Judge gives prison time to friend of gunman who killed 9
CINCINNATI (AP) — A friend of a gunman who killed nine people in a shooting rampage in Dayton, Ohio, was sentenced to 2 ...
Infighting and online hoaxes mar Democrats’ campaign
RINDGE, N.H. (AP) — A group of Los Angeles artists were awaiting the results of the Democratic Party’s Iowa caucuses, ho...
Lawmakers target slavery clause in Minnesota Constitution
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Spurred by a police chief, Minnesota lawmakers launched a drive Thursday to remove from the state...
Turkish soldiers killed in Syria amid threats of escalation
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two Turkish soldiers were killed Thursday in an airstrike in northwestern Syria, Turkey said, afte...
Sanders’ ‘summer camp’ in Vermont becomes fodder in debate
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Can a socialist own a summer house?That’s the question unabashed capitalist billionaire Mike Bloo...
AP FACT CHECK: Dems’ sticky health debate; Trump’s rally
WASHINGTON (AP) — Who’s got the goods on health care policy? That question was an undercurrent in the feisty Democratic ...
Computer scientist who pioneered ‘copy’ and ‘paste’ has died
NEW YORK (AP) — Larry Tesler, the Silicon Valley pioneer who created the now-ubiquitous computer concepts such as “cut,”...
New Mexico sues Google over collection of children’s data
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s attorney general sued Google Thursday over allegations the tech company is illegal...
No conspiracy this time: Dan Brown writing children’s book
NEW YORK (AP) — Dan Brown’s next book will have a lighter, more musical touch. The “Da Vinci Code” author is working on ...
Bloomberg campaign spending tops $409 million
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg has plunged over $400 million of his personal fortune into his ca...
Irony prevails at Benetton, transparent femininity at Prada
MILAN (AP) — The frills are on at Milan Fashion Week, where “pretty” is womenswear watchword of the next cold weather se...
Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to over 3 years in prison
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump loyalist and ally Roger Stone was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in federal prison,...
Irish lawmakers meet as wrangling to form government goes on
LONDON (AP) — Ireland’s parliament convened Thursday for the first time since an election two weeks ago that left three ...
New colobus monkey makes debut at St. Louis Zoo
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Zoo has a new resident, and boy is he cute.The zoo announced Thursday that Teak, a black ...
Israel confirms ultra-Orthodox draft figures were inflated
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Thursday it found “serious, systemic failures” in its own reporting that infl...
Meet the rising stars of ‘West Side Story’ on Broadway
NEW YORK (AP) — When a new revival of “West Side Story” opens on Broadway, it will make history. The musical sees 33 you...
W.Va. gov says economy is rosy, but doubters not buying that
ELKVIEW, W.Va. (AP) — For years, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has told people they need only look at the lines at Dair...
Conflict of interest fears cast shadow over EU budget talks
BRUSSELS (AP) — As European Union leaders deliberated over their 1 trillion-euro ($1.1 trillion) budget Thursday, lawmak...
U.S. medical schools boost LGBTQ students, doctor training
Aliya Feroe recalls the flustered OB-GYN who referred her to another physician after learning she identified as queer. F...
German gunman calling for genocide kills 9 people
HANAU, Germany (AP) — A 43-year-old German man who posted a manifesto calling for the “complete extermination” of many “...
H.R. McMaster book `Battlegrounds’ coming out in April
This book covered released by HarperCollins shows “Battlegrounds” by Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster. The book, by President Dona...
WH report says economy accelerated under Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new White House report says the U.S. economy is growing faster than expected, even though the annual...
Morgan Stanley to buy E-Trade for $13 billion
NEW YORK (AP) — Investment bank Morgan Stanley announced it would buy the online brokerage E-Trade for roughly $13 billi...
ASEAN diplomats praise China’s handling of virus outbreak
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asia’s top diplomats praised China’s handling of the virus outbreak and pledged Thursda...
Weather and protests hamper Ukraine quarantine efforts
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s effort to evacuate more than 70 people from China over the outbreak of a new virus faced setback...
1 trillion euros: worth a big, long fight at the EU summit
BRUSSELS (AP) — Everything is set for the EU’s bruising trillion-euro summit.Leaders from the European Union’s 27countri...
Looted 18th century crown returned to Ethiopia after decades
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A rare and looted crown from the 18th century was returned to Ethiopia on Thursday after it...
Can AI flag disease outbreaks faster than humans? Not quite
BOSTON (AP) — Did an artificial-intelligence system beat human doctors in warning the world of a severe coronavirus outb...
Israeli PM’s rival denies wrongdoing amid probe reports
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s leading opposition figure Benny Gantz denied wrongdoing on Thursday after media reports said I...
Virus limits next Tokyo Olympic test event to Japanese-only
TOKYO (AP) — A test event for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for later this month that would have involved some non-Japane...