JOSEPH PISANI
AP Retail Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — This year, holiday stress may take on a whole new meaning for online retailers.
Amazon, Walmart and others have promised to deliver more of their orders within 24 hours of customers clicking on "Buy."
The coming weeks will be the first test of whether they can make that happen during the busy holiday...
AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO and CARA ANNA
Associated Press
BENI, Congo (AP) — Rebels killed four Ebola response workers in an overnight ambush in eastern Congo, the World Health Organization said Thursday, warning that the attack will give the waning outbreak new momentum in what has been called a war zone.
"We are heartbroken that our worst fears have been realized," WHO...
DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Britain's opposition parties intensified attacks on Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday with two weeks to go until election day, as polls suggested the U.K. leader's Conservatives have a substantial lead.
Jo Swinson, leader of the centrist Liberal Democrats, accused Johnson of spewing serial falsehoods and dragging the office of prime...
ANITA SNOW
Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) — International flags flutter from the ceilings of the outdoor hallways at Valencia Newcomer School, where more than 200 children from around the world are learning English skills and American classroom customs they need to succeed.
When the school year begins, the refugee and immigrant children often don't know the rules. A kid might be fascinated...
LLAZAR SEMINI
Associated Press
DURRES, Albania (AP) — Hopes were fading Thursday of finding anyone else alive beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings in Albania, two days after a deadly quake struck the country's Adriatic coast killing at least 46 people and injuring more than 2,000.
By Thursday afternoon, search operations were winding down, and focused on one collapsed villa that...
VANESSA GERA
Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Aleksander Kwasniewski, a former Polish president who is on the board of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma, said Thursday that Hunter Biden was indeed chosen to join its advisory board because of his name. He said that is simply how the world of business works.
But Kwasniewski (kvash-NYEF-skee) insisted in an interview with...
TEMECULA – At the dawn of a new year, much is made about the popularity of resolutions focusing on improving physical fitness. While it’s important to be physically fit, a new year also marks a great time to examine one’s mental wellness.The World Health Organization defined mental wellness as “a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his...
STEVE DOUGLAS
AP Sports Writer
Zlatan Ibrahimovic didn't appear concerned in the slightest.
"I think they in Malmo respect this ... I think they are happy for my sake," the soccer superstar said upon announcing he bought a stake of nearly 25% in a rival of his boyhood club.
Ibrahimovic got it completely wrong.
The reaction of Malmo fans to their team's greatest...
PORT NECHES, Texas (AP) — Two massive explosions 13 hours apart tore through a Texas chemical plant Wednesday, and one left three workers injured.
The blasts blew out windows and doors of nearby homes and prompted a mandatory evacuation of a 4-mile (seven-kilometer) radius from the plant in Port Neches in Southeast Texas, about 80 miles (129 kilometers) east of...