Northern California Wildfire acreage way down in California this year _ so farAssociated PressSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California fire officials say acreage burned so far this year is down 90% compared to the average over the past five years. The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says
U.S. Politics With eyes on election, White House insists economy is strongAssociated Press - By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The "fundamentals" of the U.S. economy are solid, the White House asserted Monday, invoking an ill-fated political declaration of a decade ago amid mounting concern that a recession imperil
Jeffrey Epstein Records: Epstein signed will 2 days before jailhouse suicideAssociated Press - By JIM MUSTIAN and CURT ANDERSONNEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein signed a will just two days before he killed himself in the Manhattan federal jail, new court records show, opening a new legal front in what could be a yearslong battle
Kenny Stills Dolphins' Stills objects to comments by Jay-Z about NFL dealAssociated Press - By STEVEN WINE, AP Sports WriterDAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins receiver Kenny Stills objected Monday to recent comments from rapper Jay-Z about social activism by current and former NFL players, including Colin Kaepernick. Jay-Z the
Hong Kong Twitter shuts Chinese accounts targeting Hong Kong protestsAssociated Press - By TAMI ABDOLLAH, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter said Monday it has suspended more than 200,000 accounts that it believes were part of a Chinese government influence campaign targeting the protest movement in Hong Kong. The
U.S. Treasury Q&A: Recession jitters are rising. Is there reason to worry?Associated Press - By JOSH BOAK, AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Nerves are being frayed by a global economy that increasingly looks breakable. Growth is stalling. Factory output is down. Oil demand is off. U.S. tariffs on China have slowed trade.
U.S. Dept. of Defense Pentagon conducts 1st test of previously banned missileAssociated Press - By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has conducted a flight test of a type of missile banned for more than 30 years by a treaty that both the United States and Russia abandoned this month, the Pentagon
Business Brand-name drug prices rising at slower pace, lower amountsAssociated Press - By LINDA A. JOHNSON and NICKY FORSTER, Associated PressTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Drug companies are still raising prices for brand-name prescription medicines, just not as often or by as much as they used to, according to an Associated Press analysis. After years
Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood leaves federal family planning programAssociated Press - By DAVID CRARY and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Planned Parenthood said Monday it's pulling out of the federal family planning program rather than abide by a new Trump administration rule prohibiting clinics from referring women for
Recession Wide implications as Germany teeters toward recessionAssociated Press - By DAVID RISING, Associated PressBERLIN (AP) — Germany, Europe's industrial powerhouse and biggest economy, with companies like Volkswagen, Siemens and BASF, may be entering a recession, according to a gloomy report from the country's
Emmanuel Macron Putin, Macron hold French-Russian talks before G-7Associated Press - By SYLVIE CORBET, Associated PressPARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to give a new boost to peace talks with Ukraine and to improve Moscow's relations with the European Union during
Jeffrey Epstein US prisons chief removed from position after Epstein's deathAssociated Press - By MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr removed the acting director of the Bureau of Prisons from his position Monday, more than a week after millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein took his own
Boris Johnson UK PM Boris Johnson faces rising Brexit strategy criticismAssociated Press - By DANICA KIRKA and ANGELA CHARLTON, Associated PressLONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing rising criticism of his Brexit strategy at home as he increases pressure on the European Union to re-open negotiations ahead of key meetings
Business Markets Right Now: Stocks rise again, led by technologyAssociated PressNEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): Stocks are notching their third gain in a row, powered by gains in technology companies after the U.S. gave Chinese telecom
Elizabeth Warren Warren apologizes for heritage claim, woos Native AmericansAssociated Press - By ELANA SCHOR and JOSH FUNK, Associated PressSIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren offered a public apology Monday to Native Americans over her past claim to tribal heritage, directly tackling an area that's to
Clemson Tigers Another first for Clemson: No. 1 in AP preseason Top 25Associated Press - By RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football WriterCross off another milestone for Clemson, college football's newest superpower. For the first time, the defending national champion Tigers are No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 presented by
Ilhan Omar Omar: Go to Israel, see 'cruel reality of the occupation'Associated Press - By STEVE KARNOWSKI, Associated PressST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib sharply criticized Israel on Monday for denying them entry to the Jewish state and called on fellow members of Congress to visit while
Eric Garner NYPD fires officer 5 years after Garner's chokehold deathAssociated Press - By JIM MUSTIAN, MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS, Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — After five years of investigations and protests, the New York City Police Department on Monday fired an officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, the black man whose
Business Technology companies drive a broad rally on Wall StreetAssociated Press - By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business WriterTechnology companies powered a rally on Wall Street Monday that gave the market its third straight gain. The surge in tech stocks followed a decision by the U.S. to give Chinese telecom giant Huawei another
Huawei US extends limited reprieve on tech sales to China's HuaweiAssociated Press - By FRANK BAJAK, Associated PressThe Trump administration has extended a limited reprieve on U.S. technology sales to Huawei, even as questions remain over how much of an effect broader sanctions are having on the Chinese technology Huawei
Jeffrey Epstein Early Epstein accuser: Police could have stopped him in 1997Associated Press - By KATIE CAMPIONE and JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated PressSANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — More than two decades before Jeffrey Epstein took his own life, a woman went into a California police station and filed one of the earliest sex-crime complaints against him:
Human Rights Airstrikes target Turkish convoy in Syria, raising tensionsAssociated Press - By ALBERT AJI and SUZAN FRASER, Associated PressDAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Airstrikes targeted a Turkish army convoy inside a rebel-held part of northwestern Syria on Monday, killing three civilians and wounding 12 others, the Turkish Defense Ministry Syria
Canary Islands Thousands flee from 'monster' wildfire on Canary IslandsAssociated Press - By BARRY HATTON, Associated PressLISBON, Portugal (AP) — A major, out-of-control wildfire in Spain's Canary Islands was throwing flames 50 meters (160 feet) into the air on Monday, forcing emergency workers to evacuate more than 9,000
Notre Dame Cathedral Lead scrubbed from Paris streets as Notre Dame work resumesAssociated Press - By ANGELA CHARLTON, Associated PressPARIS (AP) — Specialists shoring up fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral returned Monday to the Paris site for the first time in nearly a month, this time wearing disposable underwear and other protective
Greenland Danish PM: Trump's idea of buying Greenland is 'absurd'Associated Press - By JAN M. OLSEN, Associated PressCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Greenland is not for sale and U.S. President Donald Trump's idea of buying the semi-autonomous Danish territory in the Arctic from Denmark is "an absurd discussion," Denmark's
Gibraltar Iranian tanker sought by US heading toward GreeceAssociated Press - By CIARAN GILES, Associated PressMADRID (AP) — An Iranian supertanker with $130 million worth of light crude oil that the U.S. suspects is tied to a sanctioned organization left Gibraltar and was heading east into the Mediterranean Sea
Afghanistan Afghanistan mourns, vows to crush militants after attackAssociated Press - By RAHIM FAIEZ, Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — As Afghanistan mourned the 63 people killed in a suicide bombing at a Kabul wedding , a brother of the groom spoke through tears of his weariness at the bloodshed in the country
Recession 74% of economists in survey see US recession by end of 2021Associated Press - By MARCY GORDON, AP Business WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — A strong majority, 74%, of U.S. business economists appear sufficiently concerned about the risks of some of President Donald Trump's economic policies that they expect a recession in
Kathleen Blanco Ex-Gov. Kathleen Blanco dies, led Louisiana through KatrinaAssociated Press - By MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated PressBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Even after Hurricane Katrina ended her political career and as cancer ate away her strength, former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco still described her life as "charmed." With strength
Hong Kong China lashes out at Taiwan over Hong Kong asylum offerAssociated Press - By KELVIN CHAN and YANAN WANG, Associated PressHONG KONG (AP) — China lashed out at Taiwan on Monday over its offer of political asylum to participants in Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest movement, a day after hundreds of thousands of people marched
