagnosed with attention deficit...
Spike Lee: I’m done watching Knicks at MSG this season
NEW YORK — Spike Lee still has his courtside seat, though the New York Knicks had to tell their superfan to find another way to get there.
Trump allies in Americas block Africans’ path to US asylum
TAPACHULA, Mexico — President Donald Trump isn't the only world leader making it virtually impossible for many Africans to get asylum in the United St...
UN agency: Iran nearly triples stockpile of enriched uranium
VIENNA — Iran has nearly tripled its stockpile of enriched uranium since November in violation of its deal with world powers, U.N. atomic watchdog age...
Iran’s military on alert as virus kills 77, sickens leaders
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran put its armed forces on alert Tuesday to assist health officials in battling the new coronavirus that's killed at least 77 people,...
Medication fog can mimic or worsen dementia in the elderly
Claire Dinneen's daughters thought that worsening dementia was causing her growing confusion, but her doctor suspected something else.