World

China lifts ban on US poultry after 5 years

WASHINGTON - China is reopening its market to U.S. poultry, ending a five-year ban. China had blocked U.S. poultry imports after an outbreak of avian influenza in December 2014, closing off a market t...

Nov 14, 2019

Sanford suspends GOP presidential primary challenge to Trump

CONCORD, N.H. - Mark Sanford dropped his challenge to President Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, saying the focus on impeachment has made it difficult for his campai...

Nov 14, 2019

Correction: Jamaican Lottery Scam story

HARVEY, N.D. - In a story Nov. 10 about a North Dakota woman's hopes of recovering money lost in a Jamaican lottery scam, The Associated Press reported erroneously that University of Utah law professo...

Nov 14, 2019

Catalan poet Joan Margarit wins Spain’s Cervantes Prize

MADRID - The Spanish government said Thursday that Catalan poet Joan Margarit has won the 2019 Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honour. Margarit, who is also an architect...

Nov 14, 2019

AP source: 2nd US official heard Trump call with Sondland

WASHINGTON - A second U.S. embassy staffer in Kyiv overheard a key cellphone call between President Donald Trump and his ambassador to the European Union discussing the need for Ukrainian officials to...

Nov 14, 2019

At least 6 hurt in Southern California high school shooting

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - At least six people were injured during a shooting at a Southern California high school Thursday morning, authorities said. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said on ...

Nov 14, 2019

Democrat Mike Espy starts 2020 US Senate bid in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi Democrat Mike Espy announced Tuesday that he's running again for U.S. Senate against Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, setting up a 2020 rematch of a race that churne...

Nov 14, 2019

Powell urges Congressional panel to tackle budget deficits

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is asking Congress to tackle the growing budget deficit. Powell's remarks before the House Budget Committee Thursday came a day after he told Congre...

Nov 14, 2019

International court judges authorize Rohingya investigation

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - International Criminal Court judges on Thursday approved a request from prosecutors to open an investigation into crimes committed against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority. ...

Nov 14, 2019

Split Supreme Court appears ready to allow Trump to end DACA

WASHINGTON - Sharply at odds with liberal justices, the Supreme Court's conservative majority seemed ready Tuesday to allow the Trump administration to abolish protections that permit 660,000 immigran...

Nov 14, 2019