US warship collides with tanker near Singapore; 10 missing

SINGAPORE — A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer collided with a tanker early Monday in waters east of Singapore and the Straits of Malacca, and at least...

Prosecutors: Prof killed boyfriend as part of sexual fantasy

CHICAGO — The fatal stabbing of a hairstylist in Chicago was part of a sexual fantasy hatched in an online chatroom between a Northwestern University professor...

Proposal would commit California to acting on shrinking lake

Trump defends Confederate statues, berates his critics

BRIDGEWATER, N.J.—With prominent Republicans openly questioning his competence and moral leadership, President Donald Trump burrowed deeper into the racially charged debate over Confederate memorials and lashed...

Assailant injures guard outside Taiwan presidential office

TAIPEI, Taiwan — An assailant wielding a samurai sword and carrying a Chinese flag in his bag injured a guard outside Taiwan’s presidential office building on...

‘Black power’ removed from ex Philadelphia mayor’s statue

PHILADELPHIA — Workers have removed the words “black power” that were spray painted across the statue of a former Philadelphia mayor and police commissioner. Workers Friday...

Clearing Iraqi cities of explosives may take decades

BAGHDAD — The wires protruding from the small, misshapen stuffed animal revealed the deadly booby-trap tucked inside. For the people of Mosul, the sophisticated bomb was...

Warship captain in collision that killed 7 to lose command

WASHINGTON — Poor seamanship and flaws in keeping watch contributed to a collision between a Navy destroyer and a commercial container ship that killed seven sailors,...

Trump defends Confederate statues, berates his critics

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — With prominent Republicans openly questioning his competence and moral leadership, President Donald Trump burrowed deeper into the racially charged debate over Confederate memorials...

The real revolution in NKorea is rise of consumer culture

PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of — Like all North Korean adults, Song Un Pyol wears the faces of leader Kim Jong Un’s father and grandfather...