India’s ruling party loses key state election amid protests
NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party has lost a key state legislature election, a setback for the party as it fac...
Washington governor wants to spend $300M to help homeless
SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Wednesday he wants to spend more than $300 million from the state’s emergency budget reserve to add 2,100 sh...
N Carolina Rep. Walker won’t run in ’20, eyes Senate in ’22
RALEIGH, N.C. — U.S. Rep. Mark Walker announced late Monday he won’t run for anything in 2020 — making him the second North Carolina Republican congre...
Patients rally in Ecuador for legal use of medical cannabis
QUITO, Ecuador — Unrelenting pain in her hips and weeks of insomnia left Nelly Valbuena desperate for relief from her metastatic breast cancer.
California governor blames Trump for delayed homeless aid
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's governor on Wednesday blamed the Trump administration for withholding data needed to release $650 million in state a...
NC lawmaker may challenge Sen. Tillis after district redrawn
WASHINGTON — North Carolina Republican Rep. Mark Walker may challenge GOP Sen. Thom Tillis for the party's Senate nomination next year or might run ag...
Judge denies challenge to Indiana religious objection limits
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana judge has canceled a trial challenging limits on the state’s religious objections law, finding conservative groups failed to...
Governor vetoes bill outlawing abortions over Down syndrome
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A bill that would have prohibited abortions because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome was vetoed Thursday by Pennsylvania’s D...
Massachusetts OKs ban on flavored vaping, tobacco products
BOSTON — Massachusetts lawmakers passed a groundbreaking ban Thursday on the sale of flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol cigarette...
California justices skeptical of requiring Trump tax returns
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical Wednesday of a state law requiring President Donald Trump to disclose his ta...
Analysis: Trump’s GOP has no answer for suburban slide
NEW YORK — The suburban revolt against President Donald Trump's Republican Party is growing.
Dems flip Virginia; Kentucky governor race too close to call
Democrats took full control of the Virginia legislature for the first time in more than two decades on Tuesday while the race for governor in deeply R...
The Latest: Democrats win control of Virginia statehouse
RICHMOND, Va. — The Latest on Virginia's legislative elections (all times local):
AP-NORC poll: Most Americans dislike twice-a-year time flops
INDIANAPOLIS — Most people across the country will see their clocks roll back an hour this weekend as nearly eight months of daylight saving time come...
Northam campaigns for Dems months after blackface scandal
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — When a racist photo was discovered on Gov. Ralph Northam's yearbook page in February, he became an instant pariah among fellow D...
Lyft, Uber will ask California voters to block employee law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Some of the country's largest ride-sharing companies proposed a California law on Tuesday that would let them continue to treat d...
As teachers strike, Chicago mayor offers $838M deficit fix
CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who's still trying to settle a nearly week-old teacher's strike, proposed a combination of debt refinancing, t...
Hong Kong government withdraws bill that sparked protests
HONG KONG — Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday withdrew an unpopular extradition bill that sparked months of chaotic protests that have since morphed ...