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Refugees win rare victory in landmark Serbia pushback ruling

Hamid Ahmadi still can feel the cold of the February night when Serbian police left him and two dozen other refugees in a ...

Some Jan. 6 defendants try to use journalism as riot defense

The Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January created a trove of self-incriminating evidence, thoroughly ...

California mass shooting suspect was barred from buying gun

The man accused of going on a shooting rampage at a Southern California business, killing four people, should not have been ...

China says US-Japan actions are stoking division

China hit back at the U.S.-Japan show of alliance during talks between President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide ...

EXPLAINER: How is 'reasonableness' key to Chauvin's defense?

Attorneys and witnesses have used the words “reasonable” or “unreasonable” often at the trial of the former Minneapolis ...

As voting fight moves westward, accusations of racism follow

The Arizona Legislature was debating one of several Republican proposals to overhaul voting when GOP Sen.

Fires, damage at Oakland protest against police brutality

A protest that began peacefully in California ended with multiple fires set, several cars damaged and numerous windows ...

Highlights: An interview with China's vice foreign minister

China's Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng spoke with The Associated Press on a range of issues from U.S.-China relations to ...

Chicago police critics call for charges in shooting of boy

Newly released video that shows a Chicago police officer fatally shoot a 13-year-old will be key evidence when prosecutors ...

Biden's appeals for action on guns, policing face reality

As the nation struggles with yet another mass shooting and faces a reckoning over the deaths of Black men at the hands of ...

AP Interview: Beijing says US 'too negative' toward China

A top Chinese diplomat said Friday that U.S. policy toward China is “too negative" and that cooperation could be critically ...

Hong Kong democracy leaders given jail terms amid crackdown

A Hong Kong court on Friday sentenced five leading pro-democracy advocates, including media tycoon Jimmy Lai, to up to 18 ...

Biden: US shootings 'a national embarrassment'

President Joe Biden is calling for action as the nation struggles with yet another mass shooting. While gun control appears ...

What to expect in closings for ex-cop's trial in Floyd death

For three weeks, prosecutors at the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd played and ...

California woman says she drowned children to protect them

A California woman admitted killing her three children, saying she hugged, kissed and apologized as she drowned her infant ...

Senate Democrats urge Biden to condition aid to Brazil

More than a dozen Senate Democrats sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday complaining of a woeful environmental ...

2 documentaries up for Oscars tell stories of nonagenarians

The Oscar isn’t the only one celebrating its 93rd trip around the sun at the Academy Awards ceremony this year. The shorts ...

Hunger-striking Navalny describes threats to force-feed him

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has been on hunger strike since March 31, on Friday described ...

As America embraces early voting, GOP hurries to restrict it

Nearly seven of every 10 voters cast their ballots before Election Day in 2020. Republicans are moving to make it harder for ...

Garland rescinds Trump-era memo curtailing consent decrees

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday rescinded a Trump-era memo that curtailed the use of consent decrees that federal ...