Virginia biochemist Camille Schrier is crowned Miss America
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Organizers wanted to make it clear the 99th Miss America competition isn't your grandmother's beauty pageant, and their winner did...
Key takeaways from Democratic presidential debate in L.A.
LOS ANGELES — Democratic presidential candidates offered two very different debates during their final forum of 2019. In the first half, they spent mu...
The Latest: Democratic debaters tackle China, Israel policy
LOS ANGELES — The Latest on the Democratic presidential debate (all times local):
Evangelical magazine Christianity Today: Trump must go
NEW YORK — A major evangelical Christian magazine founded by the late Rev. Billy Graham on Thursday published an editorial calling for President Donal...
Asian shares mixed as markets yawn at Trump’s impeachment
Stocks were mixed in early trading in Asia on Friday after Wall Street posted more record highs, extending the market's gains for the week.
UN deadline to send North Korean workers home likely unmet
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea stands to lose a rare legitimate source of foreign currency, worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year, if nations...
Impeachment trial plans in disarray as Congress heads home
WASHINGTON — Congress has headed home for the holidays leaving plans and a possible timeline for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in disarra...
After impeachment, House bestows big trade victory on Trump
WASHINGTON — One day after its historic impeachment votes, the Democratic-led House gave President Donald Trump an overwhelming bipartisan victory Thu...
Wawa says data breach affected thousands over 10 months
WAWA, Pa. — The Wawa convenience store chain says a data breach may have collected debit and credit card information from thousands of customers.
Nike’s sales get boost from direct-to-consumer strategy
NEW YORK — Nike’s quarterly results again beat Wall Street expectations, as its online sales grew and customers shrugged off a series of corporate sca...
HUD reporting 2.7% percent uptick in homeless population
WASHINGTON — The federal government is reporting a 2.7% increase in the nation’s homeless population driven by a spike in California, according to an ...
Ex-model sues Weinstein, renewing allegations of abuse at 16
NEW YORK — A former model who accused Harvey Weinstein last year of sexually abusing her when she was 16 years old filed a new lawsuit against him Thu...
Hezbollah-backed professor to form new government in Lebanon
BEIRUT — A former education minister backed by the militant Hezbollah group and its allies was selected Thursday as Lebanon’s new prime minister to br...
House approves bill suspending cap on some tax deductions
WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled House approved legislation Thursday to suspend for two years the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions ...
Trump signs bill restoring funding for black colleges
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a bipartisan bill that will permanently provide more than $250 million a year to the nation's historically b...
Prosecutor finds no crime in Santa Anita horse racing deaths
LOS ANGELES — California prosecutors found no evidence of animal cruelty or other crimes during an investigation into a spike in horse deaths at Santa...
Parkland school shooting trial delayed until at least summer
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The trial of Parkland school shooting defendant Nikolas Cruz was delayed Thursday until at least next summer, when he will fac...
Scientists claim to find ancient seawall off Israeli coast
HAHOTRIM BEACH, Israel — An international team of researchers says it has discovered a 7,000-year-old-seawall along Israel's Mediterranean coast, prov...
Pompeo gets a new deputy amid speculation of a Senate run
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has a new deputy, assuring a degree of continuity at the helm of U.S. diplomacy should he resign for a pot...
Senate passes anti-robocalls bill; Trump expected to sign
The Senate approved a bill Thursday to crack down on robocalls, sending to President Donald Trump a measure meant to combat a persistent and costly pr...
‘Meet the Press’ to shine light on political disinformation
NEW YORK — A special “Meet the Press” episode on disinformation in politics was in the works even before host Chuck Todd's interviews with two Republi...
Some in GOP want Trump apology for denigrating late Dingell
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's impeachment night crack that the late Michigan Rep. John Dingell might be “looking up” from hell drew wide scorn...
Key dates in the 1964 abduction of Paul Joseph Fronczak
CHICAGO — Key dates in the 1964 abduction of Paul Joseph Fronczak:
Trump: Van Drew, who voted against impeachment, joining GOP
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a New Jersey Democrat who broke with his party to vote against Trump's...
Uber, Lyft to stop Phoenix airport trips over higher fees
PHOENIX — Uber and Lyft said they will make good on their threats to stop taking customers to and from the airport in the nation's fifth-largest city,...
Group backing Iowa’s Ernst hit with complaint after AP story
WASHINGTON — An election watchdog filed a complaint Thursday alleging than an outside group founded by top political aides to Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst vio...
Farm, ethanol groups angered at final EPA ethanol rule
DES MOINES, Iowa — Some farm groups and farm-state lawmakers expressed anger at the Trump administration Thursday over final ethanol rules that they s...
French unions: Keep retirement strikes going through January
PARIS — France’s punishing transportation troubles may ease up slightly over Christmas — but unions plan renewed strikes and protests in January to re...
Trump ally Meadows won’t run again, may join White House
RALEIGH, N.C. — Republican Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, a top conservative ally of President Donald Trump, said Thursday he won't seek reelect...
30 years after US invasion, Panamanian families seek answers
PANAMA CITY — “Remember to pick up the children early, because today I can’t do it.”