Chicago chief’s firing again rattles confidence in force
CHICAGO — The unceremonious firing of Chicago's police superintendent just weeks before his retirement has rattled a department that, under his leader...
Q&A: Does a manufacturing slump threaten the US economy?
WASHINGTON — Defying fears and predictions, the U.S. economy is still shrugging off President Donald Trump’s trade conflicts.
Voting site reopened in Georgia after grassroots fight
HAZLEHURST, Ga. — When local election officials shut down a polling site in a predominantly black area of a rural Georgia county, displaced voters cou...
Pearl Harbor shooting unfolded in 23 seconds in packed area
HONOLULU — The U.S. Navy sailor who fatally shot two people at Pearl Harbor before killing himself was unhappy with his commanders and had been underg...
Haley: Killer ‘hijacked’ Confederate flag meaning for some
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said in an interview that a man who gunned down nine worshipers at an African American church in 2015 “hijacked...
Elon Musk cleared of defamation in ‘pedo guy’ tweet trial
LOS ANGELES — Elon Musk defeated defamation allegations Friday from a British cave explorer who claimed he was branded a pedophile when the Tesla CEO ...
Buttigieg calls on McKinsey to release list of his clients
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is calling on his former employer McKinsey & Co. to release a list of the clients he...
Man who offered $500 for killing an ICE agent is acquitted
BOSTON — A man who tweeted that he would give $500 to anyone who would kill a federal immigration officer was acquitted Friday in a case that centered...
US firms keep hiring, easing worries of weakening economy
WASHINGTON — American businesses have complained for years that they can’t find the workers they need to fill available jobs. November’s robust hiring...
Evidence tampering alleged in police chief firing case
CHICAGO — A female Chicago police officer who was reportedly seen on video drinking with and kissing the now-fired police superintendent the night he ...
Cowboys for Trump group now says sand wasn’t from monument
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Iconic gypsum sand that the group Cowboys for Trump had said was from White Sands National Monument in New Mexico and was sent to ...
Saudi student opens fire at Florida Naval base, killing 3
PENSACOLA, Fla. — An aviation student from Saudi Arabia opened fire in a classroom at the Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday morning, an attack the...
Hitting the plastic: US credit card use jumped in October
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers ramped up their credit card spending in October.
Asylum-seekers who crossed in Arizona returned to Mexico
PHOENIX — The U.S. government said Friday it had sent nine Venezuelans — including two families — back to Mexico after they tried to make an asylum cl...
Officials list pot vape brands reported in US outbreak
NEW YORK — Health officials investigating a nationwide outbreak of vaping illnesses have listed, for the first time, the vape brands that are most com...
Weinstein accused of misusing ankle monitor; $5M bail sought
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein violated his bail conditions by mishandling his electronic ankle monitor, which left his whereabouts unrecorded for hours ...
Ivy Leaguers get community service for disrupting game
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Students from Harvard and Yale universities, along with others who staged a climate change protest on the field during last month's...
UN Libya migrant center plagued with crowding, TB, food cuts
TRIPOLI, Libya — The United Nations center in Libya was opened as an “alternative to detention,” a last, safe stop for migrants before they were reset...
Correction: California High School Shooting story
LOS ANGELES — In a story Nov. 21 about the unregistered gun used in a shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, The Associated Pres...
Navy vet’s ashes destined for sunken Pearl Harbor battleship
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — On Dec. 7, 1941, then-21-year-old Lauren Bruner was the second-to-last man to escape the burning wreckage of the USS Arizona af...
Slain UPS driver’s family questions police response to chase
MIAMI — Relatives of a UPS driver killed after robbery suspects took him hostage and led police on a wild chase across South Florida questioned Friday...
Iowa worker who took bathroom photos may have many victims
DES MOINES, Iowa — A settlement between the state of Iowa and three of its Department of Revenue workers whose genitals were secretly photographed by ...
Where’s my Amazon package? It may be late
NEW YORK — It’s just a week into the holiday shopping season, and Amazon is already having trouble getting packages to shoppers’ doorsteps on time.
Royal Opera, The Met remove tenor Vittorio Grigolo
New York — The Royal Opera in London and The Met in New York have removed tenor Vittorio Grigolo after an investigation found inappropriate and aggres...
Texas woman fights to keep name out of lawsuit alleging rape
HOUSTON — A Texas woman is fighting for anonymity in a lawsuit alleging she was sexually assaulted by a co-worker, but a federal judge who plans to di...
‘Dark money’ ties raise questions for GOP Sen. Ernst of Iowa
WASHINGTON — An outside group founded by top political aides to Sen. Joni Ernst has worked closely with the Iowa Republican to raise money and boost h...
Uber reports more than 3,000 sexual assaults on 2018 rides
SAN FRANCISCO — Uber, as part of a long anticipated safety report, revealed that more than 3,000 sexual assaults were reported during its U.S. rides i...
Board considers plan on moving Ole Miss Confederate monument
JACKSON, Miss. — State officials are considering the University of Mississippi's proposal to move a Confederate soldier monument from a central spot o...
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...
‘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...