Magnitude 5.9 shock again rocks quake-stunned Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A magnitude 5.9 quake shook Puerto Rico on Saturday, causing millions of dollars of damage along the island’s southern coast, ...
Four dead as severe storm sweeps through southern US
BENTON, La. — Authorities say at least four people have died as severe storms sweep across parts of the U.S. South, bringing high winds and unrelentin...
Redistricting power at stake in 2020 legislative elections
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The reins of political power in the U.S. for the next decade could be determined in this year's elections — not necessarily by w...
Russia scores victory for ally Syria in UN vote cutting aid
UNITED NATIONS — Russia scored a victory for its close ally Syria on Friday, using its veto threat to force the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resol...
The Latest: Int’l group to press Iran for plane crash probe
WASHINGTON — The latest on Iran-related developments (all times local):
US experts concerned about Iran’s handling of crash probe
U.S. and Canadian accident investigators are uncertain how much access they will get to evidence that could prove whether Iran shot down a Ukrainian p...
Epstein gave $850,000 to MIT, visited 9 times, report finds
BOSTON — Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein donated $750,000 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and visited campus at least nine times as h...
‘Bullitt’ Mustang sells for $3.74 million at Florida auction
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The Highland Green 1968 Ford Mustang GT featured in the film “Bullitt" was sold Friday at a Florida auction house for $3.74 million.
Chat logs, emails show cavalier attitude by Boeing employees
NEW YORK — Internal documents reveal that Boeing employees were aware of problems with the Max 737 jet ahead of two deadly crashes, and that the compa...
Texas governor to reject new refugees, first under Trump
HOUSTON — Texas will no longer accept the resettlement of new refugees, becoming the first state known to do so under a recent Trump administration or...
Biden seeks to upstage Buttigieg in fight for California
LOS ANGELES — Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg chased California votes on Friday in dueling events, looking to sway Democrats in the state that delivers t...
US stocks pull back from records following jobs report
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks fell from their record heights on Friday after a report showed hiring was a touch weaker than expected last month.
Challenges, distractions stymie Weinstein jury selection
NEW YORK — The already contentious jury selection at the trial of Harvey Weinstein was stymied by more challenges and distractions Friday: denied defe...
Judge orders homeless women to leave house they’re occupying
SAN FRANCISCO — Homeless women who are illegally occupying a house in the expensive San Francisco Bay Area do not have the right to stay and must leav...
Privacy, once hidden topic, gets attention at CES tech show
LAS VEGAS — Once a hidden and under-the-radar topic, privacy got more attention at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas this week. Startups now volunteer ...
Opioid-dependent kids’ guardians seek to form class in suit
CLEVELAND — Guardians caring for hundreds of thousands of children born dependent on opioids since 2000 should be grouped together as part of the clas...
California budget plan aids teachers, those in US illegally
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to give $20,000 stipends to teachers at high needs schools and extend health care to older low...
Google legal chief leaving amid sexual misconduct troubles
David Drummond, the legal chief of Google parent company Alphabet, is leaving at the end of the month, following accusations of inappropriate relation...
Official: DNA test to determine if coyote bit Chicago child
CHICAGO — DNA tests to determine if a coyote captured on Chicago's North Side is the same animal that attacked a 6-year-old boy will take weeks to com...
Boeing travails begins to ripple, 2,800 jobs lost in Kansas
WICHITA, Kan. — Problems for Boeing and its troubled 737 Max aircraft, which appear to be growing deeper, have begun to ripple outward with a major su...
Jennifer Dulos case highlights common scourge, advocates say
HARTFORD, Conn. — Long before she disappeared, Jennifer Dulos told the court handling her divorce case that her husband was verbally abusive and that ...
Army Reserve leaders accused of mishandling assault claims
WOODRIDGE, Ill. — Leaders of a U.S. Army Reserve unit that controls thousands of soldiers across the western United States have mishandled at least tw...
MacDill AFB on brief lockdown after report of armed suspect
MIAMI — MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, was briefly put on lockdown Friday morning after a report of an armed suspect outside the base.
US employers expected to have added 160,000 jobs in December
WASHINGTON — The U.S. job market appears to be entering 2020 on a solid footing.
Boeing papers show employees slid 737 Max problems past FAA
Boeing employees knew about problems with flight simulators for the now-grounded 737 Max and apparently tried to hide them from federal regulators, ac...
Chicago coyote captured after 2 suspected attacks reported
CHICAGO — Authorities on the hunt for coyotes in downtown Chicago after two reported attacks, including one where passersby said they had to pull a wi...
An Iranian general dies in U.S. attack, and innocents suffer
TORONTO — The worst had passed, it seemed, and the United States and Iran no longer appeared poised at the edge of war.
CES Gadget Show: Pizza from robots, underwater scooters
LAS VEGAS — Robots were front and center at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas. One even made pizza.
US plutonium production plan likely to spur legal challenge
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The agency that oversees the United States’ nuclear arsenal says it doesn’t need to do any broad environmental reviews of a propos...
Grounding of 737 Max takes growing toll on Kansas suppliers
WICHTA, Kan. — The suspension of production of the Boeing 737 Max is taking a growing toll on suppliers in Kansas, where more than 40 aerospace compan...