The Latest: Biden not worried about Trump refusing to leave
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the Democratic presidential primary contest (all times local):9:05 p.m.Democ...
Idaho moves closer to ban on transgender women in athletics
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho moved closer Wednesday to banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports despite w...
Whistleblower in Michigan doctor sexual abuse case to speak
1 of 3FILE- In an undated photo provided by the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan, Andy Hrovat is...
Buttigieg aides say path beyond March 3 possible but tricky
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is bracing his supporters for a difficult stretch...
Report: Domestic extremists killed at least 42 in 2019
White supremacists and other far-right extremists killed at least 38 people in the U.S. in 2019, the sixth deadliest yea...
Deep wide receiver class jockeying at NFL scouting combine
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — If your favorite NFL team doesn’t have a Tyreek Hill, Julio Jones or Courtland Sutton streaking down...
Colorado poised to become 22nd state with no death penalty
DENVER (AP) — Colorado is set to become the 22nd U.S. state to abolish the death penalty after lawmakers on Wednesday ap...
Bloomberg’s online campaign tests Facebook, Twitter rules
Mike Bloomberg’s stockpile of cash, swarm of employees and paid social media influencers are testing the abilities of on...
Shifting demographics drive GOP nosedive on US West Coast
BEND, Ore. (AP) — In the early 1990s, the population of Bend was around 25,000 and leaned Republican. A lumber mill oper...
California wildfire victims fear coming last in PG&E payout
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A $13.5 billion settlement between victims of California’s catastrophic wildfires and the utility b...
Driver in fatal I-80 school bus crash sentenced to 10 years
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — The driver of a school bus who veered across Interstate 80 in New Jersey after missing an exit a...
Rough debate performance by moderators a blow to CBS News
NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News faced an ill-timed blow to its reputation on Wednesday following a bruising Democratic presiden...
World battles virus epidemic as cases multiply outside China
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Crews scrubbed everything from money to buses, military bases were on high alert and quarantin...
Cause of Los Angeles-area refinery fire under investigation
CARSON, Calif. (AP) — The cause of an explosion and fire at a Southern California refinery was under investigation Wedne...
House makes lynching a federal crime, 65 years after Till
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, Congress has approved legis...
Campaign to open Trump community centers to woo black voters
WASHINGTON (AP) — Flush with cash, President Donald Trump’s campaign is stepping up its outreach to black Americans as i...
Azubuike leading No. 1 Kansas back on top of college hoops
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton had just finished watching Udoka Azubuike bully his way to 19 po...
Pope observes usual Ash Wednesday customs in time of virus
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis celebrated the Ash Wednesday ritual that marks the opening of the Catholic Church’s Len...
Film Review: ‘Invisible Man’ is a cunning if empty remake
Unraveling the dusted bandages of H.G. Wells’ classic 1897 science-fiction novel, writer-director Leigh Whannell has ref...
AP Top 25 Podcast: Georgia’s Smart move targets Alabama
Georgia coach Kirby Smart is trying to turn his program into the Alabama of the SEC East. His latest move to make that h...
An increasingly isolated Iran tries to control virus crisis
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran girded Wednesday for a long battle against the coronavirus that is spreading rap...
Kenzo designer debuts; Lanvin goes encyclopedic in Paris
PARIS (AP) — All eyes at Paris Fashion Week on Wednesday were on the debut of Kenzo’s new designer, who put guests atten...
On education, Sanders lauded for substance, knocked for cost
During the 2016 Democratic presidential race, when Bernie Sanders pushed making college free, it was seen as a radical i...
Amy Klobuchar needs black voters, but some feel ‘peripheral’
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It took several weeks and about two dozen emails before Amy Klobuchar agreed to sit down with the pre...
Biden claims momentum as Sanders marches past debate fray
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Eyeing a South Carolina victory to rescue his presidential ambitions, Joe Biden claimed one of t...
Former Baltimore mayor awaits sentence in book deals case
BALTIMORE (AP) — Years before taking the office she’d resign from in disgrace, Catherine Pugh had a vision to see Baltim...
Sharapova retires from tennis at age 32 with 5 Slam titles
Maria Sharapova was a transcendent star in tennis from the time she was a teenager, someone whose grit and groundstrokes...
Tokyo organizers, government take offensive on virus threat
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Olympic organizers and the Japanese government went on the offensive Wednesday after a senior IOC mem...
Analysis: Sanders learns what it’s like to be a front-runner
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Bernie Sanders has spent much of his career on the political margins, an outsider looking in. No...
How deadly is new coronavirus? It’s still too early to tell
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists can’t tell yet how deadly the new virus that’s spreading around the globe really is — and d...