Chinese Embassy officials on Saturday said they had dispatched staffers to assist victims of a tour bus crash near Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah that killed four people and left 27 others on board critically injured.

Highway Patrol authorities believe the bus registered to America Shengjia Inc. in Monterey Park, Calif., had ...Read more

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren took the lead in Iowa in a new state poll released Saturday, barely dislodging former Vice President Joe Biden from the No. 1 spot in the state, putting the two in a statistical tie.

Warren of Massachusetts has the support of 22% of likely participants in the Iowa caucuses, up 7 percentage points from ...Read more

DES MOINES, Iowa -- The state of the 2020 race played out Saturday at the Polk County Steak Fry in Iowa.

Joe Biden, the Democratic frontrunner, was mobbed by voters and reporters as he marched with supporters behind a firetruck that was accompanied by a drumline.

Elizabeth Warren was greeted on the main stage by thousands of her signature "...Read more

HONG KONG -- Demonstrations in Hong Kong on Saturday marked the two-month anniversary of attacks by armed thugs at a train station -- an incident that galvanized the monthslong protest movement and prompted demands for inquiries into police violence.

The protests began with a march in the satellite town of Tuen Mun, where riot police fired tear...Read more

CHICAGO -- A 40-year-old Chicago police officer was shot multiple time Saturday morning on the South Side as he and other officers tried to arrest a suspect who, authorities believe, shot a woman as he rode a bicycle near downtown, according to law enforcement sources.

A manhunt is underway for the suspect in Chicago's West Englewood ...Read more

Two men died and eight people were injured in a shooting at a crowded sports bar near Lancaster, S.C., early Saturday, authorities said. The shooter or shooters have not been found.

"I believe it was one person targeting another," Sheriff Barry Faile said at a news conference Saturday afternoon. "Unfortunately, we had 10 victims that got shot."...Read more

NEW YORK -- Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg helped kick off a youth climate summit at the United Nations in New York on Saturday, ahead of a key gathering of world leaders next week.

"Yesterday millions of people across the globe marched and demanded real climate action, especially young people. We showed that we are united ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Joe Kennedy formally announced a challenge to Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey in next year's Democratic primary, setting up a blockbuster battle between an heir to an American political dynasty and an incumbent now in his fifth decade in Congress.

At a Saturday news conference at the East Boston Social Center, Kennedy said he ...Read more

In a frank admission of his failure to gain much voter support, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker suggested Saturday that he might quit the race for the Democratic presidential nomination if he falls short of his fundraising goal for September.

If he can't reach $1.7 million in donations by the end of the month, Booker wrote on Twitter, "we don't see...Read more

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Cory Booker is on the verge of leaving the presidential race, unless the New Jersey Democrat can raise an additional $1.7 million by Sept. 30, his campaign told reporters Saturday morning.

Campaign manager Addisu Demissie said that the late push is not a gimmick. Without enough money to build and sustain a campaign able ...Read more