SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — As Chileans voted on Sunday, even detractors of ultra-conservative former lawmaker José Antonio Kast said the candidate whose radical ideas lost him the past two elections was likely to become the country\'s next leader. Kast’s commanding lead in the polls over his rival in the presidential runoff, communist Jeannette Jara, shows [...]
BEIRUT (AP) — A man who carried out an attack in Syria that killed three U.S. citizens had joined Syria’s internal security forces as a base security guard two months earlier and was recently reassigned amid suspicions that he might be affiliated with the Islamic State group, a Syrian official told The Associated Press Sunday. [...]
SYDNEY (AP) — A bystander seen in a widely circulated video disarming a gunman during a deadly shooting rampage at a popular Australian beach is being heralded as a hero who saved lives. Video footage posted to social media shows a passerby dressed in a white T-shirt and dark pants crouching behind a parked car [...]
President Trump is turning up the pressure against Venezuela and its strongman leader Nicolás Maduro, seizing a massive oil tanker en route to Cuba this week and slapping additional sanctions against his leadership. The seizure of the sanctioned ship, called Skipper, is the most recent swipe by the Trump administration against Maduro, whom U.S. officials have called [...]
When Indiana adopted new U.S. House districts four years ago, Republican legislative leaders lauded them as “fair maps” that reflected the state\'s communities. But when Gov. Mike Braun recently tried to redraw the lines to help Republicans gain more power, he implored lawmakers to \"vote for fair maps.” What changed? The definition of “fair.” As [...]
A Los Angeles county deputy is thanking two good Samaritans who helped his girlfriend after she was stabbed multiple times inside a Macy\'s restroom in New York City.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The firm hired by Michigan to search for a football coach to replace Sherrone Moore has contacted representatives for Arizona State\'s Kenny Dillingham and Missouri’s Eli Drinkwitz, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Saturday because they were [...]
Researchers with Harvard and Johns Hopkins\' business schools compared prices on 2,238 ride requests in New York City to find out if Uber or Lyft was cheaper.
