World

Bei Bei, an American-born panda, leaves Washington for China

WASHINGTON - A specially equipped Boeing 777 jet took off from Dulles International Airport on Tuesday carrying a true Washington celebrity: Bei Bei, a 4-year-old giant panda. Visitors to Washington's...

Nov 21, 2019

Jury awards $58M in lawsuit against body donation firm

PHOENIX - A civil jury has awarded $58 million Tuesday to 10 people who alleged a now-closed body donation facility mishandled the donated remains of their relatives and deceived them about how the bo...

Nov 21, 2019

Embattled Illinois prosecutor announces bid for reelection

CHICAGO - A prosecutor who came under harsh criticism when her office suddenly dropped charges against actor Jussie Smollett and is now the subject of a court-ordered investigation announced Tuesday s...

Nov 21, 2019

Israel’s Netanyahu charged in corruption cases

JERUSALEM - Israel's attorney general on Thursday formally charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a series of corruption cases, throwing the country's paralyzed political system into further dis...

Nov 21, 2019

Trump says he went through ‘very routine physical’

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Tuesday he went through a "very routine physical" when he visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center over the weekend. The president complained that ...

Nov 21, 2019

Susan Choi, Sarah M. Broom win National Book Awards

NEW YORK - Susan Choi's novel "Trust Exercise," in which a high school romance is spun out into a web of memories and perspectives, has won the National Book Award for fiction. Sarah M. Broom's family...

Nov 21, 2019

Coldplay decides not to tour for environmental reasons

LONDON - The British band Coldplay has decided not to launch a global tour because of environmental concerns. Frontman Chris Martin told the BBC Thursday that the band is not going on tour to promote ...

Nov 21, 2019

From Lizzo to Lil Nas, new kids on the block rule Grammys

NEW YORK - Genre-mashing, bold and chart-topping new artists have caught the attention of the Recording Academy, as Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X lead in nominations at the 2020 Grammy Awards. Li...

Nov 21, 2019

Sheriff: Worker shot, wounded 2 at N Carolina plant

TAR HEEL, N.C. - A gunman was captured after opening fire in a North Carolina hog processing plant early Thursday, seriously wounding two co-workers, a sheriff said. Bladen County Sheriff Jim McVicker...

Nov 21, 2019

Judge temporarily stops 1st federal execution in 16 years

WASHINGTON - A federal judge has temporarily halted the first federal execution in 16 years as a lawsuit on how the government intends to carry it out continues. U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutka sa...

Nov 21, 2019