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House committee raises prospect of more impeachment articles

WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee held open the possibility Monday of recommending additional articles of impeachment against President Donal...
20:40 23 December 2021

Investigators sift through debris at deadly Las Vegas fire

LAS VEGAS — Investigators were going room-by-room Monday at a downtown Las Vegas apartment building where six people were killed and 13 injured in a f...
18:47 23 December 2021

Businesses facing new overtime rules in new year

NEW YORK — The new year brings new overtime rules for employers including small businesses and in turn, a pay raise for an estimated 1.3 million worke...
18:00 23 December 2021

Klobuchar to complete tour of all 99 Iowa counties

Democrat Amy Klobuchar — running for president as a person who can win even in conservative, rural areas — says she will become the first major 2020 c...
17:18 23 December 2021

Champagne and shoes: Luxury stores adapt to changing shopper

NEW YORK — To get that monogram tote bag by Louis Vuitton or leather Flashtrek sneakers by Gucci, the go-to place had been luxury department stores.
16:57 23 December 2021

Laura Dern narrates “Little Women” audiobook

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11:57 23 December 2021

Giuliani pals leveraged GOP access to seek Ukraine gas deal

KYIV, Ukraine — In a back corner of the swank H Bar in Houston, near a huge photo of Brigitte Bardot with a dangling cigarette and a deck of cards, tw...
5:12 23 December 2021

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s flawed impeachment letter to Pelosi

WASHINGTON — The closing passage in President Donald Trump's impeachment-eve letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had the ring of truth to it. He was ...
5:00 23 December 2021

13 wounded in shooting at Chicago memorial for slain person

CHICAGO — One person has been charged in connection with a shooting early Sunday at a house party that left 13 people wounded, four of them critically...
2:23 23 December 2021

Actor Kevin Costner returns to Iowa to support Buttigieg

INDIANOLA, Iowa — “Field of Dreams” actor Kevin Costner returned to Iowa on Sunday to go to bat for Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, ...
23:33 22 December 2021

Inside impeachment: How an ‘urgent’ tip became ‘high crimes’

WASHINGTON — The night before the whistleblower complaint that launched President Donald Trump's impeachment was made public, Democrats and Republican...
17:58 22 December 2021

‘Rise of Skywalker’ opens with $175.5 million; ‘Cats’ flops

NEW YORK — The Force was a little less strong with “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker." J.J. Abrams' Skywalker finale couldn't match its recent predece...
17:03 22 December 2021

Notre Dame fire wakes the world up to dangers of lead dust

PARIS — It took a blaze that nearly destroyed Paris’ most famous cathedral to reveal a gap in global safety regulations for lead, a toxic building mat...
16:37 22 December 2021

AP Interview: Tennessee governor talks death penalty, faith

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After he surged into office last year wearing his Christian faith on his sleeve, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee found himself running a st...
15:25 22 December 2021

Collaboration key to assembling Native American photo trove

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Of the roughly 1,000 images of Native Americans from the 19th through the early 20th century, Eric Hemenway kept returning to one: ...
14:45 22 December 2021

Us vs. them: Trump aiming to use impeachment to rev up base

NEW YORK — Using stark “us vs. them” language, President Donald Trump and his reelection campaign have begun framing his impeachment not as a judgment...
12:45 22 December 2021

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s distorted letter to Dems and history

WASHINGTON — The closing passage in President Donald Trump's impeachment-eve letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had the ring of truth to it. He was ...
19:29 21 December 2021

Native tribe recognized by US government after long fight

An American Indian tribe whose members were scattered after being denied a homeland more than a century ago has been formally recognized by the U.S. g...
17:45 21 December 2021

San Francisco musical, longest running in US, to hang up hat

SAN FRANCISCO — When you think of America's longest-running musicals, Broadway favorites such as “The Lion King” or “Chicago” may come to mind.
16:31 21 December 2021

23 dead as protests grow against India citizenship law

NEW DELHI — Nine people died Saturday during clashes between demonstrators and police in northern India, raising the nationwide death toll in protests...
15:29 21 December 2021

Ambitious Texas law fails to make dent in jailhouse suicides

In a county jail in central Texas, an inmate on suicide watch begins strangling himself with a phone cord. The guard watching him does not rush in bec...
15:17 21 December 2021

The Jim Crow film that just won’t die, “Song of the South”

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Racially segregated movie theaters and whites-only water fountains disappeared decades ago after court rulings struck down the lega...
14:58 21 December 2021

India bans citizenship law protests as death toll hits 14

NEW DELHI — Police banned public gatherings in parts of the Indian capital and other cities for a third day Friday and cut internet services to counte...
0:32 21 December 2021

Junior Johnson, “The Last American Hero,” dies at 88

Robert Glenn “Junior” Johnson, the moonshine runner turned NASCAR driver described as “The Last American Hero” by author Tom Wolfe in a 1965 article f...
0:26 21 December 2021

Trump heads to Florida while impeachment trial still cloudy

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was heading south to sunny Florida on Friday after his historic impeachment, while plans for his speedy trial back...
22:55 20 December 2021

Buzzkill: Oregon bans cannabis-infused alcoholic beverages

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon is renowned for its craft beer and increasingly for its high-grade marijuana, but the state is keeping the two apart — for now.
22:14 20 December 2021

Biden: No regrets for talking openly about stuttering

LOS ANGELES — Joe Biden has been fighting a stutter since childhood, and he said Friday he has no regrets about talking openly about it after one of h...
21:53 20 December 2021

Vatican office struggles to keep up with clergy abuse cases

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican office responsible for processing clergy sex abuse complaints has seen a record 1,000 cases reported from around the world ...
21:13 20 December 2021

Boeing capsule launches to wrong orbit, skips space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Boeing's new Starliner capsule ended up in the wrong orbit after lifting off on its first test flight Friday, a blow to the com...
20:59 20 December 2021

AP Exclusive: PG&E’s history with blackouts signaled trouble

SAN FRANCISCO — The state senators grilling the CEO of Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. were upset — like millions of other Californians, some spent d...
20:14 20 December 2021