Nicolás Maduro AP Exclusive: US talks secretly to Venezuela socialist bossAssociated Press - By JOSHUA GOODMAN, Associated PressBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The U.S. has opened up secret communications with Venezuela's socialist party boss as members of President Nicolás Maduro's inner circle seek guarantees they won't face retribution
Nicolás Maduro AP Exclusive: US talks secretly to Venezuela socialist bossAssociated Press - By JOSHUA GOODMANBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The U.S. has opened up secret communications with Venezuela's socialist party boss as members of President Nicolás Maduro's inner circle seek guarantees they won't face retribution
U.S. Politics Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana's governor during Katrina, diesAssociated Press - By MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated PressBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who became the state's first female elected governor only to see her political career derailed by the devastation of Hurricane has
Iceland Funeral for lost ice: Iceland bids farewell to glacierAssociated Press - By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science WriterOKJOKULL GLACIER, Iceland (AP) — It was a funeral for ice. With poetry, moments of silence and political speeches about the urgent need to fight climate change, Icelandic officials, activists and others
Phil Mickelson Mickelson late to the course after lightning hits hotelAssociated Press - By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf WriterMEDINAH, Ill. (AP) — Phil Mickelson had a wild Sunday, and that was before he showed up for the BMW Championship. Mickelson said on Twitter that lightning struck the hotel where he was staying, leading
Business Trade war's losers could include microchips, energy, banksAssociated Press - By STAN CHOE, AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Looking across the stock market, it's hard to find a company that isn't vulnerable in some degree to the U.S.-China trade war. Stocks of companies that do lots of business with China, as
Gibraltar Iranian tanker sought by US heads to unknown destinationAssociated Press - By ARITZ PARRA and HERNAN MUÑOZ, Associated PressGIBRALTAR (AP) — An Iranian supertanker hauling $130 million worth of light crude oil that the U.S. suspects to be tied to a sanctioned organization lifted its anchor and begun moving away from Gibraltar
Larry Kudlow Trump dismisses worries of recession, says economy is strongAssociated Press - By KEVIN FREKING, Associated PressBERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump dismissed concerns of recession on Sunday and offered an optimistic outlook for the economy after last week's steep drop in the financial markets. don't
Poland Rescue workers try to free 2 trapped cavers in PolandAssociated PressWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish media are reporting that more than two dozen rescue experts are trying to free two spelunkers trapped by rising water in a cave in southern Poland. The private broadcaster
Bernie Sanders Sanders' criminal justice plan aims to cut prison populationAssociated Press - By MEG KINNARD, Associated PressCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is proposing a criminal justice overhaul that aims to cut the nation's prison population in half, end mandatory minimum sentencing,
Sanctions Trump wields sanctions hammer; experts wonder to what endAssociated Press - By MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic WriterThe Trump administration is aggressively pursuing economic sanctions as a primary foreign policy tool to an extent unseen in decades, or perhaps ever. Many are questioning the results even as officials
Martha McSally Suburban voters are pressuring Republicans to act on gunsAssociated Press - By JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated PressGILBERT, Ariz. (AP) — Following the news has grown stressful for Angela Tetschner, a 39-year-old nurse raising four children in this sprawling Phoenix suburb of tile roofs, desert yards, young families
Daniel Cormier Miocic stops Cormier, reclaims heavyweight belt at UFC 241Associated Press - By GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports WriterANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Stipe Miocic waited over a year to face Daniel Cormier again, and his plan for the rematch didn't start to work until they were deep in the fourth round. That's when the patient,
Lampedusa Migrants jump off rescue boat to try to reach Italian islandAssociated Press - By FRANCES D'EMILIO, Associated PressROME (AP) — Several migrants jumped into the sea from a Spanish rescue boat Sunday in a thwarted bid to reach shore in Italy, where the government's hard-line interior minister has refused to let the passengers
Brexit Leaked UK memos warn of food, drug shortages in Brexit chaosAssociated Press - By RAPHAEL SATTER, Associated PressLONDON (AP) — Secret British government documents have warned of serious disruptions across the country in the event that the U.K. leaves the European Union without a trade deal on Oct. 31, according a
News French police suicide rate climbs, French govt is flummoxedAssociated Press - By ELAINE GANLEY, Associated PressPARIS (AP) — Three riot police officers, a police commander, a police academy teacher — all are among eight French police officers who have killed themselves recently. That makes 64 so far this year —
Mexico City Mexico City assesses monument damage after anti-rape marchAssociated Press - By AMY GUTHRIE, Associated PressMEXICO CITY (AP) — Workers erected a wooden wall around Mexico City's iconic Angel of Independence monument Saturday after feminists defaced it with graffiti during a raucous and violent protest over string
Portland, OR Far-right and antifa groups both claim victory at PortlandAssociated Press - By GILLIAN FLACCUS, Associated PressPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — With both the left and the right declaring victory following a long-hyped rally that had Portland, Oregon, on edge it seems the liberal city will continue to be a flashpoint in an
Afghanistan Islamic State claims bombing at Kabul wedding that killed 63Associated Press - By RAHIM FAIEZ and CARA ANNA, Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The suicide bomber stood in the middle of the dancing, clapping crowd as hundreds of Afghan children and adults celebrated a wedding in a joyous release from Kabul's strain of
Hong Kong Police keep low profile at huge, peaceful Hong Kong protestAssociated Press - By KELVIN CHAN and YANAN WANG, Associated PressHONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong streets were turned into rivers of umbrellas on Sunday as hundreds of thousands of people marched through heavy rain down a major road in the Chinese territory, where massive
El Paso Times Strangers come for miles to mourn El Paso shooting victimAssociated Press - By RUSSELL CONTRERAS, Associated PressEL PASO, Texas (AP) — Thousands of strangers came to say goodbye to a woman who was killed in a mass shooting in El Paso after hearing her longtime companion had few family members left. Antonio Basco
Kabul The Latest: Witness says children killed in Kabul blastAssociated PressKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The latest on a suicide bombing inside a crowded wedding hall in Afghanistan's capital (all times local): A witness to a suicide bombing at a wedding party in Afghanistan's capital
Kabul Dozens dead or hurt in wedding party blast in Afghan capitalAssociated Press - By RAHIM FAIEZ, Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide-bomb blast ripped through a wedding party on a busy Saturday night in Afghanistan's capital and dozens of people were killed or wounded, a government official said.
Elizabeth Warren Warren, Sanders get personal with young, black ChristiansAssociated Press - By BILL BARROW, Associated PressCOLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren framed their Democratic presidential bids in personal, faith-based terms Saturday before black millennial Christians who could help determine
Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia standoff suspect charged with attempted murderAssociated PressPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man suspected of shooting six police officers during an hourslong standoff that ended when tear gas caused the man to surrender was charged with attempted murder. Authorities have
Saudi Aramco Yemen rebel drone attack targets remote Saudi oil fieldAssociated Press - By JON GAMBRELL, Associated PressDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Drones launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked a massive oil and gas field deep inside Saudi Arabia's sprawling desert on Saturday, causing what the kingdom described
News Phoenix looks to be next big city with citizen police reviewAssociated Press - By ANITA SNOW, Associated PressPHOENIX (AP) — Dozens of people, mostly African Americans, huddled around tables scattered across a church gymnasium on a recent evening, discussing past run-ins with Phoenix police officers and ways hold
Alaska Blooms, beasts affected as Alaska records hottest monthAssociated Press - By DAN JOLING, Associated PressANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska has been America's canary in the coal mine for climate warming, and the yellow bird is swooning. July was Alaska's warmest month ever, according to the National Oceanic
Business Stock market gyrates as the economic picture gets blurredAssociated Press - By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA, AP Business WritersYou're not the only one confused about where the economy is headed. Just look at the stock market, where perplexed investors have been sending stocks on a wild ride in August. And there could be plenty
Obituaries 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' animator Richard Williams has diedAssociated Press - By RAPHAEL SATTER, The Associated PressLONDON (AP) — Richard Williams, a Canadian-British animator whose work on the bouncing cartoon bunny in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" helped blur the boundaries between the animated world and our own, has
