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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has seized millions of dollars from cryptocurrency accounts that militant organization abroad, including al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, relied on to …
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By ERIC TUCKER
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8/13/20
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BALTIMORE (AP) — President Donald Trump’s proposed payroll tax cut is a threat to Social Security no matter how he casts it.
During a news conference Wednesday, he insisted he could eliminate …
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By JOSH BOAK
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8/13/20
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Not two months after battling back the coronavirus, Spain’s hospitals are beginning to see patients struggling to breathe returning to their wards.
The deployment of a …
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By JOSEPH WILSON
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8/13/20
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Beginning Thursday, U.S. Facebook users who post about voting may start seeing an addendum to their messages -- labels directing readers to authoritative information about …
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY
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8/13/20
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BONDY, France (AP) — Festering beneath France’s promise of guaranteed health care for all lie deep disparities across economic and racial lines — differences laid painfully bare by the COVID-19 …
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By ARNO PEDRAM
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8/13/20
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ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Helena Miller listened to teachers, terrified to reenter classrooms, and parents, exhausted from trying to make virtual learning work at home. She heard from school officials …
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By JEFFREY COLLINS
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8/13/20
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CHICAGO (AP) — Two words summed up Tamani Jayasinghe’s exuberance for the first Indian American and Black woman to run for vice president: “Kamala Aunty.”
That title of respect that goes …
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By SOPHIA TAREEN
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8/13/20
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Even before last week's intelligence assessment on foreign election interference, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson was facing criticism from Democrats that his investigation of …
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By ERIC TUCKER
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8/13/20
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TOKYO (AP) — Seventy-five years after the end of World War II, more than 1 million Japanese war dead are scattered throughout Asia, where the legacy of Japanese aggression still hampers recovery …
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI
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8/12/20
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For the first time, Airbnb is taking legal action against a guest for violating its ban on unauthorized parties.
The San Francisco-based home sharing company said Wednesday it is initiating legal …
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN
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8/12/20
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's leading business group on Wednesday raised serious concerns about President Donald Trump's move to for American workers, warning that the plan for a shot of economic …
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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
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8/12/20
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NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is not the economy.
Rarely has that adage been as clear as it is now. An amazing, monthslong rally means the S&P 500 is roughly back to where it was before the …
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By STAN CHOE, ALEX VEIGA and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
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8/12/20
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The presence of U.S. agents has diminished in Portland, Oregon, but city officials are still cleaning up tear gas residue from the streets, dirt and possibly the storm drains …
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By SARA CLINE
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8/12/20
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NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against three men accused of threatening and intimidating women who have accused R&B singer R. Kelly of abuse, including one man …
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By JIM MUSTIAN
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8/12/20
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WASHINGTON (AP) — dropped to a knee in then-Speaker John Boehner's office, the still-new congressman apologizing for joining those trying to oust the Republican leader.
Two years later, did it …
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By LISA MASCARO
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8/12/20
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MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Hundreds of women rallied across Belarus’ capital Wednesday to protest a brutal police crackdown that left hundreds injured and thousands detained while challenging election …
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By YURAS KARMANAU
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8/12/20
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A top official at the Federal Reserve by many states to reopen businesses this spring before getting the virus fully under control, and said those choices have hindered an …
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
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8/12/20
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LONDON (AP) — A passenger train derailed in northeast Scotland after stormy weather, killing three people and injuring six others Wednesday, authorities said.
The train’s driver is believed to …
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By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS
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8/12/20
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Sumner Redstone, who built a media empire from his family's drive-in movie chain, has died. He was 97.
ViacomCBS Inc., which he lead for decades, remembered Redstone for his “unparalleled …
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By The Associated Press
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8/12/20
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Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Wednesday after Wall Street pumped the brakes on its recent rally.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index edged higher, while the Shanghai Composite sank …
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH
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8/12/20
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