WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ??" Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Wednesday that Australia will join the U. S. in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Games over human rights concerns. Morrison said it should come as no surprise that Australian officials would boycott the event...

WASHINGTON (AP) ??" Congressional leaders reached an elaborate deal Tuesday that will allow Democrats to lift the nation's debt limit without any votes from Republicans, likely averting another last-minute rush to avoid a federal default. Hours later, the House passed legislation overwhelmingly a...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) ??" The defense rested Tuesday in the Arkansas federal trial of former reality TV star Josh Duggar after a prosecutor sharply questioned a computer expert during the state's cross-examination. Duggar, 33, is charged with receiving and possessing child pornography and faces...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) ??" Both houses of Chile's congress voted Tuesday to approve a marriage equality bill that also includes authorization for adoptions by same-sex couples. The initiative was approved first by the Senate on a 21-8 vote, with three abstentions, and shortly afterward by the of 82...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ??" The Oakland City Council, a longtime leader in the Black Lives Matter movement to cut police funding, reversed course Tuesday and voted to hire more officers as it grapples with a surge in homicides and gun violence. The proposal by Mayor Libby Schaaf to add two new police a...