Former San Antonio Police Officers Association President Mike Helle stepped out of a quiet life of retirement Friday to deliver a stinging rebuke of his replacement, Danny Diaz.

About a third of Hong Kong's registered voters has elected a new 90-member legislature.

The deadliest fire in Hong Kong in decades is putting pressure on Beijing’s governance system in the city.

Hong Kong is mourning after a high-rise fire killed at least 156 people even as anger mounts over building safety lapses and government oversight.

Hong Kong is setting up an independent committee to investigate a deadly fire that burned seven apartment buildings and killed at least 156 people.

Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades is raising questions about corruption and negligence in the renovations of the apartment complex where at least 128 people died.

Hong Kong firefighters have found dozens more bodies in a high-rise complex after a massive fire engulfed seven buildings.

Firefighters in Hong Kong have been battling a deadly blaze at a high-rise apartment complex for a second day.

Authorities have now arrested nine people in connection with a mass shooting in Leland, Mississippi, where six people died.

A Connecticut nightclub with a storied history is celebrating its 50th year in business.

It’s been years since Hong Kong’s mass arrests of activists devastated its pro-democracy activism.

A top Beijing official overseeing Hong Kong affairs has warned of persisting threats in the city as a China-imposed national security law approaches its fifth anniversary.

Dozens of countries have joined China in establishing an international mediation-based dispute resolution group.

Chinese students in the U.S. are scrambling to figure out their futures after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that some of them would have their visas revoked.

National Public Radio and three local stations filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, arguing that an executive order aimed at cutting federal funding for the organization is illegal.

Sharon Lokedi broke the Boston Marathon course record, and fellow Kenyan John Korir joined his brother as a race champion on Monday as the city celebrated the 250th anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War.

As President Donald Trump and China spar over tariff hikes and other retaliatory moves, governments elsewhere are brainstorming over strategies for coping with the trade war between the world’s top two economies.

Hong Kong’s leader says his government opposes coercion by foreign governments, an allusion to comments by U.S. President Donald Trump, but stopped short of criticizing a prominent local conglomerate’s decision to sell its Panama Canal port assets to a consortium including American investment bank BlackRock Inc. John Lee was speaking during a news briefing after Beijing’s Hong Kong affairs office reposted newspaper commentaries critical of the deal between the constortium and CK Hutchison...

Hong Kong billionaire property developer Lee Shau Kee had died.

Panda craze has once again gripped Hong Kong as residents compete to name the territory’s first locally-born giant panda cubs who just turned six months old.

Forty-five prominent activists in Hong Kong have been sentenced to up to 10 years in jail, sparking criticism from foreign governments and rights groups.

Hong Kong’s oldest zoo is seeking answers in a monkey medical mystery after nine animals died in two days, including three members of a critically endangered species.

Nevadans will vote in primaries for Congress and the state legislature on Tuesday.

Hong Kong’s leader says his government will keep monitoring for any non-compliance with a court order that bans a popular protest song.

Hong Kong's leader has urged foreign governments to respect its overseas-based trade offices after a staff member in its London branch was charged in Britain for allegedly working for the Chinese city’s intelligence service.

A fire in a large, mostly residential building in Hong Kong has killed at least five people and left another 36 injured.

Hong Kong has passed a new national security law that could redefine the liberties of its citizens, and its role on the world stage.

Hong Kong’s lawmakers unanimously passed a new national security law that grants the government more power to quash dissent in the southern Chinese city.

Hong Kong has proposed a law that threatens life imprisonment for residents who “endanger national security.”.

Hong Kong has begun a public consultation on a local National Security Law, more than three years after Beijing imposed a similar law that has all but wiped out dissent in the semi-autonomous city.

Chinese aerospace company COMAC has showcased its domestically-developed C919 passenger jet in Hong Kong, giving officials and media a close-up look at the narrow-bodied aircraft.

Hong Kong leader John Lee has praised the 27.5% voter turnout in the city’s weekend election, a record low since the territory returned to Chinese rule in 1997.

Voter turnout plunged below 30% in Hong Kong’s first district council elections since new rules introduced under Beijing’s guidance effectively shut out all pro-democracy candidates.

Residents went to the polls in Hong Kong’s first district council elections since an electoral overhaul was implemented under Beijing’s guidance of “patriots” administering the city, effectively shutting out all pro-democracy candidates.

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow says she still feels under the watch of the Chinese territory’s police after moving to Toronto.

Hong Kong’s leader has cut taxes for some homebuyers and stock traders to boost markets as the city seeks to maintain its reputation as a global financial hub.

Israel has stepped up its offensive on the Gaza Strip in response to an unprecedented attack by Hamas.

Hong Kong’s leader says the territory will scrutinize the regulation of digital assets after police arrested eight people over allegations of fraud at an unlicensed cryptocurrency exchange that impacted more than 1,600 investors and over $150 million in assets.

Hong Kong has closed schools and halted trading on the stock exchange as torrential rain lashed the city overnight, flooding streets in parts of the city and an underground subway station.

China has demanded that the United States invite Hong Kong’s leader to an economic conference following a news report that Chief Executive John Lee would be barred due to his role in crushing the city’s pro-democracy movement.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has criticized Hong Kong authorities over their pursuit of two pro-democracy activists who live in Australia.

Hong Kong’s leader says eight pro-democracy activists who now live in the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia will be pursued for life for alleged national security offenses.

China’s Foreign Ministry has condemned a resolution passed by the European Parliament concerning Hong Kong's shrinking rights to free speech.

As the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches Sunday, many in Hong Kong are trying to mark the day in the shadow of a law that prosecuted leading activists in the city’s pro-democracy movement.

Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways has dismissed three cabin crew members after a passenger accused them of discriminating against non-English speakers, in a case that drew criticism from Chinese state media.

Hong Kong's leader says police will investigate suspicious applications from people seeking to withdraw from the city's organ donation system.

Hong Kong's leader says the city’s public libraries would not recommend books featuring “bad ideologies” to residents after they pulled titles related to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown and certain political figures.

Hong Kong’s leader says the life sentence imposed by China on a 78-year-old U.S. citizen, who was also a Hong Kong permanent resident, on spying charges shows the city should “stay vigilant” to security risks.

Hong Kong’s leader has unveiled plans to eliminate most directly elected seats on local district councils, the last major political representative bodies chosen by the public.

Hong Kong's leader says the city is planning to overhaul its last major political representative body that is mostly comprised of popularly elected seats.

Hong Kong will lift its mask mandate Wednesday, ending the city’s last major restriction imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hong Kong's leader says the city will scrap its mandatory isolation rule for people infected with COVID-19 starting Jan. 30 as part of its strategy to return to normalcy.

Hong Kong will start to reopen its border with mainland China on Sunday and allow tens of thousands of people to cross from each side every day without quarantine.

Hong Kong's leader will have the power to decide whether foreign lawyers can be involved in national security cases in the city.

Hong Kong’s leader says China has agreed to a reopening of the city’s border with the mainland, which has been largely closed by pandemic restrictions.

Hong Kong’s leader says its government will push Google to display China’s national anthem as the top result in searches for the city’s anthem instead of a protest song.

A Hong Kong court has postponed a pro-democracy newspaper publisher's trial.

With police out in force, there was no word of additional protests against strict government anti-pandemic measures Tuesday in Beijing, as temperatures fell well below freezing.

The Hong Kong government says leader John Lee tested positive for the coronavirus after returning from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Thailand.

Shares are mostly higher in Asia after stocks shook off an early bout of unsettled trading and ended higher on Wall Street.

Hong Kong police have confirmed that Chinese president Xi Jinping will visit the city this week for the 25th anniversary of the former British colony’s return to Chinese rule.

Primary voters on Tuesday will decide the fate of two South Carolina Republicans who are clinging to their seats in the U.S. House after defying Donald Trump.

John Lee has received his official letter of appointment from Beijing a month before he takes over as leader of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says Chinese patriots are now firmly in charge of the city following the election of its new leader, who ran unopposed in a process controlled by Beijing.

A Hong Kong committee stacked with mostly pro-Beijing members has almost unanimously voted for John Lee to become the city's next leader.

John Lee, a hard-line security chief who oversaw a crackdown on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, has been elected as the city’s next leader in a vote cast by a largely pro-Beijing committee.

China is installing a career security official as the new leader of Hong Kong in the culmination of a sweeping political transformation that has gutted any opposition in the Asian financial center and placed it ever more firmly under Beijing’s control.

San Antonio City Council on Thursday unanimously voted to approve a $450,000 settlement in the wrongful death lawsuit of Antronie Scott, who was killed by a SAPD officer in 2016.

YouTube has taken down the campaign channel of Hong Kong’s sole candidate to become its next leader, John Lee, citing compliance with U.S. sanctions imposed against the former No. 2 official.

The family of a man killed by a San Antonio police officer has reached a settlement in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against the city, according to federal court records.

Hong Kong’s former No. 2 official John Lee has formally registered his candidacy in the election for the top job after securing 786 nominations to enter the race.

Hong Kong’s former No. 2 official John Lee has formally declared his candidacy for the upcoming leadership election, entering the race for chief executive viewed by many as Beijing’s preferred candidate.

Hong Kong’s No. 2 official has submitted his resignation and plans to seek the top job in a sign of Beijing further tightening its grip on the city and its politics.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she won’t seek a second term after five rocky years marked by huge protests, a security crackdown and an overwhelming COVID-19 wave.

A Las Vegas City Councilwoman who gained national attention for her support of anti-government militia members who clashed with federal law officers during armed standoffs last decade is running for governor of Nevada.

Republican Dean Heller says he is running for governor of Nevada.

Family and friends in Minnesota broke into cheers and screams for Sunisa Lee.

A top Hong Kong official has marked the anniversary of the territory’s return to Chinese control by defending the national security law imposed a year ago.

China has promoted Hong Kong's top security official to the territory's No. 2 spot as Beijing clamps down on free speech and political opposition.

The Hong Kong stock exchange has halted trading of Next Digital shares at the media company's request after assets belonging to its founder, Jimmy Lai, were frozen.

(AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)HONG KONG – Hong Kong police arrested 53 former lawmakers and democracy proponents Wednesday for allegedly violating the new national security law by participating in unofficial election primaries for the territory's legislature last year. The security law criminalizes acts of subversion, secession, terrorism and collusion with foreign powers to intervene in the city’s affairs. “The Biden-Harris administration will stand with the people of Hong Kong and against Beijing’s crackdown on democracy,” Blinken wrote in his tweet. The security law is being used “to crush dissent and stifle the exercise of human rights and political freedoms.”Human Rights Watch senior China researcher Maya Wang said the national security law is a blanket law that allows the government to arrest people for exercising their rights. “Hong Kong is looking more like mainland China but where one ends and the other begins is hard to discern,” she said.

SAN ANTONIO – John Lee, a former San Antonio police officer who in 2016 shot and killed an unarmed man he believed was carrying a gun, has died, officials have confirmed. Lee shot and killed Antronie Scott in early February 2016 after pulling him over at the Wood Hollow Apartments near Isom and East Ramsey roads. Scott’s widow, who was in the vehicle at the time of the shooting, filed a lawsuit against SAPD, the city of San Antonio and Lee. SAPD officials confirmed Friday that Lee left the department in February, but declined to release additional details since his cause of death was pending. Scott’s case is one of three high-profile SAPD officer-involved shooting deaths that Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales said last month he would not reopen.

SAN ANTONIO – Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales said Monday he has no plans to reopen the cases of three high-profile SAPD officer-involved shooting deaths in San Antonio. Marquise JonesJones, 23, was killed outside a Northeast Side Chacho’s by Officer Robert Encina who was working security at the restaurant. Officer Steve Casanova opened fire on Snowden, but also shot and killed Roundtree who was in the line of fire. RELATED: Mother outraged at SAPD officer who accidentally shot, killed her sonPolice said the home was a drug house they had been called to dozens of times. A Bexar County grand jury voted July 18, 2019, not to indict Casanova and he was cleared of all charges.

SAN ANTONIO – Local FBI agents are "monitoring" the investigation into last week's shooting death of an unarmed man by a San Antonio police officer. Antronie Scott, 36, was pulled over by Officer John Lee Feb. 4 near Isom and Ramsey roads. The officer said he thought Scott had a gun in his hand and fired one shot at Scott, hitting him in the chest. Lee has been placed on administrative duty while SAPD conducts an investigation to determine if he broke the law or violated department policies. The Scott family has retained a lawyer to investigate the shooting on its behalf.