British man accused of hacking US health care companies
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A British man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to U.S. charges alleging that he and co-conspirators in an international hacking group c...
Tekashi 6ix9ine gets 2-year prison term in racketeering case
NEW YORK — The rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday by a judge who said his extraordinary cooperation with prosecutor...
Calif consumer privacy law can affect businesses across U.S.
NEW YORK — If the thousands of Californians who use Josh Simons' app for musicians demand next month that Vampr delete their personal information, Sim...
Buy, lease or subscribe to add solar panels to your home
NEW YORK — Homeowners are clamoring to power through blackouts that have become a regrettably frequent part of life in California. The cost of solar p...
Feds: Man whose number found on NJ shooter was selling arms
NEWARK, N.J. — A bail hearing for a man whose number was found in the pocket of one of the perpetrators of last week's fatal attack on a Jewish market...
Top AP sports photos capture memorable moments of 2019
A flip, a fling and a fist pump that seemed lost forever.
GOP Sen. Collins of Maine launches reelection bid for 2020
PORTLAND, Maine — Republican Sen. Susan Collins officially launched her bid for reelection Wednesday, setting up an expensive and closely watched batt...
ON Football: A how-to guide to getting to the Super Bowl
With eight of the 12 postseason berths already occupied, it's time to look at who the other four might be. And what all of them need to go deep into J...
George, Leonard team to help Clippers overpower Suns 120-99
LOS ANGELES — Paul George scored 24 points, Kawhi Leonard added 20 and the Los Angeles Clippers returned home after two weeks away to beat the Phoenix...
Sanders, Bloomberg test different paths to a California win
LOS ANGELES — One is spending millions of dollars flooding the airwaves from Los Angeles to Sacramento, highlighting his tenure as mayor of the nation...
Asian shares mixed after Wall Street hits new record highs
TOKYO — Asian shares meandered Wednesday after Wall Street logged fresh record highs, but investor optimism about an interim U.S.-China trade deal ann...
Modest but passionate turnout at pro-impeachment rallies
Denver — Tens of thousands of people across the country marched in support of impeachment Tuesday evening, from a demonstration through a rainy Times ...
Ailing or no, Ruth Bader Ginsburg maintains busy public life
WASHINGTON — In the course of a year, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has had lung surgery to remove cancerous growths and radiation for a tumor on her pa...
PG&E, California wildfire victims rework $13.5B settlement
SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric reworked a $13.5 billion settlement with victims of deadly wildfires blamed on the utility to try to preven...
Mayor: Schools official who called Jews ‘brutes’ should quit
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A New Jersey mayor on Tuesday said a school board member should quit over comments she made about the shooting at a kosher market ...
Secretive FISA court rebukes FBI over errors in Russia probe
WASHINGTON — The chief judge of a secretive surveillance court said Tuesday that the FBI provided “unsupported" information when it applied to eavesdr...
Halting 737 Max production will hit suppliers, airlines
As Boeing prepares to shutter much of a huge factory near Seattle that builds the grounded 737 Max jet, the economic hit is reverberating across the U...
‘Ant-Man’ takes on challenge: Make hoops relevant at Georgia
ATHENS, Ga. — Football rules the athletic landscape at Georgia.
DOJ sues CVS over ‘stale’ Omnicare prescription refills
The federal government is joining a legal fight against CVS Health that accuses its troubled Omnicare business of routinely filling prescriptions that...
Trump says Guatemala is helping stem asylum seekers in US
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump thanked Guatemala's president Tuesday for becoming a more active partner in helping stem a tide of migrants seekin...
Giuliani associate got $1 million from indicted Ukrainian
NEW YORK — A business associate of Rudy Giuliani received a $1 million payment in September from an indicted Ukrainian oligarch who is a fugitive from...
Why some cities and states balk at face recognition tech
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Police departments around the U.S. are asking citizens to trust them to use facial recognition software as another handy tool in ...
NDSU, NAU, Illinois St put players on FCS All-America Team
Defending national champion North Dakota State placed two players on The Associated Press FCS All-America first team and five players overall on the t...
Thousands honor slain New Jersey detective at funeral
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — As rain poured down Tuesday, thousands of police officers lined the streets of Jersey City to honor a detective killed last week i...
Die-hard Venezuelan soccer fans defy political divide
Venezuela is the only South American country where baseball and not soccer is the No. 1 sport. Still, a group of fans calling themselves the “Red Demo...
LSU’s Ed Orgeron is AP college football coach of the year
Ed Orgeron of LSU is The Associated Press Coach of the Year after leading the top-ranked Tigers to a Southeastern Conference championship and their fi...
Coyotes acquiring Hall shifts balance of power in West
John Chayka looked at the Arizona Coyotes roster and their spot atop the Pacific Division and wondered.
Winter cacti are hard to name but easy to grow
Years ago, I had one of those spineless cacti that once a year splash colorful flowers out the ends of their flat, arching stems. Such plants are usua...
Global stock markets more subdued after US hits records
TOKYO — Stock markets eased back on Tuesday after hopes over Brexit and a trade truce between the U.S. and China had led to a rally and new record hig...
Trump conservative critics launch PAC to fight reelection
NEW YORK — A small group of President Donald Trump's fiercest conservative critics, including the husband of the president's own chief adviser, is lau...