US official says China not forthcoming in talks with Pompeo
WASHINGTON — A senior State Department official said Thursday that the United States was disappointed by China’s attitude at a meeting between Secreta...
Judge OKs housing for 7,000 LA homeless living near freeways
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge has approved an agreement in which the city and county of Los Angeles will provide housing for almost 7,000 homeless peo...
Facebook removes Trump ads with symbols once used by Nazis
WASHINGTON — Facebook has removed campaign ads by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence that featured an upside-down red triangle, a sy...
Decline in new US virus deaths may be temporary reprieve
The number of deaths per day from the coronavirus in the U.S. has fallen in recent weeks to the lowest level since late March, even as states increasi...
Cream of Wheat, Mrs. Butterworth confront race in packaging
Colgate, Cream of Wheat and Mrs. Butterworth are the latest brands reckoning with racially charged logos.
India seeks eased tensions with China after Himalayas clash
NEW DELHI — India said Thursday it was using diplomatic channels with China to de-escalate a military standoff in a remote Himalayan border region whe...
AP-NORC poll: Trump adds to divisions in an unhappy country
WASHINGTON — Americans are deeply unhappy about the state of their country — and a majority think President Donald Trump is exacerbating tensions in a...
Persistently high layoffs suggest a slow US economic rebound
WASHINGTON — Three months after the viral outbreak shut down businesses across the country, U.S. employers are still shedding jobs at a heavy rate, a ...
Pandemic gives businesses lessons in survival, innovation
NEW YORK — When the coronavirus outbreak forced Sean Giovanni to shut down his recording studio in for two months, he dropped off mobile equipment at ...
Review: Very hip, very haunted house in ‘Should Have Left’
C'mon. Everyone knows that when you rent a vacation house online, you read the reviews first.
Race for virus vaccine could leave some countries behind
LONDON — As the race for a vaccine against the new coronavirus intensifies, rich countries are rushing to place advance orders for the inevitably limi...
After 100-day wait, English soccer returns and takes a knee
MANCHESTER, England — Players kneeled in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and victims of the coronavirus were remembered as the Premier Leag...
Officer charged with murder for shooting Rayshard Brooks
ATLANTA — Prosecutors brought murder charges Wednesday against the white Atlanta police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks in the back, saying that Broo...
Biden calls on Trump to ‘wake up’ to havoc caused by virus
DARBY, Pa. — Joe Biden unleashed a stinging critique Wednesday of President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus, calling on Trump to "wake up” ...
Judge: Gay couple’s child was US citizen at birth in Canada
SILVER SPRING, Md. — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the State Department must recognize that the daughter of a gay couple in Maryland has been a...
Charleston officials to remove statue of slavery advocate
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Despite a South Carolina law protecting monuments, officials in the historic city of Charleston announced Wednesday that they plan to...
Bolton says Trump asked China to help him get reelected
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump asked China’s Xi Jinping during a 2019 summit meeting to help his reelection prospects by purchasing more American...
Wife of U.S. Rep. Andy Barr dies unexpectedly at age 39
LEXINGTON, Ky. — U.S. Rep. Andy Barr expressed “profound grief” Wednesday over the unexpected death of his 39-year-old wife at their home in Kentucky ...
Powell: A stronger job market is key to combating inequality
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stressed Wednesday that the federal government's role in strengthening the U.S. market in the face...
Nation’s capital could move to phase 2 reopening next week
WASHINGTON — Washington, D.C., officials are targeting next Monday for the start of phase two of reopening the nation's capital after months of social...
Senate GOP proposes police changes, less sweeping than Dems’
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans unveiled proposed changes to police procedures and accountability Wednesday, countering Democratic policing legislatio...
Washington city helps residents, merchants with wooden money
TENINO, Wash. — The blue-cheese salad dressing, butter, ground turkey, cans of grain-free dog food and new toothbrush came to $24.97.
Senate approves $2.8B plan to boost conservation, parks
WASHINGTON — The Senate has approved a bipartisan bill that would double spending on a popular conservation program and devote nearly $2 billion a yea...
World’s fastest man suspended for missing doping tests
DÜSSELDORF, Germany — The fastest man in the world has been sidelined for a string of missed doping tests.
Concrete barriers installed around Lee statue in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. — Concrete barriers were installed Wednesday morning around the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that has been ordered to be rem...
More stimulus expected as UK inflation drops to 4-year low
LONDON — Inflation in the U.K. fell to its lowest level in four years in May following a big coronavirus-related drop in prices at the pump, official ...
North Korea says it’s sending soldiers to joint border sites
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Wednesday that it will send soldiers to now-shuttered inter-Korean cooperation sites in its territory and reinst...
Months into virus, biggest one-day case spike worries Iran
TEHRAN, Iran — Months into Iran's fight against the coronavirus, doctors and nurses at Tehran’s Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital still don a mask, a disposa...
Down Under sets aside historic acrimony in UK trade talks
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Both Australia and New Zealand announced Wednesday they are starting free-trade talks with the United Kingdom, as each count...
Japan’s exports, imports sank in May amid pandemic fallout
TOKYO — Japan’s exports sank 28% in May, while imports dropped 26% as the coronavirus pandemic slammed global trade.