R. Kelly charged with paying bribe before marrying Aaliyah
NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors are accusing singer R. Kelly of scheming with others to pay for a fake ID for an unnamed female a day before he married...
Injured journalist seeks answers from Hong Kong police
HONG KONG — More than two months after being blinded in one eye by what she believes was a projectile fired by riot police, Indonesian video journalis...
‘Devastated’: 3 crew killed in Black Hawk crash in Minnesota
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Three soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard were killed Thursday when the Black Hawk helicopter they were riding in for a rout...
Blind inmate executed in Tennessee for woman’s 1991 killing
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A blind prisoner convicted of killing his estranged girlfriend by setting her on fire in her car was put to death Thursday in Tenne...
Mekong River’s new aquamarine color may be sign of trouble
BANGKOK — The Mekong River has recently acquired an aquamarine color that may beguile tourists but also indicates a problem caused by upstream dams, e...
US persuades judge to stop pro-Trump border wall group
HOUSTON — The U.S. government persuaded a federal judge to prevent a private fundraising group from building its own wall next to the river that separ...
Democrats move toward impeaching Trump, with scant grumbling
WASHINGTON — House Democrats are charging toward impeaching President Donald Trump but not without pockets of division, as lawmakers who began the sum...
California to protect insurance policies in wildfire areas
Sacramento, Calif — California on Thursday temporarily banned insurance companies from dropping customers in areas affected by more than a dozen recen...
Biden scrap with voter risks overshadowing critique of Trump
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa — Joe Biden sought to capitalize on President Donald Trump's icy reception from world leaders by portraying himself on Thursday as s...
Articles of impeachment: Explaining what’s next in the House
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that Democrats will draft articles of impeachment against President Trump, a crucial step toward...
Senate passes bill to save funding for black colleges
The Senate on Thursday passed a bipartisan deal that would permanently restore funding to historically black colleges and universities and other schoo...
Wedding planning sites change policies on slave plantations
NEW YORK — Four major websites used for wedding planning are revising their policies on content referencing former slave plantations, responding to an...
Democrats say Trump impeachment charges must come swiftly
WASHINGTON — House Democrats moved aggressively to draw up formal articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Thursday, with Speaker Nan...
Pelosi sets Medicare showdown on drug costs and new benefits
WASHINGTON — The House will hold a showdown vote next week on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's bill empowering Medicare to negotiate drug prices, expanded Thurs...
Boeing tries to reassure airline industry leaders about Max
DALLAS — Boeing is reassuring airline industry leaders about the safety of the grounded 737 Max as it continues working to get the plane back in servi...
Judge: Turkish bank can’t deny knowledge of criminal charges
NEW YORK — A judge cited a Rudy Giuliani-led effort to get top U.S. and Turkey political figures to intervene in a New York criminal case Thursday as ...
Sneakers star at glamorous parties around Art Basel Miami
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Fashion has always played a starring role at the glamorous weeklong parties surrounding Art Basel Miami. This year it’s all about ...
US report: Prescription drug prices down slightly last year
WASHINGTON — Prices for prescription drugs edged down by 1% last year, a rare result driven by declines for generics and slow, low growth in the cost ...
US likely to hit China over human rights despite trade talks
WASHINGTON — Congress is poised to hand President Donald Trump a second chance in less than a month to anger the Chinese government and attack its rec...
Heart transplant patient dies after Chicago hospital wedding
CHICAGO — A 23-year-old Chicago man who received two heart transplants as a teenager died in hospice care, days after he married his high school sweet...
Correction: Capricorn Studio Renaissance story
ATLANTA — In a story Dec. 3 about Mercer Music at Capricorn, The Associated Press reported erroneously that one of the co-founders of Capricorn Record...
Bloomberg gun plan: Permits, assault weapon ban, age limits
AURORA, Colo. — Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg unveiled a gun control policy on Thursday just steps from the site of one of Color...
Indicted jail officers faced earlier excessive force claims
BALTIMORE — When a prisoner shattered glass panes in a control center at a Baltimore jail, the staff summoned a paramilitary-style tactical team to he...
Experts split sharply over experimental Alzheimer’s drug
SAN DIEGO — A company that claims to have the first drug to slow mental decline from Alzheimer's disease made its case to scientists Thursday but left...
Tufts University severs ties with family behind OxyContin
BOSTON — Members of the family that own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma say they will push to reverse Tufts University's decision to strip their name fr...
Paris police arrest scores amid strike over pension reform
PARIS — Paris police fired tear gas at demonstrators Thursday as the Eiffel Tower shut down, France’s high-speed trains came to a standstill and hundr...
SpaceX launches beer malt, caring robot and ‘mighty mice’
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched a 3-ton shipment to the International Space Station on Thursday, including “mighty mice” for a muscle study, a ...
Report: Teen who died in US custody unresponsive for hours
HOUSTON — Video showing the U.S. Border Patrol cell where a 16-year-old from Guatemala died of the flu shows the teen writhing and collapsing on the f...
Lawsuit: McCarrick victim told pope of sex abuse in 1988
NEWARK, N.J. — A man claims in a lawsuit filed under a recently enacted New Jersey law that he told Pope John Paul II in 1988 about being sexually abu...
Saudi Aramco plans $25.6B share sale in biggest ever IPO
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Aramco on Thursday set a share price for its IPO — expected to be the biggest eve...