World

It’s World Children’s Day and anniversary of child rights

TANZANIA, Tanzania - It was World Children's Day on Wednesday, and British teenage actress Millie Bobby Brown and former England soccer star David Beckham urged people everywhere to listen to youngste...

Nov 22, 2019

US officials: Don’t eat romaine grown in Salinas, California

NEW YORK - U.S. health officials are telling people to avoid romaine lettuce grown in Salinas, California, as they investigate a food poisoning outbreak. They also say not to eat the leafy green if th...

Nov 22, 2019

AP source: FBI has asked for interview with whistleblower

WASHINGTON - The FBI last month requested an interview with the whistleblower whose complaint fueled the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and Ukraine, a person familiar with the situati...

Nov 22, 2019

Marvel ‘Voices’ podcast inspires comic book anthology

NEW YORK - A Marvel podcast series is inspiring an anthology of new adventures for some of its most popular superheroes. Actor and rapper Method Man and author Roxane Gay are among the writers being g...

Nov 22, 2019

Prince Andrew faces new pressure to talk to US about Epstein

LONDON - Britain's disgraced Prince Andrew is facing mounting calls to provide information to U.S. law enforcement agencies and to lawyers who are investigating crimes committed by American sex offend...

Nov 22, 2019

Ex-Baltimore mayor charged in ‘Healthy Holly’ book scandal

BALTIMORE - The disgraced former mayor of Baltimore was charged Wednesday with fraud and tax evasion involving sales of her self-published children's books to non-profits and foundations that did busi...

Nov 22, 2019

New acts rule Grammys as Lizzo, Lil Nas, Eilish lead in noms

NEW YORK - The Grammys are screaming "Cuz I Love You" to Lizzo: The breakthrough singer-rapper scored a whopping eight nominations, including bids for the top four awards, making her the show's top-no...

Nov 22, 2019

Trump doubles down on debunked Ukraine conspiracy theory

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is still promoting a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, a day after a former White House security adviser called it a "fiction...

Nov 22, 2019

Trump directed Ukraine quid pro quo, key witness says

WASHINGTON - Ambassador Gordon Sondland declared to impeachment investigators Wednesday that President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani explicitly sought a "quid pro quo" with Ukraine, levera...

Nov 22, 2019

FBI lawyer investigated over altered Russia probe document

WASHINGTON - A former FBI lawyer is being investigated for allegedly altering a document related to surveillance of a Trump campaign adviser in 2016. That's according to a person familiar with the cas...

Nov 22, 2019