Men plead not guilty to hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery death
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Three Georgia men pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges Tuesday in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man w...
United hands City the EPL title by losing 2-1 to Leicester
MANCHESTER England — Manchester United handed the Premier League title to fierce rival Manchester City on Tuesday by losing 2-1 to Leicester, which ig...
Pentagon chief during Jan. 6 riot defends military response
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's acting defense secretary during the Jan. 6 Capitol riots plans to tell Congress that he was concerned in the day...
Man City clinches third Premier League title in four seasons
MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City reclaimed the Premier League title with three games to spare after closest challenger Manchester United lost 2-1...
Internal emails reveal WHO knew of sex abuse claims in Congo
BENI, Congo — When Shekinah was working as a nurse’s aide in northeastern Congo in January 2019, she said, a World Health Organization doctor offered ...
Prosecutor plans to seek death penalty in spa shootings
ATLANTA — A man accused of killing eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, in shootings at three Atlanta-area massage businesses was indicte...
France vows tougher punishment for those who attack police
PARIS — “Dead or Alive.” The chilling words were scrawled on photos of three police officers in their uniforms posted last month on a wall in a Grenob...
Officer who shot Rayshard Brooks seeks bond modification
ATLANTA — After his firing by the Atlanta police department was reversed last week, the officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks is asking a judge to ...
One Good Thing: 98-year-old hosts virtual women’s group
BOCA RATON, Fla. — When the coronavirus pandemic shut down the Levis Jewish Community Center last year, 98-year-old Trudy Berlin sprang into action to...
Ransomware gang threatens release of DC police records
RICHMOND, Va. — A Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate that stole data from the Washington, D.C., police department says negotiations over payment ha...
PSG midfielder out for up to 6 weeks, doubtful for Euro 2020
PARIS — Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Marco Verratti will miss the rest of the season because of a right knee injury, the French club said Tuesday.
Scotland’s McLean to miss Euro 2020 due to knee injury
NORWICH, England — The player whose decisive penalties in two playoff shootouts helped Scotland to its first European Championship in 25 years was on ...
US schools fight to keep students amid fear of dropout surge
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — U.S. educators are doing everything they can to track down high school students who stopped showing up to classes and to help them...
Iran rejects US claim that speedboats sparked encounter
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard on Tuesday rejected the U.S. Navy's claim that fast-approaching Iranian speedboats in the Strait of...
Former world track chief Diack back in Senegal after release
DAKAR, Senegal — Disgraced former world athletics head Lamine Diack returned home to Senegal late Monday after a local soccer club paid a bond of just...
China adds few babies, loses workers as its 1.4B people age
BEIJING — The number of working-age people in China fell over the past decade as its aging population barely grew, a census showed Tuesday, complicati...
Mexico: Russia’s Sputnik V shortages mean limited 2nd doses
MEXICO CITY — Russian authorities have been having so many problems producing second doses of their Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine that Russia probably...
Avalanche top Golden Knights 2-1, close in on 1st in West
LAS VEGAS — J.T. Compher scored a go-ahead goal in the third period, Philipp Grubauer made 36 saves, and the Colorado Avalanche preserved their chance...
In Argentina, doctors adapt as COVID-19 strains hospitals
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Verónica Verdino, an Argentine doctor, helped a therapist insert a tube into the trachea of a COVID-19 patient during anothe...
Hall scores 2, beat Islanders in OT and secure 3rd in East
BOSTON — Taylor Hall scored his second goal of the game 2:53 into overtime and the Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders in their home finale on M...
Chinese safari park concealed leopards’ escape for 2 weeks
BEIJING — Authorities in eastern China used drones and hunting dogs to search for the last of three leopards that escaped from a safari park, which fa...
Political newcomer Youngkin wins Virginia GOP governor race
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Glenn Youngkin, a political newcomer who campaigned as a conservative, Christian outsider, bested a field of seven candidates to e...
Mexico cites Russia’s Sputnik vaccine production problems
MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities said Monday that the Russians have been having so many problems producing the second dose of the Sputnik V coronavir...
Stanford guard Anna Wilson is returning for a sixth season
SAN FRANCISCO — Stanford guard Anna Wilson will stay at the university for a sixth season to help the Cardinal try to defend their national championsh...
2 on trial as China enforces online control amid pandemic
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Two amateur computer coders taken by police from their Beijing homes last year were standing trial Tuesday in a case that illustrates...
Illinois establishing office building vaccination clinics
CHICAGO — The state of Illinois, working with business and labor organizations, plans to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to workers at offices around the ...
California expands drought emergency to large swath of state
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday expanded a drought emergency declaration to a large swath of the nation's most populated state amid “...
McCarthy sets Wednesday vote on Liz Cheney leadership ouster
WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy set a Wednesday vote for removing Rep. Liz Cheney from her Republican leadership post in the chamber...
EXPLAINER: Why the Colonial Pipeline hack matters
NEW YORK — A cyberattack on a critical U.S. pipeline is sending ripple effects across the economy, highlighting cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the n...
Detroit police chief announces retirement effective June 1
DETROIT — Detroit police Chief James Craig announced Monday that he will retire as head of the city's police force, but he did not immediately reveal ...