Richard Bryan, ex-senator and Nevada governor, backs Biden
LAS VEGAS — Richard Bryan, a former U.S. senator and Nevada governor, said Wednesday that he's endorsing Joe Biden for president in 2020, giving the f...
Surprising 1st results from NASA’s sun-skimming spacecraft
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's sun-skimming spacecraft, the Parker Solar Probe, is surprising scientists with its unprecedented close views of our star...
Elon Musk insists no one interpreted tweet to mean pedophile
LOS ANGELES — Elon Musk owned up to insulting a British diver in a rash tweet but wouldn’t concede that he called the man a pedophile.
US Navy seizes suspected Iranian missile parts set for Yemen
WASHINGTON — A Navy warship has seized a “significant cache” of suspected Iranian guided missile parts headed to rebels in Yemen, U.S. officials said ...
Tennessee governor not stopping planned execution Thursday
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced Wednesday that he won't stop the state from putting a blind inmate to death in the electric chair...
Rapper T.I.’s remarks spark NY bill to end virginity tests
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York could ban intrusive tests aimed at determining virginity in response to the controversial remarks made recently by the rapper ...
Judge dismisses lawsuit in John Dillinger exhumation case
INDIANAPOLIS — A judge dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday by a nephew of 1930s gangster John Dillinger who wants to exhume the notorious criminal's Indiana...
Cavill: Door ‘hasn’t closed’ on Superman, but 1st, ‘Witcher’
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Henry Cavill is all-in on his Netflix fantasy series "The Witcher," but he says the “door hasn't closed”on a return as Superm...
Kim again rides horse up sacred peak as N. Korea raps Trump
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rode a white horse up a sacred mountain in his second symbolic visit in less than two months, sta...
Buffalo bishop resigns under fire for handling of misconduct
NEW YORK — Pope Francis on Wednesday accepted the resignation of Buffalo Bishop Richard Malone following widespread criticism from Malone’s staff, pri...
Global stocks turn higher on renewed trade hopes
BEIJING — Global stock markets turned higher on Wednesday on hopes that negotiations toward a U.S.-China trade deal are proceeding despite tough rheto...
Report links Giuliani with top Republican on intel panel
WASHINGTON — A new report from Democrats compiling evidence on impeachment revealed contact between President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Gi...
Google co-founders step aside as antitrust scrutiny heats up
SAN FRANCISCO — Google’s co-founders are relinquishing their executive positions just as state and federal regulators, not to mention the Department o...
Five finalists announced for William C. Morris book award
NEW YORK — Ben Phillippe's “The Field Guide to the North American Teenager” and David Yoon's “Frankly in Love” are among the finalists for the William...
Elon Musk tells jurors insult provoked ‘pedo guy’ tweet
LOS ANGELES — Elon Musk testified Tuesday that he was being insulting, not literally calling a British cave diver a pedophile when he lashed out on Tw...
Trump’s US-Japan trade deal wins Japan parliament approval
TOKYO — Japan’s Parliament has approved a trade deal that was agreed upon by President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe earlier thi...
25 jail officers indicted, accused of using excessive force
BALTIMORE — More than two dozen correctional officers in Baltimore were charged Tuesday with using excessive force on prisoners at state-operated jail...
Global carbon pollution continues to rise, but more slowly
WASHINGTON — The world continues to increase the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide it pumps into the air, but it’s not rising as fast as in the p...
Former prosecutor says corrupt congressman got ‘great’ deal
SAN DIEGO — California Rep. Duncan Hunter pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single charge of conspiring with his wife to use at least $150,000 in campaign f...
Wisconsin officers on front lines in 2 student shootings
OSHKOSH, Wis. — Wisconsin high school resource officers have found themselves on the front lines in two student shootings in the past two days, unders...
Israel to UN: Uprooted Jews should be seen as refugees
UNITED NATIONS — Israel wants the United Nations to recognize as refugees hundreds of thousands of Jews who fled Arab and Muslim countries in the last...
Jimmy Carter ‘feeling better’ after latest hospitalization
AMERICUS, Ga. — A spokeswoman for Jimmy Carter says the former U.S. president is already feeling better after being treated for a urinary tract infect...
Google co-founders step down as execs of parent Alphabet
SAN FRANCISCO — Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping down from their roles within the parent company, Alphabet.
Domingo’s accusers: Nothing ‘chivalrous’ about groping women
SAN FRANCISCO — Two opera singers who accused Placido Domingo of sexual misconduct said Tuesday that it was disappointing and disturbing that the oper...
Trump against the world: A snapshot of his trade disputes
WASHINGTON — There are lots of ways, it seems, to land on one of President Donald Trump’s tariff hit lists.
Isakson calls for bipartisanship in Senate farewell
ATLANTA — Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson has made a plea for bipartisanship in his farewell speech.
New Hampshire voting law on trial, just weeks before primary
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Ten weeks before the New Hampshire primary, challengers of a state law that requires additional documentation for voter registratio...
Ex-chief says he didn’t intentionally ‘deceive’ anyone
CHICAGO — Ousted Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Tuesday that he didn’t “intentionally mislead or deceive” anyone about the mid-Octob...
Gun background checks are on pace to break record in 2019
Background checks on gun purchases in the U.S. are climbing toward a record high this year, reflecting what the industry says is a rush by people to b...