New report finds anti-Semitism on the rise in Czech Republic
PRAGUE — The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the Czech Republic doubled last year, the Jewish community said Wednesday.
With wins in 7 states and DC, Biden closes in on nomination
Joe Biden is on the cusp of formally securing the Democratic presidential nomination after winning hundreds more delegates in primary contests that te...
Turkey: officers disperse anti-police brutality protest
ISTANBUL — Police in Istanbul have dispersed a small group of demonstrators who gathered in the Turkish city to denounce police violence and to stand ...
Pandemic brings 1st Australian recession in 29 years
CANBERRA, Australia — The coronavirus pandemic pushed Australia’s economy into recession for the first time in 29 years in the first quarter of the ye...
European jobless rate up modestly, Germany mulls stimulus
BERLIN — Europe's unemployment rate ticked up modestly last month, contained by use of labor programs that have kept millions of workers on payrolls a...
In COVID-19 darkness, gift of a `Moment of Light’ to museum
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — If not for the pandemic, Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum would have missed out on a classic Dutch 16th century painting it so badly c...
Burkina Faso’s food woes deepen as extremists expand reach
TOUGAN, Burkina Faso — Islamic extremists chased Adama Drabo and his family from their land in western Burkina Faso, forcing them to abandon a year's ...
‘Not stopping’: Defiant NYC protesters march through curfew
NEW YORK — An 8 p.m. curfew didn’t stop thousands of defiant demonstrators from marching through the streets of New York City throughout the night Tue...
Asia Today: S Korea reopening schools despite spike in cases
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on Wednesday reported 49 new cases of COVID-19, continuing a weekslong resurgence of the virus as the government defe...
Police shove, make AP journalists stop covering protest
NEW YORK — New York City police officers surrounded, shoved and yelled expletives at two Associated Press journalists covering protests Tuesday in the...
Iowa voters oust Rep. King, shunned for insensitive remarks
DES MOINES, Iowa — Republicans in northwest Iowa ousted Rep. Steve King in Tuesday’s primary, deciding they’ve had enough of the conservative lightnin...
Biden moves closer to formally winning Democratic nomination
Joe Biden is on the cusp of formally securing the Democratic presidential nomination after winning hundreds more delegates in primary contests Tuesday...
The Latest: Thousands on New York City streets after curfew
The Latest on the May 25 death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on ...
Mexico’s president goes full-steam ahead with Mayan train
MEXICO CITY — Residents of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula remember riding trains to visit relatives or sell their produce decades ago, so when President A...
Asian shares rise as Wall Street gains for 3rd straight day
TOKYO — Asian shares rose Wednesday after Wall Street extended its gains for the third straight day, driven by optimism over economies reopening from ...
Trump says GOP is pulling convention from North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday night that he is seeking a new state to host this summer’s Republican National Convention aft...
The Latest: UN body calls for action on debt amid pandemic
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with e...
Broncos stop football to talk about race relations, Floyd
Instead of X's and O's, the Denver Broncos spent Tuesday talking about racial injustice, police brutality and healing a nation rocked by demonstration...
Protesters return to the streets as Trump decries ‘lowlifes’
WASHINGTON — Undeterred by curfews, protesters streamed back into the nation's streets Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump pressed governors t...
NASCAR City USA: Cup Series set for 2021 return to Nashville
It’s music to NASCAR’s ears: the stock car series is set to return to Nashville, Tennessee in 2021.
Zuckerberg still under fire over inflammatory Trump posts
OAKLAND, Calif. — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg isn’t budging over his refusal to take action on inflammatory posts by President Donald Trump that spre...
Pelosi urges Trump to be ‘healer in chief’ as protests rage
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday urged President Donald Trump to be a “healer in chief” while Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...
Trump questions render Trudeau speechless for 21 seconds
TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that Canadians are watching what’s unfolding in the United States with “horror and const...
GOP senators offer rare rebuke of Trump on church visit
WASHINGTON — A handful of GOP senators spoke out Tuesday against President Donald Trump, criticizing his visit to a church after police removed peacef...
DC officials push back on aggressive response to protests
WASHINGTON — Officials in the nation’s capital pushed back Tuesday on an aggressive response by the federal government to demonstrations over the deat...
Safety board asks helicopter makers to install ‘black boxes’
Federal safety investigators bypassed aviation regulators on Tuesday and urged leading helicopter manufacturers to install so-called black boxes that ...
Virginia county pulls officers from DC after Trump photo-op
ARLINGTON, Va. — A county in northern Virginia pulled its officers out of the District of Columbia Monday night after they played a supporting role in...
Minneapolis police face civil rights probe over Floyd death
MINNEAPOLIS — The state of Minnesota on Tuesday launched a civil rights investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department in hopes of forcing widespr...
Retired officer, ex-college athlete among victims of unrest
One man was a retired St. Louis police captain checking on his friend's shop. Another was the beloved owner of a Louisville barbecue restaurant who pr...
John Prine’s wife urges Tennessee to expand absentee voting
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The wife of singer-songwriter John Prine, who died from complications of COVID-19, urged lawmakers Tuesday to expand absentee votin...