Weinstein verdict brings Manhattan DA a much-needed win
NEW YORK (AP) — Soon after Harvey Weinstein was convicted and led out of court in handcuffs, Manhattan District Attorney...
‘The Invisible Man’ tops box office with $29 million
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Elisabeth Moss-led thriller “The Invisible Man” rode a wave of good reviews to a very visible spo...
Agency: 2nd US case of person who got virus from community
VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’S EARLIER STORY IS BELOW: Health officials have confirmed th...
Pence says states will receive help if coronavirus spreads
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that the federal government is prepared to assist the...
Wash. state sees 1st virus death in US, declares emergency
The governor of Washington declared a state of emergency Saturday after a man died there of COVID-19, the first such rep...
Fed Chair Powell pledges to use tools to support economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sought to calm fears Friday over the viral outbreak by issuing ...
America Ferrera to depart NBC comedy ‘Superstore’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Superstore” is losing its manager — star America Ferrera says she’s departing the NBC sitcom after i...
Dad gets 72 years in death of boy found encased in concrete
DENVER (AP) — The father of a 7-year-old boy whose body was found encased in concrete in a storage unit in 2018 was sent...
Brewery gunman accused of punching woman, gun crime in 90s
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The man police say killed five co-workers at one of the nation’s largest breweries before killing himse...
Michigan gets more than 100 complaints against former doctor
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A University of Michigan hotline has received more than 100 “unique complaints” about a late phy...
Panel seeks censure, coaching for foul-mouthed Kansas judge
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A foul-mouthed Kansas judge who cursed at courthouse employees so often that a trial clerk kept a “...
Feds reject removal of 4 US Northwest dams in key report
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A long-awaited federal report out Friday rejected the idea of removing four hydroelectric dams on ...
US officials cite ‘balance’ as goal for Chaco oil plan
ALBUQUERQUE, N .M. (AP) — U.S. land managers on Friday made public a list of possible alternatives for managing developm...
FCC proposes fines for phone companies that shared user data
NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission has proposed roughly $200 million in fines combined for the four m...
Report: Los Angeles deputies shared Kobe Bryant crash photos
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities are investigating whether deputies shared graphic photos of the helicopter crash scene wh...
After trying year, Dayton rallies around college hoops team
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Trey Landers survived one of his hometown’s worst moments. Now he’s contributing to one of its best....
St. Louis officer gets 7 years in Russian roulette shooting
FILE - This Jan 28, 2019, file booking photo released by St. Louis Police Department shows Nathaniel Hendren. The former...
High-tech Chicago exhibit puts visitors eye-to-eye with MLK
CHICAGO (AP) — Imagine being so close to Martin Luther King Jr. as he gives one of the world’s most famous speeches that...
Weinstein juror: #MeToo movement was not a factor in trial
NEW YORK (AP) — The jury that convicted Harvey Weinstein of rape and sex assault did not consider the trial’s implicatio...
Used to giving orders, Kansas abortion foes can’t cut a deal
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abortion opponents who’ve become used to giving orders to Kansas lawmakers on the exact wording of n...
Census hiccups in Alaska may offer preview for rest of US
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — More than a month into the start of the 2020 census in rural Alaska, some workers going door to...
`Let’s go home’: Afghan war vets torn on US-Taliban deal
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Veterans of America’s longest war are finding themselves torn as the U.S. signs a potentially histo...
Court halts Trump asylum policy, then suspends its own order
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Trump administration immigration policy that requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their ca...
Market corrections: scary but also, in some cases, necessary
NEW YORK (AP) — After six days of being pounded by a virus-induced, global sell-off, U.S. markets hit a milestone this w...
Global stocks fall again on fear of virus impact on economy
Global stock markets plunged further Friday on spreading fears over the impact of the new coronavirus, with some indexes...
Key questions heading into South Carolina Democratic primary
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina primary is certain to be a fork in the road for Democrats’ 2020 presidential...
Asia stocks tumble on virus fears after Wall Street plunge
Asian stock markets plunged further Friday on spreading virus fears, deepening an global rout after Wall Street endured ...
Feds seek 18 months for Virginia man with neo-Nazi ties
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking an 18-month sentence for an alleged neo-Nazi from northern Virginia who p...
A Baltimore scandal ends as ex-mayor gets 3 years in prison
BALTIMORE (AP) — Yet another embarrassing chapter in Baltimore’s troubled history ended Thursday when the city’s ex-mayo...
Mississippi man gets death sentence for multiple killings
MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man was given four death sentences by a jury on Thursday, hours after he spoke in c...