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Amazon's homeless shelter faces Seattle crisis, criticism

A homeless shelter built on Amazon’s perfectly manicured urban Seattle campus is a major civic contribution that pushes the ...

Giants star catcher Posey out this year over virus concerns

Giants star catcher Buster Posey decided to opt out of the 2020 season Friday out of health concerns for his newly adopted ...

AP FACT CHECK: Trump team distortions on Biden and police

President Donald Trump's campaign team is misrepresenting Democratic rival Joe Biden's stance on improving police practices ...

US sanctions Chinese officials over repression of minorities

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on three senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party, including a member ...

AP Explains: Confederate flags draw differing responses

Public pressure amid protests over racial inequality forced Mississippi to furl its Confederate-inspired state flag for good, ...

Asia Today: India's cases jump, transmission rate increases

India reported nearly 25,000 new coronavirus infections Thursday and its transmission rate is increasing for the first time ...

Oprah, Lionsgate to help adapt The 1619 Project for film, TV

Oprah Winfrey and Lionsgate are partnering with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to adapt the The New ...

Supreme Court sides with Catholic schools in employment suit

The Supreme Court sided with two Catholic schools in a ruling Wednesday underscoring that certain employees of religious ...

Renters face financial cliff ahead; limited help available

Renters are nearing the end of their financial rope. People who rent have largely been able to survive the initial months of ...

Malaysian palm oil giant hit with forced labor allegations

An anti-trafficking organization has filed a petition to ban the importation of palm oil produced by one of the world’s ...

Video shows facility staff restraining Black teen who died

At least seven men forcibly restrained a teenager who had a heart attack and died two days later. The staffers at a youth ...

Posthumous memoir by Sargent Shriver scheduled for January

The late Sargent Shriver, the Peace Corps' founding director and an architect of President Lyndon Johnson's “War on Poverty,” ...

American student released after 486 days in Egyptian prison

An American medical student detained without trial in an Egyptian prison for nearly 500 days has been freed and returned to ...

Latino, Black neighborhoods struggle with test disparities

A Latino cook whose co-worker got COVID-19 waited in his truck for a free swab at a rare testing event in a low-income ...

The Latest: Australia’s most populous state to close border

SYDNEY, Australia — The leader of Australia’s most populous state says her government’s decision to close its border with ...

Japan floods leave up to 34 dead, many at nursing homes

Deep floodwaters and the risk of more mudslides that left at least 34 people confirmed or presumed dead hampered search and ...

Amid furor over monuments, Trump seeks `garden' of US heroes

President Donald Trump has a vision for his second term, if he wins one, of establishing a “National Garden of American ...

Amazon homeless shelter boosts unique program for sick kids

After becoming homeless, Connie Wade realized she'd be missing something critical to care for her daughter. She and ...

Asia Today: 3,000 Australians in Melbourne in hard lockdown

Australia’s Victoria state recorded 108 new coronavirus cases Saturday, forcing authorities to lock down nine public housing ...

UK historian quits Cambridge post after slavery remarks

British historian and TV presenter David Starkey relinquished his honorary fellowship at a University of Cambridge college ...