World

Fire nearly destroys historic Japanese castle

TOKYO - A fire broke out early Thursday and spread quickly through historic Shuri Castle on Japan's southern island of Okinawa, nearly destroying the UNESCO World Heritage site. Firefighters battled t...

Nov 01, 2019

Apple shakes off iPhone slump to deliver strong fiscal 4Q

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple is still running a well-oiled moneymaking machine despite cooling demand for its hottest product, the iPhone. Sales and revenue in the July-September quarter exceeded Wall Street...

Nov 01, 2019

DHS official Wolf named acting head of Homeland Security

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has named Chad Wolf to be the next acting head of Homeland Security, the fifth person in the job for this administration. Trump made the announcement Friday outside...

Nov 01, 2019

Beto O'Rourke announces he's dropping 2020 presidential bid

WASHINGTON - Beto O'Rourke, the former Texas congressman, announced Friday that he was ending his Democratic presidential campaign, which failed to recapture the enthusiasm, interest and fundraising p...

Nov 01, 2019

Fires spare Reagan library but menace homes near Los Angeles

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - A wind-whipped outbreak of wildfires outside Los Angeles on Wednesday threatened thousands of homes and horse ranches, forced the smoky evacuation of elderly patients in wheelcha...

Nov 01, 2019

Indian guru Rajneesh's ex-aide to star in new documentary

NEW DELHI - Ma Anand Sheela, who helped controversial Indian mystic Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh set up a commune in Oregon in the 1980s and was a subject of the hit Netflix series Wild Wild Country, will s...

Nov 01, 2019

Actor James Cromwell arrested at Texas A&M regents protest

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Actor James Cromwell and another man have been charged with disorderly conduct after police said they disrupted a meeting of the Texas A&M University System Board of Regen...

Nov 01, 2019

Early and pricey: Trump's World Series ad an expensive pitch

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's campaign delivered a brushback pitch during the final game of the World Series with an in-your-face national TV ad more than a year before the 2020 election. The ...

Nov 01, 2019

Ellen Burstyn talks women in film, Pacino interview, #MeToo

NEW YORK - Ellen Burstyn hoped her Oscar-winning performance in the 1974 film in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" would lead to more Hollywood stories told from a woman's perspective. It didn't happe...

Nov 01, 2019

Loughlin, Giannulli to fight new charges in admissions case

BOSTON - "Full House" actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband are contesting the latest charges against them in the college admissions scandal. Lawyers for Loughlin and Mossimo Giannull...

Nov 01, 2019