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BEIJING - China has begun five-day Confucian culture immersion courses for religious leaders in the sage's hometown as part of a campaign to extend government control over faith communities through a ...
May 27, 2019
KAWASAKI, Japan - A man carrying a knife in each hand and screaming "I will kill you" attacked schoolgirls waiting at a bus stop just outside Tokyo on Tuesday, wounding 16 people and leaving three dea...
May 27, 2019
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge will consider whether to extend a temporary restraining order Tuesday that keeps a former associate of Britney Spears away from her and her family. Sam Lutfi, 44, a o...
May 27, 2019
LOS ANGELES - James Holzhauer's "Jeopardy" winning streak is still going and he may be on track to surpass Ken Jennings' record earnings in the next month. Holzhauer on Monday won his 28th straight ga...
May 27, 2019
BOSTON - Count the late conductor Arthur Fiedler among the Boston Bruins' fans as they skate into the Stanley Cup Final. The non-profit Esplanade Association has installed a giant Bruins helmet atop a...
May 27, 2019
BOSTON - Bill Buckner, a star hitter who became known for making one of the most infamous plays in major league history, died Monday. He was 69. He died after a long battle with Lewy body dementia, Bu...
May 27, 2019
MADRID - Spain's former monarch, Juan Carlos I, says he wants to completely retire from public life on June 2, five years after abdicating the throne. The king emeritus said in a letter published Mond...
May 27, 2019
LOS ANGELES - Moviegoers voted with their dollars and chose the familiar over the new this Memorial Day weekend. The Walt Disney Co.'s live-action remake of "Aladdin" crushed the competition at the bo...
May 27, 2019
BUCHAREST, Romania - A Romanian court has sentenced the country's most powerful politician to 3 1/2 years in prison for official misconduct in a graft case. Monday's sentencing of Social Democratic Pa...
May 27, 2019
LONDON - Veteran euroskeptic Nigel Farage said Britain should get set to leave the European Union without a divorce deal, after an election across the bloc saw his Brexit Party and pro-EU forces carve...
May 27, 2019