LONDON (AP) ??" The Duchess of Sussex is seeking to delay the start of the trial in her privacy lawsuit against a British newspaper over its publication of excerpts from a letter she wrote to her father. The former Meghan Markle made the request ahead of a preliminary hearing on the case scheduled...

WASHINGTON (AP) ??" With next week's election looming, the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google were scolded by Republicans at a Senate hearing Wednesday for alleged anti-conservative bias in the companies' social media platforms and received a warning of coming restrictions from Congress. of both...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ??" Spanish officials said Wednesday that police arrested 21 people with links to the Catalan separatist movement on suspicion of corruption and promoting public disorder. Spain's Interior Ministry said in a statement that the arrests took place during 31 police raids in the...

NEW YORK (AP) ??" Stocks around the world are tumbling Wednesday on worries the worsening pandemic will mean more restrictions on businesses and drag down the economy. The S&P 500 was down 2. 9% in midday trading on Wall Street, heading for a third straight loss. It's already down 5% this week, to...

An alarming surge in coronavirus cases in Europe and the U. S. is wiping out months of progress against the scourge on two continents, prompting new business restrictions, raising the threat of another round of large-scale lockdowns and sending a shudder through financial markets. "We are deep in...